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GENEVA - The Geneva AreaCity Schools District is preparingfor budget cuts in response to itsfailed school levy this past Novem-ber.

Board of Education members willbe voting on proposed cuts that willbe enacted next year if they pass thesuggested cuts at next month’s boardmeeting.

“Since the failure of our levy inNovember, the board has been look-ing at ways to continue to reduce ex-penditures,” Superintendent MaryZappitelli said at last Wednesday’sschool board meeting.

The GACS district has made anumber of cuts in past years, butZappitelli said it is not enough with-out the assistance of the levy.

“Even with systematic reductionsbeing made each year, our expensescontinue to outpace our revenue,”Zappitelli said.

GACS officials had said beforeand after the levy’s failure to passthat reductions would have to bemade, but after months of discuss-ing how to balance their budgets,they have announced the possiblecuts if the board passes the resolu-tion next month.

“Specifically, we are looking atreducing as many as 22 teaching po-sitions throughout the district, (and)making further reductions in theclassified staff, including but not be-ing limited to reducing the hours ofthe 17 custodians from eight hoursto 7.5 or seven hours a day,”Zappitelli said.

Part of the kindergarten programwill also be cut if the board passesthe resolution.

“We will not be instituting all-day, every-day kindergarten for the2012-13 school year,” Zappitelli said.

March named 2011 Citizen of the Year

BY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Big cuts in per-sonnel and programming likelywill hit Jefferson Area LocalSchools next school year.

Earlier this week, school dis-trict officials announced a lengthylist of budget cuts and reductionsthat are being recommended to theBoard of Education as the first stepin meeting the district’s budgetshortfall.

“These cuts are necessary tomeet the Board of Education’s com-mitment to operate our school dis-trict in a fiscally responsible wayand to balance our budget for 2012-2013. We must avoid creating debtwhich would create a bigger finan-cial problem in the future for ourschools and community. These cutsare very difficult and will impactour staff and students in a pro-found way. It is our commitmentto provide the best educational pro-gram possible to our students withour available resources,” Superin-tendent Doug Hladek said.

The expected 39 staff cuts and19 supplemental contract elimina-tions will result in an estimated$1.5 million reduction in expendi-tures for the school district duringthe 2012-13 school year, school dis-trict officials said.

“The Jefferson Area LocalSchools continue to grapple withthe difficult reality of school fund-ing in Ohio. The upcoming 2012-13 school year continues to posesignificant budgetary challengesfor the district. Factors such ascuts in state support, the end offederal jobs funding for educationand rising fuel costs have ourschool district entering the 2012-2013 school year with expensescontinuing to exceed our revenue,”

Jefferson Area LocalSchools announces cuts for

2012-2013 school year

Cuts coming toGeneva schools

Other cuts include cutting allfreshmen sports at the high school,which will also include cheerleadingand cutting all cross country andswimming programs, as well as avariety of after-school programs atthe high school.

“We are continuing to explore op-tions for busing, going to state mini-mum requirements, and (we) arelooking at privatization to see whatthe savings would be,” Zappitellisaid.

At the middle school, such cutsas cutting all cheerleading, crosscountry, boys’ and girls’ golf and ten-nis are suggested on the resolution.

The resolution also talks of re-stricting band and choir travel.

GACS was one of the last schoolsin the county that did not have apay-to-play program, but that, too,will change if the school district’sproposed cuts pass. The school boardwould be instituting pay for partici-pation for sports for grades sevenththrough 12 and for high school mu-sic and drama.

GACS officials are trying to cutprograms as well as keep the schoola viable institution for the area.

Some of the changes that mightbe seen are smaller, such as the stop-ping of mailing school calendars.

“(We are looking at) eliminatingthe district calendars that aremailed to each household at the be-ginning of each school year,”Zappitelli said.

GACS officials are still holdinghope for passing the levy, but withone levy failing, they have to facethe possibility of cutting programsuntil they have the means to fundthem.

“Also, the board approved thefirst step in putting an emergencylevy on the ballot that would raise$1,600,000 a year for a period of 10years,” Zappitelli said.

district officials said in an an-nouncement about the cuts. “Thedistrict’s administration has con-tinued the process of laying out thedistrict’s financial situation for ourstaff and community that was be-gun last year. This includes moni-toring our current financial status,projections for the future, the cutsthat must be recommended to keepthe district solvent and the uncer-tainties that face us as we makedecisions, many of which are con-tingent upon decisions and circum-stances beyond the district’s con-trol.”

The recommendations cameabout as the Jefferson Area LocalSchool Board members reiteratedtheir commitment to fiscal respon-sibility and having the school dis-trict live within its means. Duringthe Board of Education meeting onTuesday, March 20, the board in-structed the superintendent to en-act personnel and program cutssufficient enough to balance thedistrict’s budget.

To meet this budgetary goal, thedistrict must reduce expenses by$1.5 million.

“For a school district of our sizeand in light of the already signifi-cant reductions that the districthas made over the past few years,the cuts will be difficult and deep,”district officials said.

The proposed cuts will returnthe district to a half-day kindergar-ten program from its currentwhole-day model. Elementary stu-dents also will have reduced accessto library services, art, music andphysical education classes.

In the junior high school, theseparate reading course would beeliminated under the proposedcuts and the course content incor-porated into the English curricu-lum and students will have lessaccess to physical education. Theseparate junior high school guid-ance counselor position would alsobe eliminated.

See JALS CUTS page 10A

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area City Schools

GENEVA - The GenevaSchools local science fair at-tracted nearly 200 young re-searchers who hypothesizedabout questions ranging from thepurely practical to the whimsical.

Sixth-grader Abby Dragonconducted an experiment whichproved that it is scientifically pos-

PHOTOS BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSFront from left: Alyx Lynham, Katie Peck, Tyler Hunt, Kyle Williams, Mary Wessell, Danielle Nicholson andBrent McFarland. Back: Eric Logan, Chris Carrabotta, Dan Camplese, Mrs. Wendy Booth - Science FairCoordinator, Lewie Wortman, Alanna Thomas, Adam Gruber, Nicole Brunsman, Julia Kibler, Christi Perko,Rachael Harrington, Jason Downie, Claire Dodrill, Annaliese Baker and Carlin Kern. Also qualifying fordistrict competition were Abby Williams, Anna Forman, Harley Buckley, Mary Burless, Ryan Huang,Megan Gradomski and Nicole Grimmett, Sara Ellsworth and Mandi Galloway.

Scientific Minds! Geneva Schoolsstudents qualify for District Science Fair

sible to determine whether aperson’s smile is genuine or fake.

According to Dragon, it’s allabout the facial muscles. BrookeJewell, a Geneva Middle Schooleighth grader, wondered whetherthe scent added to handsanitizers and anti-bacterialsoaps had a deleterious effect ontheir effectiveness, and her re-search proved that scent rendersboth less efficient at removing

bacteria from skin surfaces.GHS freshman Jason Downie

enriched the soil of soy beanplants with human hair to deter-mine whether the plants couldextract nutrients from the hair toaid their growth. Downie’s resultsindicated that hair helps plantgrowth. Other projects addressedthe perplexing question of the fit

See SCIENCE page 9A

LJHS studentslearn aboutplate tectonics

The Lakeside Junior HighSchool eighth-grade science

classes, under the instructionof Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Nagle

and Ms. Davis, are gettingacquainted with the concept

of plate tectonics. Thestudents are peeling an

orange (a sphericalrepresenting Earth) and thepeel represents the pieces of

Earth’s crust. The cracks inthe peel represent the faults

and it is the shifting of theplates which causes

earthquakes and volcanicactivity. Picture front to backare Alicea Solmari, MarkaleMcKinney, Theresa Rivera,Nathaniel Pratt and Noah

Eggleston.

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JEFFERSON - The JeffersonArea Chamber of Commerce pre-sented Jerry March with one of itsmost prestigious awards during itsannual dinner on Tuesday, March27.

In a room full of his peers at theJefferson Community and Recre-ation Center, 2010 Citizen of theYear the Rev. Fred Grimm pre-sented March with the 2011 Citi-zen of the Year award.

