The Village Reporter - February 27th, 2013

By: Angi WalkupTHE VILLAGE REPORTER

Officially, Stryker School board accepted the resig-nation of Principal Denise Meyers at the end of the 2013 school year at their February school board meeting on Tuesday eve-ning. Mrs. Meyers has been a part of the Stryker school system for 30 years, not in-cluding the years she spent as a Panther student.

“Truly, I bleed blue,” stated Myers after the meeting. “I wouldn’t go back and change anything, I’ve enjoyed it all.”

Board President Jeff Erb presented Mrs. Meyers with a plaque of appreciation even before the board voted to accept her resignation. Undeniably, a few tears were shed for this long time

administrator in gratitude and appreciation for her dedication to the Stryker school system.

“We knew this day was coming,” stated Erb. “I know you go above and beyond the call of duty. You put a lot of extra time in that people don’t know about. It is appreciated. And you have been the glue for Stryker schools for a long time and you are ap-preciated.”

“I would personally like to thank Denise for all of her help and support,” stated Superintendent Nate Johnson.

The Board also heard from Stryker resident Steve Planson with concerns on the amount of taxes, he alone, will be paying. He addressed concerns that he has, that the school taxes he will be paying will be paying “towards the debt” as he sees a lot of money be-ing spent. Mr. Planson gave the Board a figure which he will spend in taxes, which is considerably higher than the year before.

Treasurer Richelle Ober-

lin explained that Stryker district is in their 6th year of paying a 35 year loan. To date, the district has paid $1,729,378 on the proper-ty tax so far. Hopes of re-financing the debt cannot be done until the loan is 10 years old.

The levy that was just passed is only for 5 years. It would have to go back on the ballot if the board deems it necessary after that.

“I just want to make sure it is going towards the debt,” stated Planson.

The money that is be-ing spent on the school, for example, the all-weather track, comes from the Per-manent Improvement fund, not the General Fund Ober-lin explained.

Farm land values have increased, even though commercial and residen-tial values have decreased, which is where the district picked up extra millage, however small that amount was.

Board president Jeff Erb ...

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By: Kay RaypholtzTHE VILLAGE REPORTER

Superintendent Ken Boyer discussed a cost-effective plan to increase security measures at their February school board meeting on Monday, February 18. The board has received quotes on the cost of installing ballistic win-dow film, office video cameras and panic switches.

In other business, the board approved the agenda for the evening, and the following items as the consent agenda:• Minutes from the January14, 2013, organizational

meeting, January 22, 2013, Regular meeting min-utes, and the January 30, 2013, Audit Committee meeting.

• Financial statements and investments from Decem-ber and January

• Employments:• Rodger Swank – Assistant Varsity Softball Coach• Nelson Turner – Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach• Doug Faler – Volunteer Assistant JH Track Coach• Kyle Cogswell – Volunteer Assistant Varsity Track

Coach

Resignations:• Barb Oyer – Elementary Guidance, Effective June 1st

for the purpose of retirement

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North Central School Board Plans Security Measures

PHOTO BY: LUCINDA HELD-FAULHABER, STAFFJERRY LUCE AWARD … During halftime at the Edon-North Central varsity boys basketball game, the Jerry Luce Award for “Loyalty and Service to the Edon Area Community” was presented to Edon/Blakeslee area native Cheryl Flynn Michael. This 20th Annual award, named in honor of the former Florence Township Fire Department Chief and active community member who lost his life in a 1993 car accident, is given annually to an Edon area citizen who exemplifies volunteerism at its best. Recipients are found unselfishly sharing their time and talents with others in the community, their church and/or school. Through her dedication, leadership and ability to get things organized ~ “the one to go to when something needs to get done”; Cheryl has devoted many hours in supporting the efforts of several activities involving her sons, including the Edon Music Boosters. From currently serving as president (a job now in at least its fifth year!) to heading up the annual Ice Cream Social, Fruit Sales and Track Concessions, Cheryl thoughtfully gives her time in making sure jobs are covered and everything is taken care of. “I know I’m bossy, but somebody has to be in charge, I guess” she chuckled. Cheryl has also headed the EHS Junior Class Post Prom Committee, been involved with St. Peter Lutheran Church teaching Sunday School and going on youth mission trips and with the Boy Scouts, first as a den mother, and later on, assisting in a variety of other capacities until her boys earned their Eagle Scout rank. “I haven’t been in this alone,” noted Cheryl, “I’ve had a lot of people help out with events I’ve headed and I couldn’t have done it without them.” She went on to share how she’ll very much miss the help of one her dedicated Music Boosters volunteers ~ and friend ~ Sara Handy, who was killed in auto accident last month. Shown with Cheryl during the presentation are members of the Jerry Luce family, from left, his son Allyn Luce, daughter Jennifer Maier and wife Jo Ann Luce. Cheryl and her husband Doug live in Edon and are the parents of two sons, John, a senior at Miami University and Jacob, a freshman at The Ohio State University. “This is one of the greatest honors,” said Cheryl through heartfelt tears, “getting recognized for doing what you love to do.”

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Cheryl Michael 2013 Jerry Luce Award Recipient


The Holiday City council held a short meeting Thursday, February 21, 2013. Acting mayor Shawn Clark was unable to attend due to being called in to work to prepare roads for a winter storm. Member Dennis Hutchison was also ab-sent due to being out of state. There were still enough members in attendance for a quorum, however.

Following approval of the agenda, council heard the financial report for January 2013. Council heard the second reading of Resolution R-2013-3, which would authorize the payment of certain fees for debt service related to water and sewage fees owed by village businesses to Montpelier. It will not be voted upon until after the third reading.

The annual audit for the village will begin on Monday, February 25. Clerk/Treasure Lauri TenEyck-Rupp reported on new software that had been pur-chased for the office’s computers.

Representatives of the Visitor’s Bu-reau participated in a tourism showcase in Toledo. This is part of an effort to fo-cus attention on Holiday City to get bus tours to stop at the hotels here.

Village Administrator Gary Baker re-ported that work continues on the tor-nado siren. Some new parts have been

installed, but there are more that need to be installed yet. They expect repairs to be completed before tornado season. Baker informed council that they had been invited to the WEDCO Annual Meeting on March 6.

Baker also told council that he had re-ceived a proposal from AMP-Ohio called the Eastlake Peaking Project which is in partnership with First Energy. An effort is underway to convert an old coal-fired plant to gas power. They are expected to propose that the town buy power from this project. The village’s consultant will be looking into the proposal for feasibil-ity and to evaluate cost effectiveness. This is just a proposal at the present time. There is a chance that the facility may not be on line for a few years yet; however, the proposal calls for the town to sign up by June.

The council is searching for a new person to be employed as landscaper and grounds-keeper for the Town Hall and Visitor’s Bureau. Anyone who may be interested is invited to call the office at 419-485-5881.

With no further business to discuss, council adjourned the meeting. Meetings are held on the third Thurs-day of each month at 7:00 p.m.

Kay Raypholtz may be reached at [email protected].

Holiday City Council Hears About Proposal from AMP-Ohio

STRYKER BOARD OF EDUCATIONStryker Principal To Retire At End Of

School Year, Board Approved Conceal Carry

PHOTO BY ANGI WALKUP, STAFFAPPRECIATION ... Principal Denise Meyers accepts a plaque of appreciation from board president Jeff Erb for her dedication and service to Stryker schools for 30 years.

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Peter D. Traxler, 94 of Montpelier died Monday morning at Hillside Country Living in Jefferson Township. He was born October 24, 1918 in Jefferson Township to Charlie and Carrie (Wirick) Traxler.

Peter graduated from West Unity High School in 1936. He retired from the Ohio Turnpike Commission in 1983 after 29 years as a Toll Collector. Pete had also

been a Madison township farmer. He was a member and former trustee of the Pioneer

United Methodist Church and a charter member of the Pioneer Lions Club.

Peter is survived by a son Thomas and wife Joan of Pioneer, two step daughters, a step son, two grandchildren David Traxler and Heather Fairchild, three great grandchildren, two sisters Donna King and Janet Lee both of Montpelier.

He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife Ferne (Krill) in 1987, his second wife Alice (Bauer) in 1996, a brother Charles, three sisters Florence Keiser, Irene Fauver and Alice Tressler.

Visitation hours for Peter were Tuesday, February 19 at the Thompson Funeral Home in Montpelier. A Pioneer Lions Club service was Tuesday evening in the funeral home. Services were Wednesday at the funeral home with Reverend Michael Raypholtz officiating. Interment followed at Riverside Cemetery in Montpelier. Donations may be made to the Pioneer United Methodist Church. Condolences may be sent online at www.thethompsonfuneralhome.com

Peter D. Traxler (1918-2013)

Michael J. Sito, 73 of Bryan died Saturday night from heart complications due to heart surgery at the Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was born December 4, 1939 in Hicksville, Ohio to John E. and Elanora E.Y. (Salay) Sito. He graduated in 1959 from Fairview High School in Mark Center, Ohio. Soon after high school Mike married

Bonnie M. Eitzman on September 30, 1961 in Holgate, Ohio.

