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Landlord Adam Snyder is accustomed to additional costs popping up at his rent-al properties. It’s to be expected when he owns dozens of units around the Village of Oak Harbor. What he won’t stomach though is coughing up cash for somebody else’s old utility bill that the village refuses to take off its books. Snyder recently addressed village council with his concern. His issue: the $469 outstanding utility bill for a three-apartment building at 115 ½ Ottawa St. he bought in a foreclosure deal with a bank. Snyder went to council in March hop-ing he would be granted an exemption. The village has an ordinance which states landlords or people who buy buildings are responsible for the old utility bills of ten-ants. Snyder made his plea several weeks ago and nothing has moved forward in re-viewing his case, he said last week. He is now exploring his options. Some council members, however, have expressed reluctance to grant an exemp-tion. If they did, councilman Jim Seaman explained, what is to stop another landlord or building owner from bringing a similar complaint? He suggested the issue go be-fore the property maintenance committee to possibly fi nd a resolution. The commit-tee is a type of grievance committee. Councilman Don Douglas, a landlord of three units himself, said simply that Snyder’s situation amounts to “the cost of doing business.” But Snyder is standing his ground. He warned he won’t shoulder the costs when the village did not fulfi ll its part to reclaim the lost funds. The bill never turned up in the title search for his purchase agreement, he ex-plained. Upon further research, he found village offi cials never fi led a lien against the property for the unpaid bill. “I had a title search and it did not come up. Had this come out during the title

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Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins said he was told last Thursday that Dashing Pacifi c Group will present within six weeks an “outline” for the development of the Marina District. In June 2011, city council voted 12-0 to sell 69 acres of the Marina District property to the Chinese developers for $3.8 million, but the contract stipulates that if there is no vertical development within fi ve years the property reverts back to the city. Dashing Pacifi c also owns the nearby Docks restau-rant complex in International Park. Collins says he is looking forward to the Chinese company’s plans to develop the site along the Maumee River in East Toledo, but it may be too late. Later that day, he spoke to a room full of guests at a luncheon hosted by the East Toledo Club at the East Toledo Senior Center in Navarre Park, where he quoted the letter he said went back to the Chinese. “I said, ‘I will be more than happy to look at it. I think this is wonderful. I want to see it and I am encouraged by it,’” Collins said. “But I will tell you right now, I am go-

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ing to propose our right to recover that property for $3.8 million and I’m going to notify Dashing Pacifi c one year in advance that I’m going to put the property back in the market and let them know one thing, and make it very clear to them, that a port-

a-potty and picnic bench is not substantial development. That’s not working, so it’s up to them. “My real hope is that we can take that property and within a year we can fi nd a viable operation for a viable developer, and just transition the property to where we pay the $3.8 million back to Dashing Pacifi c, and it’s a zero sub game for us. But, let’s put somebody in the driver’s seat over there that is going to do something because we are not going to be this patient.” Council originally approved the sale to Dashing Pacifi c under the administration of former Mayor Michael P. Bell. Collins, who served on city council, along with District 3 councilman Mike Craig, at the time sup-ported selling the property to the Building Trades of Northwest Ohio, but went along with the sale to Dashing Pacifi c once cer-tain stipulations were put into the contract. Those stipulations included the clause reverting the property if no vertical devel-opment is realized, a letter of intent guaran-teeing that local fi rms would be contracted for construction, and biographical back-ground checks on the principal investors of Dashing Pacifi c, Yuan Xiahong and Wu King Hung. The Building Trades, like Dashing

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Pacifi c, at the time was also proposing a mixed-use commercial and residential development for the riverfront property across from downtown Toledo, and Collins says he would not mind giving them a chance to develop the property now. Mayor Collins added that the rem-nants of a torn down power plant near The National Museum of the Great Lakes will be cleaned up by August 1. He says it will be up to local residents whether or not three smokestacks will remain, which he called a “signature statement of the neighborhood.” Collins responded about the power plant rubble after a guest at the Senior Center complained it looked like bombed-out Germany after World War II, and the mayor agreed. “When I walked out of the (muse-um) facility after we got to tour it during an open houose, I looked at my wife Lisa and said, ‘This is over with,’” Collins said. “This place (power plant remnants) looks

like Stuttgart, Germany, 1946. “I’m not in neutral, I’m in drive,” Collins continued. “I will not manage a city in decline, and that’s all we’ve seen. When I was on council, that’s all we did. We con-trolled a city in decline and nobody had the ability or desire to look toward the future. Those days are gone. We can’t do that.”

Main Street beautifi cation Mayor Collins also promised to East Toledo residents that a new neighborhood beautifi cation program, modeled after the Tidy Towns program he witnessed while visiting Ireland, will come to Main Street no later than 2015. Collins said the pilot program is planned for Point Place, and planning has already begun there. The program includes clean-up of streets and storefront window facades, getting control of signage, deco-rating streets with fl oral displays, and “a change of culture and attitude.” He said the Main Street corridor will

be the second neighborhood, but insisted that the program will expand across the city one neighborhood at a time to make sure it is done right. He said the city will provide the fl ower pots, but it will be up to neighborhoods to partner with local greenhouses to decorate the fl oral displays. “A bad diagnosis never solves the problem. What I’d like to see done with this is, why not go to our Toledo Grows community, why not go to our greenhouses and say, ‘This is what we want to do. What would you recommend professionally we put into these pots? I mean, go into one of the neighborhood stores and ask profes-sionals to see what they think.” Collins said by getting neighborhood business involved in the clean-up and beautifi cation process, they can also be-come sponsors, which in turns helps the businesses. Once the program begins, he said it will up to neighborhood residents and business leaders to keep it going.

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Career day Owens Community College will host a Transportation Technology Career Day Tuesday, April 29 from 6-9 p.m. in the Transportation Technology Building, 30335 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg. Students and community mem-bers interested in careers in transporta-tion technology will have the opportu-nity to meet with representatives from the medium and heavy duty truck, au-tomotive and construction equipment industries. Local businesses are also welcome to attend and meet students from the college’s diesel, automotive, auto body and welding programs. For more information, contact Randy Ratliff at 567-661-7315 or [email protected].

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Oregon council on Monday autho-rized the mayor and fi nance director to enter into an agreement with the Oregon Economic Development Foundation for future land development and the purchase of city property located at 4417 Parkway Road. The city, which owns approximately 12.8 acres of property in the Cedar Point Industrial Park, plans to transfer the par-cel to the Oregon Economic Development Foundation, which is the city’s economic development arm. The Foundation is negotiating with developers to use the land for construction needs for the Oregon Clean Energy project, immediately north of the site, according to City Administrator Mike Beazley. After the property is sold, the Foundation will trans-fer the proceeds to the city. “As we work on developments for the Oregon Clean Energy project, the city iden-tifi ed some parcels that are going to be the main target locations for the project,” said Beazley Warehouse The parcel, at the corner of Blue Heron Road and Parkway Drive, includes a drain-age pond. The property will be used to build a facility to assist in the construction of an $800 million energy generation plant known as the Oregon Clean Energy proj-ect. After the project is completed in three years, the facility would be used as a ware-house for light manufacturing that would be available for future development, said Beazley. “We see it as a win for Oregon. It’s land the city has had available for many years now. I’m excited that there’s an opportu-nity to move forward,” said Beazley. The energy generation facility, which will convert clean natural gas to electric-ity, will be built on a 30 acre parcel of land

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at 816 N. Lallendorf Road, located within an enterprise zone. It will provide enough new electricity for 500,000 homes. Ground breaking for the project is expected this spring or early summer. Oregon Clean Energy offi cials felt it was important to have land available for construction and warehousing support for the project, said Beazley. “Really, the better news for us is es-sentially that it will add to our inventory a spec warehouse or light manufacturing facility as a space for future development. The team is very interested in marketing it or putting something together for that fa-

cility after they’ve fi nished the construc-tion period. In order to facilitate this, our standard practice is to turn it over to the Foundation for a dollar. Any and all the proceeds that come from this will come to the City of Oregon,” said Beazley.

Jobs growth “I feel good about the project,” said Beazley. “We’re excited about their inter-ests in the land, and moving forward with more development.” Councilman James Seaman asked about the value of the property. Beazley said it would be marketed at $12,000 per acre, the same price as the property to the north that will be used for the Oregon Clean Energy project. “Our primary objective here is we’re more interested in growing jobs than we are in land development,” said Beazley. “This is an important step towards build-ing jobs, and that’s more important to me than the price. As we’ve looked at other land in the area, it’s a reasonable price for industrial land in Oregon now.” The project is expected to create about 450 construction jobs over three years, and 26 new full-time, permanent jobs once the facility begins operations, with a total an-nual payroll of about $3.2 million.

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Oak Harbor resident Brad Weis is the new Genoa police chief. Weis, currently employed as a Toledo Police Department captain, was approved Monday during a special meeting of the Genoa Village Council, according to Mayor Mark Williams. The new chief, who will make an an-nual salary of $62,500, begins work sometime in mid-May. “He came from a small town. He lives in a small town. He should be able to keep the small town atmosphere in his work,” Williams said. The mayor added Weis’ longevity in one department and the experience he racked up on that force are counted among his strengths. The Woodmore High School grad-uate began his law enforcement career more than 36 years ago in Rossford. He later worked as a street sergeant, a watch commander and gang task force member. His current assignment with TPD is captain of the Strategic Response Bureau. Beside his experience on the force, Weis brings another attribute to the Genoa department, Williams said. He is very familiar with government operations and scrutinizing budgets from the other side of the table. He cur-rently serves on the Oak Harbor Village Council - a term that lasts until 2017. An attempt to reach Weis at his home Wednesday was unsuccessful. His hiring caps a 3 ½ - month search to replace Bob Bratton of Genoa who held the position for more than two years before he became tangled in a scandal that ended his law enforce-ment career of nearly four decades. Bratton was convicted in January of misspending more than $5,000 of Furtherance of Justice Funds in 2010 when he was Ottawa County sheriff.

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Expediting county ditch projects discussed shared with the engineer’s offi ce and the SWCD. Jim Moyer, county engineer, indicated to the commissioners at the meeting he’d like to see more of the petitioning process for ditch projects to be moved to the SWCD and ditch maintenance offi ce, according to minutes of the meeting. He said his offi ce has been short staffed and that with his offi ce receiving much of its funding from gasoline taxes, it puts a strain on the use of those revenues to pay for ditch-related work. Personnel from the SWCD and ditch maintenance offi ce were also at the meet-ing. At the commissioners’ April 8 meet-ing, Moyer said he would recommend the commissioners allocate more money from the general revenue fund to his offi ce to pay for a technician who would primarily be

responsible for drainage issues but could work on other projects when not needed for ditch-related work. In his April 4 newsletter, Moyer said two ditch petitions for Cedar Ridge and Alley Ditch are “very old” and two for Schwochow and Stahl roads are “in prog-ress.” His offi ce has also received recent petitions for Miller Ditch and Hofelich Ditch and two more, Wolf Creek, north of the Village of Gibsonburg, and Toussaint Creek, have also been mentioned as pos-sible projects. Warren Brown, county administrator, said he planned to have the personnel is-sue on the agenda for the commissioners’ April 17 meeting. “It appears from the reports that one of the departments needs an additional staff person to keep up with ditch petitions,” he said. “The question is which department.”

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Spring cleaningOver 150 youth and adult volunteers spent last Saturday cleaning up parks during the city-wide Global Youth Service Day Event. Volunteers from over 20 different organizations picked up and bagged debris from Oakdale Park, Ravine I and Edgar Holmes Parks during the event. East Toledo had the most teams participating in the United Way sponsored event. Top photo, at Ravine Park I, Anthony Reigle and Anthony Ashford give an old Christmas tree the heave-ho, while Dave and Karen Miller, and Bev Piper clean up debris. (Press photos by Ken Grosjean)


The Lake Township trustees plan to place a levy on the November ballot to con-tinue funding for the fi re department but are undecided whether to seek a renewal of an expiring levy or to replace it. A 1-mill, 5-year levy is set to expire at the end of this year. Fire chief Bruce Moritz Tuesday re-ported to the trustees that the fi re depart-ment is looking to replace a 1994 fi re en-gine housed at station 2 in Millbury. A new engine “should be ordered this year to be received next year,” he said. Melanie Bowen, chairman of the board of trustees, said the board will discuss fi -nancial information pertaining to the levy at its next meeting. A replacement levy would be collected on current property valuations. A renewal


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Easter egg huntThe Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce held their annual Easter Egg Hunt event this year on the lawn of Adolphus Kraemer Park. Over 400 children found eggs and received numbers for their special candy bags located at downtown businesses. There were 40 “Golden Eggs” this year, and those who had the lucky number received a special gift basket provided by local busi-nesses. (Photo courtesy of the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce)


The Black Swamp Bird Observatory and American Bird Observatory are chal-lenging another wind turbine project, con-tending its location poses considerable risk to migrating songbirds. In an April 4 letter to the Ohio Power Siting Board, Kim Kaufman, executive director of the observatory, and Michael Hutchins, national coordinator of the conservancy’s Bird Smart Wind Energy Campaign, say they have many of the same concerns regarding the proposed location of the LEEDCo. wind turbine project in Lake Erie near Cleveland as they did about a turbine project proposed for Camp Perry near Oak Harbor. Lake Erie Energy Development Co. is proposing to erect six turbines with a to-tal capacity of 18 megawatts. The turbines would be located about seven to nine miles offshore. “As you may know, the south shore of Lake Erie is a major migration bottleneck for Neotropical migrants fl ying north from Central and South America to breed in the boreal forests of Canada,” the letter says. “Bird movements in such areas, especial-ly during adverse weather events, are more volatile and hence less predictable than they are on nesting or wintering grounds. As a result, there is a high likelihood of major mortality events involving federally protected birds associated with wind tur-bines in this area.” The presence of wind turbines in open water also make it more diffi cult to assess bird fatalities compared to turbines located on land, the letter says: “Such assessments are critical for the enforcement of our na-tion’s wildlife laws and for determining post-construction mitigation and compen-sation.”

LEEDCo. fi led its application for a certifi cate of environmental compatibility with the siting board in February. Todd Snitchler, board chairman, in an April 7 letter to company attorneys, wrote that the application doesn’t contain suffi -cient information for the board’s staff to be-gin its review. Letters expressing concerns of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were attached to Snitchler’s letter. Mary Knapp, fi eld supervisor for the fi sh and wildlife service, wrote that her agency and the ODNR haven’t complet-ed studies of the fi sheries in the proposed project area “thus this application should be deemed incomplete.” A monitoring plan is also needed, she writes. “Any and all results of post-con-struction mortality studies must be pro-vided to both ODNR and the USFWS. This should be included as a condition of their certifi cate.” John Kessler, of the ODNR, wrote in an April 7 letter to the siting board that the department’s division of wildlife found the application “not complete enough to con-duct a proper technical review.” The division of geological survey ex-pressed concerns “the applicants proposed

design may not refl ect knowledge of the potential magnitude of Lake Erie ice ridge formation.” Lawsuit threat A letter of intent to sue the Ohio National Guard and an on-going petition effort were enough to convince federal of-fi cials to at least temporarily halt plans for constructing a wind turbine at Camp Perry. The conservancy and observato-ry in January praised the decision by the National Guard Bureau offi ce in Maryland to withdraw a key fi nding to the project. The bird organizations had submitted a letter of intent to sue the National Guard, claiming the proposed turbine project vio-lated the Endangered Species Act as well as other federal environmental and conserva-tion laws. In response, the National Guard, in a letter dated Jan. 28 to a public interest law fi rm representing the bird groups, said it is withdrawing the Finding of No Signifi cant Impact. “I have received your Notifi cation of Intent letter, dated January 8, 2014. After carefully considering your objections to the August 22, 2013 Finding of No Signifi cant Impact (FONSI), for the wind turbine tech-nologies project at the Camp Perry Air National Guard Station, I have decided to withdraw the FONSI for the project ef-fective immediately,” the letter from Col. Peter A. Sartori, Director, Installations and Mission Support, states. “Since the FONSI has been withdrawn, the project will not go forward at this time. “My environmental staff at the National Guard Bureau will review and coordinate the Environmental Assessment and all sup-porting documentation in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, as well as compliance with other environ-mental statutes, including the Endangered Species Act.”

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Sr. book discussion The Oregon Branch Library will present a “Pen to Palette” book discus-sion group Thursday, May 8. The program, a collaboration be-tween the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library and the Toledo Museum of Art, integrates library stories with the museum collection. Participants should meet at the library, 3340 Dustin Rd., Oregon, at 11:15 a.m. Then the group will carpool to the Toledo Museum of Art. Parking is $5 (free to museum members). Lunch will be available in the museum café. At 12:15 p.m., the group will sign in in the Yellow Room, where there will be a discussion about the current book title, “The Language of Flowers,” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. From 1:15-2:15 p.m., there will be a tour of “The Art of the Louvre’s Tuileries Garden” exhibit. Multiple copies of the book are available at the library’s circulation desk. For more information, call 419-259-5250.