“The 2011 Citizen of the Year isa Jefferson native who has dedi-cated his life to serving his coun-try, his county and his communityin significant ways,” Grimm said.

A 1987 graduate of JeffersonArea High School, March went onto enlist in the Air Force andserved in Desert Storm. He re-turned to Jefferson with his wifeand family in 1997.

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLThe Jefferson Area Chamber of Commerce presented Jerry Marchwith its 2011 Citizen of the Year award on Tuesday, March 27. Marchis pictured here with wife Virginia and daughters Jenna and Melanie. See CITIZEN page 7A

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JEFFERSON - JimSmith is an accomplishedbody builder and just re-cently won the 2012 North-ern States Super NaturalBodybuilding and FigureChampionships - the Ameri-can and Canadian Chal-lenge.

Smith competed in thesame competition in 2011and was awarded first run-ner up.

“I made a vow to myselfthat I was going to comeback this year and I was go-ing to win it, and I did,”Smith said.

By winning overall thistime around, Smith not onlykept to his personal promise,he is now also a part of theprofessional body-buildingorganization, InternationalNatural Bodybuilding Fed-eration/World Natural Body-building Federation.

“I won my pro-card on topof it all,” Smith said. “I cancompete internationallynow.”

His training for competi-tion involves a specific diet.

“I start my diet about 12to 16 weeks before a show,”Smith said. “I had to sacri-fice a lot this time around.”

Smith started the day af-ter Christmas for the March17 show.

“It’s a very strict diet be-cause you have to be verylean,” Smith said.

Smith stays fit all natu-rally and never uses supple-ments to enhance his ap-pearance.

“These are all drug-freeshows and you are drug

SUBMITTED PHOTOJim Smith competed in and won the the 2012 Northern States Super NaturalBodybuilding and Figure Championships - the American and Canadian Challengeon March 17. Smith had the privilege of getting professional photos taken of him tocommemorate winning the title. Smith trains for 12 to 16 weeks before the competitionto get his body back in show mode. The diet includes low sodium and carbohydratesas well as high protein.

Meet YourNeighbor

Jim Smith wins bodybuilding competitionand title of professional bodybuilder

tested for any illegal drugssuch as steroids,” Smithsaid.

Smith said you win com-petitions by being dedicatedto your health and body.

“They judge you based onyour muscle, your symmetry,definition and the wholeworks. The bigger guydoesn’t necessarily win,”Smith said.

Smith enjoys bodybuild-ing and started weightliftingaround the age of 14 yearsold and competed in his firstshow in 1989.

“These shows give you agoal, so once you’ve set yourmind to it, there’s no turn-

ing back,” Smith said.Smith does all his dieting

and training without outsidehelp.

“A lot of times people hiretrainers, but I do everythingon my own,” Smith said.

Smith says he has sup-port, but for the most partbodybuilding is not a teamsport and winning is a per-sonal achievement.

“It’s good to have supportfrom your friends and fam-ily, but a lot of times, you’reon your own,” Smith said.

Smith said the best re-venge is to succeed, and win-ning this time aroundshowed all his hard work

paying off.“I’ll be 47 here in three

months, and I’ve been in thebest shape of my life at al-most 47, so you’re never toolate to start,” Smith said.

Smith won the heavyweight division in 1990 andtook 15 years off to raise histwo sons but came back witha vengeance in 2005.

“It’s very challenging andit takes a lot of dedication,”Smith said. “Body buildingis not for everyone.”

Smith is a personaltrainer when he is not com-peting and teaches classes atthe Jefferson CommunityCenter every Tuesday and

Thursday from 6:15-7:15p.m.

Smith likes to be a goodexample to his students.

“I try to eat good all yeararound, it’s not just for theshow,” Smith said. “I haveone day a week when I’m notcompeting when I can eatwhatever I want.”

Smith says being fit is notjust for bodybuilders, and helikes to help people begintheir transformation intohealthy living.

“I love helping peoplekeep physically fit,” Smithsaid. “I can’t sing or dance,but I love physical fitnessand I’m good at it.”

Know any clubs, organi-zations or people who shouldbe featured in the Gazette’snew “Meet Your Neighbor”weekly feature? E-mail sug-gestions of those in theAshtabula-, Geneva- andJefferson-area communitiesto [email protected].


JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Community andRecreation Center welcomedguests and vendors alike toits annual Spring CraftShow, held this past Satur-day, March 24.

A good-sized crowd at-tended the free event, whichsaw participation from doz-ens of crafters.

A crafter new to the showthis year was Pearl Konopa,of Jefferson. Konopa soldjewelry made from beachglass she collects along thebeaches of Lake Erie. Dur-ing the show, guests couldwatch her transform theglass and jewelry findingsinto wearable pieces.

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLPearl Konopa hammers out a piece of jewelry duringthe craft show in Jefferson on Saturday.

Lakeside Junior High School ninth-grader Alley Pildner,Jefferson Junior High School eighth-grader Leah Kingston,Lakeside Junior High School ninth-grader Jen Balasz andLakeside High School 11th-grader Jessica Schwentkerorganized a bake sale to help raise funds for their Relayto Life team, Cancer Extinguishers. They belong to a youthgroup at Plymouth United Methodist Church.

Ann and Clarence Ashburn set up a booth at the craftfair for Ashburn to sell his papier-mâché dragon heads.

Cindy Fetters and Braden Dresnek sold home-madechocolates.

The Jefferson Community and Recreation Center welcomed guests and vendors alike to its annual Spring CraftShow, held this past Saturday, March 24.

Jefferson gets crafty at community center

“This is just my hobby,”Konopa said.

JCRC Director AllisonBrown said the show had alot of great vendors this year.

“The crafters are happy tobe here,” Brown said.

All of the funds from thetable rentals goes toward therecreation center, and thefunds from the concessionstand go to the senior cen-ter, Brown said. She said thecraft show is one of theevents the community cen-ter counts on every year.

Not only were the usualhandmade craft items forsale, but vendors also soldcandles, jewelry, herbs andspices and more.

One unique vendor wasClarence Ashburn, who callshimself the “Dragon Man.”Ashburn uses egg cartons tocreate papier-mâché dragonheads.

“I just do this to stay outof trouble. It doesn’t alwayswork,” Ashburn joked.

With the craft show nowover, the Community Centeris preparing for its springrummage sale, which will beheld from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Saturday, April 21.

Jefferson-area residentsare invited to donate itemsto the rummage sale, such asitems they find during thespring cleaning of theirhomes.

Stefanie Wessell, senioreditor for Gazette Newspa-pers, may be reached [email protected].

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The Great Easter Egg Hunt is this SaturdayBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Hundreds ofbrightly colored, plastic Easter eggswill decorate the football field at theJefferson Area High School on Sat-urday, March 31.

Rain or shine, that’s whenJefferson’s Great Easter Egg Hunt2012 will be held. Sponsored by theGazette and the Jefferson AreaChamber of Commerce, Easter egg

hunt is a popular tradition in thecommunity, giving children in fourdifferent age groups the opportunityto win candy and prizes, thanks togenerous donations from Jefferson-area businesses and industry.

The Great Easter Egg Hunt willbegin at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 31.Children will be split into four agegroups, giving them an equal chanceto fill their baskets with the plasticeggs. Age groups this year are: ages1-2, ages 3-5, ages 6-8 and ages 9-11.

One lucky child in each age groupwill win a bicycle.

If your child doesn’t walk awaywith the bicycle, don’t worry. Therewill still be plenty of other prizesthey can win, as more than 3,500Easter eggs will be loaded with candyand chances to win hundreds ofprizes.

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JEFFERSON - EstherBlevins was honored forimmeasureable work to thecommunity during theJefferson Area Chamber ofCommerce’s annual dinneron Tuesday, March 27.

During the dinner, theChamber presented Blevinswith the Lifetime of Serviceaward.

A graduate of The OhioState University, Blevinsworked as a licensed socialworker. That commitmentto bettering other people’slives has extended to herpersonal life.