Mike worked at Robinair Manufacturing in Montpelier for approximately 28 years. For a period of eight years Mike helped with managing a campground. During the past five years Mike was an onsite manager of Foxglove apartments in Bryan.

The annual Bike to the Bridge for Cancer Assistance was important to Mike and he has made it a point to ride in the event for the past three years. At one time he was very active in the Montpelier Jaycees and was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Montpelier. Mike was also a member of the Eagles in Montpelier and Bryan and the Moose in Bryan.

Mike is survived by his wife Bonnie of 51 years, three sons Carl (Vicky) Sito of Stryker, Philip W. Sito of Montpelier, Kevin (Sally) Sito of Montpelier, a daughter Denise (Kyle) McKelvey of Hicksville, 12 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and two God-daughters.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister Yolanda Core.

Services for Mike were Thursday, February 21 at the Thompson Funeral Home in Montpelier with Pastor Paul Gruetter officiating. The family greeted friends Thursday prior to the time of the service. Donations may be made to Williams County Cancer Assistance. Condolences may be sent online to www.thethompsonfuneralhome.com

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“Doctrines of Grace” R E V I V A L

• Larry Bunting – High School Math Instructor, Effec-tive June 1st for the purpose of retirement

• William Peiffer – Remedial Reading Instructor, Effec-tive June 1st for the purpose of retirement

• Norm Fiser – Custodian, Effective February 1st for the purpose of retirement

Overnight trip for baseball team, March 22nd & 23rd to Hillsboro, Ohio

In his report, Elementary Principal Paul Jones informed the board that kindergarten screening would be held April 11 – 12 at the Methodist Church in Pioneer. Thirteen stu-dents are presently signed up for evaluation, but more are expected. At present, there are 351 students enrolled in the elementary school. Ohio Achievement tests will be ad-ministered April 23 – 26.

The Reading Guarantee will go into effect for third grade students next year, and for kindergarten through second grade during the 1014-2015 school year. This is part of new legislation from the state, and will require that all teachers who provide reading intervention will have to be Reading Certified. Those who already carry the certifi-cation must have three years of experience. The school will continue to implement a transition plan for the Common Core Standards for grading schools. This will be slowly im-plemented through the grade school. Jones said that elec-tronic tablets that had been distributed to teachers prior to the beginning of the school year are being used in class-rooms, allowing teachers more mobility in their rooms and provides greater interaction. Coming up, on February 26, students who passed the OEA tests will get ice cream.

Tim Rettig, high school and junior high principal, said that OGT week is March 11-15. He and Chief of Police Tim Livengood and other officers sat down and updated the school’s safety plan. They have documented changes in the new manual. The safety plan may continue to change over the year to reflect increased safety needs. He and oth-er principals and school officials heard from the Defiance County Sheriff’s office about a lockdown procedure called ALICE, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Con-front, and Escape. This is a procedure that is being taught in some schools to educate students and staff on what to do if there is an intruder in the school.

Laptops have been distributed to participating high school students in grades 9 -12. Those who elected not to participate in the laptop initiative will still have access to a computer through the school. As prom season approach-es, the school will hold three screening assemblies from texting and driving, to alcohol/drug issues, and Facebook issues. These problems tend to ramp up during the spring and the school wants their students to be educated and informed. The school will also have a driving simulator so that students can experience firsthand the simulated ef-fects of drunk driving and texting and driving.

Band and choir students will be participating in the All County Concert on February 24 at 4 p.m. in Montpelier. On Friday, March 1, students in grades 9 and 12 will at-tend a program called Real Money, Real World where they will learn such things as how credit card interest works as well as other money matters and skills that they will need to get by in the real world. The senior class will head to Kalahari resort on March 4 for their senior trip, and on March 7, there will be a high school band and choir con-cert at 7 p.m. in the junior high gym.

For the financial report, Eric Smeltzer asked the board to pass a resolution “accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the budget commission and authorizing the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the County Auditor for the 2013-2014 school year. Board members voted to pass a motion on the resolution. This addresses changes in the amount of taxes paid to the district be-cause of lower millage, and in general, reduces the taxes paid by homeowners.

The board also approved the following appropriation ad-ditions:

General Fund---------------- AmountSupplies and Materials----- 1,355.28Capital Outlay----------------- $187.49 Total General Fund--- $1,542.77

Other Funds ----------------- AmountPrincipals Fund------------- $625.64Other Grant----------------------50.00IDEA Part B Grants -----------109.43Improving Teacher Quality--- 856.90Misc. Federal Grant Fund--- 219.23 Total Other Funds--$2,861.20

The board discussed and approved a memorandum of understanding with the North Central Education Asso-ciation establishing the Custodian II position and salary effective March 1, 2013. Since the Custodian II position involved cleaning, and the Custodian I includes mainte-nance duties as well, the Custodian II position will start at a rate of $10.05 per hour.

A motion was declared to approve a one-time retirement incentive for certified staff as follows:• $6,000 if resignation for retirement is received by the

Superintendent on or before March 1, 2013.• $2,000 if resignation for retirement is received by the

Superintendent on or before April 1, 2013.The board approved the incentives for certified staff

only.In view of the increased measures that schools are tak-

ing to protect their students in the wake of recent trage-dies, school administrators have sought a budget-friendly resolution to stepping up security for the school. Entrance doors are already locked during the day, and people wish-ing to enter the building must identify themselves and be buzzed in. A quote was received from Leever Glass for ballistic window film for entrances and other targeted windows at a cost of $8,500. They are designed to with-stand a 60 caliber slug. Habitec Security has made quotes of $1760 for three security cameras, and $65 a piece for panic switches which are portable. There would be an ad-ditional monthly fee to monitor videos of the facility. Su-perintendent Ken Boyer said that the total cost was ac-tually less than he expected and that adding these extra security measures were a “significant upgrade to enhance the security of our facility.” The window film will carry a 5-year warranty.

Boyer also discussed updates in the proposed state budget. According to the proposed budget, no Ohio school districts will receive less than last year. However, the dis-trict has already lost approximately $800,000. The gover-nor has proposed an initial increase in funding and then a larger increase in the second year of the biennium. Over half of the districts in Ohio saw no increases in the last year, while those districts whose enrollment gained num-bers would receive in increase in funding as did some eco-nomically disadvantaged districts. The budget will go on to the state house and senate for approval.

North Central School Board holds meetings on the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. unless other-wise indicated.

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North Central School Board Plans Security Measures

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has adopted the following racial nondiscriminatory policies.

Fountain City Christian School recruits and admits students of any race, color or ethnic origin to all its rights, privileges, programs and activities. In addition, the school will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, employment, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.

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STRYKER P.D.(Feb 15) Traffic Warning - Speed(Feb 15) Search Warrant Executed - Drug Complaint(Feb 15) Keep the peace(Feb 16) Agency Assist(Feb 16) Domestic Dispute(Feb 16) Telephone Harassment(Feb 17) Agency Assist(Feb 17) Citizen Arrest(Feb 17) Civil Complaint - Custody Dispute(Feb 18) Well Being Check(Feb 18) Traffic Citation(Feb 19) No reports(Feb 20) Traffic Warning - Speed(Feb 20) Traffic Warning - Stop Sign(Feb 20) Abandoned Motor Vehicle(Feb 21) Traffic Citation - OVI & DUS(Feb 21) Traffic Warning - Improper Passing(Feb 21) Traffic Warning - Head-lights Required(Feb 21) Disabled Vehicle - Traffic hazard

WEST UNITY P.D.(Feb 11) Marked Lanes - Warning(Feb 11) Unruly Juvenile(Feb 11) Medical(Feb 11) Telephone Harassment(Feb 12) Speed - Citation(Feb 12) Telephone Harassment(Feb 13) Alarm(Feb 13) Agency Assist(Feb 13) Ordinance Violation(Feb 13) Speed - Warning(Feb 15) Stop Sign - Driving Under Suspension - Citation(Feb 15) Well Being Check(Feb 16) Marked Lanes - Warning(Feb 16) Turn Signal - Warning(Feb 16) Agency Assist(Feb 17) Turn Signal - Warning(Feb 17) Equipment - Warning(Feb 17) O.V.U.A.C. Marked Lanes - Citation(Feb 17) Underage Consumption(Feb 17)Drug Paraphernalia(Feb 17) Message Delivery(Feb 17) Disorderly Conduct(Feb 17) Theft

MONTPELIER P.D.