Jazz Festival An Evening of Jazz will be pre-sented Saturday, April 26 at 6 p.m. at Eastwood High School. The Jazz Festival will include performances by Bowling Green State University Lab Band 1 and Eastwood, Genoa, North Baltimore and Clyde high schools. Dinner options, prepared by Michael’s Gourmet Catering, will in-clude Chicken Marsala, Pork Loin and Meatless Manicotti. Dinners include an appetizer, side dishes, dessert and drink. Tickets are $18 for dinner and en-tertainment and $10 for the concert only and are available by calling 419-287-4025. Proceeds raised will benefi t the Eastwood Band Boosters and par-ticipating bands.

Benefi t dinner A dinner to benefi t the families of José (Andy) Chavez, Daniel Ramirez and Ramiro Sanchez, who were killed last month in a Fremont bar shoot-ing spree, will be held Saturday, April 26 from 3-9 p.m. at the Glass City Boardwalk, 27820 E. Broadway, Moline. The event will include a spaghet-ti dinner, cash bar, music by DJ Tom Tom, t-shirt sales, a silent auction and 50/50 raffl e. Dine in or carry out. Free meals will be available to Elmore Police offi cers. Tickets, which are $15, will go on sale at 2:30 p.m., a half-hour before the door opens. A cash bar will be avail-able. Donations may also be made at lo-cal Huntington Bank branches.

Click it or Ticket The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Offi ce will kick off its “Click it or Ticket” ef-fort Monday, May 19. The statewide campaign is de-signed to raise awareness about the use of seat belts. During the campaign, which will run through June 2, deputies will work extra shifts, enforcing all traffi c law, es-pecially seat belt violations.


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Easter breakfastThe East Toledo Family Center held a Breakfast with the Easter Bunny this past Saturday. The family center invited both fi re stations, #6 & #13, from East Toledo to join them for breakfast. Nearly 300 people attended the event. Pictured are members from Fire Station #6. (Photo courtesy of The East Toledo Family Center)


Oregon City Council on Monday ac-cepted a bid for sewer facility improvements as part of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The project is funded by a CDBG and Revolving Loan Funds totaling $73,400. Bids were opened on April 1, 2014. Of the two companies that submitted bids, Layne Inliner LLC, of Hilliard, Ohio, had the lowest bid of $78,230. Insight Pipe Contracting, of Harmony, PA, submitted a bid of $82,330. Council appropriated $4,830 of addi-tional funds to cover the project’s cost from the Revolving Loan Fund. The scope of work is to line about 330 feet of 3-inch trunk sewer on Wheeling Street, according to Public Service Director Paul Roman. “This section is located just north of where Otter Creek crosses Wheeling Street,” said Roman. Layne Inliner was highly recommended by the City of Toledo, which was among the company’s references, said Roman. “They did meet the city’s best bid cri-teria. We certainly want to try them out for this project,” said Roman. Councilman Tim Zale asked Roman how long the liners are expected to last.

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“It will have the life of a new pipe,” said Roman. “The way we design them, they can almost act as a stand alone pipe. It doesn’t necessarily rely on the old pipe for struc-tural strength. I’m guessing 30-50 years. It’s smoother than the older pipe. It’s also a little smaller in diameter. They say the smooth-ness makes up for the fl ow.” Also at the meeting, Mayor Mike Seferian said he’s received several complaints about the need to install sidewalks in the city. “It’s one of the complaints I get quite often. It is creating a problem. Throughout the city, in some subdivisions, we have sidewalks, then there’s a house that doesn’t have a sidewalk. The city could develop some sort of policy to order in sidewalks. Council would have to come up with a threshold. There are some subdivisions we’ve had for 15 years that have fi ve or six empty lots that don’t have sidewalks, so it kind of defeats the purpose of putting in sidewalks. We get complaints

from not only residents but from develop-ers and builders. It is unfair to the develop-ers. Administratively, if council wants, we could draft up legislation that would require at a certain time for those situations to be taken care of. But it becomes a little bit of a political dilemma to be telling people they would have to be spending money. We’re prepared to put together documents to make it happen.” “We did change the code,” said Roman, “so that our sewer assessments only dealt with existing sidewalk needing repairs. We changed that code so that you could put in new sidewalks. So that mechanism is there. It’s just a question of whether council wish-es to order that in.” Seferian said council may want to con-sider legislation that sets criteria of when subdivisions would require sidewalks. “That’s something you’ll have to decide if you want to do it. We’re prepared to put together whatever documents that we need to make that happen. This can take place pretty quickly,” said Seferian. Council President Dennis Walendzak said he and Seferian have discussed side-walk uniformity and the bonding issue with developers over the last year. He said Councilman Joshua Hughes, as chairman of the Drainage, Roads, Buildings & Lands Committee, could schedule a meet-ing to discuss the matter further. Hughes agreed.

By Mary KuhlmanOhio News Connection

The door soon will close on foreclosure-prevention assistance available through the “Save the Dream Ohio” program. April 30 is the deadline for homeowners to register and receive up to $35,000 in mortgage as-sistance. Antoinette Smith, a foreclosure pre-vention specialist at Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People, or ESOP, a nonprofi t HUD-certifi ed housing counsel-ing agency in Cleveland, called the pro-gram a lifeline for Ohioans who are strug-

Time running out for foreclosure preventiongling to stay in their homes. She said that includes “anyone who has experienced loss of income, who has become unemployed, who may have had a death of a wage earner in the home, divorce, disability, who may have experienced excessive medical bills from an illness.” It’s estimated that since the program began in 2010, nearly 17,000 homes have been saved from foreclosure. The program has assisted homeowners through rescue payments, mortgage payments, lien elimi-nation, loan modifi cation and transition as-sistance. The program is funded by the U.S.

Department of the Treasury’s “Hardest Hit” fund. Of the $570 million given to Ohio, approximately $100 million is left. Smith said anyone who needs assistance should submit an application as soon as possible, before time and money run out. “The most important thing is contact-ing us, calling us, sitting with a counselor letting us assess your situation and make the determination with you,” she said. To apply for the program, homeowners can contact a housing counseling agency, or call 1-888-404-4674. More information is online at savethedreamohio.org.

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An Oak Harbor woman is serving a 90-day sentence for admittedly try-ing to pass drugs to her son at a Toledo prison. Ann Goode, 42, was sent to the Correctional Center of Northwest Ohio in Stryker, O. following her sentencing on April 8. Once free, she will remain on pro-bation for four years. She will lose her driver’s license for a year, and must complete community service as well as a number of court-ordered actions including mental health counsel-ing, according to the ruling of Lucas County Common Pleas Court Judge Myron C. Duhart. In February, Goode pleaded guilty to one count of conveyance of a drug into a federal institution. Two other charges against her were dropped. The charges all stem from an Ohio State Highway Patrol investigation that showed Goode was caught Oct. 9 trying to pass marijuana, crushed Percocet pills and Alprazolam to her son, Zachary Reddfern, 21, an inmate at the Toledo Correctional Institute. Redfern is serving a six-year sentence for burglaries in Ottawa County. Redfern was also supposed to be sentenced the same day as his mother for complicity in the crime. However, between the time of his conviction and his sentencing date, he was relocated to the Ohio State Penitentiary, court records show. The sentencing has been rescheduled for April 29. Goode, who is a convicted felon related to a burglary in 2006, is not al-lowed to possess a gun.She, however, was charged with pos-session of a fi rearm under disability in connection with a fi ght with her daughter at their South Muddy Creek North Road home in late March while she was awaiting sentencing. The fi rearms case was originally fi led in Ottawa County Municipal Court but has since been bound over to an Ottawa County Common Pleas Court grand jury.

Tree City honors For the 20th consecutive year, the City of Oregon has been recognized as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. The distinction was bestowed based on the city’s ongoing efforts to maintain and improve quality of life through a comprehensive street tree management program. In order to achieve the title and honors, a community must meet four standards – having a Tree Ordinance; an active Tree Commission or Forestry Department; a comprehensive urban forestry program supported by a minimum $2 per capita and an annual Arbor Day proclamation. For more information about the Tree City USA program or the Arbor Day Foundation, visit www.arborday.org.


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Oregon City Administrator Mike Beazley will look into whether the city can give preference to local companies that bid on city projects after members of council raised questions about awarding the low-est bid for an irrigation project at the South Recreation Complex to an out of town fi rm. Council on Monday voted 6-1 to award a bid to Ohio Irrigation Lawn Sprinkler Systems Inc., of Dayton, to furnish labor, materials and equipment for irrigation improvements to the South Recreation Complex. The company’s bid of $137,332 was the lowest and best bid. Councilman James Seaman, who voted no, said at a committee of the whole meeting two weeks ago that the city should give preference to a local company, Landscape Design by Moritz, which had submitted a $141,050 bid, the fourth lowest of seven companies that bid on the project. Beazley said at the time that the city has to go with the company that has the lowest and best bid. “We have to come up with a good rea-son to not pick them. Local can be a con-sideration, but only within certain param-eters. In this case, the law made it clear as to where we felt we had to go, but also we felt very comfortable with the choice,” he said. At the city council meeting on Monday, Council President Dennis Walendzak said he had received calls from local contrac-tors. “I did have a few phone calls about local contractors getting local work and keeping tax dollars as close to Oregon as we can,” said Walendzak. “Mr. Beazley did indicate he would look into that and give us some information.” Income taxes Seaman said he supports the irrigation improvements at South Recreation com-plex, but thinks a local company should be

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Should city favor local project bids?doing the work. “I think a local contractor should per-form the work. I’m defi nitely not against this project. It will be very benefi cial for our residents,” said Seaman. He asked Beazley about the time frame after which the city collects income taxes from out of town companies doing work for the city. “Some of these people may not even pay us payroll income tax when they come in from out of the area if the project doesn’t last that long,” said Seaman. “We would be sure to collect from local contractors and workers.” “Beazley said the city starts collecting income taxes after 12 days. “This sort of project would probably trigger local income tax on the site,” said Beazley. “It’s not among the criteria we’re allowed to consider when we look at these things, though it’s something we think about. The administration prefers doing business with local companies.” “I’m glad the administration has that positive attitude about looking for local workers when possible,” said Seaman. “But there’s a concern I have, though, whether there could be some advantage with some-one local.” Slippery slope Beazley said he’s had extensive ex-perience looking at the issue. He said lo-cal companies could have problems doing business in neighboring communities that implement similar preferences for local bids. “That’s the challenge you run into,” he said. “There are times when we can fi nd a more reasonable way to look at and consid-er the lowest and best bid in another way. Cities do have some discretion in creating a policy that might give some preference points, but again, it is a challenge to a city to do it without sometimes unintended consequences, what do our neighbors then do?” Seaman said the state legislature is considering legislation that would expand the number of days from 12 to 30 before a

community can collect income taxes from out of town companies. “There’s a lot of projects outside com-panies can come in and complete within 30 days and not pay the city any income taxes. That’s something we should keep on top of because that could have a detrimental ef-fect on our income taxes,” said Seaman. Mayor Mike Seferian had doubts the city could favor the bids of local compa-nies. “We do try to make our bid process as locally user friendly as possible. And that’s the best we can do. But when you talk about a local contractor, how local? What is local? An Oregon resident? Are you talking about an Oregon business, or just close to the area in Oregon? In this case, what are you talking about?” Seaman said any company within Lucas County, which has tax reciprocity agreements, would be considered local. Councilman Terry Reeves said it was more important to award a bid to a com-pany that has a proven track record. “I don’t want to bad mouth any other companies on the list, but we want some-one who has done this several other times,” he said. Ohio Irrigation Lawn Sprinkler Systems Inc., he added, has positive refer-ences. “They have done this at several differ-ent facilities. I just think it’s the lowest and best bid. I think their background proves that. Nothing against the companies that are closer in proximity to Toledo, but we want to make sure it’s done right the fi rst time,” said Reeves. Councilman Jerry Peach agreed. “I agree with Mr. Reeves. It’s a slippery slope. “While the city has always tried to encouraged local companies to put in bids and participate, and while we have always found objective reasons to choose a local contractor as the best bidder, we want to be very careful not to undermine the competi-tive bidding process,” said Peach. Beazley said he would look at the poli-cies of other cities and submit a memo to council regarding the matter.

Drug Take-Back Day Several area communities will be holding medication/drug collection events April 26 in conjunction with National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. The event, sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and local partners, aims to provide a safe, con-venient, and responsible means of dis-posing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. Locally, a collection will be held at the Oregon Police Department Garage, 5330 Seaman Rd., Oregon. To fi nd a complete list of locations, visit DEA.gov.

Plant Exchange The OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Wood County will hold a Spring Plant Exchange Saturday, April 26 from 9-11 a.m. in the Home and Garden Building at the Wood County Fairgrounds, 13800 W. Poe Rd., Bowling Green. Everyone who attends will receive two free plants (subject to availability). In addition, each attendee will get one plant for each plant brought to the ex-change. Plants should be labeled ac-cording to type, if possible. Plants may be dropped off between 9 and 10 a.m. For more information, contact Lisa Cook at [email protected].

Toledo survey Volunteers are needed to conduct neighborhood surveys in East Toledo. The surveys will be used to identify opportunities for side lot acquisitions, land assembly for greening initiatives, and to locate properties in need of demo, rehab, or commercial redevelopment. To be part of a collaborative effort to rebuild Toledo’s neighborhoods, the East Toledo Family Center, 1020 Varland Avenue, will hold meetings on April 26 and May 3 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. For more information, and to confi rm your attendance, call Jodi Gross at 419-691-1429 ext. 213.

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What do think happened to flight 370, and do you think they will ever find it? The Press Poll

Last Week's Results

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How many rearms do you own?

If you found a penny on the oor, would you pick it up?

Grace OrtizGenoa

"My guess would be that it got hijacked and crashed into the water. I think they'll nd parts of it, but I don't think they will nd it intact."

June NewmanMartin

"I think it's still out there. I think they ew in the wrong direc-tion and crashed and we're looking in the wrong place. I think they'll nd pieces, but they'll never nd answers."

Beth TomlinsonOak Harbor

"I think it crashed and I would like to hope that it crashed legitimately, because I would like to hope that no one would ever do that on pur-pose. My prayer would be that they recover it for the sake of the fam-ily members."

Mike CousinoGenoa

"I think one of the pilots went off to the bath-room or something and the other one locked the door and ew it till it ran out of fuel and crashed it. I think they might nd out where it is but won't be able to get to it."

Jane DennisGenoa

"I think it was hijacked and I think it has landed somewhere, and one day they'll nd it."

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By Jill Richardson I know I shouldn’t be, but I am shocked by Americans’ laziness. We look for the closest parking spot to the gym so that we don’t have to walk those extra few steps. We indulge in watching more cooking shows, yet actually cook less than ever. We invented the drive-thru. Now, nearly one in fi ve American cof-fee drinkers is too lazy to make coffee. There are foods that are very complex and diffi cult to make. Coffee isn’t one of them. I understand why someone wouldn’t want to make homemade butter or those little French macaroons. I get why my mom only made her cheese blintzes for very spe-cial occasions. That stuff takes work. I dread my annual tomato sauce can-ning marathon, and I only do it because the amazing sauce that results makes easy, delicious meals all year long. And once I put all that work in, I don’t share my sauce with just anyone. But, coffee? I make it several times a day. And I’m pretty lazy — I’ve been known to eat whole unpeeled carrots Bugs Bunny style to avoid cutting and cooking them. If I can make cof-fee, anyone can. A traditional drip coffee maker re-quires a few steps. Add water. Measure cof-fee. Grind coffee. Add fi lter. Place grounds in fi lter. Press “on.” Wait. Your coffee is ready. You can further reduce the required work by purchasing pre-ground coffee, or – better yet –getting a coffee grinder that does

There is a price to pay for our laziness

the measuring for you. For lots of folks, that’s still too much work. Nearly 20 percent of coffee drinkers now use coffee pods. With specialized cof-fee makers and compatible “pods” of indi-vidual serving sizes of pre-ground coffee, one reduces the task of making coffee to: Add water, insert pod, press start, throw pod away. Fancier machines also let you add milk to make various espresso drinks. These newfangled coffeemakers don’t come cheap. A Keurig will run you $80 or more, and Nespresso makers start at $149. Once you’re invested, you have to buy the related brand of pods — K-cups for Green Mountain Coffee’s Keurig or Nestle’s Nespresso. That alone would be my deal-breaker, because I don’t like either brand of coffee. In their defense, Keurig offers a refi ll-able pod for $15 (the price of my entire cof-fee maker) so you can add your preferred type of coffee. Which puts the onerous work of measuring and grinding back into your coffee-making process. While it’s easy to make fun of Americans’ drive to save time in the kitch-en, there’s nothing inherently wrong with

it. In fact, sometimes time-saving steps con-stitute effi ciency and ingenuity, not lazi-ness. But in this case, the new pod systems result in a staggering amount of waste and may potentially harm your health. According to a recent Mother Jones ar-ticle, all of the K-cups sold in 2013 could circle the earth 10.5 times. And every single one now resides in a landfi ll. Nespresso’s pods are aluminum. They have a program to collect and recycle used pods, but unless their customers actually take them up on this, it’s little more than good PR. Then there are the health questions generated by making your coffee in little plastic pods (in the case of K-cups). The cups are made of #7 plastic, a catch-all cat-egory of “Other” plastics not included in numbers 1 through 6. Keurig refused to tell Mother Jones what type of plastic it used, or whether or not it contained possibly-carcinogenic styrene. These new brewing systems are little more than a clever method a few compa-nies have discovered to sell more of their own crappy coffee, without regard for the trash they create and their potential im-pacts on their customers’ health. Let’s take the waste and potential health hazards out of our coffee. We don’t need to trash the planet just to get a morn-ing buzz.