Blevins is a member ofJefferson United MethodistChurch and served as a jun-ior high Sunday schoolteacher for approximately10 years, according to infor-mation read by emcee DougHladek, who presentedBlevins with the award. Sheled summer Bible school,served on the administra-tive board and currently re-cruits workers to help servefuneral dinners. She be-lieves that, “If there’s some-thing wrong with thechurch, don’t leave it – getin there and help fix it.”

Her involvement in ser-vice clubs and organizationsincludes founding theAshtabula County Leagueof Women Voters in the1960s and serving the GirlScouts of the USA – GirlScout Troop 111 for fiveyears.

Her public and civic ser-

vice includes serving on theAshtabula County PlanningCommission and JeffersonVillage Council. She startedthe Jefferson RecyclingCenter and served manyyears as a poll worker forthe Ashtabula CountyBoard of Elections.

As a co-founder of Spi-derweb and as a socialworker, she believed thatthere was an undeservedpopulation of youth – thosethat were neither involved

Blevins receives Lifetime of Service award

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLEsther Blevins, pictured holding the award and surrounded by her family, received the Lifetime of Service awardfrom the Jefferson Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, March 27.

in special programs atschool or covered by otheragencies serving “problem”juveniles – kids that neededguidance, tutoring, helpwith family issues, or evenjust some clothing, Hladeksaid.

She had the idea of put-ting together a “web” of re-sources and volunteers, andwith the help of churchmembers and other localpeople, her idea became areality that still operates in

Jefferson over 30 yearslater, Hladek said.

She served on four Stateof Ohio boards in Columbus,and, most notably, was theonly member of the publicchosen by the governor torepresent Lake andAshtabula counties on theOhio Low-level RadioactiveWaste Committee, whereshe was the only member toattend all 12 hearings,Hladek said. She traveledall over Ohio, and out-of-

state, with the committee tostudy existing and potentialwaste sites and collect pub-lic feedback.

Her oldest daughter,Lynne Peskoran, followed inher footsteps of public ser-vice as a township electedofficial. Her second daugh-ter, Mary Spencer, has beenan active member ofJefferson MethodistChurch, including singingin the choir continuouslysince second grade and serv-

ing on on many church com-mittees. Her son, JimBuchan, has managed thefamily campground formany years.

Most recently, she is be-coming an advocate for thehearing-impaired by re-searching and testing newtechnology and even search-ing for grant possibilities toget new and better induc-tion loop equipment intopublic buildings in our com-munity, Hladek said said.

Along with her first hus-band, Richard Buchan, theybuilt Buccaneer Campsitesfrom scratch starting whenthey moved to Jefferson in1963, and it is still in opera-tion almost 50 years later.The camp has provided aplace for recreation, jobs fora number of county resi-dents over the years, and asthe site of the Village Ped-dler Festival for over 25years, Hladek said.

Blevins, along withBobbi Rice, also was co-founder of the Village Ped-dler Festival. She also wasco-founder of the May Coun-try Festival with MartyKampf.

“She has worked tirelesslyto promote Jefferson andtourism in Ashtabula Countyand to this day she tellspeople all about the greatplaces to visit and events toattend in and aroundJefferson,” Hladek said.

Blevins thanked theChamber for the award.

“I couldn’t do it withoutthe support of my family,”Blevins said.

Cool receives Community Service award


JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Area Chamber ofCommerce handed out anumber of awards during itsannual dinner on Tuesday,March 27, one of them beingthe 2011 Youth of the Year.

Every year, the award isgiven to a youth who hasprovided significant effortsor service to his or her com-munity.

This year, NicholasKobernik was named asthe 2011 Youth of the Year.Kobernik is a senior atJefferson Area HighSchool. He is a member ofthe school swim team, the

Kobernik named Youth of the Year


JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Area Chamber ofCommerce handed out anumber of awards duringits annual dinner on Tues-day, March 27, one of thembeing the Charles “Chuck”Lewis Community ServiceAward.

This year, the Chamberpresented the award toBeth Cool.

“Our nominee for theCharles ‘Chuck’ LewisCommunity Service Awardis a very busy person,” readDoug Hladek, who pre-sented the award to Coolwith Lewis’ widow, Shirley.“This individual volunteersin the church nursery, helpswith the Upwards Basket-ball program, serves on thefinance committee and isvery active in Women’sMinistries at the church.”

Cool also helps chair anannual bake sale at theAshtabula County Court-house to benefit the Ameri-can Heart Association andvolunteers at Red Crossblood drives. She helpswith various charityfundraisers in the commu-nity by donating items andalso by working at them,Hladek said.

Cool also is very in-

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLBeth Cool received the Charles “Chuck” Lewis Community Service Award during theJefferson Area Chamber of Commerce’s dinner on Tuesday. Presenting her with theaward was Lewis’ widow, Shirley Lewis, right.

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLJefferson Area Local Schools Superintendent DougHladek presented senior Nicholas Kobernik with the Youthof the Year award on Tuesday, March 27.

cross country team, ModelUnited Nations, SeniorLeadership, tennis team,Student Council, NationalHonor Society, AshtabulaYMCA Stingrays and theJefferson Jazz Band.

Some of his accomplish-ments, as read by JeffersonArea Local Schools Super-intendent Doug Hladek,include participating inAshtabula County YouthLeadership and attendingthe Presidential Youth In-augural Conference. He re-ceived a special proclama-tion from the SheffieldTownship trustees for rep-resenting the area at thePresidential Inauguration.

In his service to the

community, Kobernik alsohas served as a YMCAswim team mentor andparticipated in Swim forDiabetes. His fundraiserproject, “Swim for the Hun-gry,” raised money andfood donations that weresplit among local foodbanks, including Manna inJefferson.

Kobernik is a blood do-nor and works for the blooddrive several times a year.He attends Mt. CarmelChurch and has served asa CCD aide and Eucharis-tic minister.

“Our Youth of the Yearhas represented Jeffersonthroughout his life in vari-ous clubs and organiza-

tions and is proud to befrom Jefferson,” Hladeksaid. “He plans to attendcollege in the fall and iswaiting for a scholarshipfrom Navy ROTC before hemakes his decision.”

Kobernik thanked theChamber and Hladek forpresenting him with theaward.

“I’d like to thank myparents and my family,”Kobernik said.

Kobernik said his fam-ily helped get him to all ofthe things he’s involved in.


volved in the community inother ways. She serves astreasurer for the JeffersonVillage Depot and distrib-utes flyers for the Depotevents and Jefferson Days.

“She attends as manycommunity activities as shecan and encourages othersto also attend,” Hladek

said. “She is always willingto help others by preparingmeals, helping with yardwork or babysitting.”

Cool is a graduate ofJefferson High School andretired from the AshtabulaCounty Treasurer’s Officeafter 30 years of service.

When she accepted the

award, Cool jokingly won-dered how her family andfriends would have gottenher to the awards dinner ifshe hadn’t already plannedto attend.

“I’m so flabbergasted,”Cool said. “I never expectedto get nominated for any-thing like this.”



ASHTABULA - SaintsJohn and Paul ElementarySchool students had a fewspecial guests stop by theirschool last Friday.

Author SandraPhillipson has been writ-ing for 12 years about herdogs Max, Annie, Trinnie,Tak and Ollie.

“I have written eightstories but right now twoare out of print,” Phillipsonsaid.

Tak and Ollie accompa-nied Phillipson on her tripto the school, as did her il-lustrator Jenny Campbell.

“We had the studentstry some creative writingand also learn how todraw,” Phillipson said.

Phillipson was inspiredto write the children sto-ries about her four-leggedfriends after Annie devel-oped cancer and had tohave her leg amputated.

The books teach chil-dren how to deal with dif-ferent issues.

“They’re all true storiesbased off my dogs, but theyare fictionalized becausethe dogs talk to eachother,” Phillipson said.“They never speak to thehumans in the stories, butthey do speak to eachother.”

Phillipson’s three dogs,Max, Annie and Trinnie,have since passed away,but she still uses them asa way to teach children theimportance of being kind toothers.