On 2/17/2013 2:37 am we arrested Michael Sagnimeni 18322 CR 11

Pioneer, OH age 35 for OVI, driving under suspension, stop sign, and fictitious plates. He was released.

On 2/17/2013 at 5:10 pm we arrest-ed a 16 year old Montpelier, OH female for domestic violence and taken to the Juvenile Detention Center.

FAYETTE P.D.

(Feb 3) Traffic violation(Feb 4) Traffic violation(Feb 4) Burglary (Feb 4) Prowlers (Feb 4) Assist other unit (Feb 4) Assist other unit (Feb 4) Assist other unit (Feb 5) Assist other unit (Feb 5) Traffic violation (Feb 5) Open door(Feb 6) Traffic violation (Feb 6) Traffic violation (Feb 6) Traffic violation (Feb 7) Traffic violation(Feb 7) Civil complaint (Feb 7) Assist other unit (Feb 7) Assist other unit (Feb 7) Traffic violation (Feb 7) Traffic violation (Feb 8) Traffic violation(Feb 8) Civil complaint(Feb 8) Open door(Feb 8) Traffic violation (Feb 8) Open door(Feb 9) Assist other unit (Feb 9) Special detail(Feb 10) Animal complaint (Feb 10) Suspicious car(Feb 10) Traffic violation (Feb 10) Traffic violation (Feb 10) Traffic violation (Feb 11) Civil complaint (Feb 12) Animal complaint(Feb 13) Assist other unit(Feb 14) Burglary (Feb 15) Animal complaint(Feb 15) Traffic violation (Feb 15) Traffic violation (Feb 15) Traffic violation (Feb 15) Traffic violation (Feb 16) Traffic violation (Feb 16) Traffic violation (Feb 16) Assist other unit(Feb 17) Assist other unit

WILLIAMS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE

Marissa Siegel, 18, Edon, was travel-ing north on SR-49 and ran off the east side of the roadway striking a

ditch and overturning.

PROSECUTOR’S NEWSLETTER

Several individuals were sen-tenced recently in the Fulton County Common Pleas Court according to county prosecutor Scott A. Haselman.

Stephen Lester, 61, of 12328 Co. Rd. 27, West Unity, Ohio, previously was convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition. On August 3, 2012, he had sexual contact with another per-son who was under 13 years of age. Judge Barber sentenced Mr. Lester to 3 years of community service and ordered him to pay prosecution costs, pay a $1,000 fine, not reside with juveniles, successfully complete the sex offender treatment program at the Center for Child & Family Advocacy, not possess any porno-graphic materials, have no contact with the victim, abide by an 11:00 pm to 6:00 am curfew, and report to CCNO on February 25, to serve 90 days with work release. Mr. Lester was found to be a Tier II sex offender which requires registration every 6 months for 25 years.

Ryan Nofziger, 37, of E. Church Street, West Unity, Ohio, previously pleaded guilty to Theft. From March 17, 2011 to July 12, 2012, while employed at Bil-Jax in Archbold, he stole over $6,000 worth of product. Judge Barber sentenced Mr. Nofziger to 2 years of community control and ordered him to pay prosecution costs and attorney fees, make restitution to Bil-Jax, have no contact with Bil-Jax, successfully complete drug and alcohol treatment, abide by an 11:00pm to 6:00am curfew, stay out of bars/taverns, not possess alcohol, and serve 30 days in CCNO with credit for 1 day served, with work release. Failure to comply could result in Mr. Nofziger spending 11 months in prison.

WESTERN DISTRICT COURT

Charlene E. Miller, Stryker, Failure to stop for red light, $37, $88

Johnnie R. Torres, Jr., Fayette, Fail-ure to stop for school bus with lights flashing, $50, $88

Anthony G. Gimson, Pioneer, As-sured clear distance ahead, $25, $64; No operator’s license, $50, $88

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Williams County Senior Center NutritionMon., March 4: CountryFriedSteak,MashedPotatoes, EuropeanBlendVegetable,Prunes& Peaches,DinnerRoll,MilkTue., March 5: ChickenAlaKing,Succotash,HavardBeets, GrapeJuice,Cookie,MilkWed., March 6: RubenCasserole,(ChickenAlt.)MixedVegetable, FruitCocktail,Biscuit,MilkThurs., March 7: CheesySloppyJoeonBun,Corn,BakedBeans, Peached,MilkFri,, March 8:TunaCasserole,Peas,Plums,RyeBread,Milk, Chef Salad

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Symphony Orchestra will present an evening concert in Founder’s Hall at Sauder Village. The performance, which begins at 7:30 p.m., is co-hosted by the Black Swamp Arts Council and Sauder Village.

This is the 24th year this highly respected orchestra has performed in beautiful Founder’s Hall in Archbold. Tickets may be purchased by calling 800.590.9755 or stopping by the Welcome Center at Sauder Village. Ad-vance ticket purchases are recommended. All general admission tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door.

Resident Conductor Jeffery Pollock will again lead the evening performance at Sauder Village. Mr. Pollock is a conductor known for the intensity of his perfor-mances and his ability to connect with audiences. Mr. Pollock was the associate conductor at the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for two seasons and the assistant conductor with the North Carolina Symphony for three seasons. In 2001 the American Symphony Orchestra

League chose him as a featured conductor for its presti-gious National Conductor Preview. His guest conducting appearances included performances with the Houston, Nashville, Charlotte, Lubbock, Harrisburg, Cleveland Chamber and Waterloo-Cedar Falls symphony orches-tras. He has had guest conducting appearances with the Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, National Sym-phony Orchestra of Ukraine, and with members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Tulsa Philharmon-ic. Mr. Pollock has also worked for the Baltimore Opera Company, Opera Delaware, and Annapolis Opera.

This year’s concert is sure to delight music lovers of all ages. The program includes a wonderful mix of clas-sical music, “Americana” waltzes, jazz and other tradi-tional American music. Some highlights of the Archbold program include Symphony No. 32 by Mozart, Roses From the South Waltz by Strauss, Three Spirituals by Hailstork and The Girl I Left Behind Me arranged by Anderson.

The evening concert also provides a great reason to arrive at Sauder Village early to enjoy a delicious meal at the Barn Restaurant. Recognized throughout the re-gion for home-style favorites like roast beef, Barn chick-en and real mashed potatoes – enjoying a tasty meal in the relaxed setting of the Barn Restaurant will make the night even more special!

This is the eleventh year for the Black Swamp Arts Council to co-host this popular event with non-profit Sauder Village. The 2013 concert is also underwritten by the Farmers & Merchants State Bank and Parkview Physicians Group – Midwest Community Health Associ-ates.

“We are happy to be working with Black Swamp Arts Council again this year,” shared Jeanette Smith, Direc-tor of Sales and Marketing at Sauder Village. “We also appreciate the many donations provided by underwrit-ers and patrons throughout the region. These donations help provide music students from local schools with free admission to the Toledo Symphony performance at Sauder Village.”

All money raised through ticket sales and patron donations underwrites the costs of bringing the To-ledo Symphony to the community on March 14. For more information or for tickets to the Toledo Sympho-ny Orchestra Archbold concert call Sauder Village at 800.590.9755 or visit www.saudervillage.org

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Last month, musicians from Edon High School traveled to Edgerton Lo-cal Schools to participate in the daylong Ohio Mu-sic Education Association (OMEA) ~ District 1 High School Solo and Ensem-ble Contest. Using The Ohio Plan of Adjudication, judges awarded each per-

formance with a Superior Rating (I); Excellent Rat-ing (II) or Good Rating (III) in one of three Classes ~ A, B or C, with Class A being the most difficult.