OtherWords columnist Jill Richardson is the author of Recipe for America: Why Our Food System Is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It. OtherWords.org

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Have you ever used “that’s impossi-ble” as an excuse for not doing something? Perhaps being told “that’s impossible” by someone has had the same effect. Not only have you been personally conditioned to automatically decide how possible it is to achieve a particular objective, there are many people who will readily give you their defi nitive opinion of what is and is not possible as well. Ironically, every discovery and inven-tion we now take for granted was at one time determined to be impossible. The radio, fl ight, the light bulb, supersonic fl ight, space travel, electricity, automo-biles, submarines, computers, TV, etc. were all thought to be impossibilities before they were invented. Do you make excuses for failure or seek reasons to succeed? Once you have decided something is impossible, you will either give up or not even start. You will not accomplish anything you believe to be impossible. Then, while you are sit-ting around explaining why something is impossible, other people will be proving you wrong through their own accomplish-ments. Rather than coming up with all of the excuses for why you can’t do something, spend your energy formulating just one reason you can succeed. Keep in mind that history has repeatedly proven anything is possible. Ignore those people who are spout-ing all of the supposed reasons something is impossible. These negative individu-als are abundant in number and willing to offer their opinion whether asked or

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not. However, there is one group of people worth listening to; those who are already where you want to be. How diffi cult it is or how long it takes to accomplish a particular goal is irrel-evant. Life requires effort regardless of whether you are struggling or succeeding. Time goes by irrespective of what you are doing. Moving forward in your desired di-rection is what is important. Visualizing all of the benefi ts you will experience by achieving your goals is high-ly motivational. Imagine yourself succeed-ing. How will you feel? What will you be doing? What new options will open up for you? How will your life change? You must be able to fi rst see yourself succeeding before it can actually happen. All successful people utilize this strategy. This is possibility thinking where you fo-cus on what you will be accomplishing. Perhaps you have a goal which has never been achieved before. This is a great opportunity. Many benefi ts accrue to pio-neers and innovators. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Build on what has al-ready been accomplished. Analyze your goal from different per-spectives. Altering your point of view of-ten provides new insight. Your brain works

24/7 looking to solve problems. Inspiration can occur at anytime, anywhere. Pay atten-tion to intuition. Never dismiss ideas with the reaction of “that will never work.” Brainstorming is a proven technique for fi nding solutions. Successfully utilize this method. List all possibilities without any evaluation as to how realistic or effec-tive you feel any option might be. List ev-erything regardless of whether or not you think it will work. Often, the ideas that work out are those you would have initially ruled out as being unviable. Remember, anything is possible. Look for the reasons something is possible instead of reasons it is not. The potential for immediate success is not a requirement for determining what is possible. Historically, success is real-ized only after numerous disappointments. Failure only occurs when you give up. Results other than what you expected are simply a learning opportunity along with an indication that a change in strategy is needed. Dream big. Fantasize about how you would like your life to unfold. Visualize how achieving your goals will make you feel. Identify just one reason to succeed. For you, anything is possible.

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Egg-citing event To the editor: The Easter Egg Hunt has been a tradition in Oak Harbor for more than 60 years. The Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce held the annual event this year on the lawn of Adolphus Kraemer Park. The weather was absolutely beautiful as over 400 “eggcited” children found their eggs and received numbers for their special candy bags located at the downtown busi-nesses. The Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce and Chairperson Debi Heiks, would like to thank the merchants and indi-viduals who contributed to this year’s Easter Candy Hunt Event. Once again, a commu-nity and volunteers working together have brought family and friends into our village for a day of fun/ Please be sure to visit these businesses that have generously donated to this event. We would like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their do-nations and help with our annual Easter Candy Hunt; 2013-2014 Apple Festival Royalty Court and families, Amy Lutman – Royalty Coordinator, A Cut Apart, Batdorff Real Estate, Blast Off Nutrition, Bodyworks Fitness Studio, Boy Scout Troop #316, Buehler Excavating, Carroll Township, Charlotte and Harry Striker, Community Markets, Croghan Colonial Bank, Debi Heiks, Dor-Way Antiques, Drown’s Dairy, Druckenmiller Agency, Eagle Fabrication, Julie’s Jammin’ Jewels, Kocher & Gillum, Kurt’s BP, Lene’s Webb, McDonalds, Magruder Hospital, Mill Street Brew, Molly Judge; DPM, Neighborhood Resale Shop, Oak Harbor Hardware, Oak Harbor Police Dept., Pastor Kyle Timmons, Portage Fire District and fi refi ghters, Rick Spangler, RVI, Inc., Spangler Motors, Sprouse Insurance, St. Bonore Financial, Subway, the Village of Oak Harbor, Tri-Motors Sales & Service, Village of Oak Harbor Mayor Bill Eberle and Wistinghausen Florists.Valerie Winterfi eldExecutive Director, Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce

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East Toledo is now home to the muse-um that will tell the story of the largest sys-tem of fresh water in the world--The Great Lakes. The National Museum of The Great Lakes will open to the public Saturday, April 26. It is located in the Toledo Marina building at the north end of the Marina District, just off Front Street. The Great Lakes contain 84 percent of all surface fresh water in North America and 21 percent of the world’s surface fresh water, according to the U.S. EPA. Interactive exhibits in fi ve galleries will recount the historical role this global resource has played in our country’s devel-opment, said Anna Kolin, the museum’s de-velopment director. The galleries are:• The Industrial Revolution: Describes the defi ning economic experience in our na-tion’s history. The Great Lakes made it pos-sible to ship iron ore, coal and grain in a cost-effective manner;• Exploration and Settlement: Takes visitors on a tour from the days of the Voyagers, fur trappers and explorers to the early 1800s;• Safeguard and Support: Describes the role the lakes have played in our military his-tory;• Shipwreck and Survival: Tells the sto-ries of lighthouses and wrecks such as the Edmund Fitzgerald;• Technology and shipbuilding: Describes shipbuilding from pioneer days to the high-tech future. While the museum’s scope spans all of the Great Lakes, Kolin says Toledo’s history with the lakes will be emphasized in “The Toledo Trail,” a scattering of more than 25 exhibits including what is believed to be the largest single pitch propeller ever cast at the time. The American Shipbuilding Company, a Toledo company, cast the 22-foot diameter, 22-ton propeller in 1958 for the S.S. John Sherwin steamship. Another exhibit will tell the story of the David Dows, the fi rst fi ve-masted schooner to sail the Great Lakes and the world. It too, was built in Toledo. While Toledo is highlighted, Kolin em-phasizes the museum pays equal attention to all fi ve lakes. Chris Gillcrist, museum director, described one of the most excit-ing exhibits when he gave a presentation to the East Toledo Club last May. He said a visitor will be able to take a simulated ride in a submarine down to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald to explore the ship and the reasons it sank.

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The Fitzgerald is one of many hands-on exhibits. Another features a hand-oper-ated bilge pump to give visitors real-time experience on keeping a ship afl oat without mechanically powered pumps. Such interactive exhibits are a must to-day as museums try to compete in the high-tech gadget world we live in, Gillcrist said. The Fitzgerald exhibit alone cost about $250,000. Fundraising, memberships in the Great Lakes Historical Society, the mu-seum’s parent organization, and state grants will pay for most of the construction work. The biggest expense so far has been to move the SS Col. James. M. Schoonmaker (once called the Willis B. Boyer) from its berth near the Anthony Wayne Bridge to a new slip located adjacent to the museum. That $3 million cost was paid for by the State of Ohio. The ship, once the largest freighter on the Great Lakes, was built in 1911. It has

been repainted and is an integral compo-nent to the museum experience. The museum will open to the pub-lic Saturday at 10 a.m. Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins will speak at 9:30 along with other dignitaries. A number of special events will be held this year, Kolin said. They include a family fun day on July 4th with the view-ing of Toledo’s fi reworks from the deck of the Schoonmaker; an antique boat and classic car show Aug. 24 and 25; a clam bake on Sept. 20 and the Boo-on-the-Boat Halloween night in October. Adult tickets are $12 for admission to the museum and the Schoonmaker and $11 for children 6-18 and seniors over 65. A feasibility study predicts the mu-seum will attract some 41,000 visitors an-nually. It will also serve as an educational resource for The Maritime Academy of Toledo, a charter school that employs nau-

tical themes to teach traditional subjects to students enrolled in grades 5-12. Rick Brown, director of the career tech educa-tion program, said the museum will provide learning opportunities in seamanship and shipbuilding for his students, as well as for other Toledo area schools. The National Museum of the Great Lakes had been located in Vermilion, but Gillcrist said the Great Lakes Historical Society was looking for a site where it could expand and attract more visitors. Toledo was chosen because of its maritime his-tory, the Schoonmaker museum ship, and the newly constructed but vacant Toledo Marina building. Access from the Veterans Glass City Skyway on I-280 and visibility were other factors. So were other cultural attractions such as the Toledo Museum of Art and Imagination Station. Comment at [email protected]

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In a twist on the traditional Easter egg hunt, members of Shared Legacy Farms CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) gath-ered in Elmore to partake in the fi rst-ever “Spud Hunt” Saturday, April 12. Participants hunted – you guessed it – potato seeds instead of eggs. “It was an idea that came to us last fall as we brainstormed some creative ways to get our customers out to the farm,” said owner Corinna Bench. “We wanted to do an egg hunt. But we also had to get the potatoes planted that month. Then I realized the potato seed has the same shape and size as an Easter egg. So we decided to switch out the egg, combine the events, and the Spud Hunt was born.” More than 20 people attended. “We hid 50 pounds of potatoes,” said Kurt Bench. “They were everywhere. But they were hard to see, since they blended in with the landscape.”

Kids scattered around the property, looking for the camoufl aged spud treasures, with a special eye peeled for two giant sweet potatoes worth a special $5 cash prize. “It was over in less than three minutes,” said Corinna. “I was surprised how fast it went. They are professionals!” The hunt was followed by an hour-long work party, where kids and adults alike helped plant the potato spuds they had just hunted moments before. Participants were grouped in teams of four. While one person threw the potato spud into the furrow, two kids followed with special “potato spacers” (wooden sticks measuring 10 inches) to place them exactly the right distance apart. Then the parents followed behind with a rake to pull the dirt back on top. Together, the group seeded four beds of potatoes – around 200 pounds. Shared Legacy Farms grows organic vegetables for members of their CSA. Members sign up in the spring to join the farm, and then receive a weekly box of produce during the summer for 19 weeks. Part of the membership includes opportunities like the Spud Hunt and Potato Planting event. “We like to talk about how every vegetable tells a story. Getting to come out to the farm like this is an important way you learn that story,” Corinna said. “We love to see people connect the dots between fi eld and table. When those potatoes show up in their CSA boxes this July, they’re going to have extra value because they were part of the story.” Visit www.SharedLegacyFarms.com, call 419-862-3576 or fi nd the farm on Twitter @SLFarms or Facebook.

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Say the phrase “messy room” to the parents of any teenager, boy or girl, and you’ll almost always get a nod of under-standing and a roll of the eyes in frustra-tion. It’s one of the most common causes of teen-parent disagreements. So, looking for a magic way to make a teen’s messy room problem disappear? Lots of luck! But there are ways to re-duce “messy room” stress and frustration. First, identify the source of your frus-tration. After all, your child lives in the mess, not you. As parents, our frustration comes from what the mess says about our authority over our offspring and our effec-tiveness as a parent. If our child ignores the mess and our requests to clean, are we bad parents? For your teen, however, the issue isn’t the mess, but privacy and autonomy. Although we want our children to develop independence, it’s disappointing to see it expressed as a messy room. However, to your teen, that room is his or her domain, and keeping it as desired is a way of being independent. So, instead of feeling frustrated, accept that this is part of the developmental pro-cess. But try setting sensible family rules that make it easier to live with that messy bedroom. Rule one is that while messy is okay, life threatening is not. Bug attractors, like old food wrappers and dirty dishes, aren’t acceptable. You can close the door on un-tidy, but unhealthy is a real problem. Also set simple, acceptable rules for family-use areas. Cleaning up after oneself in the kitchen, or getting that backpack out of the hallway are rules teens can under-stand as reasonable, even when they see a clean bedroom as unfair. It also doesn’t help to clean up for your teen. That just breeds anger and the lesson that once it’s messy enough, you’ll do the job for them. But do offer help. Many teens literally don’t know where to start once the mess gets too big. Suggest ways to break that big task into smaller ones. Offer storage and sorting tips. There are lots of causes worth pushing hard for with your teen. A messy room is seldom one. Someday that room will get cleaned.

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Nominations are now open for Walbridge-area residents to be considered for the sixth annual Steel Magnolia Award, the Middletown Community Foundation has announced. Women who have overcome obstacles to positively impact the greater Walbridge community have the opportunity to earn recognition as Steel Magnolia Award re-cipients in the program, which is funded by the AK Steel Foundation. Up to 10 awards are given annually, limited to no more than one recipient per AK Steel U.S. location per year. Each recipient designates a $1,000 donation to an eligible charity of her choice. The award honors women of all ages who have faced personal adversity and have shown exceptional strength, courage, compassion and leadership through their work in support of their communities. Nominations, in form of an essay of 500 words or less, must be submitted to

Nominations sought for annual awardthe Middletown Community Foundation no later than July 31. Nominees must live in the vicinity of an AK Steel facility. Association with AK Steel is not a require-ment for nomination and will have no bear-ing on the nominee’s consideration. Visit www.mcfoundation.org/steel-magnolia to view complete requirements and obtain a nomination form. For more information, contact the Middletown Community Foundation at 513-424-7369.

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April 25-July 6: “In Fine Feather: Birds, Art & Science,” Gallery 18, Toledo Museum of Art. The exhibition chronicles the inter-section of natural science and art in the pursuit of describing and identifying birds, from a medieval treatise on falconry to Audubon’s Birds of America and today’s fi eld guide. Free admission. www.toledo-museum.org.Through May 4: “Love & Play: A Pair of Paintings by Fragonard,” Gallery 28, Toledo Museum of Art. Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s playfully sensual companion paintings, the Toledo Museum of Art’s “Blind-Man’s Buff” and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid’s “The See-Saw,” are reunited for the fi rst time in 25 years. www.toledomuseum.org.Through May 11: “The Art of the Louvre’s Tuileries Garden,” Canaday Gallery, Toledo Museum of Art. Featuring 100 paintings, photos, drawings and sculptures of some of the most acclaimed European artists from the 17th to the 20th century. Through May 18: “Paper Roses: Garden-Inspired Works on Paper,” Works on Paper Gallery, Toledo Museum of Art.Through May 25: Varujan Boghosian, Wolfe Gallery Mezzanine and Gallery 18, Toledo Museum of Art. The Armenian-American artist’s poetic works incorporate unconventional objects, like children’s toys, ancient paper and shoes. Through May: Terra Art Gallery, Terra State Community College, Building D, 2830 Napoleon Rd., Fremont. Featuring art-work from members of Firelands Area Art League. 419-559-2233.Through May 26: PRIZM Creative Community presents, “Art-A-Fair 2014,” a free show featuring art, literature and live performance, Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate, 550 N. Summit St., Toledo. Open Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-9 p.m. and week-ends noon-6 p.m. Through June 15: “Titanic, the Artifact Exhibition,” Imagination Station Toledo, One Discovery Way, Toledo. See real arti-facts recovered from the ocean fl oor along with room re-creations and personal sto-ries. Engineering, physics and social stud-ies are all addressed as you explore the sci-ence of Titanic. www.imaginationstationto-ledo.com.Through Dec. 31: “Ups and Downs” exhib-it, Merry-Go-Round Museum, 301 Jackson St., Sandusky. 419-626-6111, merrygor-oundmuseum.org.