“I started out with twodogs named Max andAnnie, and they’ve beengone now for quite a fewyears,” Phillipson said.

Max and Annie haveeven been featured charac-ters in the movie MiracleDogs.

Phill ipson takes herdogs to bring happinessthroughout the area, evengoing to area hospitals.

“The dogs are registeredtherapy dogs and havegone to the ClevelandClinic,” Phillipson said.

Phillipson was happy tohave Campbell come along


ASHTABULA - TheGifted and Talented Re-source Room Program atAshtabula Area City Schoolswent to the Ashtabula ArtsCenter on Tuesday, March20, to get a hands-on Japa-nese experience.

“Meegan Humphrey hasdone this program with usfor years, and it’s reallygreat for our students,”Rosemary Timonere, orga-nizer of the program, said.

Students from gradesthird through sixth through-out the district have beenlearning about Japan intheir classes and had theopportunity to see theirclassroom lessons with livedemonstrations and crafts.

Students had a chance toparticipate in a JapaneseTea Ceremony, do fish paint-ing, or Gyotaku, on a t-shirt,write in Japanese calligra-phy, make kites, mold a claytea bowl, fold paper dolls andsamurai helmets and con-struct dragon masks.

“After the kids have stud-ied Japan, it’s kind of a nicecombination,” Timoneresaid. “They can see some ofthe artifacts of Japan andthe culture. It kind of makesJapan come to life.”

Kids in the gifted and tal-ented program are selectedto be in the class based onhigh cognitive ability,achievement scores on stan-

Students learn life lessonswith man’s best friend

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANAuthor Sandra Phillipson and illustrator Jenny Campbell came to Saints John andPaul Elementary School last Friday with their trusted companions and muses, Takand Ollie.

with her as Campbell, too,loves the interaction withthe students and can teachthe students another as-pect of expressing them-selves.

“Jenny has illustratedfour of the books, and shedoes the pet license platefor the State of Ohio andshe also has illustratedother people’s books,”Phillipson said.

Phill ipson has beenworking for Campbell withhalf of her books and en-joys Campbell’s fun and de-tailed drawings.

“We both live in ChagrinFalls and both of the art-ists I have worked withhave lived in ChagrinFalls, so it’s nice to havethat local connection,”Phillipson said.

Phillipson and Campbell

have gone to a number ofschools together, teachingchildren the importance ofwriting and drawing.

“The project is 12 yearsold now, so we’ve visitedapproximately a little over400 schools,” Phillipsonsaid.

The students at SaintsJohn and Paul had beenanticipating the arrival ofPhillipson, Campbell andthe dogs as they read thebooks in preparation.“Theyare literacy-based pro-grams, so I’m not here toread to the kids. They readmy books before I come,”Phillipson said.

Phillipson said the chil-dren get to work face toface with her andCampbell and can use Takand Ollie as visions fortheir work.

“We work with the kidsto write stories and poems,and I do use the dogs as in-spiration,” Phillipson said.

Even though Annie andMax are the original inspi-rations, Tak and Ollie havenow begun to take hold ofthe spotlight.

“Tak is in three of mybooks, and Ollie’s in one,but Ollie got the title,”Phillipson said.

Phill ipson said sheloves the school programsand the reactions she re-ceives from the students.

“The kids have a had agreat time so far,”Phillipson said. “It’s beenfantastic.”

Sadie Portman, reporterfor the Gazette, may bereached at [email protected].


GENEVA - The GenevaArea Chamber of Com-merce is holding its 15thannual Chinese Auction onSunday, April 1, beginningat 1 p.m. with the drawingstarting at 2:30 p.m.

Donations have beenpiling up at the Chamberoffice, including a pedes-tal sink.

“They say everythingbut the kitchen sinks,well, we have everythingand the pedestal sink,”Chamber Executive Di-rector Sue Ellen Footesaid.

Items such as a KindleFire and a color printerare all going to be fea-tured at the auction.

“Our office looks like astorage unit,” Foote said.“We’re getting a lot of do-nations and there will bemore coming in thisweek.”

The funds raised all gotoward two $1,000 schol-arships.

“All the money raisedwill go towards theGeneva Chamber ofCommerce’s high schoolscholarship fund,” Footesaid.

The Chinese Auctionbrings in more thanenough funds for thescholarships each year,and Foote said the extrafunds are kept in thescholarship account to en-sure the scholarships willalways be funded.

“We made $6,000 forthe fund last year, so weeither want to make moreor around the sameamount this year,” Footesaid.

Tickets for the auctionare an initial $5 for 10tickets plus punch, coffeeand desserts, with addi-tional tickets selling atfive for $1.

A silent auction willalso be featured, witheach raised bid requiredto be $5 more than thelast.

Geneva Chamberreceives big ticket items

for Chinese AuctionThe Chinese Auction

will also have grand prizeitems with tickets beingsold at $1 a piece or six for$5.“We have a few silentauction and we will onceagain have the 50/50 andthe grand prize items,”Foote said.

The Chinese Auction isone of the biggest commu-nity events the Chamberholds.“We set up for over300 people to attend,”Foote said.

The Chamber is stillaccepting more donationsbut they must be in byMarch 29.

“I would like to have allour donations in by thisThursday,” Foote said.

Foote said donationskeep coming.

“I came in today andfound three big bags ofitems, so someone wentshopping this weekend,”Foote said.

Some other auctionitems include a signedCleveland Browns foot-ball, a portable music sys-tem, overnight stays at lo-cal bed and breakfasts,Cleveland Indians ticketsand lots of gifts certifi-cates.

“There’s a lot of itemsthat people across theboard will be interestedin,” Foote said.

Foote said Geneva al-ways has supported theircause.

“It’s just overwhelmingwith all the donations thatthe Geneva Area Chambermembers have donated tothis,” Foote said.

Foote said the ChineseAuction is more than justa day of fun and prizes. It’salso a day for the local stu-dents.

“We all look toward thefuture of Geneva and to-wards the education of ourchildren,” Foote said.“We’re still trying to takecare of the kids.”

Sadie Portman, re-porter for the Gazette, maybe reached at [email protected].

Students learn about the Japanese culturewith help from the Ashtabula Arts Center

PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMANMark and Anthony Fusce work on clay bowls lastTuesday. Select students from the Ashtabula Area CitySchools district were taught about Japan and had a finallesson at Ashtabula Arts Center.

Meegan Humprey works with several students on theorigami lesson at the Ashtabula Arts Center. Students inthe gifted and talents program had a chance to learnhands-on lessons about Japan.

dardized tests and teacherrecommendations.

The class size of thisyear’s program was muchsmaller than in previousyears.

“We only have a class ofeight this year. Normally wehave a class of about 20,”Timonere said.

Timonere said thesmaller class size gave thestudents an even more inti-mate atmosphere at the artscenter.

“It is kind of nice to havethe small class becausethey’ll really get to go aroundand do a lot of stuff,”Timonere said.

Humphrey has been to

Japan and has first-handexperience on what it is liketo live in the middle of Japa-nese culture.

“Meegan Humphrey usesJapanese artifacts from hertravels to enhance her teach-ing of Japan,” Timoneresaid. “Every year she en-gages students in a varietyof activities to help themappreciate the Japanese cul-ture.”

Timonere said studentsreally have a valuable expe-rience with the program asthey learn to appreciateother cultures.

“Students actually feelthey are taking part in manyof the activities Japanesestudents experience in theirdaily lives,” Timonere said.“Our gifted students are for-tunate to engage in this ex-periential learning even atour local Arts Center.”

Timonere looks forwardto the Japanese lesson everyyear as she sees the value ofworld cultures.

“The kids really do enjoythis program and we arehappy to have Meghan[Humphrey] deliver such avaluable lesson for our stu-dents,” Timonere said.


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Jefferson Area High School Model UN team finishes second at conference

PHOTOS BY NANCY CHAMPLINOne of the JAHS teams earning a Superior rating wasNick Kobernik and Arian Barile. The pair represented theRussian Federation in the Historical Security Council.Pictured here is Nick Kobernik.