Results for Edon stu-dents for the adjudicat-ed event are as follows:

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO AND ENSEMBLE CON-

TEST

Instrumental Solos ~ Superior Rating (I)• Cheyenne Kimball ~

French Horn (Class A)

• Abby Hill ~ Flute (Class B)

• Corey Bailey ~ Tuba (Class C)

• Mariah Hantz ~ Flute (Class C)

• Emily Kaylor ~ Flute (Class C)

• Carley Muehlfeld ~ Flute (Class C)

Instrumental Solos ~ Excellent Rating (II)• Corey Bailey ~ Eu-

phonium (Class A)• Corisa Brown ~ Flute

(Class B)• Karli Munger ~ Tenor

Saxophone (Class C)• Kaitlyn Richards ~

Flute (Class C)

Instrumental Solos ~ Good Rating (III)• Karli Munger ~ Flute

(Class B)

Instrumental Ensembles ~ Superior Rating (I)• Edon Flute Trio I

(Class A)• Becky Fisk, Mariah

Hantz, Abby Hill

Edon Flute Trio II (Class C)• Emily Kaylor, Karli

Munger, Kaitlyn Richards

VOCAL SOLO AND EN-SEMBLE CONTEST

Vocal Solos ~ Superior Rating (I)• Abby Hill ~ (Class A)• Corey Bailey ~ (Class

B)• Cheyenne Kimball ~

(Class B)• Cassidy Wilson ~

(Class B)

Vocal Solos ~ Excellent Rating (II)• Andrea Cherin ~

(Class B)• Kaylie Brown ~ (Class

C)• Alexis Mitchell ~

(Class C)• Karli Munger ~ (Class

C)• Mikaela Myers ~

(Class C)• Crista Wortkoetter ~

(Class C)

Vocal Solos ~ Good Rat-ing (III)• Levi Cvikel ~ (Class

C)

Vocal Ensemble ~ Supe-

rior Rating (I)• Edon Mixed Ensem-

ble • Corey Bailey• Shane Bergdall• Ben Brown• Levi Cvikel• Malynda Comment • Emily Kaylor • Cheyenne Kimball• Shane Kohl• Chase Mercer• Alexis Mitchell • Karli Munger • Mikaela Myers • Kenny Ordway• Cassidy Wilson

Vocal Ensemble ~ Excel-lent Rating (II)Edon Women’s Ensemble• Andrea Cherin • Malynda Comment • Emily Kaylor • Alexis Mitchell • Karli Munger • Mikaela Myers • Cassidy Wilson • Crista Wortkoetter• Karlee Trausch

Rating I (Superior) ~

An outstanding perfor-mance, with very few technical errors and ex-emplifying a truly musi-cal expression. This rat-ing should be reserved for the truly outstanding performance.

Rating II (Excellent) ~ An unusual performance in many respects, but not worthy of the highest rat-ing due to minor defects in performance, ineffec-tive interpretation or im-proper instrumentation.

Rating III (Good) ~ An acceptable performance, but not outstanding. Showing accomplishment and marked promise, but lacking one or more es-sential qualities.

Edon High School stu-dents are under the di-rection of Mrs. Stephanie Bonitz, instrumental mu-sic and Mrs. Cathy Fra-staci, vocal music.


Edon Musicians Take Part In OMEA Adjudicated Event

PHOTOS BY LUCINDA HELD-FAULHABER, STAFFEDON HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO AND ENSEMBLE PARTICIPANTS … Participating in OMEA District 1 Instrumental Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Events held January 26, 2013 at Edgerton Local Schools were: Front Row (L-R) ~ Mariah Hantz, Corisa Brown, Emily Kaylor, Cheyenne Kimball and Corey Bailey. Middle Row (L-R) ~ Karli Munger, Abby Hill and Becky Fisk. Back Row (L-R) ~ Car-ley Muehlfeld and Kaitlyn Richards.

EDON HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL SOLO AND ENSEMBLE PARTICIPANTS … Partic-ipating in OMEA District 1 Vocal Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Events were: Front Row (L-R) ~ Corey Bailey, Levi Cvikel, Emily Kaylor and Andrea Cherin. Sec-ond Row (L-R) ~ Malynda Comment, Mikaela Myers and Crista Wortkoetter. Third Row (L-R) ~ Cheyenne Kimball, Karli Munger, Kaylie Brown and Cassidy Wilson. Back Row (L-R) ~ Shane Bergdall, Kenny Ordway, Abby Hill and Ben Brown. Not pictured ~ Karlee Trausch, Shane Kohl, Chase Mercer and Alexis Mitchell.

Edon & Montpelier Senior Center Celebrates February Birthdays & Anniversaries

PHOTOS BY LUCINDA HELD-FAULHABER, STAFFSPECIAL DAY … Celebrating birthdays and anniversaries at Montpelier Senior Center on Thursday, February 14, 2013 were, seated from left, Robert Teats (90th birthday); Carol Custer, Barb Kreischer, Edna Cluckey (98th birthday) and, stand-ing from left, Charles and Sandra Cluckey (36th Wedding Anniversary), Richard Barnhart, Marge and Dane Michael (64th Wedding Anniversary), Jane Rath, Larry Wells, Doyle Smethurst, Jim Lehman. Hosting this month’s Birthday celebration were T.R.U.S.T. students from Bryan High School. Site Manager Jewel Head was also pleased to announce Doyle Smethurst (floral arrangement from Huntington Bank tellers) and Sandra Cluckey (two free Senior Center Lunches) as February’s Monthly Door Prize winners.

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SPECIAL DAY … Celebrating birthdays at the Edon Senior Center on Thursday, February 14, 2013 were, from left, Lucy Bauer, Karl Mauerhan, Mary Ann Shilling and Shirley Aldrich. St. Joseph Catholic Church provided this month’s special table favors and birthday gifts.

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ESTABLISHED 1878130 YEARS AGOFebruary 1883

Mrs. Polly Leech, 92, oldest resident of this place, died on Wednesday of last week. .

120 YEARS AGO February 1893

Mahlon Barkdoll, now a Ne-braska cattleman, is visiting his mother and other relatives at Leatherwood.

110 YEARS AGOFebruary 1903

The Brady Township Fire Ins. Co. has moved to the West room of the L.P. Charpiot Hardware

H.L Gish is leaving the farm and will move to Waldron, Mich.


Mr. Elmer Keener has pur-chased the O.J. Reese store and expects to be ready for business in a few days.

Warren Lutz and family will leave soon for North Dakota.


Mrs. Mildred Crawford, 55, passed away at her home Monday

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Figgins and family moved here last week from South Bend, Indiana.


Funeral services were held on Saturday at the Beach Fu-neral Home for Mrs. H.E. May-ers, who died suddenly at her home in Sunnyvale, Calif., Tuesday morning.


Fire of undetermined origin caused considerable damage to

the second floor apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Hausch, at 106 1/2 E. Jackson St., shortly after noon on Tuesday.


Mark Bostater, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Bostater of West Unity, has been assigned to Taiwan.

Chuck Hancock was elected president of the area Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Roesch celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary Feb. 17.

The West Unity Area Cham-ber of Commerce plans to pur-chase five buildings at the corner of Jackson and Main Streets owned by Millard Sta-cey. Robert E. Grisier and George A. Simmons, both West Unity, were named executive vice presidents of the Citizens National Bank.

STRYKER ADVANCEESTABLISHED 1884


Four new cases of smallpox appeared in the family of Fred Posey southeast Springfield.

Yesterday’s blizzard made it impossible to warm the Gram-mar room in the town hall and school was dismissed.

The school board of Tiffin Township have hired the follow-ing teachers: Birdie Sigg, May Moon, Lou Cameron, Ida Miller, Clara Hane and Pearl Ashton.

The Board of Education of Stryker School District is ad-vertising for sealed bids for ma-terials and the construction of a Public School building to be erected in Stryker.

Augustine and Vernier have sold their saloon to Charles and Frank Chappuis, who took pos-session Tuesday.


The Stryker U.B Sewing Cir-cle had shipped to Sierra Leone, Africa, a sewing Woodward, to a missionary stationed there. The machine was purchased of Wie-derkehr Bros. who prepared it for shipment.


The 12th annual Springfield Township Farmers Institute elected Frank Johnson as presi-dent for next year.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Steensen will leave soon for Lyons. A fare-well dinner was held for them by Mrs. Ernest Mohr.

The Archbold Telephone Co. has purchased the Elmira Tele-phone Co. equipment.


Miss Elsie Creek of Catawba became the bride of Rev. Paul J Erney at the Stryker Lutheran Church.

William Murphy was seriously burned at his home when he was starting a fire in a stove with oil.


The Ury property sold at auc-tion for $1,025 by Don Cameron

Fred Meyers, 61, died Satur-

day of apoplexy.


Mr. and Mrs. C.Z. Clark will celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Feb. 19th.

Mrs. Mary Mohr, 81, passed away Feb 5.


Jeannie Wyse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mahlor Wyse of Stryker, was named Valedictori-an. Mary Lou Stuckey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Stuckey was named Salutatorian of the Stryker High School.

An all time low of 18 degrees below zero was recorded for the months of February.

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The West Unity Betterment Advisory Committee elected as officers: Mayor Richard Nofziger as Chairman, Duane King as Vice Chairman, and Sharon Stotz as Secretary/Treasurer.

Selected to represent Wil-liams County in the “Young Ex-perimental Science Program” are delegates from North Central & Stryker. Representing Stryker will be Bonnie Burkholder, Er-ich Bailey, Mark Troyer, Matt Wagner and Jeff Lavinder.


West Unity Mayor Marvin Stuckey signed the proclamation, proclaiming Feb 22-26 as Nation-al FFA week.

A duplex at 112 S. West Street, owned by Mike Short, was totally destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning, leaving two families homeless.