AprilApril 19: The Gallery Loop, St. Clair St., downtown Toledo, 3-8 p.m. A celebration featuring more than 30 local galleries, stu-dios and local businesses showing and sell-ing artwork by more than 100 local, region-al, national and international artists. Free bus rides available. 419-254-ARTS, www.acgt.org or RSVP on Facebook (The Gallery Loop on (419) Day).April 19: Hayes Easter Egg Roll, Hayes

Oregon Community Theatre to present “On Golden Pond”

Presidential Center, Fremont, 2-3:30 p.m. Children ages 3-10 are invited to relive a White House tradition started in 1878 by President Rutherford B. Hayes. Boil and color your own eggs (three) as your entry fee. Prizes awarded in four age groups. 419-332-2081, rbhayes.org.April 19: KeyBank Pops: Boyz II Men, Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo, 8 p.m. 419-246-8000, www.toledosymphony.com.April 19: Spring Wildlife Beach Cleanup, Magee Marsh Wildlife Beach, 13229 W. SR 2, Oak Harbor, 10 a.m. Help make the beach safe for visitors and wildlife. Friends of Magee Marsh will provide lunch. Free. Reservations required. 419-898-0960, www.friendsofmageemarsh.org.April 22-25: Toledo Mud Hens vs. Indianapolis Indians, Fifth Third Field, 406 Washington, Toledo, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 7 p.m. Friday. 419-725-HENS, www.mudhens.com.April 22: Earth Day Clean-Up, Ringneck Ridge Wildlife Area, 1818 CR 74, Gibsonburg, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Volunteers

are asked to bring their own gloves and help with the cleanup. Trash bags provid-ed. Water and trail mix snacks available. Registration required. 419-334-4495, www.lovemyparks.com.April 25: Christian Rock Singer Carmen L. Miller performs to benefi t Hanna’s Socks, a charity that provides socks and under-garments to homeless people, April 25, 7 p.m., Forrester’s on the River, 26 Main St., Toledo. http://www.tatemusicgroup.com/epk/?id=28296.April 25-27, May 2-3: “On Golden Pond,” presented by Oregon Community Theatre, Fassett Auditorium, 3025 Starr Ave., Oregon. Curtain time is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. 419-691-1398, www.oregoncommunitytheatre.org.April 25: Toledo Opera, “Faust,” Valentine Theater, 400 N. Superior St., Toledo, 7:30 p.m. 419-242-2787, www.toledoopera.org.April 25: Aaron Tippin in concert, Sandusky State Theatre, 107 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $26 per person. 877-626-1950, www.sandusky-state.com.

April 26: Party for the Planet Earth Day Celebration, Toledo Zoo, 2 Hippo Way, Toledo, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Crafts, activities, recycling stations and more. 419-385-4040, www.toledozoo.org.April 26-29: Toledo Mud Hens vs. Gwinnett Braves, Fifth Third Field, 406 Washington St., Toledo. 419-725-HENS, www.mud-hens.com.April 26: Down Under Thunder, Strand Concert Theatre, 220 S. Front St., Fremont, 8 p.m. BYOB. Refreshments available. Opening act TBA. Tickets $10 in advance. 419-355-8548, www.thestrandconcertthe-ater.com.April 27: Louie’s 11th Birthday, Toledo Zoo, 2 Hippo Way, Toledo. Join Louie the ele-phant for his 11th birthday party. Free with zoo admission. 419-385-4040, www.toledo-zoo.org.April 27: 38th Glass City Marathon, University of Toledo Campus, 2801 W. Bancroft St., Toledo. Start time 7 a.m. www.glasscitymarathon.org.April 28: Jailhouse Rock Dinner Theater, Historic Sandusky Co. Jail, 622 Croghan St., Fremont, 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Costumed staff will greet visitors at the door to get souvenir mug shots be-fore they stand in the chow line for a de-licious meal and real jailhouse entertain-ment. Following dinner, enjoy a tour of the Historic Jail, Dungeon and Gallows Exhibition Hall.. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased at the Sandusky Co. Visitors Bureau. www.sanduskycounty.org.April 29: Opening of new Grain Exhibit and Annual Quilt Show, Sauder Village, Archbold. Ohio’s largest living-history destination will open April 29 with the unveiling of a new Grain Exhibit, which will introduce guests to the importance of grain in Northwest Ohio with a focus on planting, harvesting and processing grains both historically and on today’s modern farms. www.saudervillage.org.

May May 1-4: “West Side Story,” Stranahan Theatre, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo. www.ticketmaster.com.May 3: National Train Day, Amtrak Station, 415 Emerald St./Dr. Martin Luther King Plaza, Toledo, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 419-244-2730 or visit National Train Day Toledo on Facebook.For more events, be sure to visit www.presspublications.com, www.do-toledo.org, www.lake-erie.com or www.lakeeriesfavor-iteneighbor.com. Submit event information to [email protected].

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“In Fine Feather” exhibit set to take fl ight at Toledo Museum Just as the sound of songbirds evokes springtime, the names John James Audubon, Alexander Wilson, John Gould and Roger Tory Peterson are synonymous with the fi nest representations of birds ever made. To welcome spring and the area’s an-nual Biggest Week in American Birding fes-tival, the Toledo Museum of Art is present-ing a special exhibition featuring 45 works by these and other artists known for their study and exquisite depictions of birds. “In Fine Feather: B irds, Art & Science” will be on view April 25–July 6 in Gallery 18. The exhibition chronicles the intersec-tion of natural science and art in the pursuit of describing and identifying birds, from a medieval treatise on falconry to Audubon’s Birds of America and today’s fi eld guide. Admission is free. It’s the second time in three years that the Museum has given a gallery over to birds—the fi rst was 2012’s popular “For the Birds” exhibition. This new exhibition is completely different, with the sole excep-tion of Audubon’s “The Pas senger Pigeon.” “’In Fine Feather’ shows the impor-tance of art to the fi eld of ornithology. We can see an evolution over time in the way birds were studied and depicted,” said ex-hibition curator Paula Reich, the museum’s head of interpretative projects and man-aging editor. “What’s more, the images of these birds are really stunning as works of art.” Works on display include hand-col-

ored engravings, etchings, lithographs, watercolors and books. The oldest is a re-production of a 13th-century manuscript on falconry that is often cited as the earliest illustrated book about birds. Five watercolors by Peterson recently acquired by the museum will be on view for the fi rst time. Peterson, considered the father of the modern fi eld guide, has had a major infl uence on the fi eld of ornitholo-gy and ecology. Noted local bird authority Kenn Kaufman talks about Peterson’s im-pact on the study of birds and his infl uence on Kaufman’s own life in a videotaped in-terview that is part of the exhibition. In addition to works on paper from the museum’s collection, the exhibition includes art loaned by local collectors, li-braries and organizations, including the Toledo Club, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Bowling Green State University and the Ohio Historical Society. Also featured are three watercol-ors by David Allen Sibley, loaned by the artist, whose update of the 2000 bestseller, “The Sibley Guide” to Birds, comes out this spring.

Admission to the museum is free.

Parking is free for members and $5 for non-members. For more information, visit toledomuseum.org.

Party for the Planet Celebrate Earth Day and help make the Earth a little bit “greener” at the Toledo Zoo’s Party for the Planet Saturday, April 26. Drop off your recyclable goods – in-cluding hard-to-recycle items like com-puters – between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the zoo’s Anthony Wayne Trail parking lot. Admission andparking charges do not ap-ply to this special recycling project, which is made possible through partnerships with Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful, Lucas County Solid Waste Management District, Goodwill, Eco-Erek, TerraCycle and Recycle It USA. Visit toledozoo.org/planet for a full list of recyclables that will be accepted. Zoo visitors will also be able to get tips on how to be more eco-friendly as they talk with people from local “green” orga-nizations, enjoy the special activities in Nature’s Neighborhood, or watch animal feeding demonstrations. For more infor-mation, visit toledozoo.org/planet. Earth Day and Party for the Planet come only once a year, check out the Zoo’s everyday sustainability practices at toledozoo.org/sustainability. The Toledo Zoo is rated second among the nation’s zoos, and eighth among overall family attractions, by FamilyFun Magazine.

“Oliver!” Students at Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School and St. Kateri Catholic Academy will present “Oliver!” April 25 and 26 at 7 p.m. and April 27 at 2 p.m. in the Cardinal Stritch gym. The musical features students from all grade levels. In all, 40 students from CSCHS and SKCA will be taking part in Oliver. Sophomore Sam Hancock will play the role of Oliver. “This is always a lot of fun for the students, staff and anyone else who is in-volved with the production,” said Tyler Lentz, band and choir director. “There has been a lot of hard work put in for the musi-cal this year, and everything is beginning to come together. The weekend of the perfor-mances is sure to be a fun one.” Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for se-niors and $8 for students.

Pachyderm party The Toledo Zoo invites the communi-ty to come celebrate Louie the African el-ephant’s 11th birthday Sunday, April 27, at the zoo’s Tembo Trail. This pachyderm party will be loaded with surprises.

At 11 a.m., Louie will get fun enrich-ment gifts that staff and volunteers have spent weeks creating.

At 1:30 p.m., he’ll get a super-sized cake weighing in at 40 pounds or more, which the zoo’s Catering Department prepared for him. Learn more at toledozoo.org/louie.

When it opens April 29. Sauder Village, will unveil a new exhibit that will highlight the integral role of grain in Northwest Ohio. (Photo courtesy of Sauder Village)


CityofOregonMayorMichael J.Seferian

DonCharlton,TreeCommissionChairperson

APRIL 25th

Oregon Celebrates 20 Years as a Tree City

Attention Oregon Residents:

• The City of Oregon and our trees “Thank” and “Appreciate” any help

from residents and businesses for watering new and young “Street Trees.”

A weekly slow watering is recommended.

• Use care with “weed whackers.” They can easily do great damage to

the base of small and even large trees.

• Mulching: Mulch be in contact with tree trunks.

Use a “CRATER” rather than a “VOLCANO” approach around the trunk.

should not

The Oregon Tree Commission meets monthly on the third

Wednesday at 7 pm in the Community Room at the Oregon

Municipal Complex. The public is invited to participate.

Street Trees located between sidewalks and curbs or located in

city right-of-ways are the city’s responsibility for planting, pruning

and removal. Maintaining the central leader or main trunk intact

is critical for proper growth and long term success of trees.

Please keep in mind the removal or “topping” of street trees

without specific advance permission is prohibited by city

ordinance.

Those having dead or dying ash trees on private property are

reminded of the major safety hazard of possible falling limbs.

Dead ash tree limbs become especially brittle, and fall with little

or no warning.

Contact the Oregon Dept. Of Streets at 419-698-7016, or

through the city website at www.oregonohio.org for tree

questions and concerns about possible unsafe or hazardous

trees.

Previous Arbor Day Projects

Informational Items for Residents

~2013 Ornamental Cleveland Pear Trees planted at Fassett Jr. High School.

~2012 Planting of 25 Stadium Ditch Relocation Project trees.

~2011 35 Trees for new Soccer Field parking lot Islands, and along entrance

boulevard from Starr Ave.

~2010 Honoring Betty Carstensen by Mayoral Proclamation naming this year’s

program as the “Betty Carstensen 2010 Oregon Arbor Day.” The program included

the dedication of her new Tree Garden and Circle at Coy School.

~2009 Planting of 10 Lincoln Bicentennial Birth Date White Oaks throughout the city.

~2008 Continuation of 2007 project with 50 additional trees off Starr Extension.

~2007 Planting of 50 trees on Soccer Field Hill I at the Oregon Recreation Center

as part of Oregon’s 50th Anniversary as a city.

~2015 (tentative) Planting of trees on new Soccer Hill III off Starr Extension

Betty Carstensen named to Ohio Federation of Soil & Water Conservation

Districts Hall of Fame in Columbus.

Top of root ball should be level

or sightly below ground level.

Remove top portion burlap for non

potted trees. Burlap acts as a wick

resulting in water loss.

Mayor Michael J. Seferian has proclaimed Friday, April 25, 2014

at 10 a.m. as Oregon’s official annual Arbor Day Celebration.

You are invited to attend the dedication of 50 new trees at the

Oregon Recreation Center, Friday, April 25 at 10 a.m.

The ceremony takes place at the bridge connecting the soccer and baseball fields.

Use the soccer field parking lot off Starr Extension between Wynn and Stadium Rds.

Betty left us almost 5 years ago. Her legacy of conservation education,

and creating awareness of our natural world in the Oregon, Lucas and

surrounding counties continues to serve as a heart-warming beacon

for all of us. We express appreciation to Colleen Barron with help from

the Clay High Environmental and Agricultural Technology class, and

the Lucas County Soil and Water Conservation Service for continuing

Betty’s Oregon School first grade Tree Seedling Program.

Autumn Blaze maple

On Merry Dell.

Good Tree Care Practices

• Don’t leave limb stubs when removing branches.

Trim stubs back close to the trunk to prevent bark

peeling. This allows the wound to heal and avoid

major decay spreading in to the trunk. Check out:

“Tree Pruning Limb Cuts” bing.com/images

• Don’t remove branches from oak trees until late fall

or winter. Reason? Spores of a fatal fungal disease

known as “Oak Wilt” are transmitted by a small

beetle attracted by scent to fresh oak tree wounds.

So far, Oregon has been spared, but serious

outbreaks of Oak Wilt have occured in some areas

of Western Lucas County. See: “Wikipedia Oak Wilt.”

Call the Ohio State Extension Service at Toledo

Botanical Gardens.

• Ornamental Cleveland Pear trees

were planted along Starr Ave. fronting

Fassett Jr. High School for the 2013

Arbor day. Additional trees were planted

in the school’s front yard.

• Oregon’s last major street Tree Ash

Removal and Replacement Program

was completed in late December within

the Cardinal Bay Subdivision off Pickle Rd

between Schmidlin and Lallendorf Roads.

About 70 replacement trees were installed.

• Numerous replacement street trees were

planted along Glenross Street south of

Woodville Road.

• The Betty Carstensen Tree Seedling

Program was continued for Oregon

Schools first graders.

• Tree pruning was significantly curtailed

because of the winter weather.

2013 Oregon Tree Projects


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folks passing through Pemberville, and our neighbors visiting Pemberville to do busi-ness, dine, and shop,” he said. “It’s defi -nitely a community endeavor. The volun-teers have done all the labor; they did all the decorating – they’ve even helped pur-chase the equipment. And I think they’ve done a great job.” After parking on the street, or in the back of the Pemberville business district in the village’s ample parking lot next to the river and wandering into the shop, patrons will be greeted with a pleasant medley of sights, sounds, and tempting smells. A circle of plush leather couches and chairs offers an invitation to sit and stay awhile. A brilliant sun mural featuring the Higher Ground logo painted by Eastwood art teacher Lauren Consolo Smith radiates off rust-colored walls. A clique of regular and high-top tables seems to laze in the em-brace of the coffee shop’s expansive front windows. It’s a great place to lose oneself in a book or a newspaper, to sit and shoot off a text or two or to simply “people watch” folks strolling down Front Street – after or-dering, of course. The splashy chalk menu board boasts a host of local favorites, like the “Front Street” (turkey, smothered in gooey pro-volone cheese, lettuce, tomato, and sweet

honey mustard sauce); the “Bonanza” (sa-vory roast beef, with provolone and horse-radish sauce); and other Paninis (Italian-style sandwiches served warm on grilled or pressed bread) like the offbeat but in-triguing “Pearl River”– a truly sinful treat born of crunchy peanut butter, bacon, and cinnamon-raisin bread that is pure heaven. Each is served with a pickle and a choice of a side or chips. Prices run from $5.95-$6.95. Or how about wrapping your imagination and your appetite around the aforementioned “Doug Dog” – a hot dog piled with bacon and cheese for only $2? For those who prefer lighter fare, the soup’s always on and simmering in slow-cookers at Higher Ground and available at $2.50 a shot. Even those committed to getting ready for the impending swimsuit season will be tempted to treat themselves to at least a nibble of one of Higher Ground’s fresh-ly-baked collection of celebrated sweets – crumbly apple pie; fl uffy lemon meringues; chocolate-peanut butter bars; colorful sugar cookies and the always-favorite chocolate chip cookies. And, since it is a coffee shop, go ahead enjoy a cup of Anniversary Blend (the Higher Ground house blend), Latin Lovers decaf, or whatever special that’s featured for the day.

Just like the free coffee refi lls, free Wi-Fi fl ows at Higher Ground, and there is a house computer available for public use. Local musicians and artists offer enter-tainment on the fi rst and third Fridays of each month from 7-10 p.m. Admission to the shows is free. On other Friday nights, “Chef Geoff” McKahan has been known to make some sweet music himself in the kitchen with his “Friday Night Fish Bakes” from 6-8 p.m., which are drawing crowds, as are his Thursday-evening taco buffet feasts from 5-7:30 p.m. The shop also brings in fresh, hot pizza from local favorite Pisanello’s Pizza. In addition, a Sunday brunch buffet is offered from 10:30 a.m.-1 pm. Offerings range from ham with pineapple glaze, to a zesty lasagna. A Mother’s Day buffet will be held Sunday, May 11. The cost is $12.95. Book reservations by calling 419-287-7044. The shop’s intimate back room can be rented out for private parties, baby show-ers, etc. Higher Ground is open Thursday 3-8 p.m.; Friday 3-11.p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Call 419-287-7044 or visit highergroundpem-berville.org for more details.

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Ciara Albright woke up Thursday morning with a big day ahead of her.

At 2 p.m., the Genoa senior was sched-uled to sign a letter of intent to play basket-ball at Columbus State Community College beginning next fall.