Jefferson Area High Schoolearned a second-placefinish at the 33rd AnnualLake Erie InternationalModel United NationsCorporation’s (LEIMUN)Northcoast Conference atthe Ashtabula Campus ofKent State University.

Jennifer Hall, pictured center, represented the People’sRepublic of China for Security Council I with Kevin Fordand earned a Superior rating.

For three days, 12 teams of students from Ohio and Pennsylvania competed in varioussimulations and debates receiving Superior, Excellent, Good, Fair or Poor ratings duringthe event.

The Jefferson Area High School Model UN team competed at Kent State University atAshtabula last week.

BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - JeffersonArea High School earned asecond-place finish at the33rd Annual Lake Erie Inter-national Model United Na-tions Corporation’s(LEIMUN) Northcoast Con-ference at the AshtabulaCampus of Kent State Uni-versity.

For three days, 12 teamsof students from Ohio andPennsylvania competed invarious simulations and de-bates receiving Superior, Ex-cellent, Good, Fair or Poorratings during the event.

JAHS garnered three Su-perior and eight Excellent rat-ings to give them 43 points to-tal, just two points behindLorain High School. The stu-dents who earned these rat-ings received awards alongwith JAHS.

Dr. John Patterson hasbeen the Model UN advisorfor 28 years.

“Once more our studentsdistinguished themselveswith an outstanding perfor-mance. It’s a great honor towork with these youngadults,” Patterson saidproudly.

One of the JAHS teamsearning a Superior rating wasNick Kobernik and ArianBarile. The pair representedthe Russian Federation in theHistorical Security Council.Kobernik said their debatesfocused on the year 1994.

“Our first session startedon Jan. 15. We officially didn’tknow anything after that dateuntil they told us. Everythingthey did tell us came off of trueevents but they were fabri-cated to fit whatever we weredebating,” Kobernik said.

The topics debated in-cluded the North Koreannuclear crisis, the breakup ofYugoslavia, the Bosnian warand began a debate onRwanda. Kobernik went onto say that the debates keptcoming back to Yugoslavia,which ended up being a crisisevent.

Kobernik thinks whathelped earn them the Supe-rior rating was his writingability and Barile’s speakingability.

“Ariann is a very strongspeaker and never reallystopped talking. We alsowrote the first successful pa-per that was passed unani-mously,” he said.

Barile was equally compli-mentary of Kobernik.

“He is a phenomenalwriter. We worked really hardpreparing for the weekendand decided right away thatwriting was his strength andtalking was mine,” she said.“We wanted to get an awardnot just for us, but also for Dr.P (Patterson). That drove us.Nick came up with our motto,‘An award is a must but anExcellent just won’t do.’”

Last year, Barile missed aSuperior rating in this eventby 4-tenths of a point.

“I was not going to let thathappen this year,” she saidadamantly.

The second team to receivea Superior rating was KevinFord and Jennifer Hall. Theyrepresented the People’s Re-public of China for SecurityCouncil I.

“I give Jen all the credit.If she wasn’t there, I wouldn’thave gotten anything. Weworked really well as a team,too. I wrote and listened andshe talked,” Ford said.

Hall went on to say the twowere active in writing resolu-tions and got others to goalong with them.

“These are things that theactual countries would neverhave gone along with. We alsodid well in our emergencysimulation about Syria,” Hallexplained proudly.

The third pair to receive aSuperior rating was part ofthe United Nations EducationScience and Culture Organi-zation (UNESCO). MelanieMarch and Casey Hall,Jennifer’s younger sister, rep-resented Japan. Once again,team members gave credit totheir partners for the award.

“I started off with a rallygood partner,” March said. “Idid a lot of the writing and shewasn’t afraid to talk. Ithelped to be able to balancethings.”

Casey said all the prepa-ration the groups did leadingup to the conference helped,too.

“Every Friday beforeschool we had to write a posi-tion paper and then a resolu-tion. We then had to discussthat position with our class-mates,” she explained.

“Dr. P picks are partnersfor us. He usually tries to puttogether people that will bringout the best in each other.He’s a genius when it comesto putting us together,” Marchadded.

Students receiving Excel-

Members of the Jefferson Area High School Model UNteam listen as a point is made during the conference.

lent ratings were as follows:Andre Picard, A-Team Del-egate #5; Paige Neely, PressCorps-Correspondent #1;Audra Franley, Press Corps-Correspondent #3; MasonTaylor and Sarah Solarek,Historical Security Councilfor Brazil; Abby Kovacs andEvan McNicholas, Office onDrugs and Crime forAzerbaijan; Garrett Puzio,China in Security Council II;and Tayler Johnston andRachel Edge, (Pakistan)UNESCO.

The Jefferson Model UNhas two more competitionsnext month. One competitionwill be at Youngstown StateUniversity and the other atWestminster.

The Jefferson Area High School Model UN team preparedfor the conference for weeks.

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Falcon Follies has a great getaway adventure over the weekendBY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - The Fal-con Follies had another yearof fun, entertaining and com-munity unifying skits thispast weekend.

Jody Anthony and CindyButler are sisters and bothdirected for the first time,choosing Great Get AwayAdventures as the theme.

Each song and sketchsomehow reflexed thetheme, whether in the title,such as the song and dancenumber Roam, or incorpo-rated within a sketch’s dia-

logue.The funds raised from the

show go back to JeffersonArea Local Schools for sup-plies and other teacher andstudent needs.

Anthony and Butler wereexcited to see their hardwork finally put forth.

“The time sure goes byfast when you get to be a partof the planning process,”Anthony said.

Anthony was happy toshare the directing experi-ence with her sister, who wasthe one who encouraged herto codirect.

“I would like to thank my

sister, Cindy Butler, for ask-ing me to codirect this year’sshow with her,” Anthonysaid. “I was a little nervousto accept at first, but gladthat I did.”

Butler spent eight yearsas a cast member of the fol-lies show and loves beinginvolved.

“I joined the Falcon Fol-lies cast in 2004 and havebeen loving it ever since,”Butler said. “Where else canyou sing, dance and act a foolwithout being made fun of?In fact, we are encouraged todo so.”

Butler was grateful forthe experience of being direc-tor.

“I’m so excited that wewere given the opportunityto direct this year,” Butlersaid. “We have a great castand crew which have madedirecting a lot of fun.”

Although the Falcon Fol-lies was full of fun, there wasa moment saved to remem-ber a dear friend of the fol-lies, Harriet Mountain, whopassed away.

“The Falcon Follies lost adear friend and fellow enter-tainer this past year,” castand crew wrote in the pro-

gram. “Harriet Mountainentertained all of us for 10years as an active FalconFollies member and aJefferson Blue Belle.”

Mountain was known tobe a proud member of theJefferson community.

“Harriet lived, wor-shipped and worked inJefferson her entire life andgraduated from JeffersonHigh School and continuedto support the school as aFollies member,” the crewsaid.

The follies cast and crewremember Mountain assomeone who enjoyed life.

“Harriet, we will missyour big smile and enter-taining ways,” the crew said.

The follies also an-nounced next year’s direc-tors as the mother anddaughter trio of Becke, Katieand Jessica Schindler.

In the end, the FalconFollies ended another yearwith a big thanks to every-one who supported them andthe audience who make theshow a success every year.


The folly girls perform “Roam,” a colorful dance number and first group dance of theevening.

The world roamed and played guitar around the Falcon Follies girls for their first numbertogether.

Scott Treen is a waitress at a not-so-friendly restaurantduring a sketch called, “There’s No Place Like Home.”

Fred Burazer is transformedinto Willie Wonka during thesong “Pure Imagination,”complete with aper formance by theOompa Loompas.

ed Burkeperforms atap dance.

The men of the follies form a kick line to start the second act of the Falcon Follies.

PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMANAn act advertising for Gazette Printing shows a man whowas injured by reckless driving from Lindsey Lohan.

A final pose by the folly girlscompletes the song anddance number Wildflower.

The Falcon Follies come on stage in walkers and grayhair to perform the piece Little Old Lady from Pasadena.