Firefighters, Craig Preston and Bill Brenner were honored Saturday, Feb 8th for 25 years of voluntary service with the Springfield township-Stryker Village Fire Department.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 “The Village Reporter” 5


The Edon Hardware store owned by Jess Eyster and son LaMoyne and Mrs. Relmond Eyster was sold to Edward E. DeMeritt of Morenci. Mr. De-Meritt owns three other stores located in Morenci, Milan and Hudson and has not had time to decide whether he will continue the Edon store or move the stock to the other places.

Edon Junior High won the Williams County tournament held at West Unity by defeating the host team 8 to 6 Saturday afternoon and then walloped Edgerton 29 to 16 to capture high honors.


Edward Butler, assistant administrative director of the Ft. Wayne blood center, will at-tend the Red Cross kickoff din-ner at the Smith Hotel, Mont-pelier.

Mac Skiles who has been stationed in France will be dis-charged soon. He will arrive at the home of his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aldrich,

near South Camden, soon. 50 YEARS AGO February 1963

Edwin Kaltenbach, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kalten-bach was named to the Dean’s list at Defiance College for his high academic grades during the first semester period.

There will be a special bo-nus for several lucky custom-ers during the “Lucky 7 Trea-sure Hunt Sale,” which starts Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Edon Hardware Store at Edon.


The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, expects Montpelier to eventually be-come the hub of a regional sewage treatment facility, it was learned at the Williams County Commissioners meet-ing on Monday.

Mrs. Anna Young was in-jured in an auto accident in Fort Wayne, Ind., Friday while on the way to her son Carlton’s funeral. She was riding in a car driven by another son, Paul.


The unique Mr. Jack Dan-iels Original Silver Cornet Band will be the next concert in the Williams County Com-munity Concert Association series, and it is schedule for season ticket holders next Thursday evening, Feb 17 in the Bryan Junior High Audito-rium.


Edon High School’s Quiz Bowl team took first place

league honors for the year. Looking forward to regional competition in Sandusky are members Melinda Bigger, Gina Allomong, Denise Schröding-er, Mike Curry, John Juhasz, Todd Cunningham and Josh Baughman.

Neil Hothouse retired from Simpson Industries and was honored by Edon Machine Di-vision for 40 years of service.


Benjamin McCullough,

class of 2005, has been se-lected to participate in the National Student leadership Conference on Congressional Process, Policy and Politics, and extraordinary leader-ship development program for outstanding high school stu-dents.

Sectional Champs! That is the title the Lady Bombers gar-nered Saturday February 22.

Downtown Edon has a new business, “Mamma’s Place.” It is located in the former Edon American Legion building.

WHAT WE READ YEARS AGO IN THE WEST UNITY REPORTER, THE STRYKER ADVANCE & THE ADVANCE REPORTER

1975 Edon Varsity Volleyball

A GLIMPSE OF HISTORY AND WHAT WE READ THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN “THE EDON COMMERCIAL”

SENIOR PLAY CAST ... Pictured above is the 1969 Senior Play Cast. The ‘69 class produce the play “Death of a Salesman”. SEATED ON FLOOR: Kenton Haye, Gregory Miller. FIRST ROW: Kamie Short, Gery Williams, Mary Jo Spielvogel, Barb Knapp, Jim Frank. THIRD ROW: Mr. William Wagner, Bill R. Hancock, Joe Rupp, Linda Dilts. FOURTH ROW: Tim Short, Pam Bernath, Mark Alexander.

BOMBER VARSITY VOLLEYBALL ... Sitting: MaryAnn Smith, Teresa Hug, Denise Dick, Louise Held. Kneeling: Gail Thiel, Sue Thiel, Mary Hog, Sheryl Livensparger. Standing: Coach Karen Blanchard.

1969 Stryker Senior Play Cast


By: Lucinda Held-FaulhaberTHE VILLAGE REPORTER

Earlier this month, attorneys at Edon Northwest Local Schools revised opening and closing statements and witnesses re-viewed statements as final case prepara-tions were made for their team’s entry into the 30th Annual Ohio Mock Trial Competi-tion.

Edon High School students took part in Ohio Mock Trial District Competition held Friday, February 1, 2013 in Toledo Mu-nicipal Court. This is the school’s twenty-third year of participation in the program sponsored by Ohio Center for Law-Related Education. Each year the Center writes an original, Constitution-based case meant to inform students of their rights as citizens as well as help them develop critical think-ing, reading, writing, public speaking and listening skills.

In this year’s case, a fifteen-year old high school sophomore is suspected of set-ting a fire at the school that resulted in the death of a maintenance worker. Police engaged in a lengthy interrogation process that involved driving to the scene of the crime and the victim’s home as well as various interrogation techniques. Late in the day, the defendant made a statement claiming responsibility for the fire and was subsequently charged with Murder and Arson. The confession, however, was later recanted by the defendant, alleging the statements were improperly coerced by the police in violation of the Fifth and 14th Amendments; a motion to suppress was filed.

To maximize student learning in the competition, a team consisting of five to eleven students prepared both prosecu-tion and defense cases and competed in two trials against different teams. District winners throughout the state advanced to regional competition on Friday, February 22; state finals are set for March 7-9 in Co-lumbus with the final championship round taking place at the Ohio Statehouse. The state winner moves on to national compe-tition in Indianapolis May 9-11.

Comprising Edon High School’s 2013 Mock Trial Teams were:

Team AlphaTrials ~ Team Alpha Defense vs. Central Catholic HS; Team Alpha Prosecution vs.

St. Francis de Sales HS

Chelsey Handy ~ Prosecuting AttorneyDesiree Howard ~ Prosecuting AttorneyChandler Siebenaler ~ Quinn Patel, Wit-

ness for the ProsecutionAndrea Headley ~ Detective Sam O’Leary,

Witness for the ProsecutionSydney Stoll ~ Counselor Casey High-

lander, Witness for the ProsecutionSabrina Brown ~ Defense Attorney

Becky Fisk ~ Defense AttorneyDakota Parrish ~ Dakota Allen, Witness

for the DefenseCiera Mocherman ~ Detective Alex Jones,

Witness for the DefenseMeredith LaDuke ~ Kris Martinez, Wit-

ness for the Defense

Team Beta

Trials ~ Team Beta Defense vs. St. Fran-cis de Sales HS; Team Alpha Prosecution

vs. St. John’s HS

Reid Bowling ~ Prosecuting AttorneyKyle Gearhart ~ Prosecuting Attorney

David Headley ~ Quinn Patel, Witness for the Prosecution

Sabrina White ~ Detective Sam O’Leary, Witness for the Prosecution

Kaylyn Brigle ~ Counselor Casey High-lander, Witness for the ProsecutionMihkaya Best ~ Defense Attorney

Abby Hill ~ Defense Attorney Justin Kirkpatrick ~ Dakota Allen, Wit-

ness for the DefenseClay Parrish ~ Detective Alex Jones, Wit-

ness for the DefenseKennedy Brigle ~ Kris Martinez, Witness

for the Defense

Mike Spangler, an attorney with New-comer, Schaffer, Spangler and Breininger, served as legal advisor to the Mock Trial teams; Mark Blue, American History/Gov-ernment teacher was their advisor. The Ohio Center for Law-Related Educa-tion designs programs to assist teachers in teaching students about government, citi-zenship and the law. The Center is spon-sored by the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Ohio State Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. In addition, the Ohio Mock Trial Competi-tion was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Ohio State Bar Foundation.

Lucinda Held-Faulhaber can be reached at [email protected]

Edon High School Students Argue Due Process Mock Trial Case

TOP HONORS … Edon seniors garnering six of eight possible awards for their four tri-als at the 2013 Ohio High School Mock Trial District Competition in Toledo Municipal Court were, clockwise from upper left, Mihkaya Best, Team Beta ~ Best Defense Attor-ney; Sabrina White, Team Beta ~ Best Witness for the Prosecution; Ciera Mocherman, Team Alpha ~ Best Witness for the Defense; Sabrina Brown, Team Alpha ~ Best Defense Attorney; Clay Parrish, Team Beta ~ Best Witness for the Defense and Andrea Headley, Team Alpha ~ Best Witness for the Prosecution.

TEAM ALPHA … Comprising Edon High School’s 2013 Mock Trial Team Alpha are se-niors, seated from left, Andrea Headley, Becky Fisk, Ciera Mocherman, Dakota Parrish, Sabrina Brown, Meredith LaDuke, Sydney Stoll, and standing, from left, Lucas Wert-man, Chelsey Handy, Kalyn Lyman, Desiree Howard and Chandler Siebenaler.