“It’s going to be a good experience,” said Albright, one of seven players in Genoa girls basketball history to score more than 1,000 career points. “I’m just happy that all my hard work since fi fth grade has paid off. Basketball has always been my favorite sport. I always told myself I wanted to go to the next level. I’m thankful for getting a scholarship. I’m just trying to work hard these two years (at Columbus State) so I can

Columbus State reins in high-scoring Genoa seniorgo Division I or D-II my last two years.”

Columbus State plays in the same con-ference as Owens Community College, in the eight-team Ohio Community College Athletic Conference. The Cougars, coached by Joel Renner, fi nished 20-7 and 7-5 in the OCCAC (tied for third) last season.

The 5-foot-7 Albright, a two-time hon-orable mention All-Ohio selection in D-III as a junior and senior, fi nished with 1,082 points in just 69 career games. She led the Northern Buckeye Conference in scoring the past two years (15.6 ppg. and 18.4 ppg) and averaged 7.3 rebounds last year. She was a three-time fi rst-team All-NBC selec-tion.

“She loves the game,” Genoa coach Mike DeStazio said. “One of the things that defi nes her is she hates to lose. She’s a hard-working kid and a good student. I

think she’ll bring a lot to somebody’s pro-gram that they will appreciate once she gets there. You don’t know how good she is un-til you put her with your team. When the lights turn on in the gym on Friday night, she’s there.

“Two years ago I didn’t think she could play college basketball. This year she’s re-ally matured and showed leadership.”

Albright, a shooting guard, led Genoa to an 18-8 record last season and a second-place fi nish behind Elmwood in the NBC. The Comets were the only NBC team to win a sectional title.

Albright, 18, who plans to study nurs-ing, said she visited Columbus State in March. She took a Genoa-Elmwood game fi lm with her to give to the coaches.

“When we had meetings on the offi cial visit, they said they were going to watch

the fi lm and call within 12 hours,” Albright said. “I kind of had an idea (they were go-ing to offer). I was excited and happy. I was relieved that I’m not going to have to pay for college for two years.”

Albright said Renner called her that night, after her visit, and asked her to join the Cougars’ program.

“I had offers from Bluffton, Trine, Defi ance, and Cincinnati State,” Albright said. “(Renner) was the fi rst one to contact me and the fi rst one to make everything of-fi cial. The other coaches had been waiting to offer. I visited there and liked what I saw. It’s not too far away from home, but I didn’t want to play too close to home. I felt there was no one I liked better than Columbus State.”

Albright is the daughter of Mike and Shari Albright.

By Yaneek SmithPress Contributing [email protected]

At this point in his life, you would guess Michael Deiter is enjoying the spring semester of his high school senior year and thinking about summer before heading off to college.

However, Deiter, who is done with classes at Genoa High School, is already in college.

And, he’s not your average college student. He’s a student-athlete who is already practicing with the University of Wisconsin football team.

Deiter got to this point by graduating early from Genoa High School over the winter, something that is becoming more common with college athletes.

He committed to Wisconsin last summer and is currently making strides in Madison, taking reps with the first team as a center. Deiter says he’s gotten to this point by working hard, staying focused, and because of injuries to several teammates.

Recruited as a guard, the 6-foot-5, 300 pound Deiter saw plenty of action in the spring game last week.

“It went pretty well,” Deiter said. “I played mostly center. I played a little guard, too. When spring comes around, I’ll probably play guard.”

“He’s taking reps next to (the starters),” Wisconsin offensive line coach T.J. Woods said. “Not too many freshmen — early enrollees — are doing that. It’s not four or five reps. Its 40 or 50 reps (in a practice). Those will pay huge dividends for him down the road.”

Deiter attributes part of his success with having the extra time to practice with the team.

“(Graduating early) helped a lot, actu-ally,” Deiter said. “I’ve had more time to learn the offense and I actually get to put the pads on and play. In the summer, you just condition and don’t put on the pads until fall camp.”

Deiter says it’s a dream for an offensive lineman to play football at Wisconsin.

Since current athletic director Barry Alvarez arrived in Madison in 1990 to coach the Badgers, the program has been known for its big, powerful offensive lines that are relied on to create holes for a

Deiter already getting a taste of Wisconsin football

potent rushing attack. Alvarez is no longer head coach, but the tradition continues.

Wisconsin has had six offensive line-men drafted in the first round of the National Football League draft over the last 15 years, including three since 2011. Cleveland Browns left tackle Joe Thomas was drafted with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2007 draft. In fact, 247Sports.com ranks the Badgers as the top college pro-

gram for producing offensive linemen ready for the NFL.

“Nowadays, its tradition,” Deiter said. “It’s expected. “We have a really good O-line coach He came in with Coach Andersen. He understands the tradition and he’s going to keep it going.”

Deiter earned nearly every accolade for an offensive lineman while at Genoa. He was an All-Ohioan as a senior and was

named the Associated Press’ District IV Lineman of the Year and the Great Lakes Region Lineman of the Year. Deiter was also a first team All-Northern Buckeye Conference selection as a junior and senior on both the offensive and defensive lines.

A three-year letter winner, Deiter helped the Comets win two Northern Buckeye Conference titles and advance to the playoffs three times.

One of his former teammates, Logan Scott, who recently committed to play quarterback at NCAA Division III Defiance College, praises Deiter for protecting his blind side when he was in the pocket.

“I know that every time I line up, I don’t have to worry about my backside,” Scott said. “I know that on third-and-2, fourth-and-2, I say, ‘We are coming your way.’ He just nods and I know he’s going to get the block. He’s a great football player and he’d do anything for the team. Michael’s been one of my best friends since seventh grade. I wouldn’t want anyone else there.”

Scott also credits Deiter with doing a great job on the defensive line for the Comets.

“He’s a big body, has great footwork on both sides of the ball and his leader-ship on the defensive line was important,” Scott said. “Everyone was behind him and they knew he was making the right read, they could follow. If you have one guy like him, you center your defense around him. The fact that he knew what the guy across the line was going to do was a huge advantage.”

Deiter talked about what he does to gain a competitive edge on his opponents.

“It basically comes down to film,” he said. “I watch as much film as I can. You pay attention to how the defense lines up – notice something out of the ordinary, you’ve got to look at stuff like that. It’s not just about the play you run.”

He also credits former Genoa coaches Tim Spiess and Mike Vicars for instilling good football ideals.

“They never let up on me,” Deiter said. “They were always hard on me, mak-ing me get better. Coach Spiess is really good at teaching me things – he taught me the smarts of the game, what to look for and stuff like that, and obviously, he and Coach Vicars created a good base for football.”

University of Wisconsin foot-ball player Mike Deiter (Genoa). (Photo by Rick Rowland)


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The weather in Columbus for Ohio State’s spring football game was gorgeous — sunny and 75 degrees. Too bad the expe-rience didn’t match the weather.

It started with the ticket prices, which were quadrupled this year to $20. I know the money goes to charity and admittedly that’s pretty cheap compared to regular sea-son tickets, but I just don’t like the trend that is being set.

Over the years in the annual spring rit-ual at Ohio Stadium, I have watched fami-lies bring their children or grandchildren for what could be one of the most exciting experiences in their young live. These tod-dlers, some barely able to walk, are wearing their dad’s favorite players’ souvenir jersey hanging down below their knees and were ready to see what this Ohio State football thing was all about.

It’s a day they typically will probably remember for the rest of their lives. At $5 a seat, the whole family can attend and have money left over for concessions. You raise it to $20, and it is still not too bad, but what’s next, $30 next year and so on?

Apparently, Ohio State organizers eventually came to their senses and the price was lowered back down to $5, how-ever, it was done 24 hours before the game. This late change may have reduced the at-tendance, which was about 61,000.

Maybe some stayed away as a protest? This was a pretty small crowd for this event on a beautiful day. After the game, how-ever, some might even argue that $5 was too much for this glorifi ed practice with 10-minute quarters and devoid of so many starters. Let’s hope that they don’t make the same mistake next year.

Starting several years ago, in order to help promote their other sports, the spring game is preceded by a lacrosse game. The fans that arrived early Saturday had a treat this year as they were able to see the OSU lacrosse team move from a 6-6 halftime tie to beat Michigan, 17-6.

The spring game format changed from last year’s “scrimmage” atmosphere to be more like a real game. That was the good part; unfortunately many of the starters did not play. Some were injured but many sat out because Coach Urban Meyer said he wanted to rest them. Really? The quality of

Weather fantastic, but try weathering Buckeye footballIn My

Opinionby Harold Hamilton

Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer discusses the annual spring game at a press conference. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmlug.com)

play was not “Buckeye football,” according to Meyer. Anyone else who was watching would probably agree.

At his press conference, when handed the game statistics, Meyer said, “I don’t know what to do with these…there were guys out there who will never play or aren’t ready to play now.”

I guess that explains what we saw, but why? While quarterback Braxton Miller sat out because he is recovering from a shoul-der injury, his backups were not impres-sive.

Cardale Jones, at 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, is fast and reportedly has a can-non for an arm. He is clearly the heir ap-parent for Miller’s quarterback position but he didn’t show much Saturday, which was confi rmed by Meyer after the game.

Meyer said, “Cardale was disappoint-ing. He had some misses today but I’m not going to let that ruin his spring. He had a good spring.”

In the game, Cardale completed 14 passes (45 percent). J. T. Barrett, Cardale’s competitor, went 17 for 33 for about 51 per-cent.

The running game wasn’t much bet-ter. The leading rusher with 64 yards was Warren Ball, a sophomore running back. Second was Bri’onte Dunn with 38 yards. Each had one touchdown. The leading re-ceiver was Michael Thomas with six recep-tions for 64 yards and no TDs. The leading defensive player was Chris Worley a fresh-man linebacker with nine tackles.

Meyer has high hopes for Cardale Jones, Bri’onte Dunn, Michael Thomas and Chris Worley. Also expected to have a bright future at Ohio State, perhaps as ear-ly as this fall, is Eli Apple, Ezekiel Elliott, Curtis Samuel and War ren Ball.

Someone who we haven’t heard much about but looked pretty good Saturday was Jayme Thompson, a freshman safety from Toledo Central Catholic. He started

and played much of the game, made three tackles and knocked down a few passes. Interestingly, Tuesday after the game, he an-nounced that he is transferring from OSU.

Where does it stack up?This was the fi rst year that I have

watched a Buckeye Spring game and not come away with high expectations for the fall. I know that much of the talent never saw the fi eld, but, along with Meyer’s nega-tive comments, the situation worries me. I know that, like any good coach, Meyer will never admit that the team is ready and it al-ways needs more work, but I’m still nervous.

While it is very hard to determine where the Buckeyes stack up, one thing that is clear is that they recognize that the

pass defense needs to be the No. 1 priority in changing their defensive strategy.

Saturday, the corner backs were not playing back six or eight yards like they did nearly all of last year. Some would even say that this is what kept them from winning the Big Ten Championship and playing for a national championship last year. The prob-lem was pretty evident early in the year and one wonders why it took the coaches, who are among the highest paid in college foot-ball, this long to recognize and try to correct the problem. The good news is that it is ap-parently being corrected and this fall there will be a different defense on the fi eld.

Ohio State always has great talent and good coaches, so I guess one should not worry too much about the slipshod appear-ance at the spring game. When the team goes to Annapolis, Maryland to play Navy August 30, you can bet they will be ready.

Here are my thoughts on the spring football game: In my opinion, the purpose of the spring game should be to reward the players that have worked hard for a month. It’s not for the coaches “to get one last look” at the players they already had a month. Let the boys just have fun. Let them, especially the new recruits, see what it is like to be in “The Shoe” with tens of thousands of fans.

Second, the spring game is for the fans, including students who may not get to at-tend many fall games or just can’t wait for football to start and need an injection of spirit midyear. They can get excited about seeing the recruits and promising players for the fall.

Think of the little kids with eyes as big as quarters in awe at the magnifi cence of big time college sports. They are wearing their idol’s jersey, a cheerleader’s outfi t or simply a string of buckeyes around their neck. Whatever your preference, I hope it doesn’t get ruined the way so many pro sports have. Keep the price down and keep it a family outing. Many schools, including some major programs, don’t even charge admission for the spring game.

(Harold Hamilton is a freelance pho-tographer from Northwood who contrib-utes to The Press Newspapers and was at the OSU Spring Game on a media creden-tial request from The Press. His website is HEHphotos.smugmug.com.)


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Six years ago, Shawn Contos was coaching wrestling at Eastwood High School. He is the grandson of the late Steve Contos, a Waite graduate and a member of that school’s athletic hall of fame for his football prowess. After a football career at the University of Michigan, Steve Contos once held NCAA Division I all-time re-ceiving records. Steve went back to Waite to become principal. Shawn’s father, Mark Contos, is now the wrestling coach at Maumee High School, and Shawn is con-tinuing the family tradition. Shawn is now part of the staff at Penn State University, where he serves as strength and conditioning coach. The Nittany Lions wrestling squad last month won its fourth consecutive NCAA D-I na-tional title. Following the Nittany Lions’ narrow victory at the NCAA Championships, Penn State became just the third school in histo-ry to win four straight national champion-ships, joining powerhouse programs Iowa and Oklahoma State. Contos, a 1993 St. John’s Jesuit gradu-ate, joined head coach Cael Sanderson at Iowa State University during the 2008-09 season. Contos coached in Ames, Iowa for one year, leading the Cyclones to a third place fi nish at the NCAA Championships before Contos followed Sanderson to State College, Pennsylvania to start anew at Penn State. Contos credits PSU’s wrestlers for their ability to perform in the clutch. The Nittany Lions won the title by just 5½ points, edg-ing Big Ten rival Minnesota, 109½-104 for the title. “(Wrestlers) Ed Ruth and David Taylor got some big wins for us at the end,” Contos said. “And there’s Jim English (who fi nished seventh at 149). He’s the feel good story of the tournament. I’m so happy for him and proud of him. He was granted a medical hardship by the NCAA and is in his sixth year. He wasn’t even our starter (early in the season). He was good, he faced injury, and he’s battled back through all of that.”

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Contos also credits the coaching staff, which in addition to Sanderson, includes the head coach’s brother, Cody, and Casey Cunningham, a Central Michigan alum. “We had one of the best plans that I’ve seen for wrestling,” Contos said. “It really showed at the national championship. This is a testament to Cael. It’s great to be part of his staff.” If you’ve heard of Sanderson, it’s prob-ably because of the success he had wres-tling at Iowa State. The Salt Lake City na-tive went 159-0 from 1999-2002, winning four national championships and was the 2004 Olympic Champion at 84 kilograms (185 pounds). Sports Illustrated named his accomplishments during his college ca-reer as the second most impressive college sports feat behind the four world records Jesse Owens set in a single hour as a mem-ber of Ohio State at the 1935 Track & Field Championships. The success of the program can be traced back to Sanderson & Co. instilling a more disciplined regimen in Happy Valley when they arrived. “There were certain things that we weren’t accepting of like going out after matches,” Contos said. “We wanted guys

that were more interested in wrestling. Going out to a bar will never be as memo-rable as raising a national championship trophy. You can go out and have fun for a night, or you can be a part of the team and do something like this for four years. Put off today’s pleasure for something that you really want (down the line).”

Holding wresters accountable The team has rules that hold its wres-tlers accountable. For example, if an athlete does not attend class or is not at least fi ve minutes early to a team meeting or prac-tice, he’s supposed to attend “The Breakfast Club” on Saturday mornings where the players clean the mats and then study from 6-8 a.m. in the bleachers. “Our philosophy is not result-based,” Contos said. “The results will be there, we can accept that. We’re focusing on the pro-cess, the journey to get there, and we are about what we can control. We will wrestle hard for seven minutes and wrestle hard in life. We’ll have fun in practice and try to get one percent better every day. We’ve got a bunch of guys that love wrestling and are focused on getting better every day. That’s the way it is for our family, in practice and

in life. Do your best today.” That philosophy has certainly worked at helping to strengthen the support of the team’s fans, as evidenced by the fact that the NCAA dual meet record for attendance was broken in the fall when Penn State hosted Pitt before 19,996 fans, just 41 more than the 19,955 people who attended a match between Iowa and Iowa State in 2008 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Oddly enough, Contos was coaching the Cyclones when that mark was set, too. Contos, who competed in the Olympic Trials two years ago, sees his own wrestling career in a bit of a holding pattern right now after having reconstructive surgery on his shoulder in November. At this point, things are up in the air regarding his future. Contos plans to come home this sum-mer and help run a camp with his brother, Kevin, and his father, Mark, who are run-ning the wrestling program at Maumee. “Kevin is doing big things at Maumee with my Dad. “Ed Ruth and I are going to Maumee to do a summer camp there. We’re going to try and help him get that rolling. I’ll be bringing big-name college stars to Maumee. Kevin’s at the high school level, that’s how I got started. People need to know that he’s got access to some great col-lege wrestlers. He’s got great knowledge, and he can always call me and I can talk to the people I know.” At this point, Contos, who was also the strength and conditioning coach for the men’s and women’s fencing teams at Penn State, which, oddly enough, also won the national championship, is ready to move on if the opportunity avails itself. He is in-terested in becoming a full-time wrestling coach and believes that he can bring the philosophy he’s currently following to a new group of wrestlers. “Nothing great ever happens in your comfort zone,” Contos said. “If I can take Cael’s message to other people — a wider variety of people — that will be great. It has meaning to people.” Contos, 38, recently welcomed his fourth child, a daughter, Violet Rose, on April 3. Married to his wife, Jolynn, a Waite graduate, Contos is the father of four girls, ages 9, 7, and 4 years and the fourth is 14 days old as of last Thursday.