A sketch called War of theROSES was performed byKeith and Karen Rose toadvertise for Kusar Farms.

Heart of Rock ‘n’ Roll was a dance piece performed during Falcon Follies last Saturdaynight with choreography by Katie Schindler.

Fred Grimm finds an unexpected guest in his overallsduring the song and sketch entitled Mississippi SquirrelRevival with Becky Loomis.


March 29 Saybrook: Free Community DinnerA free community dinner will be held on Thursday,

March 29, from 5-6 p.m. in the Church Social Hall. Comeenjoy a free dinner, dessert and drink, served to you bymembers of Saybrook United Methodist Church, 7900 S.Depot Rd, Saybrook (across from Saybrook ElementarySchool). All are welcome!

March 30 Rock Creek: Fish/Shrimp DinnerThe Sacred Heart Church located on Route 45, just north

of Rock Creek, will hold its annual fish/shrimp dinners.Adults are $8, children ages 4-10 are $4, and children underthree are free. Carryouts available. Call for phone orders at563-5255. Proceeds benefit our Adult Support Group.

March 31 Jefferson: Community Children’sEaster Celebration

First Baptist Church of Jefferson announces its annual“Community Children’s Easter Celebration” on Saturday,March 31, starting at 1 p.m. Children through sixth gradewill also enjoy games, stories, prizes, crafts, balloons, cook-ies and punch. The public is welcome and there is nocharge. The “Community Children’s Easter Celebration”will be held at First Baptist Church, 85 West JeffersonStreet, Jefferson.

Ongoing April Ashtabula: Lenten servicesBethany Evangelical Lutheran Church, located at 933

Michigan Ave. in Ashtabula, has announced the followingLenten services:

April 1 10:30 a.m. Palm Sunday worship serviceApril 5 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday worship serviceApril 6 7 p.m. Good Friday Tenebrae serviceApril 8 9 a.m. Strata BreakfastApril 8 10:30 a.m. Easter worship serviceAll services are with Pastor Larry Mackey.

April 1 Ashtabula: Easter musicalThe Ashtabula Baptist Church, located at 5909 Shepard

Rd., will host a special Easter musical presentation byCompanions of the Lamb, God’s Gift of Love, at 6:30 p.m.April 1. A love offering will be taken.

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Holy Week Schedule forChrist Episcopal Church

Sunday, April 1 – Palm Sunday10:30 a.m. - Holy Eucharist with Passion NarrativeThursday, April 5 – Maundy Thursday7:00 p.m. - Maundy Thursday Eucharist ServiceFriday, April 6 – Good Friday7:00 p.m. - Good Friday LiturgySunday, April 8 – Easter Day10:30 a.m. - Holy EucharistThe Rev. Dr. Thomas Jackson will be the celebrant for

these services. Christ Episcopal Church is located at 66South Eagle St. in Geneva.

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Thursday, April 5 – Maundy Thursday Communion Ser-vice, 7 p.m.

Good Friday, April 6 – Walk of the Cross around Jefferson.The walk begins at First Baptist Church at 6 p.m.

Before the Walk First Baptist Church of Jefferson has aStuffed Potato Dinner available free to the public.

Easter Sunday, April 8 –6:30 a.m. Sunrise Service at Oakdale Cemetery (the old part)7:30 a.m. Breakfast at the church9:30 a.m. Sunday School10:45 a.m. Worship Service

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As for his community ser-vice, March is a member ofJefferson United MethodistChurch and serves as thechurch business managerand the Sound Coordinator.He has served on the Fi-nance Committee, the Stra-tegic Planning Team, andmost recently on the Build-ing Committee for thechurch’s 8,100-square-footeducational and administra-tive addition.

“As his two daughtersgrew up, he was a great as-sistant for their activities.When they participated in 4-H and Girl Scouts, he wasthe dad others counted on tobe the gopher - picking upGirl Scout cookies, droppingoff forms, meeting deadlinesor whatever it took to keepthings moving,” Grimm said.

March also has served onthe Jefferson Area GirlsSoftball Board as a long-time member and president,as well as a JAGS coach. Heassisted at the Music Boost-ers and Athletic Boostersconcession stands.

“Our Citizen of the Yearoperates the scoreboardvideo screen for footballgames at Jefferson AreaHigh School. He also worksthe scoreboard for soccerand basketball games. Cur-rently, he and his wife areworking hard to plan amemorable high school af-ter-prom event later thisspring,” Grimm said.

March also helps outwith numerous otherschool-related events. Heserved as the Ski Club ad-visor for many years, mak-ing it possible for youth toenjoy this winter sport,Hladek said. He also volun-teered for many years as the

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JEFFERSON - The Jefferson Historical Society will behaving a rummage sale on Friday, March 30, from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. and on Saturday, March 31, from 9 a.m. untilnoon. Hundreds of donated items from area residents’ at-tics, garages and estates can be purchased at the lowestprices of any sale you could attend! All proceeds goto support the historical society. Clothing will be acceptedbut will be used for a different fund raiser.

Saturday is fill-a-bag-for-a-buck day A grocery bag canbe purchased for one dollar and whatever fits in the bag isyours.

The Society, located at 42 East Jefferson St. in the formerTrinity Church, will also be sponsoring an exclusive pre-view sale, craft session and luncheon on Thursday, March29. Attendees will be able to find out what to do with rum-mage or garage sale finds. Are you looking for a savvy way

Jefferson Historical Society’s Annual Spring Rummage Sale to save? Could you make a candle from discarded crayonsor a favor from a Styrofoam cup? Jan Baber, a local crafter,will show projects that anyone can make with a little bit ofeffort. Each participant will have a kit to take home to trymaking something from basically a throw-away.

The program begins at 11 a.m. at the Historical Society’sresearch room. Following the demonstration will be lunch. Chef Susan Masirovits has a menu to please: vegetablecrudités, Caribbean chicken salad with tropical fruit andguava dressing, sweet potato banana muffins, orange cakewith vanilla sauce and toasted coconut and tea, coffee andpunch. After the luncheon and craft session, the guests willbe able to have the first chance to rummage and buy ar-ticles donated by Society friends. The preview is $10 perticket. Reservations may be made by calling Susan at 576-7112.

sound coordinator for theJefferson Players highschool theater productionsand significantly improvedtheir sound quality with hisinterest and expertise insound production.

“He has a long history ofpublic service in civic activi-ties. He has been on theAshtabula County CoveredBridge Festival Board, serv-ing as treasurer. He has alsoserved on the Jefferson Vil-lage Cemetery Board. Mostrecently, he has been electedto Village Council, an officehe enthusiastically em-braces,” Grimm said.

March also is active withthe Jefferson Area Chamberof Commerce, especially as-

sisting with the annualChristmas Parade.

“He enjoys working be-hind the scenes, too, andcooks breakfast at theJefferson Grange grill everymorning during fair week,”Grimm said.

On top of all his commu-nity service work, Marchalso is owner of his owncruise travel business,Cruise with Jerry, and exem-plifies good citizenship forthe Jefferson community.

As he accepted theaward, March joked that hesuspected something wasup when his wife, Virginia,told him to change hisclothes before going to thedinner.

“I couldn’t do this with-out my wife,” March said.“Thank you.”

March said they“switched jobs” sometimeafter their children, Jennaand Melanie, were born,with Virginia going off towork while he became astay-at-home dad, which al-lowed him to become in-volved with many of the ac-tivities he’s participated in.

“I’m very humbled to behonored among all the otherrecipients,” March said.

March said he enjoys get-ting out of the home and do-ing things, and he never vol-unteered for any of the ac-tivities expecting any recog-nition.

2010 Citizen of the Year the Rev. Fred Grimm presented Jerry March, left, with the 2011Citizen of the Year award.


Awana Grand Prixheld in Jefferson

BY BARBARA J. HAMILTONGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - The 2012Awana Grand Prix Race washeld on Friday, March 22, atthe Jefferson First BaptistChurch. A new race trackand computer-generatedscoring and speed programaided in the winner selec-tion.