TEAM BETA … Comprising Edon High School’s 2013 Mock Trial Team Beta are seniors, seated from left, Sabrina White, Kennedy Brigle, David Headley, Kaylyn Brigle, Abby Hill, and standing, from left, Clay Parrish, Mihkaya Best, Reid Bowling, Justin Kirkpat-rick and Kyle Gearhart.

thanked Mr. Planson for approaching the board with his concerns. “We appreciate you coming in. It’s always good to know exactly what’s going on. I appreciate you coming in and being forthright enough and saying your piece. We appreciate your in-put and would like more input. We don’t get enough people coming in and express-ing their opinions and it would be nice to have more.”

The Stryker school board also approved a resolution authorizing certain individu-als to carry concealed firearms on school premises pursuant to the ORC relative to the security arrangements and emergency response protocols.

“This is something we have looked at pretty seriously and have had a hard time with. This is the route we’ve decided to go,” stated Erb.

• Recommended the board approve the resolution accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the budget com-mission and authorizing the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the county auditor

• Recommend the board to approve the Software License Agreement with EDGE Document Solutions

• Recommend the board to approve

the OSBA’s annual membership dues• Recommend the board to approve

Dawn Woolace and Kinsey Woolace as Classified and Bus Driver substitutes

• Recommend the board approve Laurin Waidelich, Aide for remainder of 2012-13 school year

• Girls basketball tournament be-gins February 19

• All County Chorus is February 24 at Montpelier, 2 pm

• Jr. High Quiz Bowl is February 25 at Edgerton, 6:30 pm

• Boys basketball tournament be-gins February 27

• Jr Hi/High School band concert, March 4, 7:30 pm

• Archery Team to compete at NASP State Tournament in Columbus on March 1

• OGT State Testing March 11-15• Spring Break will be March 25-29• All-weather surface for the track

will start in mid-May contingent upon the weather

The Board will meet again in regular session on March 18th at 6:30 pm in the art room.

Angi Walkup may be reached at [email protected].

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The Williams County Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO) con-tinues to work on plans to bring their annual Manu-facturing Expo to the Ra-mada Inn in Holiday City on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, from 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. This year’s event has been opened to counties adjacent to Williams Coun-ty, and for the first time will also include manufacturers in nearby in Indiana and Michigan and any other business within a 50 mile radius.

As told in a flyer about the expo, the purpose of the event is to increase brand recognition, promote/launch products and ser-vices, and to reinforce busi-ness connections within the region. It will provide business representatives in manufacturing to display their products and infor-mation about their busi-ness. Expo 2011 Commit-tee Member Steve Raymond explained that, “The expo is about an industrial aware-ness: to let everyone see what each manufacturer produces. Many companies purchase from outside of the tri-state area and some-times overseas because they are not aware that the products are made nearby. Supply chain and trucking expenses can play a major role in the cost of a product. This event is to connect one manufacturer to another.”

There is no cost to man-ufacturers to display their products or to attend the event. Last year’s event was a success with 20 – 25 manufacturers. So far this year, 45 have signed, and they hope for 50 business-es.

Coordinator Diamond Zimmerman has been busy in the last few months speaking at meetings and events to spread the news this year’s expo. The expo will showcase the region. The tri-state area is rich in resources such as ample access to water, land, and transportation as the Turn-pike runs through the area. Several large cities are also within a few hours driving distance. Also, this area has a workforce who is seeking jobs. Many schools in the

area have received a grade of Excellent by the state. Williams County is a Manu-facturing Certified county, and WEDCO is available to offer support to businesses.

Students are also en-couraged to attend the event. Business members will be there and available to be interviewed by youth as to what futures they can have by being employed in a manufacturing setting. WEDCO’s Steve Raymond explained at an earlier meeting of the Montpelier Chamber of Commerce that many are unaware of jobs available in the field, and this will increase their knowledge of the skills they will need to enter the job force. Manufacturing jobs are increasingly more tech-nical and some of this tech-nology will be appealing to younger people who will be entering the field.

WEDCO will conduct their annual meeting and a luncheon prior to the event from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00

p.m. Current officers will be recognized for their hard work, and new officers will be elected. Business repre-sentatives and leaders who are interested in becoming members of WEDCO are also invited to attend. There will be a $25 charge, and those wishing to participate will need to RSVP the office by February 28 by calling 419-636-8727.

TV 26 will be present and filming at the event. Registrations are still be-ing accepted through Feb-ruary 28. Those wishing to do so may contact Diamond Zimmerman at 419-636-8727, or email the office at [email protected]. She can also be reached by fax at 419-636-5589. The address for the event is: Ramada Inn, 13508 State Route 15, Montpelier, Ohio, and is located just south of the turnpike in Holiday City.

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[email protected]

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LIBRARY NEWSWest Unity Library To Host

“Tail Waggin’ Tutors”West Unity Library would like to invite area children

to make an appointment to reserve their time to come and read to a visiting therapy dog. “Tail Waggin’ Tu-tors” will be available on Tuesdays from 6:00 to 7:00 pm and on Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:00 pm beginning February 26. A therapy dog that has been trained as a “Tail Waggin’ Tutor” will be at the library to listen to each child read. Up to five students per hour will be allowed to sit and read to the dogs Sky, Myleigh, or Pebbles, for a 10 to 25 minute time slot.

According to the Therapy Dog International web-site, “The main objective of this program is to provide a relaxed and ‘dog-friendly’ atmosphere, which allows students to practice the skill of reading.” This program builds excitement about reading and is a great op-portunity for children to improve their reading skills. Most children seem to naturally love dogs, and it brings them joy to be around them. The participating dogs have their certificates from Therapy Dog International and are trained to be calm and gentle. More informa-tion about “Tail Waggin’ Tutors” can be found at the TDI website: http://www.tdi-dog.org/OurPrograms.aspx?Page=Children+Reading+to+Dogs.

West Unity Library is located at 109 S. High Street in West Unity. For questions about the program or to make an appointment for a reading time, please con-tact Ruth Meyer at the library at 419-924-5237.


Pioneer Branch Library has a volunteer available who wishes to offer after school kindergarten and el-ementary learning assistance. If anyone is in need of this assistance and is interested in taking advantage of this free opportunity, please call the library for more information. Pioneer Branch Library is located at 106 Baubice Street in Pioneer, and the phone number there is 419-737-2833.


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Edon Village Council suspended the three-reading rule and approved Ordinance 03-13 Permanent Appro-priations during its monthly meeting held Wednesday, February 20, 2013 in Council Chambers. In attendance for the evening session were Councilors Roxana Nester, Duane Thiel, Dick Chapin, Chuck Bidwell, Sam Steffes, Mayor Darlene Burkhardt, Fiscal Officer Heidi Bidwell and Solicitor Tom Thompson; not answering roll was Councilor Lamar Kline.

Passed as an emergency, Ordinance 03-13 appropri-ates nearly $1.2 million in funding for fiscal year 2013 as follows:

Ordinance 03-13 ~ Permanent Appropriations for 2013

2012 Budget/Actual Expenditures noted in parenthe-sis

GENERAL FUND

• Police ~ $195,000 ($191,375; $185,555 actual); salaries, benefits, contractual, Capital Outlay, opera-tions/maintenance

• Street Lighting ~ $11,500 ($11,500; $10,918 ac-tual)

• Williams County Health Department ~ $1,500 ($3,000; $1,222 actual)

• Park & Recreation ~ $22,500 ($22,500; $18,545 actual); salaries, benefits, contractual, operations/main-tenance

• Zoning Inspector ~ $18,200 ($18,200; $22,558 actual); salary, benefits, operations/maintenance

• Transportation ~ $32,000 ($42,000; $41,196 ac-tual); salary (twenty-five percent Street Superintendent), benefits (one hundred percent Street Superintendent), contractual, operations/maintenance

• Storm Sewer ~ $10,000 ($14,000; $4,863 actual)• Mayor ~ $9,000 ($9,000; $8,424 actual); salary,

benefits, operations/maintenance• Council ~ $8,000 ($8,000; $6,393 actual); sala-

ries, benefits, operations/maintenance• Clerk ~ $29,250 ($28,950; $27,770 actual); sal-

ary (fifty percent Fiscal Officer), benefits, operations/maintenance

• Land and Buildings ~ $40,000 ($82,000; $79,758 actual); operations/maintenance, Community Building

• Williams County Auditor ~ $2,000 ($2,000; $1,444 actual)

• State Examiner Fees ~ $7,380 ($0; $0 actual)• Village Solicitor ~ $9,000 ($8,000; $8,945 actual)• Economic Development ~ $1,312 ($1,312; $984

actual)• Misc/Transfers ~ $12,954 ($90,412; $30,065 ac-

tual) TOTAL General Fund ~ $409,596 ($532,249;

$448,640 actual)

SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS

• Street ~ $45,991 ($46,575; $41,220 actual); sal-ary (seventy-five percent Street Superintendent), opera-tions/maintenance

• State Highway ~ $8,429 ($7,370; $2,164 actual); contractual, operations/maintenance, Capital Outlay

• Motor Vehicle License Tax ~ $18,532 ($16,097; $0 actual)

• State Grant ~ $108 ($687; $578 actual) • Law Enforcement Fund ~ $574 ($825; $301 ac-

tual) TOTAL Special Revenue Fund ~ $73,634 ($71,554;

$44,263 actual)

CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND

• Capital Improvements ~ $97,805 ($133,726; $55,741 actual).