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Former Florida State women’s basket-ball player Natasha Howard (Waite) made school history on Monday night, being se-lected fi fth by the Indiana Fever in the fi rst round of the WNBA Draft.

Howard’s pro selection makes her the highest WNBA Draft pick in FSU Women’s Basketball history, surpassing former play-er Jacinta Monroe’s sixth overall selection by the Washington Mystics in the fi rst round of the 2010 WNBA Draft. Howard, a Toledo native, is the ninth Seminole to earn a selection in the WNBA Draft.

Howard is the fi rst FSU player to be selected by the Indiana Fever. She is pro-jected to be a multi-dimensional force who can continue to expand her game. As a Seminole, Howard has shown her ability to have good range from the fl oor, knock-ing down 25 3-pointers before she suited her game in the low post in her junior and senior years. She has earned praise for her overall versatility, fi nishing smoothly around the rim and having a consistent touch from mid-range.

The aspiring WNBA product became the fi rst Seminole to post fi ve 30-point games in one season, with those big-time scoring efforts coming against Syracuse (40), Maryland (35), Georgia Tech (34), Virginia (33) and Miami (30). She also featured four games in which she made 14 fi eld goals, with her most recent coming in a 29-point effort against undefeated Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament.

Playing for the Indiana Fever, which won the 2012 WNBA title, Howard will be merely 3½ hours from her hometown of Toledo.

Coming off an outstanding senior sea-son that was one of the best in FSU history, Howard became just the second Seminole to earn multiple All-America honors. She was named a WBCA Honorable Mention All-American, an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American and a Senior CLASS Second Team All-American. She wrapped up her career with 41 double-doubles, a school record.

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Air Force Airman Skylor M. Blay graduated from Basic Military training Dec. 27, 2013 at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex. Blay is the son of Laurie Blay, of Graytown, and

Bay Area Credit Union is posing a challenge to community members: save $280,000 dollars in loan interest and help local charities. From April 23 to Dec. 31, Bay Area Credit Union wants community members to save a combined total of $280,000 in loan interest. When the community has saved $280,000 in loan interest, the credit union will donate $8,000 to four local char-ities. Charities involved in the challenge include James “Wes” Hancock Oregon Senior Center, Vail Meadows TherapeuticRiding Center, Jerusalem Township Food Pantry and Toledo Animal Shelter. The public can vote online for the charity they want to receive the largest do-nation. Donations will be awarded in three increments: fi rst place will receive $5,000, second place will receive $2,000 and third place will receive $1,000. “We are very excited to introduce our Community Challenge. This is a great op-portunity to help individuals save money and reduce debt all while contributing to local charities at the same time,” Valerie Strickland of Bay Area Credit Union, said. “Community members can bring an ex-isting loan to Bay Area Credit Union and work with one of our Financial Service Representatives to refi nance and save mon-ey.” The credit union will refi nance mort-gages, personal loans and auto loans. For more information, visit www.BayAreaSaves.org.

New car sales dip Local new car sales for the fi rst quarter were down 1.8 percent, according to fi gures released by Autoview Online, a data infor-mation company that compiles information from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The three-month sales totaled 905 units versus 922 for the same time last year. Top sellers were the Ford Escape, Dodge Ram 150 and Chevy Equinox. Top sellers last year at this time were the Ford Fusion and Ford F-150. While fi rst quarter sales were down, which could be attributed to the long and brutal winter, they were still up 8.6 percent compared to the fi rst quarter of 2012. Area dealers are: Dunn Chevy-Buick and Mathews Ford, Oregon; Baumann Ford and Baumann Chevrolet, Genoa; Keller Chevrolet, Gibsonburg; Rouen Chrysler-Jeep, Woodville and Tri County Motors, Oak Harbor. The Dodge Ram 1500 showed the big-gest percentage increase. Rouen sold 67 in the fi rst quarter compared to 23 last year.

Gold stars Gross Electric has been selected as a fi -nalist for the fi fth annual Showroom of the Year Awards. The awards, which honor the top lighting retailers in North America, are presented by Residential Lighting mag-azine and the Dallas Market Center, which hosts the Dallas International Lighting Market twice a year. During the summer edition of the show, which runs June 18-21, one Showroom of the Year will be named in each of three dol-lar-volume categories (annual revenue un-der $2 million, revenue under $5 million,

and $5 million and over) from a fi eld of 10 fi nalists in that category. For the second year in a row, 50 percent of the scoring for the Social Media Star Award will be determined by “likes” post-ed to fi nalist profi les within the Showroom of the Year Social Media Star Event on Residential Lighting magazine’s Facebook page through May 19. (www.Facebook.com/ResidentialLighting). Offi cial judges’ scores complete the remaining 50 percent of scoring for that category.

At the clubs Three area Safety Councils – Ottawa County, Sandusky Area and Sandusky County, have teamed up with the Sandusky County Human Resources Management Association to hold a Safety Day at Terra Community College, May 2. The event will start with a breakfast at 7:45 a.m. and feature more than 30 ven-dors, 14 various safety seminars, and two special sessions, Train the Trainer and Active Shooter Training. In addition, Tom Dixon, attorney with Eastman & Smith, will discuss Workplace Violence & Bullying at the kick off break-fast. Representatives of area businesses are invited to attend, and lunch and breakfast is provided at no cost to registrants. For info, contact Jessica Kowalski at 419-898-6242 or [email protected] or go to the Ottawa County Safety Council website at www.ocic.biz/ottawa-county-safety-coun-cil.

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The Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce is coordinating the 4th annual community cleanup day May 3. Service clubs, youth groups, homeowner associations, commu-nity groups, businesses, families and indi-viduals are invited to help clean up debris and trash from the downtown community. Community Markets will provide dump-sters. Volunteers will meet in the back of Community Markets parking lot at 9 a.m. and will clean until 11 a.m. Call the cham-ber offi ce at 419-898-0479 to register.

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Carol Contrada, Lucas County com-missioner, and Megan Vahey Casiere, chief of planning and development for the county, will speak at the monthly meet-ing of the Oregon Economic Development Foundation Friday, April 25, 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Mercy St. Charles Hospital. Info: Linda at 419-693-9999

Just the fax: Fax items before Wednesday, noon to The Workplace at 419-836-1319, email to [email protected] or send to The Press, Box 169, Millbury, OH 43447.

New Single family Dwellings 1,267,00074

Type of Building Year to date

No. No.Value

RESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIAL

Additions to Residential Dwellings

Additions and Alterations

Same Time Last Year

Value

Other Residential Accessories

TOTAL PERMITS & CONST VALUE

8 111,000

22

4 218,000

9,873,773

9 45,000

33

11

32 3,160120,500

4,591,777

602,617

City of Oregon - Building Zoning Inspection Dept.,

as of March, 2014

775,000

Hospitals & Institutions 1 8,583,000

Will donate $8,000Bay Area poses contest to benefi t charities

Michael Blay, also of Graytown. A 2009 graduate of Oak Harbor High School, he is continuing his technical training in Structural Engineering at Gulf Port, Miss.


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ToledoPainting for Vets VFW Post 4906, 2161 Consaul St., April 21, 7-9 p.m. Cost is $35. Open to the community. Sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary. Proceeds will help veterans. Acrylic painting class. Includes all materials to make and take home a 16 x 20 piece of art. Cash bar. No painting experience needed. Snacks provided. Info: 419-460-1407.Teen Space April 25, 4 p.m., Birmingham Branch Library, 203 Paine Ave. Teens in grades 5-12 are invited to hang out at the library, play video games, sing karaoke, enjoy a snack, make crafts and more.Lou Diamond Detachment, Marine Corps League Annual Landing Party Fundraiser Breakfast April 27, 6:30-11:30 a.m., Sommerset Hall, 2458 Tremainsville Rd. Open to all veterans, as well as the public. Guest speakers, Marine Corps Color Guard, USMC vehicle display, door prizes and more. Tickets are $25 and are available at the door or in advance by calling Ron at 419-666-3430.Prize Bingo May 1, 7-9 p.m., Epiphany of the Lord Parish, St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Altar & Rosary Society, corner of White and Idaho streets. Refreshments available. Tickets are $5 and are available at the door or in advance by calling Kathy at 419-693-6409; Dolores at 419-693-8701 or Carol at 419-698-1519.Rummage Sale at St. Lucas Lutheran Church, 745 Walbridge Ave., May 2, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (50 percent off after 4 p.m.); May 3, 10 a.m. 1 p.m. ($1/bag day). Proceeds benefi t those in need in the old South End. Info: 419-243-8189.Rummage Sale, First St. John Lutheran Church, 2471 Seaman St., May 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; May 2, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (clothes are $2 per bag, all other items half price Friday only). Waite High School, class of 1964 50th Class Reunion May 9 at the Holiday Inn French Quarter, Perrysburg. Invitations were recently mailed. Those who did not receive an invitation may email [email protected] or call 419-215-4394. TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) welcomes new members who want to lose weight. The group meets Mondays from 7-8 p.m. at the East Toledo Senior Activities Center, 1001 White St. Weigh-ins from 6-6:45 p.m. Yearly membership is $28. Weekly dues 50 cents. Call Judy at 419-691-8033 or come to a free meeting. Everyone welcome.Block Watch 410-N for the East Toledo Old Heffner School Area meets every 4th Monday of the month 6:30-7:30 p.m. at 2075 Kelsey Ave. Residents who live within the boundaries of Starr, the RR tracks (Belt Street), Dearborn and Lemert, Seaman to the I-280 Bridge and any surrounding neighbors/ business owners are also welcome.VFW Post #2510 offers Friday-night dinners from 4-7 p.m. Public welcome. Meetings are held Tues. at 7 p.m.; Men’s Auxiliary meets the 1st Tues. and Ladies Auxiliary meets the 4th Tues.Waite High School Alumni from the Class of 1951, meet the 2nd Mon. of every month. For info, call Betty: 419-691-7944 or Fran: 419-693-6060.Musicians are invited to Jam Sessions Wednesdays, 7 p.m., VFW 3338, South Avenue and Airport Highway. Open to the public.

Oregon PERI Chapter #93 Meeting April 24, 1 p.m., Oregon Fire Hall #2, 1102 S. Wheeling St. Speaker, business meeting, fellowship and refreshments. Feed Your Neighbor Week. PERS retirees welcome.Oregon Fest 2014 Planning Meeting May 1, 6:30 p.m., Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Rd. Open to all groups and individuals. Stop by the library, April 21-May 7 to vote for the best photo in “My Distinctly Oregon Photo Contest.Western Nite featuring Bob Wurst May 3, 6-11:30 p.m., Oak Shade Grove, 3624 Seaman Rd. $18 admission includes entertainment and dinner. Cash bar available. For reservations, call Nancy at 419-698-1445.

First St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Annual Rummage Sale May 15, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., and May 16 and 17, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday is half-price day. Baked goods and lunch available. Raffl es all three days with drawings Saturday at noon. The church is located at 1121 Grasser St. Info: 419-693-4578 or 419-693-7128.Open-Late Dinners, served seven days a week, 4-7 p.m., Ashland Baptist Church, 2350 Starr Ave. Open to anyone in the community. Featuring soup, bread and a beverage in April. Freewill offerings accepted but not expected.Catholics Returning Home, a six-week series that will provide informal sharing and an update of the Catholic faith for non-practicing Catholics who are seeking answers about returning to the church, will meet Wednesdays at 7 p.m. beginning April 23 in the Family Life Center at St. Ignatius Church, 212 N. Stadium Rd. Info: Carol at 419-691-3562 or the Parish Offi ce at 419-693-1150.Theology with Toast, meets every 2nd Wed. of the month at 10 a.m. at Little Sisters of the Poor, 930 S Wynn Rd. Coffee and rolls at 9:30 a.m. For info, call Alice at 419-698-0405.Senior Book Discussion Group meets the 1st Thursday of most months, 2:15-3:15 p.m., Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Rd. No registration is required. Books are available at the library circulation desk for extended check-out. For info, call 419-259-5250.“James Wes Hancock” Oregon Senior Center, 5760 Bayshore Rd., open weekdays 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Daily activities include: bingo, fi tness classes, line dancing, exercise, Bunco, Euchre, and health screenings. Lunch served at 11:30 a.m. daily. $2.50 donation is suggested for seniors 60 & older; all others $5.32. Reservations required 24 hours in advance. 419-698-7078. Toastmasters Club meets the 1st & 3rd Tues. of each month, 6:30 p.m., Lake Michigan Room, ProMedica Bay Park Hospital. Visitors welcome. Info: Julie at 419-836-5051/Allen at 419-270-7683 or visit d28toastmasters.org and click on “Great Eastern Club.”

NorthwoodGovernment Food Distribution for city residents April 30, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Josie Reinhart Community Center, located behind the Northwood Municipal Building (Parking Lot C), 6000 Wales Rd. Rummage & Bake Sale Northwood Church of God, Curtice and Coy, May 1-2, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Light luncheon available. Beginners Bible Study for Teens & Young Adults, Sundays, 5 p.m., Northwood 7th-day Adventist Church, 2975 East Point Blvd. Everyone welcome. Info: www.northwoodadventist.org or 419-698-5100.

Jerusalem Twp.Trustees Meet the 2nd and 4th Tues. of the month at 6 p.m. at the township hall, 9501 Jerusalem Rd.Jerusalem Twp. Food Pantry, open 2nd Wed. of every month, 9-11 a.m. at the township hall, 9501 Jerusalem Rd.

EllistonSpring Chicken BBQ April 27, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Trinity UCC, 17955 W. Third St. Featuring one-half and one-quarter chicken dinners with baked potato, cole slaw, beverage and dessert. Dine in or carry out.

ElmoreHarris Elmore Fire Dept. 1st Annual Reverse Raffl e April 25. $4,000 cash prize will be awarded. For info, call Chief Jim Wilburn at 419-466-4412.Christian Women’s Breakfast April 28, 9:15 a.m., St. John’s UCC, Elmore. Speakers Sister Noel and Micki King, of Fremont, will present “The Cobbler Story.”

MillburyLakewood Church of the Brethren Spring Giveaway, 27009 Lemoyne Rd. (a mile south of SR 795) featuring clothes and household items April 26, 9 a.m.-noon. American Czech and Slovak Dance Club Dance April 27, 2-6 p.m., Millbury Fire Hall. Music provided by Hank Haller. Admission $8.

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Wednesday, April 30 at 5:30 pm

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Open House Sunday, April 27th 2-4pm

419-638-6591 [email protected]

REAL ESTATE PUBLIC AUCTION

Saturday…April 26, 2014…10 a.m.

Auction Site: Gibsonburg, Ohio501 E. Yeasting Street

Two Story Home/setting on large corner lot

3-bedroom-1 bath - 2car detached garage

Owner: Jean Todd & Connie J. Hohlfelder -Trustee

Phillip L. Ameling- Trust

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$1000 down, day of auction,

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Sale Location: 210 Jefferson Street

Oak Harbor, OH 43449

For: Mary Schultz

Property Location: From Oak Harbor take St. Rt. 163 East turn

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Real Estate: 10 +/- acres. Parcel # 0081054322147000. Woods in the

back of property. 6.5 +/- acres tillable. Carroll Township water available,

$2000 to tap in plus contractor fees. Taxes $146.27 yearly.

Real Estate Terms: $5000 down, non-refundable at time of auction, with

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Statements made the day of sale supersede all printed matter. Property sold

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Walbridge – One bedroom, 101Blair, Brick Apartment, Ground Floor,$435.00 Lease, No Pets 419-467-9432

Waterville Historical duplex forrent or sale. Spacious 2-3 bed-rooms, appliances, storage, sep-arate yards, additional storageavailable in barn. 419-261-3949

Woodville, Ohio, large 2-bedroomapartment, refrigerator, stove, W/Dhookup, garage, $525/month + utili-ties/deposit. 419-862-2867

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East Toledo within 2 miles of 280,spacious 2-bedroom brick twinplexincludes stove, fridge, withwasher/dryer hookup. $415/monthplus deposit plus utilities. 2638 Nor-walk. (back apartment) 419-836-7378.

EAST TOLEDO- Large 2 bedroom,Lower, Fenced Yard, Own Utilities,$425/month +$425 deposit, 1 Smallpet with $50 deposit, 419-277-2180

Efficiency, 1, 2 and 3 bedroomhomes and apartments available.

419-472-0550 for more information.Toledo area. Section 8 OK.

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North Toledo, 2-bedroom house w/basement,garage, fenced yard, neat/clean,

$500/month + deposit/credit check.Call Mark 419-360-4120.