Nearly 50 elementary agechildren and 15 leaders par-ticipated in the Awana Pro-gram sponsored by the FirstBaptist Church and BethelBible Church, both ofJefferson.

The annual car race al-lows the children to startwith an unfinished car andthen proceed to trim, colorand design their individualcars.

The winners for best de-

sign in the Sparks, kinder-garten-second grade, cat-egory were Cooper Goodge,Ryker Fletcher and ZoeyStaley.

Winners in the best de-sign for the third throughsixth grades, known as theTNTs for Truth In Training,were Megan Jones, SamWade and Eileen Goodge.

Top speed winners werefirst place: Alyssa Rembacki,with 184.6 time, secondplace: Joshua Haskell, andthird place: Bella Austin.

Preschool children in theCubbies group brought HotWheels to race and each re-ceived an award.

The Awana Program forchildren was established 60years ago and is now in12,000 U.S. churches and5,000 churches in 109 coun-tries on six continents.

Awana stands for “Ap-proved Workman Are NotAshamed” based on theBible verse, ll Timothy 2:15.

The Jefferson Awana pro-gram, which started withBethel Bible Church, hasbeen actively going for morethan 25 years. Several yearsago, the church partneredwith First Baptist, whichhosts the program at itsbuilding. Awana meets fromSeptember through themiddle of April everyWednesday evening at 6-8p.m. The evening consists ofscripture memorization,teaching, awards, games andrefreshments.

The program is open to allchildren. For more informa-tion, call the First BaptistChurch or Bethel BibleChurch or go towww.awana.org.

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Harbor Dredging ProjectASHTABULA - Maintenance dredging

of the Ashtabula Harbor federal naviga-tion channel and its potential to impactLake Erie water quality will be the fo-cus of an April 9, 2012, Ohio EPA publicmeeting. The information session andpublic hearing will begin at 5 p.m. at theHarbor-Topky Memorial Library, 1633Walnut Boulevard, Ashtabula.

Ohio EPA is holding the meeting to ac-cept comments concerning a U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers application to dredgeup to 230,000 cubic yards of harbor bot-tom. Approximately 165,000 cubic yardsof the material would be disposed atPond 5C in the Elkem embankment inAshtabula Township. The remaining65,000 cubic yards would be disposed atthe existing open-lake area in Lake Erie.

Anyone wanting to discharge dredgedor fill material to waters of the State mustfirst obtain a water quality certificationfrom Ohio EPA and a permit from the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers. Ohio EPA’s re-view is to ensure the project will complywith Ohio’s water quality standards.

The proposed project may result in achange from the current water qualityconditions of Lake Erie, but cannot vio-late Ohio’s water quality standards thatprotect human health and the environ-ment. Ohio EPA will consider the tech-nical, economic, social and environmen-tal aspects of the project before decidingto issue or deny a water quality certifi-cation.

Anyone interested in being placed ona mailing list for this project or submit-ting written comments concerning theapplication should write to: Ohio EPA,DSW Permits Processing Unit, P.O. Box1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049 [email protected]. The pub-lic comment period ends April 16, 2012.

The application and related materialsare available online.


JEFFERSON - Fourteachers with JeffersonArea Local Schools will re-sign or retire at the end ofthe school year, effectiveJune 30, 2012.

Members of theJefferson Area LocalSchools Board of Educa-tion accepted, with regret,the resignations at theirmeeting on Tuesday,March 20.

Teachers resigning atthe end of this school yearinclude:

• JoEllen Bryer, a sec-ond-grade teacher atJefferson ElementarySchool who has 22 years ofexperience.

• Suzanne Hayes, afirst-grade teacher at RockCreek Elementary who has37 years of experience.

• John Patterson, a

Four teachers to resignat end of school year

teacher at Jefferson AreaHigh School who has 29years of experience. Theboard also approved thesupplemental resignationof Patterson as the 2012/2013 varsity boys’ crosscountry coach.

• Donna Wilhelm , afirst-grade teacher atJefferson ElementarySchool who has 38 years ofexperience.

The board also accepted,with regret, the resigna-tion of bus driver RobertLister, effective March 23.

In other matters, theboard renewed two admin-istrator contracts. Theboard renewed the contractfor Rock Creek ElementarySchool Principal LarryMeloro for one year, effec-tive July 1, 2012, as per ad-ministrative schedule.

The board also approvedthe contract for JeffersonArea High School Assis-tant Principal JeremyHuber for three years, ef-

fective July 1, 2012, as peradministrative schedule.

In other matters, theboard approved the follow-ing volunteers for the2011/2012 school year, asindicated below:

• Jeff Agnew, boys’ ten-nis.

• John Frangowlakis,varsity baseball.

The board also approvedthe following as springticket takers for the 2011/2012 school year: KarenRose, Annette Janson,Robin Thaxton and ShirleyLister.

Lastly in personnelmatters, the board ap-proved Lisa Severino andStephanie Moss as classi-fied substitutes for the2011/2012 school year.


PHOTOS BY BARBARA J. HAMILTONThe top three winners in the Speed competition at the Awana Grand Prix were left, thirdplace, Bella Austin; second place, Joshua Haskell; and first place; Alyssa Rembacki.

In the Sparks, kindergarten-second grade, competition, the winners were CooperGoodge, Ryker Fletcher and Zoey Staley.

COLUMBUS, OH – Themild winter and lack of frozenwaterways has produced arare sight for Ohio in mid-March – fishermen in boatschasing walleyes on Lake Erie.Even with the traditional startto the summer boating season(Memorial Day weekend, May26-28) more than two monthsaway, the Ohio Department ofNatural Resources’ (ODNR)Division of Watercraft and itsboating partners are alreadybusy providing boating educa-tion courses to thousands ofOhioans.

Ohio law requires anyonewho was born on or after Jan.1, 1982, to show proof theyhave successfully completedan approved boater safety edu-cation course before operatingany powered watercraftgreater than 10 horsepower.

Boater Education required for Ohioans born after 1981More than 12,000 Ohioans an-nually complete an approvedboating safety educationcourse.

“Educated boaters are saferboaters and statistics showrecreational boating deathshave declined since Ohio en-acted its mandatory boatereducation law,” said RodgerNorcross, chief of ODNR’s Di-vision of Watercraft.

The Division of Watercraftand its boating partners, in-cluding U.S. Power Squad-rons, U.S. Coast Guard Auxil-iary and other local commu-nity organizations, togetherare offering more than 80 ap-proved boating safety educa-tion classes through the end ofMay, with more classes beingoffered during the summermonths.

Boating safety officials say

the time to take a boatingsafety education course is be-fore the summer boating sea-son begins. Having the knowl-edge, proper skills, followingbasic safety tips such as wear-ing a life jacket while boatingand obeying all boating rulesgoes far in ensuring boatersand fishermen stay safe on thewater.

For a list of available boat-ing safety education classes inOhio and to register for a class,visit the Division ofWatercraft’s website atwww.ohiodnr.com/watercraftor call toll-free in Ohio at 877-4BOATER.

ODNR ensures a balancebetween wise use and protec-tion of our natural resourcesfor the benefit of all. Visit theODNR website atwww.ohiodnr.com.


JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Community/Recre-ation Center once again is or-ganizing a luncheon in honorof Secretary’s Day/Adminis-trative Professional’s Day.

“I feel like last year’s lun-cheon was a success, and I amso excited to be organizing yetanother year of fun activities,”

Get tickets now for luncheon foradministrative professionals

JCRC Director Allison Brownsaid.

The luncheon will be heldWednesday, April 25, at theJefferson Community Center,located at 11 E. Jefferson St.The luncheon will last ap-proximately an hour and ahalf, running from 11:30 a.m.until 1 p.m.

Tickets are $15 per personand reservations must bemade by Friday, April 15.

Employers and their ad-ministrative staff are invitedto come enjoy a fun afternoonat the center, Brown said.

The luncheon will includea catered lunch, door prizesand individual gifts for every-one in attendance.

Forms and paymentshould be mailed to theJefferson Community Center.To obtain a form, stop in at thecenter or call (440) 576-9052.


of swimsuits versus timeand bacteria growth in wa-ter bottles.