ENTERPRISE FUNDS

• Water ~ $182,512* ($171,107; $157,538 actual); salaries (twenty-five percent Fiscal Officer; fifty percent each Superintendent’s salary and BPA stipend), ben-efits operations/maintenance, , contractual, *(includes $50,599 payment to OWDA Debt Service)

• Sanitation ~ $45,775 ($41,123; $44,032 actual) • Sanitary Sewer ~ $377,302* ($354,255;

$308,985 actual); salaries (twenty-five percent Fis-cal Officer; fifty percent each Superintendent’s salary and BPA stipend), benefits, contractual, operations/maintenance,*(includes $188,285 payment to OWDA Debt Service)

• Utility Deposits ~ $220 ($220; $0 actual)TOTAL Enterprise Funds ~ $605,809 ($566,705;

$510,555 actual)

TOTAL ALL FUNDS/2013 APPROPRIATIONS ~ $1,186,844 ($1,304,234; $1,059,199 actual)

In other action, Council:• Accepted the Minutes, Financial Report and Bills

as presented. • Supported Mayor Burkhart’s proclamation of

February as “Career and Technical Education Month” in Edon. The declaration urges all citizens to become famil-iar with the benefits offered by career and technical edu-cation programs available at Four County Career Center.

• Approved Mohre’s quote, presented by Street Su-perintendent Brigle, to remove nine trees within the Vil-lage at a cost of forty-five hundred dollars.

• Heard Chief Tom Szymczak’s monthly Service Log and Vehicle Report as well as the Police Department’s 2012 Year End Report. Included were Logged Events (1,655 calls for service, 232 complaints, 107 citations, 401 warnings, 9 accidents, 9 alarms, 5 arrests, 177 as-sists and 437 follow-ups); Operational Data (25,259 to-tal miles for both vehicles; Fuel Costs ~ 2,293 gallons ~ $8,969; Maintenance Costs ~ $1,299; Average Cost per mile to fuel/service vehicles ~ $2.72, a twenty-six cent decrease from 2012) and Municipal Court Revenue ($6,153 from fines and fees). He also noted he had at-tended multiple safety meetings with personnel at Edon Northwest Local Schools.

• Learned from Street Department Superintendent Jim Brigle that office and restroom renovations are un-derway; the dump truck’s rear brakes were replaced and the Village Tile Map had been updated.

• Authorized Solicitor Thompson to proceed in updating Resolution 01-13 Opposing State Control of Municipal Income Tax Collections to reflect changes in House Bill 5 ~ Municipal Income Tax Uniformity Bill; eliminating local income tax collections could eventually lead to collections by the State.

• Heard Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) monies would be awarded to only three county-wide projects this year; applications are due mid-April.

• Was updated on Ohio Revised Code changes; vil-lage councils may now have a minimum of five mem-bers (from the present six) and staggered terms would be eliminated.

• Learned the annual Audit had been completed.• Noted the Safety Committee and Street Commit-

tee would conduct meetings next month.• Was informed the Annual Williams County

Economic Development Corporation Meeting (WEDCO) would be held Wednesday, March 6 prior to start of the Tri-State Manufacturing Expo; both events will take place at the Ramada in Holiday City.

• Voted to enter into Executive Session to discuss personnel; no action was taken.

The next monthly meeting of the Edon Village Council will be held Monday, March 18, 2013 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in Village Chambers.

(Based on information provided by Edon Village Council.)

Edon Village Council Approves 2013 Permanent Appropriations

Fayette Local Board Of Education Fills Digital Academy Position At Special Session

The Fayette Local Board of Education convened in special session on February 21 to discuss the recently posted position of the Director of Digital Academy and Student Services.

At the February 11 regular session meeting, the Board agreed to the job description for the Director of Digital Academy and Student Services, and on the

afternoon of February 21, they convened in executive session to further discuss the position. Coming out of executive session, the Board named Mr. Gene Rupp as the new Director of Digital Academy and Student Services, and approved a three-year contract with Mr. Rupp beginning August 1, 2013.


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Have you seen the TV commercial from AT&T about which is better – “faster or slower?” Beck Bennett sits with children and asks them whether faster or slower is better. The kids all agree faster is better, but what’s fast? It’s funny listening to the chil-dren, especially the boy de-scribing his grandma with a cheetah strapped to her to make her faster. Let me ask you a question, which is better, “walking or run-ning?”

According to ABC News, it was reported that the amount of calories burned standing and walking over the course of a day is su-perior to an hour of in-tense exercise, as well in improving cholesterol and preventing diabetes. The report states that, “Dan-ish researchers followed 18 young people ages 19 to 24, all of normal weight, who performed three sepa-rate exercise regimens over the course of the study.” In the first study partici-pants did not exercise, as they sat for 14 hours. In the second study partici-pants sat for 13 hours, but performed one hour of vigorous cycling. In the fi-nal study, participants sat for 8 hours, but engaged in 4 hours of walking and 2 hours of standing. The researchers found the par-ticipants had improved in-sulin sensitivity and lower cholesterol by simply walk-ing and standing compared with when they performed

no activity. Surprisingly, however, the researchers also found the participants who walked and stood had improved insulin sensitivi-ty, more so than when they participated in one hour of intense exercise.

So, which is better…walking or running? (This could be a non-ending de-bate, right?)

Allow me to change the focus. It seems that many of us tend to move at a fast pace running everywhere to do big things for our churches or ministries, sprinting to work to make ends meet, accomplishing many things, and check-ing off an endless “to do” list. But is all that running around really healthy? What about all the running around many of us parents do for our kids. Do they really need to be involved in everything?

What if all that run-ning isn’t actually good for us? What if we slowed our pace and took time to walk with a discerning attitude. Check out what Proverbs 28:25-26 says; “Greed causes fighting; trusting the Lord leads to prosper-ity. Those who trust their own insight are foolish, but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe.”

These are some inter-esting verses, don’t run past them. Stop…walk in those Words slowly…

“Greed causes fighting” – duh! The word “Greed” describes someone who wants more, someone who

can’t seem to get enough of things and they are always ready to snatch up more. This leads to controversy with other, an engaging in war. Check out what James says about this in his book – James 4:1-3.

Instead we are to “trust the Lord, which leads to prosperity.” Another word for “prosperity” was “fat” which described the fill-ing marrow in the bone. This wasn’t just blubber, it was a fattening which leads to strength. When we choose God’s portions and not our own portions, we become stronger. Think about this for a minute, Jesus tells us in Matthew 6 to pray for daily bread (that which strengthens us), instead we pray for a bakery – we want more. Right? It seems innocent, like a righteous hunger, so we work at a frantic pace, gobbling up opportunities, running frantically to keep the bakery open. But is that really healthy?

Read on…”Those who trust their own insight are foolish.” In our quick paced world we tend lis-ten to our own heart and ignore the helpful advice of godly friends, mentors, pastors, or wise coaches. We run through life go-ing with what seems right to us. We trust our own insight, instead of lis-tening to the counsel of God’s Words. What is that called? The author uses the word “foolish” which also mean stupid or arro-gant! Ouch.

So what should we do? Finish the verse, “but anyone who walks in wis-dom is safe.” Walk. Not run…walk. Walk in wis-dom. The Biblical word for “walk” means to “choose a lifestyle or a manner of liv-ing.” What manner? What lifestyle? We are promised that daily choosing the right thing; the wise choice leads to “safety.” This word “safety” describes being in a dangerous or harmful place, but escaping by the skin of your teeth. That’s close!

So, which is better – walking or running? How about today and every day we make the choice to walk in God’s Word, in His truth that leads to prosperity and safety. Anything else is foolish! For more inspi-ration words of God, check out 2 Peter 1:1-10.

One of the consequences of living in a culture of affluence has to do with an insatiable appetite for more, where one can never have enough.

Nancy Ortberg illustrates this truth when she tells the story about how their family dog, a golden retriever named Baxter, would get covered with ticks. So after doing some research about ticks, here’s what she discovered:

They actually call ticks “the overeaters of the insect world.” For those of you who are really technical in your biology … they’re of the arachnoid family; they’re not really insects.