NORTHWOOD: 3 bedrooms, Wood-more Street, Washer/Drier hook-up,$550/month plus SD same, No Pets,419-691-8404.

OREGON ARMS2 bedroom, patio, appli-

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Oregon School District, 3 bedroomwith large yard, $850/mo. +Depositand electric. No pets/smoking. 419-913-8471 or 419-279-4978

Oregon, 1-bedroom lower419 ShadowbrookNo pets/smoking

$460/month plus depositGas, water included

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appliances , washer/dryer hookup,no pets/smoking, water included,

electric heat, full basement,$650/month plus electric

419-309-0398

1729 Greenwood, back unit, 1 bed,new paint/flooring, appliances includ-ed, tenant pays utilities, NoPets/Smoking, $360mo. + deposit.419-345-3716

520 Raymer, Clean As A Wink!Large 2-bedroom home, formal living& dining room, eat-in kitchen, stove,refrigerator, C/A, full basement, offstreet parking, $635 first, last securi-ty, includes water. 419-376-2722.

Clay Center, Studio Apartment forrent. 419-308-4991

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Greenwood Park GenoaNewer renovated mobile homes,

2 bed, 1 or 2 bath units, Beautiful homes, excellent values

starting at $18,500.Shown by appointment

419-734-3816Move in special!

Rental deposit waived offer expiresJune 1st.

Model Homes on Display! Nice Selection of New & Pre-OwnedHomes! 2 & 3 Bedroom, Monthly Lot

Rent $200-$220, Bank FinancingAvailable, Contact Walnut

Hills/Deluxe @ 419-666-3993

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Waterville Historical duplex forrent or sale. Spacious 2-3 bed-rooms, appliances, storage, sep-arate yards, additional storageavailable in barn. 419-261-3949

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Tennessee Log HomeSale! New, ready to finishlog cabin on 5+ acres withFREE Boat Slip on 160,000acre recreational lake. Only$89,900. Excellent financing.Call now 877-888-0267.X104

FOR SALE BY OWNER

616 W. Main, Woodville, OH

3 BR, 2 BA w/full basement, sunroom,

granite counters, wood floors

throughout, 2 gas fireplaces, French-

style main floor windows and detached

2-car garage. Many build-ins &

updates. 419-270-4192.

Real Estate for Sale

To Be Auctioned

For Sale

315 S. Stange ElmoreApril 26th @ Noon

407 College Ave.Woodville, OH 43469

Woodville Community CenterMay 3rd @ Noon

9688 SR2Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449

Happy Hooker Bait & Tackle(Owners are retiring)

24277 Walbridge East Rd.Millbury, Ohio 43447

2.5 baths 3-bedsw/6 ½ acres & pole barn.

126 N. Decant rd.Curtice, Oh. 43412

3 Acres w/pole barn

301 Meadow Ln.Walbridge, Ohio 43465

3-bed, brick ranch,

Lots & Land457 Clubhouse Reno Beach

5-Lots $5,500.

2.88 acres 10050 CorduroyCurtice, Oh $32,000.

418 Beachview Reno Beach10 - Lots $6,000.

SR 579 East side of RailroadWilliston, Ohio 4346811.75 acres $59,000.

Ohio Real Estate Auctions LLCKen Belkofer419-277-3635

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The

Press

Circulation ClassifiedsDeadline: Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. 419-836-2221 or 1-800-300-6158

[email protected] to - 38,358 Homes in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky & Wood Counties

CASH IN WITH THE “BIG DEAL!”

*a 15 word classified ad *runs for 4 weeks in the Metro

& Suburban Press (38,000+ homes and the world on

our website)

*Check out the Classified section for more information

Deadline: Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. 419-836-2221 or 1-800-300-6158

*a 15 word classified ad *runs for 4 weeks in the

Metro and Suburban Press

(38,000 + homes and the world on our website)

*Check out the Classified section for more information

CLASSIFIED DEPT. CLOSED FRIDAYS

Deadline: Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. 419-836-2221 or 1-800-300-6158

[email protected] - (Closed Fridays)

Delivered to - 36,047 Homes, businesses and newstands

in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky & Wood Counties

( 36,047 homes and the world on our website)

Apply in writing to:

HR Coordinator/STNA

Riverview Healthcare Campus

8180 W. St. Rte. 163

Oak Harbor, OH 43449

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Drug Free Workplace

*FREE STNA CLASSES*

FT 12 hr STNA positions

STNAs & those interested to become

STNA

——————————

Evening classes at Terra Comm

College beginning in May

Class size limited

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MUST pass employment screening

process to receive TUITION FREE

& get PAID while you attend!

FT employment for those that

successfully complete classes

Part-Time Positions, Competive Wages & Benefi ts

Candidates should apply online at :

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or call 1-888-673-8765

Petro 26416 Baker Rd., Perrysburg

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Reino Linen Service is a commer-cial laundry facility and is currentlyhiring for day and afternoon produc-tion positions. Wage is based on theposition and shift. Reino Linen is adrug free workplace and proof of citi-zenship is required.

Please get applications online atwww.reinolinen.com or at

119 S. Main Street, Gibsonburg. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. We are an EEO/AA Employer.

SALES OPPORTUNITYNABF College World Series mediapublications/sponsorship. Commis-sion only. Call 419-936-3887, leavename and phone number.

Seasonal Park Worker/BaseballField Prep. The Village of Walbridgeis currently accepting applications forSeasonal Park Worker/Ball FieldPrep. Applications should be submit-ted by May 25, 2014. Applicationscan be picked up at the Village Of-fice or found on the Village Website.Send Applications to: Kenneth Frost,Village Administrator, 111 N. MainSt., Walbridge, Ohio 43465

Semi and Tank Truck Driversneeded, Must have clean drivingrecord with experience. We offer ex-cellent wages with benefits. Reply toP.O. Box 60238 Rossford, OH.43460

Spanish InterpreterInterpreter needed for seasonal

position in Medical office. Applicantmust have friendly personality,

excellent phone etiquette, and theability to work in a professional

environment. The ability to read andspeak Spanish is required. Currentdriver's license required. EOE. Allreferences will be contacted and

criminal background checks completed on all successful applicants. For additional

information, visit our website atwww.fremontchs.com

Send resume to: Director of Human Resources

410 Birchard AvenueFremont, Ohio 43420 or email to

[email protected]

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Medical ClerkMedical Clerk needed for full-time

position in a busy physician's office.Data entry, computer skills, and

general office experience required.Must have friendly personality,

excellent customer service skills,and the ability to work in a professional environment.

An associate's degree is preferred.EOE. All references will be

contacted and criminal backgroundchecks completed on all successful

applicants. For additional information, visit our website at

www.fremontchs.com. Send resume to:

Director of Human Resources 410 Birchard Avenue

Fremont, Ohio 43420 or email to [email protected].

Northwood and OregonIndustrial Openings

We are recruiting for entry level assembly and manufac-turing jobs. Great Opportunity

for long and short term positions. Pay rate is $8.00 per hour.

2nd and 3rd shift openings avail-able. Drug and Bkg checks willbe conducted. HS Diploma or

GED is required. Call MANPOWER for

appointment and mention this ad. 419-893-4413

Outside Salesman needed forsmall local company, Base salaryand commission, Health Insurancereimbursement, Send resume to:P.O. Box 53, Elmore, OH. 43416.Drug-free workplace.

PARK MAINTENANCE POSITION Metroparks of the Toledo Area has

openings for Park Maintenance positions, full time. Position requiresproficiency in various skilled trades

including carpentry, plumbing, painting, masonry, and welding;

ability to maintain and repair manytypes of equipment, operate trucksand heavy machinery and obtainClass A CDL. $16.27/hour. Highschool diploma/equivalent and driver's license needed. Go to

www.MetroparksToledo.com to viewthe job requirements and

descriptions. Apply online by4/25/14. EOE

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Lawn and Landscape - Oregon15 Immediate openings

1-Supervisor, Pay $10-$15/hr. Call 419-467-8264mc

Lifeguard: The Village of Wal-bridge is currently accepting appli-cations for seasonal Lifeguard. Appli-cations should be submitted by May25, 2014. Applications can be pickedup at the Village Office or found onthe Village Website. Send applica-tions to: Kenneth Frost, Village Ad-ministrator, 111 N. Main St., Wal-bridge, Ohio 43465

Line cook wanted, breakfast andweekends a must, apply within atRayz Cafe, 608 Main Street, Genoa.

Looking for house keeper and gen-eral household help for single familyone or two days per week, flexibleschedule, pay $11 per hour call 419-698-8370.

LPNPosition available for Licensed Practical Nurse to work on an as-needed basis. Successful

Applicant will be responsible fornursing functions, assessing

patients, assisting physician with patient care, patient education andany other duties as required. EOE.All references will be contacted and

criminal background checks completed on all successful applicants. For additional

information, visit our website atwww.fremontchs.com.

Send resume to Director of Human Resources

410 Birchard Avenue Fremont, Ohio 43420 or email to

[email protected].

Maintenance: Reino Linen Service,Inc. has an immediate opening for afull time, afternoon shift maintenanceposition in the Gibsonburg, Ohioplant. Must be self-motivated, detailoriented, team player for fast paced,high volume healthcare laundry facil-ity. 3-5 years of Building and Ma-chine Maintenance, Plumbing, andElectrical Maintenance experiencerequired. Physically demanding po-sition, some heights involved. Re-sumes may be emailed [email protected]. We are anEEO/AA Employer.

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Cleaners Needed at Turnpike Plazain Genoa, Part-time, possible Full-time, All shifts, including weekends,$7.95 per/hr. must have clean back-ground and reliable transportation.Call 419-261-6094 M-F, between8am and 5pm.

Drivers: DEDICATED. REGION-AL. HOME WEEKLY/BI-WEEKLYGUARANTEED. Start up to $.44cpm. Great Benefits + Bonuses. 90%No Touch Freight/70% Drop & Hook.877-704-3773

Drivers: Flatbed. New Pay In-crease. Great Miles/Pay & Hometime, New 2014 trucks w/APU's &Refrigerator, Full Benefits + FlatbedEquipment Supplied. CDL-A, 2yrsexp. 855-219-5996

Drivers: LOCAL Woodhaven HomeDaily Openings! $1,500.00 Sign-OnBonus! New Equipment! No-Touch!CDL-A w/2yrs Experience, Passportor Enhanced license. Call PenskeToday! 1-855-CDL-PENSKE

Drivers: Need Home-time, Miles?Dedicated, Home daily run. Toledoto Columbus, IN. CDL-A, 6mos OTR.MTS: 800-305-7223

Experienced dump truck driverwanted, CDL required, full-timecompetitive pay. Applications ac-cepted at 1141 N. Genoa Clay Cen-ter Road, Genoa or Fax applicationsto 419-855-6089. Call 419-855-6072

Full time Class A CDL Driver, to betrained to drive medium sized towtrucks and haul equipment. Must be21 years or older, must live in LakeTwp, Millbury, Genoa or Stony Ridgearea, one week of call per month.Starting at $31,000+ per year. 419-837-2554

HERITAGE HEALTH CAREis currently hiring

HHA / CNA / STNA

Benefits• Competitive Pay/Weekly Pay

• Flexible Schedule• Paid Time Off

• 401K Eligible After One Year

Requirements• Must be a self-motivated,

responsible professional• Must be at least 18 years of age

• High School Diploma or GED Required

• CPR/First Aid CertificationPreferred

• Must have 1 yr of HHA experience or current STNA

Fax resume to 419.867.3806Call for inquires 419.867.2002

[email protected] apply in person:

1625 Indian Wood CircleMaumee, OH 43537

EOE

INSPECTORSVisual inspection of automotive

parts. Must have valid DL. Experience preferred, but not required. $10/hr plus [email protected]

Fax: 419-843-7218.BENCHMARK NATIONAL

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Mike's Hauling We buy junk cars, trucks and vans

Scrap metal hauled free. 419-666-1443

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CareLink Nursing Services is inneed of certified HHA's in

Oregon/East Toledo. Applicationsaccepted M-F from 9-3 at 5577 Airport Highway or

online at www.carelinknursing.com.

RETIREMENT VILLAGE

Apply to:

workwithpurpose

today.com

EOE

Genoa Retirement

Villageis seeking qualified

candidates who are

Compassionately

Committed to Excellence

in Customer Service for

the following positions:

• 2 STNA’s

(CRCA’s) PT

2nd shift

• 1 Dining Service

Assistant (evenings)

• 1 Activity

(Life Enrichment)

Assistant

• 1 Nurse

(LPN or RN)

2nd shift

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Yorktown Village1 & 2 Bedroom

Townhouses & ApartmentsJoin Oregon’s Finest Community

★Laundry ★Swimming Pool★Spacious Floor Plans

★Private Patios★ 24 hr. Emergency Maintenance

419-693-9443

Piccadilly

East

• Oregon Schools

• No Deposit

• No Gas Bill

• Small Pets OK!

• Storage Units On Site

Mon.-Fri. 9am-6pm, Sat. 11am-4pm2750 Pickle Rd., Oregon

Visa & MasterCard Accepted

419-693-9391

Apartments

* 1 Bed $400

* 2 Bed $500

Starting At

TanglewoodLandings

Apartmentsin Woodville

UNIT AVAILABLE

For People 62 or Older

or Handicapped

Our Apartments are one

story and one bedroom

Rental Assistance Available

Pets

Are Welcome

Please call 419-849-3730 or our

TTY/TTD@ 1-800-750-0750“This institution is an equal

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A Place To CallHome

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maintenance• Laundry facilities• Ask about our new

tenant specialsFeaturing

1 bedroom $4052 bedroom $495

2 & 3 bedroom Townhomesstarting at $599

Your New

Home For 2014

Ask about our specials

•Oregon Schools

•

•

•

Pool

Intercom entry

Washer/Dryer hookups

1 bedroom apt. $425

2 bedroom apt. $495

2 bed. Townhouse $625

• Cat Friendly

Featuring

“Make your first Big Move!”

EASTWYCK APTS.

3148 Corduroy Rd.

Oregon, Ohio

419-691-2944

24 THE PRESS, APRIL 21, 2014

In Home Service

APPLIANCE WORKS INC.Washers, Dryer, Ranges, Microwaves,

Refrig., Air Conditioners,

Dishwashers, Disposers, Freezers

Operated By Mark Wells

419-836-FIXX (3499)

WEEKEND DELIVERIES•Stone & Dirt

Hauling•Bobcat Service•Demolition & Hauling•Concrete Removal

COUNTRY CHARMCleaning & Restoration LLC

Since 1988Carpeting & Upholstery Cleaning

Emergency Water Removal

General House Cleaning

— Certified By I.I.C.R.C. —

419-836-8942

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Water, Sewage & Sump PumpInstallation & Repair

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If You’re an Expert and want to get involved... CALL 836-2221. Deadline: 11 a.m. Thursday

21270 SR 579Williston

836-7461

Hauling

If it’s heavy ... and you

want it hauled in or out ...

Call Us!

•Dirt •Stone •Debris •Cars

•Equipment •Trucks

BOBCAT SERVICES

SNOW REMOVAL

We can work directly with

your Insurance CompanySCHNEIDER SONS’ ELECTRIC CORP.

WholeHouse

Generators

1556 Oak St/At Oakdale Toledo, OH 43605 (419) 691-8284

Family Owned & Operated Since 1942

Licensed &

Insured

New & Old Homewiring

Specialists

419-340-0857419-862-8031

B & G HAULING

Got Junk & Garbage?We do:

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MUSSER’S HOME ANDPROPERTY MAINTENANCE

• Home Repair Specialists• Commercial & Residential

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Appliance Repair

Carpet Cleaning

Automotive

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Excavating

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21270 SR 579Williston

836-7461

- Now Offering - special prices ontires & batteries.

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• Better than the typical A+ BBB ratedcontractor. We have a clean record.

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PREFERRED CONTRACTOR

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7640 Jerusalem Road (Rt 2)(419)836-4000

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“We make every effort to accommodate YOU.”

KELLER CONCRETE INC.Tear Out & Replace Concrete, Driveways,

Patios, Porches, Pads, Sidewalks &Stamped/Colored Concrete

** Quality & Affordable Work **Insured & Bonded — FREE ESTIMATES —

BOBCAT SERVICES AVAILABLE

419-697-9398

Remodeling

A.A. COLLINS CONSTRUCTION& RENTAL PROPERTIES

Basement Waterproofing

Concrete • Roofing

Interior • Exterior

Lawncare • Stone & Dirt HaulingBobcat Service • Espaniol

Rob 419-322-5891

Storage

New or Replace ConcreteDriveways, Sidewalks,Pole Barns, Porches,

Stamped & Color ConcreteBrick & Block work etc.Veterans & Senior

Citizens’ DiscountsFree Estimates, Licensed & Insured

Mike Halka

419-350-8662Oregon, OH

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Concrete

countrycharmcleaning.com

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419-693-8736Licensed Master Plumber

Roy Bomyea

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**** 24 HR. SERVICE ****

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All Major Credit Cards Accepted— Senior Discount —

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419-691-7958

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aintingP

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• Bobcat & Dump Truck Services• Free Estimates • Licensed & Insured

419-467-8496

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BORDERS ON ALL

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drywall repair, electrical

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- FREE ESTIMATES -Senior Discounts

Roofs/Gutters

Siding/Windows

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Call Nate419-205-5469

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Phone 419-260-1213

Concrete

FullyInsured

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Since

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Industrial

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Child care provided in my Oregonhome or your home, volunteer part-time at Lucas County Children Ser-vices, references and very reason-able. Robin 567-218-4251

Doing Daycare in my Northwoodhome, transportation available andam very reasonable. Can work AMor PM. Also do elderly care andhousekeeping. Call Lori 419-691-1275 Leave message.