[Ticks] have the disease of “more,” and when they latch on they can’t stop. Before a tick lands on its host it’s not very attractive, but it is very flat. Then a tick drops onto (because they do not have the capacity to jump) from a bush or a thicket onto their host, looking for a warm-blooded creature. Once they engorge themselves with the host’s blood, they balloon up to 7-10 times their normal size. They’re

utterly transformed.The fascinating thing

is once a tick has bloated up it automatically drops off the host and then can’t move. All of the energy in its body is directed to digesting what it’s just eaten. For the next few hours it is at the mercy of predators because it has eaten so much that it can’t move. Nancy Ortberg claims there can be a

parallel with our spiritual lives. She says, “I have to admit that when I consider what I learned about ticks, there’s a little bit of a tick in me. I can be sometimes a picture of excess, not knowing when to say

‘enough,’ not knowing when to stop, and always wanting more.”

To curb and even cure our appetite for the material things of this world we read in scripture… Matthew 6:33 (NIV), 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness…” From this scripture we would always do well to remember to keep, “first things first.”

Rick Jones, Executive Director, Defiance Area

Youth for Christ. For more information about

the work of Youth for Christ, 419-782-0656,

or email: [email protected]

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Church News

LOCAL CHURCH LISTINGSSolid Rock Community

102 Egly Drive, West Unity *9:15 a.m. Sunday School

*10:30 a.m. Worship*7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Adult,

Children & Youth Studies

Mt. Union Christian UnionSt. Rt. 49, Cooney, Ohio

*9:30 a.m. Sunday School*10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship *6:00 p.m. Sunday Service

*7:00 p.m. Wednesday Adult & Children

Edon Church of Christ101 Franklin, Edon

*9:00 a.m. Sunday School*10:00 a.m. Worship

Northwest ChristianEdon NW School, Edon

*9:00 a.m. Sunday Service (Jr. Church & Wee Church)

Bethlehem Christian UnionCo. Rd. M-50 & Co. Rd. 4,

Edon*9:30 a.m. Sunday School

*10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship *7:00 p.m. Sunday Worship Service

*Tuesday Food Pantry*7:00 p.m. Wed. Bible

Study & Prayer, Adventure Club for children & youth

Pine Grove Mennonite 04524 Co. Rd. 20-50, Stryker

*9:30 a.m. Sunday School*10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship

Montpelier Church of Christ104 W. Jefferson St.,

Montpelier*Adult Sunday School: 9 a.m.

*Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.*Wednesday Workouts:

6:30-7:30 p.m.*Classes for all ages.

Pioneer Church of the NazareneCorner of SR 15 & CR S

Pioneer, Ohio*10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship*11:00 a.m. Sunday School

*7:00 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting

Living Hope Free Methodist603 W. Jackson, West Unity

*9:30 a.m. Sunday*11:00 a.m. Sunday Service*7:00 p.m. Tuesday Adult

Bible Study*6:00 p.m. Wednesday 1-12

year olds6:30 p.m. Wednesday Jr. High

8:00 p.m. Sr. High

River of Life Worship Center14226 U.S. 20A, Montpelier

*9:30 Sunday Worship*7:00 p.m. Wed. Worship

www.rolworship.org

Edon United Methodist103 Pleasant St., Edon

*9:00 a.m. Sunday School *10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship

Olive Branch ChristianSt. Rt. 127 & Co. Rd. P, Fayette

*9:30 a.m. Sunday School*10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship*6:00 p.m. Sunday Evening

*6:00 p.m. Bible Study

West Franklin United MethodistCorner of Fulton Co. Rd L & 27-1

West Unity, Ohio*9:14 a.m. Sunday Worship &

Jr. Church*10:30 a.m. Sunday School

First Lutheran Church701 S. Defiance St., Stryker*8:45 a.m. Sunday Worship*10:00 a.m. Sunday School

*5:00 p.m. Saturday Evening Worship

St. Joseph Catholic625 Washington St., Blakeslee

*4:00 p.m. Saturday Mass*8:30 a.m. Monday Mass

*7:00 p.m. Wednesday Youth CCD Class

St. Peter’s Lutheran ChurchRev. Roger Marlow, Pastor

201 N ChurchEdon, OH 43518Tel: 419-272-2113

*9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship*10:15 a.m. Sunday School

*6:30 p.m. WednesdayCatechism Class

Columbia Church of Christ14832 Co. Rd. 1-50, Edon*9:30 a.m. Sunday School

*10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship *7:00 p.m. Adults & Youth

Service

Zion Lutheran Church405 Hickory Street, Montpelier

*10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship*9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning

Bible Study

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120 S. Beech St. * PO Box 150 * BryanProviding

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03422 SR 49 North, Edgerton419-298-2339

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Sunday: Praise & Worship - 9:30 a.m.Wednesday Evening - 7:00 p.m.


Alvordton United Brethren 311 East Main St., Alvordton

9:30 am Sunday Worship6:00 p.m. Sunday Worship

7:00 p.m. Every 3rd Thursday “Community Sing

Devotional Thought / Fellowship of Christian Athletes

By: Rex Stump - “ Walk or Run?!

“Winning The Battle For A Generation”“WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH?”


INFORMATION AND PHOTO PROVIDEDNEW BEGINNINGS ... Twelve couples from the Fayette United Methodist Church, in Fayette, renewed their Wedding vows during morning worship February 17, 2013. Rev. Kathy Currier is the pastor at the Fayette UMC, and Rev. Marla Brown, District Superintendent officiated the renewal service. Participating, left to right, Curt and Jeanne Johnson, Rodney and Robyn Bingman, John and Charlene May, David and Donna Dickson, Ron and Cretta Ely (front, center), Roger and Pat Borton, Jeni and Todd Rychener, Robin and Dale Pfund, Jim and Rev. Kathy Currier, Kirk and Tina Keiser, Trent and Nancy Lavinder, and Kraig and Shannon Keiser.

A Dozen Couples Renew Their Vows At Fayette United Methodist

WHEN DEALING WITH TEENS, TRY MORE SILENCEIt takes two to tango. You cannot have a tug of war

without people pulling on both ends of the rope. And, an argument between a parent and a teenager requires both participants to vocally state their point of view on the issue at hand. To halt the tango, one partner mere-ly has to stop moving. To end the tug of war, the people on one end of the rope merely need to let go. And to stop the argument, one person just has to stop speaking.

In short, one way to handle an argumentative teen-ager is to not speak. Silence makes anyone uncomfort-able, especially teenagers. They simply are not accus-tomed to having their parents in their physical presence and saying nothing. Try it and watch your teen twitch.

I am particularly in favor of trying silence when teenagers are at their verbal worst. That is, when they are calling people names, threatening to move out or quit school, making declarations about not being loved, or using any of the crude insults they’ve learned to de-ploy in their campaign to dominate their parents. Un-fortunately, when teenagers behave this way, they are

being so provocative that most adults feel compelled to respond. But no matter how difficult it may be, my recommendation is that parents refrain from speaking; merely stare and say nothing.

When teenagers argue, they are dominated by an emotional, reactive part of the brain. This part has little capacity for reflection. But when emotion subsides, a more reflective part of the brain takes over and reviews the argument made by the reactive part. In a sense, it reviews the mental tape that was “recording” while the argument took place. If there is only one voice on the tape (the teenager’s), and it sounds idiotic at best and virtually insane at worst, the reflective part of the brain will notice and possibly learn from it. However, if there are two voices on the tape – the teen’s and the parent’s – and both are exhibiting idiocy and possibly insanity, the reflective part of the teenager’s brain will later rule that the reactive part was fully justified in all it said (and did).

I hazard to guess it would be almost impossible to

find a parent of a teenager who hasn’t felt bad about having an argument with his or her lovely, but oc-casionally contentious, child. I would also hazard to guess it would be virtually impossible to find a parent who ever won such an argument. That is, a situation where a parent argued a point so successfully that the teenager, in the middle of the argument, stopped, com-plimented the wisdom of the parent’s perspective and promised to do better in the future.

Regardless of who is involved, most arguments merely match reactive brain part against reactive brain part and neither side gives an inch. That is why the ar-gument – although widely and frequently used – is not a very effective strategy for teaching a teenager some-thing.

Teaching can take place only when someone is will-ing to listen. By becoming the silent partner in an ar-gument with your teen, you can set the stage for some real teaching to begin.

~Edon Youth Development, Character Counts

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STRYKER VILLAGE - ORDINANCE 2013-2ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.

Passed: February 11, 2013Mayor: Daniel J. HughesAtt: Bethany Clemens, Fiscal Officer

Full text of this ordinance may be seen at the of-fice of the fiscal officer.

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The Village Reporter - February 27th, 2013

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