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I do elderly care-home assistance ,part-time. References upon request.419-836-5293

TLC, does your loved one needquality care? 20 years experiencecaring for elderly, CHHA, CR/PN,Leave message for Helen 419-542-9619 or 330-759-6814

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The Manor at Perrysburg

(Located in the

Three Meadows Subdivision)

250 Manor Dr.,

Perrysburg, OH, 43551

Tradition isn’t something we just

talk about, it’s something we live

and feel everyday!

a tradition of caring

Dietary AideThe Manor at Perrysburg is currently seeking part timeDietary Aides. You must be

available to work day, evening,and week-end hours. We are

looking for quality individuals toprovide exceptional care to ourresidents. All applicants mustpass a pre-employment drug

screen and background check. If you are interested in joining

our team apply at:

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Housing Rehabilitation

Specialist – Green Spring

Candidate must have a high

school diploma or GED, three

years experience in residential

construction or related field and

experience working with

Microsoft Word and Excel.

This position inspects properties

to determine deficiencies,

prepares write-ups and cost

estimates for repairing or

rehabilitating the property

according to appropriate

standards, and facilitates the

contractual process between the

homeowner and the contractor.

Drug test, MVR and background

checks are required. Year-round,

full-time. Additional details and

application are online at

wsos.org/employment.

Applications must be received

by 5/4/14. EOE

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Windsor Lane Healthcare is cur-rently searching for a Cook and Di-etary part-time. Please apply in per-son. Interviews are immediate. 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 355 WindsorLane, Gibsonburg, Ohio. 419-637-2104

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Hiring for All Shiftsand Shift Managers

Part time Positions Available

• Competitive Wages

• Meal Discounts

• Flexible Hours

Turnpike Service Plazasare hiring for:

Blue Heron

Plaza

419-855-3478

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Windsor Lane Healthcare is a 100bed skilled nursing facility with chal-lenging population. We are accept-ing applications for the following po-sitions: LPN and STNA. inquire with-in 355 Windsor Lane, GibsonburgOhio, 419-637-2104 or fax resume to419-637-2555.

TRAINCOTruck Driving SchoolsDay - Eve - Weekend Class

Job PlacementPerrysburg 419-837-5730Norwalk 419-499-2222

Is a Career Change

What You Need?

FREE info available regarding

licensing requirements. Call about

this financially rewarding career with

a company known for it’s

Tradition of Excellence

Mary Ann Coleman

WELLES BOWEN REALTORS

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The Village of Bradner is currentlyexcepting applications for a poolmanager for the 2014 year. Appli-cants must have a life guard certifi-cation and be over the age 18. Appli-cations are available at the VillageHall, 130 N. Main Street between thehours of 8:30am to 5:00pm M-F. orby calling 419-288-2890. All applica-tions must be received by May 1,2014.

WANTED FULL-TIME Experienced dump truck driver, mini-mum Class B CDL, clean drivingrecord is a must. 419-836-6117Leave Message.

Expanding Booth rent

salon in Genoa!

2 stylist 1 nail tech!

1st month of rent is free!

Please call Jessica for

details 419-304-6767.


AUTO AUCTION

5004 Lewis Avenue, Toledo

Sunday, April 27th at 12:00 pm

Greg Zielinski, Auctioneer

419-867-7653

Over 15 cars, trucks, vans to be auctioned off along with some

tires, 2 car lifts. Be the highest bidder and own your own vehicle.

Visit Amlinauctions.com for a complete list!

Farm/Recreational Land Auction 40 AcresWed. April 30, 2014, 6:07 pm

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WM BAKER & KEN BONNIGSON, CAI

419-547-7777

PROPERTY LOCATION: Take OH RT 19 north of Fremont, OH north of US 20By-Pass 5.3 miles to CR 143, then left (west) to property, or from Oak Harbor,OH take OH RT 19 south approx. 5 miles to CR 143, then right (west) to theproperty. Watch for signs!

AUCTION LOCATION: San Co Fairgrounds, 901 Rawson Ave, Fremont, OHTRACT: 39.85 +/- acres of land with approx. 1300’+/- frontage on Co. Rd. 143.

Owner: Herbert Schlecht Estate, Traci Cogar, Admin.Go to Website or call the Office for complete terms & more info

MATHEWS HOUSEHOLDPUBLIC AUCTION

Sat., April 26 2014, 10:27 am8582 Twp. Rd. 105, Kansas, OH

ANTIQUES – FURNITURE – PRIMITIVES – HOUSEHOLD

COLLECTIBLES – GUNS – LAWN & GARDEN – JD 320

RIDING MOWER – ANTIQUESCAPE ITEMS – ITEMS

FROM AROUND THE FARMSTEAD

LOCATION: 8582 Twp. Rd 105, Kansas, OH. Just on the outskirts ofthe village. Watch for Auction signs.AUCTION NOTE: Ruth has sold the farm & moving South. Selling from 2auction rings. The Mower & Guns selling 1st then we will split into 2 auctioncrews. Ring #1 starting with Furniture & Household. Ring #2 going to theBarn with Wagon, Lawn & Garden, Antiquescape & Barn items. Plan toattend and tell or bring a friend.

Guns & Riding Mower will sell 1st before we split into 2 auction rings.

www.bakerbonnigson.com

WM BAKER & KEN BONNIGSON, CAIAsst. Auctioneers: Dean A. Smith, Todd Schling,

Robert Carpenter, Fred Wolff, Andy Kluding

PUBLIC AUCTION

WHEN: Saturday April 26, 2014 10:00 A.M.

WHERE: 425 Church Street

Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449

For: Fred & Elaine Conley

Directions: From Oak Harbor, Ohio take SR 163 turn

North onto Church Street. Watch for signs.

Chad W. Brough, Licensed Auctioneer

419-262-7408 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449

Tools & Household

Many other misc. items

Terms

: Window air conditioner, 2 B&D hedge trimmers,

2 jumper cables, cooler, 2 dog kennels, 32 ft. fiberglass extension

ladder, HO train tracks & HO train, table tennis, Kenmore smaller chest

freezer, router table top, Craftsman saw, Delta drill press, small folding

plastic table, 3 metal chairs, 3 desk chairs, turkey fryer, small grill, 20 ft.

aluminum extension ladder, pipe bender, sanders, Ryobi drill, Kenmore

refrigerator, 2 skate boards, 2 work benches 6 & 8 ft., 10 inch

Craftsman table saw, wooden chair, 2 wheel barrows, 3 children's

sleds, Die Hard battery charger, gas cans, Sharp cash register, 2 step

ladders (8 ft. & 5 ft.), metal cabinets, Frigidaire refrigerator, 2 folding

wooden chairs, platform scales, towel drying rack, AB lounge 2

exercise machine, 2 Huffy 10 speeds, shopvac, wash tub, gentleman's

small 6 drawer cabinet, 3 drawer cabinet, old cash register, wooden

mover, 2 bar stools, 2 wheel trailer, cap gun, mop bucket, 2 drills, 2

sewing machines, glass collection, gas grill, 2 toilets.

: Cash or check with proper ID. All items sold as is where is. Not

responsible for accidents, or items after they are sold. Statements

made the day of sale supersede all printed matter. Chad W. Brough

Auctioneer is licensed by the Ohio Department of Agriculture and a

licensed Broker for Batdorff Real Estate, Inc. and bonded in favor of the

State of Ohio.

Real Estate & Contents Auction

April 26, 2014 (10:00 AM)

House @ Noon

315 S Stange Road, Elmore, Ohio 43416

Go to Auctionzip.com # 4464 or

www.belkofersauctionservice.com for complete list & pictures.

TERMS: cash/check ID for bid number.

Items sold as is where is. No warranty!

3-bedroom, 864 sq. ft. home

TERMS: $2,000.00 down day of

sale (non-refundable). Property

sold as is where is. Purchasers

shal l re ly on thei r own

inspections of property and

records. Sale is not contingent on

financing or inspections. Any

Cars: “1998” Olds Intrigue, “1987”

Cadillac Brougham

Boats: 16” Fiberglass boat 18'

alum. boat 16' Chris Craft

Johnson 30 H.P. outboard motor, Gamefisher 9.9

H.P. twin cylinder outboard,

Lawnmowers:

Household:

Collectibles

Misc.:

, Garage & Tools:

Owner: Margaret Rodriguez Executrix

V-6, 126,670 miles.

5.0 liter eng. Loaded, Mileage ?

w/40 h.p. Johnson & trailer.

w/115 h.p. Evinrude and trailer.

w/289 inboard outboard and trailer. (All 3 boats are in rough

shape).

outboard gas tank, anchor, oars

& paddles.

Craftsman YT 3000 21h.p., 46”cut, Case 444

Hydraulic drive, w/cab, deck, front mount snowblower & rear

mount roto tiller. Turf Pad rear tine tiller. Table & 6

chairs, Buffet, Fireplace w/bar & radio, T.V., VCR, love seat,

sofa, wing chair, misc. furniture, gun cabinet, pots, pans and

glasses. : Galv. tubs, jugs, milk can, oil can, Darth

Vader action figure box, child's refrigerator & stove, electric

blasting cap box. Concrete pig & geese, small table & 4

chairs (Mexico), waterfall picture, Thermos cooler, Ed Lund

scales Craftsman Top & bottom toolbox,

yard trailer, BBQ Pro gas grill, Oregon chain saw, Craftsman

30-200 arc welder, welding cables & rods, Craftsman 6 h.p. 30

gal. air compressor, 12 v. air compressor, Craftsman ¼ hp

bench grinder, 5” bench vise, 40 pc. socket set, 14 pc. wrench

set, sockets reg., metric & deepwell, vise grips, open & box end

wrenches, impact wrenches, Mit Jump Start, Air 3/8 Ratchet,

air hoses, grease guns, Wilmar 2 ¼ ton jack, bottle jacks,

circular saws, drills, Skilsaw drill bits, lawn tools, seeder &

more.

B A Selkofers uction ervice

Ohio Real Estate Auctions

Auctioneer: Ken Belkofer 419-836-9612

Apprentice: Shawn Hodge

Not responsible for accidents or theft.

other terms & conditions will be announced day of sale.

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Sat. April 26, 10 AMGries Seed & Feed2348 N. Fifth St. (Rt. 6)

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5 units cut lock auctionLaw’s Storage, LTD

Walbridge, Ohio

Holding an auction on fiveunits. Locks will be cut day of auction on units.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 2pm

E01 Cynthia BarnesD19 Patrick HenryC19 Jeff PhalenF17 John RobieB07 Jessica Teneyck

All contents will be sold as a unitUnits actually auctioned are

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Law’s Storage, LTD30835 Drouillard Rd.

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PUBLIC NOTICEThe Village of Elmore will be accepting letters of

interest to fill a vacant seat on village council.

Interested parties must be a registered voter and

be a resident of Elmore for at least one year.

Letters will be accepted at the Village Town Hall,

344 Rice Street or by mail at Village of Elmore,

P.O. Box 3, Elmore, OH. 43416-0003

until 12 noon on May 9, 2014.

For more information you can call 419-862-3362

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Village of Elmore will be receiving bids for fire-

wood. Bids should be placed in a sealed envelope

and mailed or delivered to 340 Clinton Street P.O.

Box 1, Elmore, OH 43416. Bids will be opened on

April 29, 2014 at 12:45 p.m. Firewood will be cut in

4’ to 8’ lengths. Free delivery in a five mile radius of

Elmore. A list of trees to be removed can be obtained

at the above address. All trees to be removed are

marked with a white “X”. For more information call

Buck at 419-862-3454.

The Village of Walbridge is accepting bids for

the rental of the following farmland

for agriculture production: Parcels

H31-712-050000010000,

H31-712-060000013001,

H31-712-060000013002

consisting of 73 acres more or less total.

Bids will be accepted until 12:00 noon on

Monday, April 28, 2014 at the Village of

Walbridge Administration office,

111 N. Main Street, Walbridge, Ohio.

2811 Navarre Ave.

Oregon, Ohio

Tel: 888.303.5636 buymathewsford.com

Hours:

M-Th: 9-9, F: 9-6, Sat. 9-5, Sun. 12-5

Service Hours:

M-F: 9-6, Sat: 7-1Closed Easter Sunday

With purchase of

any vehicle in this adUp to 72 months w.a.c.

with approved credit

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2002 Sportsmen 5th Wheel Trailer,31 Feet Long, Sleeps 8, One Slide-Out, $8,500 OBO, 419-214-2382

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Cycleman We repair Chinese Pocket Bikes and Scooters,

and Mopeds, many parts available,

also repair motorcycles, Call Wed. - Sat (10-6pm)

419-244-2525.

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RV Sites Year RoundFull Hook-ups w/City Water

Solid Pads/Off Street Parking$300 p/mo. + Electric

Deluxe Park/Walbridge419-392-8968

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2007 Silver Silverado Dually,3500HD, Excellent Condition, 35,600Miles, Fifth Wheel Hitch, New Set ofSnow Tires, Price Negotiable, 419-214-2382.

Burkin Self Storage

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St. Rt. 51, South of Elmore

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Set of 4 Radial Tubeless Tires.P225/45 R17, 90H, M+S, $40.00(set), Approx. 5,000 miles left. 419-855-4716

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1996 Cadillac Sedan DeVille,92,000mi., 1 owner, Leather, North-star, Garaged, Good Condition,$1,500 OBO. 419-836-7862 or 419-707-4319

2002 Chrysler 300, Loaded,Sun/Moon Roof, 43,000 actual miles.Nice. Asking $6,000. Woodville 419-849-3921

2003 Mercury Grand Marquis LS$5,000, 91.000 Miles, Clean, Silvercolor with leather, all power, 1 own-er. Please call 419-691-3541 to setup an appointment.

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Lainey: spayed female

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Mag, 17” Flat Square Tube Moni-tor (15.9”VS) Still in Box, Neverused. $30.00. 419-836-9754

CARE BEAR

Looking for a sweet senior, look no

further than Care Bear! Miss Care Bear is

all ready for spring and is looking for a

family to love her. She has been patiently

waiting at the shelter for several weeks to

find a home. She came into the Lucas

County Canine Care & Control as an

owner surrender and she along with 40+

other lovable canines are all looking to

share their love with a new family. Come

meet them today at 410 S Erie St Toledo,

419-213-2800, open Mon-Fri 11-7, Sat &

Sun 11-5. If you are missing a dog please

come and walk through the kennels.

Impounded as well as adoptable dogs

can be viewed on PetHarbor.com. Stay

up to date with all the exciting

happenings and events at LCCC&C on

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Share the love and adopt a shelter dog

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Washer & Gas Dryer – washer likenew $200.00Electric Stove - $60.00419-836-1938

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2 French Provincial End Tables.Leather styled inlay top. Early 1960'svintage. $60.00. 419-836-9754

Light Green Couch & Chair, Colo-nial Bedroom Suite. Double Bed$200.00 OBO. 419-836-1938

Misc. Furniture. Two Retro Lampsfrom early 1960's, $20 each, Call419-836-9754.

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Found Cat, Route 579 and Bradnerroad area. 419-262-8869

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(3)-32” Old Oak 8-panel InteriorDoors, Each Includes Framework,Trim, Glass Door Knobs, Hardware.Great Shape, $90/OBO per set. 419-260-0541

9 Assorted Grout Trowels & Plas-ter, Cement Stirrer. $50.00 Call 419-260-8174

Cabbage Patch Dolls $5 each andother Collectibles. 419-855-7038.

Nova DVR 3,000 Wood Lathe withaccessories $1,200. Jet Mini WoodLathe accessories & Stand $250.419-836-9333

Reliance Propane Tank, NetWeight 18.5lbs. $15.00. Call 419-836-9754

Sharper Image Razor Xtremepush/kick scooter-$40. 419-836-9754

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Charter Bus ToursNew fliers ready!

Lots of Day and Multi-Day toursEvelyn's Excursions

419-737-2055877-771-4401

www.evelynsexcursions.com

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Older Piano, $200.00 OBO. 419-265-5022

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Piano, Organ, Vocal Lessons,Woodville/Elmore Area.

Wednesdays and Thursdays only.419-849-2988

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I BUY USED GOLF CARTS

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SANDUSKY419-626-5053

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Amana Gas Stove, White, 30”, SelfCleaning, Good Condition, NeedsThermostat, $100 OBO, 419-691-7941

Gas Stove, Whirlpool Accubake,30 Inches Wide, White, GoodShape, $150.00, 419-214-2382



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