“I thought the projectswere excellent this year,”GHS Science DepartmentChairman John Barbo said.“We had a group of experi-enced judges at our fair andthey were also impressedwith the quality of the re-search.”

Judges awarded scoresof 36 and above to thirtyGeneva High School stu-dents and 25 GenevaMiddle School students fortheir research qualifyingthem to advance to districtcompetition this Saturday,March 31, at Lake to RiverScience Day on the campusof Youngstown State Uni-versity where thousands ofdollars in sponsoredawards and scholarshipswill be up for grabs.

Geneva Area CitySchool Science Fair

District QualifiersPerfect Scores at Geneva

Schools Local Science Fair10th grade, Katie Peck,

What Can Landfills Give toPlants?

9th grade, DanielleNicholson, Minimum De-viation

Perfect Scores GenevaMiddle School

8th grade, Cecelia Hunt,Heat Gain and Retention inMan Made Materials

8th grade, HannahWest, Where do most aor-tic aneurisms form?

8th grade, BrookeJewell, Scented or Un-scented

7th grade, VanessaFrank, High Flow vs LowFlow

7th grade, RebeccaCybulski, Is there such athing as perpetual motion?

7th grade, KyleSemmelroth, Keep it cold,Stop the Mold

GHSSenior Alanna Thomas

& Claire Dodrill, Fizzle ItUp

Senior Sara Ellsworth &Mandi Galloway, GetPumped Up

Senior Carlin Kern &Ryan Huang, A SwingingMotion

Juniors DanielCamplese & LewieWortman, Now You See It,Now You Don’t

Juniors NicoleBrunsman & MeganGradomski, H2Octaves

Juniors Harley Buckley& Mary Burless, SaddleSuds

Juniors Christi Perko &Julia Kibler, The MpembaEffect

Juniors Anna Forman,Actually Accurate?

Juniors Adam Gruber,What Makes a Good Aero-dynamic Design?

Juniors NicoleGrimmett, Cath, Split, Ex-plode !

Sophomore AlyxLynham, Approach of Mi-croorganisms

Sophomore Abby Will-iams, Better Safe ThanSorry

Sophomore Tyler Hunt,Do Road Deicers AffectCowles Creek Salinity?

Sophomore MaryWessell, Improving the An-tibacterial Effects of Garlic

From left to right: Kyla Snodgrass, Eric Schwegler, Kaylee Thomas, Rebecca Cybulski,Holly Engel, Derek Studer, Kyle Semmelroth, Ben Gruber, Abby Dragon, Hannah West,Cecelia Hunt, Asia Dudik, Alexis Hraga, Emily Harriman, Noel Armstrong, Lindsay Mayle,Kyle Peck, Adam Drugovich, Hunter Brashear, Darion Marrison, Brooke Jewell,Christiana Crites, Brian Seeds. Not pictured: Amy Varckette and Vanessa Frank.

PHOTOS BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSGeneva Middle School eighth graders Hannah West, Cecelia Hunt and Brook Jewell and seventh graders KyleSemmelroth Vanessa Frank and Rebecca Cybulski earned perfect scores for their research projects at the GenevaSchools Science Fair.

Freshman AnnelieseBaker, What’s My Name?Kiki vs Bauba

Freshman ChrisCarrabotta, Is it Natural?

Freshman JasonDownie, Soy Beans and theEffect on Human Hair

Freshman Eric Logan,Round and Round

Freshman Kyle Will-iams, Does Warping WordsEliminate Stroop Effect?

Freshman BrentMcFarland, AlternativeDeicer

Freshman RachaelHarrington, Difference inFraternal Twins

Geneva MiddleSchool District

Science Fair Qualifi-ers

6th graders EmilyHarriman & Alexis Hraga,Does the Cost of Nail Pol-ish Effect Quality?

6th grader AbbyDragon, Fake and RealSmiles

7th grader Asia Dudik,EMF Effect on Cell PhoneUse

7th grader DareionMarrison, Memory Reten-

Judges awarded freshmen Danielle Nicholson andsophomore Katie Peck earned perfect scores of 40 pointsfor their research projects at the Geneva Schools localscience fair. Nicholson’s reserch called “MinimumDeviation” determined which 6 iron was the mostaccurate club for her use on the links, a subject she knowsa little something about. Nicholson is the 2011/12 Girl’sGolf State Champion, bringing home the gold medal lastfall. Peck’s research focused on the effect of landfill soilon plant growth. Peck has parlayed her scientificresearch into a perfect score from judges at StateScience Day, publication of her research abstract in TheOhio Journal of Science, an invitation to present herresearch at an Ohio Academy of Science Poster Session,a $15,000 per year renewable science scholarship worth$60,000 to Ohio Wesleyan University and last summer intotwo selective science internship opportunities.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ELESHIA PITCHER, EAGLES SOFTBALL COACHIn this photo snapped at Mel Harder Field, Chardon softball players wear t-shirts presented to them by the Geneva Eagles softball team andimprinted with the words Geneva and Chardon - Two Teams One Heartbeat. The Chardon and Geneva players are pictured together in a showof solidarity and solace.

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area CitySchools

GENEVA - Almost onemonth after the tragicevents that occurred atChardon High School, stu-dents there are still fore-most in the thoughts of theGeneva High School girlssoftball team, and theEagles reached out to theplayers on Chardon’s teamlast week to let them know.

“We decided as a teamthat we would like to dosomething to try and liftChardon’s spirits and letthem know that we arethinking about them andthat they are not alone dur-ing this hard time,” ex-plained the Eagles CoachEleshia Pitcher. “We took aT-shirt for each of theirplayers imprinted with thewords Geneva and Chardon- Two Teams One Heartbeaton the front, and on theback, We will never forget 2/27/12 with all the girls’ sig-natures. We also deliveredsnack baskets with home-made cookies, candy, andother small things. The

Wearing their Hearts on their Sleeves for Chardon

Chardon players gave eachof our girls a red ribbon topin on their shirts.”

“It felt really good to beable to do something nice forthem, they’ve been though alot and to see them be so car-

ing to one another was a bigeye opener for me,” Eaglessenior Sydney Betonte said.“It makes you appreciatethings more. Those girls de-serve the best.”

Teammates on the

Geneva Eagles Softballsquad are Sydney Betonte,Kim Brumagin, BrandyCatanese, Megan Clark,Caroline Cross, Becky Depp,Sarah Depp, Mandi Gallo-way, Nicole Grimmett,

Kaylin Hansen, KylieHansen, Erica Jackson,Meghan Johnson, KaylaKamppi, Cindy Kelner, JuliaKibler, Sonya Leishman,Sydney McCaleb, BreannaMills, Amy Pitcher, Monica

Scharf, Kristen Schupska,Abbey Scoville, MaryWessell, Camryn Zapp andDani Zapp. The team iscoached by Eleshia Pitcher,Tim Leonard, Don Podluzneand Steven Protz.

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Crites, Does Music TempoEffect Heart rate?

7th grader Brian Seeds,Wax on Wax Off

7th grader Holly Engel,Bacteria Bottles

7th grader HunterBrashear, Incandescent vsFluorescent Light Bulbs

7th grader Kyle Peck,Which Man Made is aPlant’s Best Friend?

7th grader Eric

Schwegler, DevelopingFilm

7th grader AdamDrugovich, Arsenic in aVineyard

7th grader AmyVarckette, Dip Spray orPaste

7th grader Kaylee Tho-mas, Fit of Swimsuit vsTime

7th grader KylaSnodgrass, Panic manic vsBeyond the Zone

8th grader Derek

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In the high school, thefamily and consumer sci-ence program also wouldbe eliminated and access toother elective course offer-ings reduced.

These cuts would alsoincrease class sizes acrossthe district.

Teaching positions thatare proposed to be cut in-clude:

—Six elementary teach-ing positions.

—Three kindergartenteaching positions.

—One elementary artteacher.

—One elementary mu-sic teacher.

—One elementaryphysical education.

—One elementary com-puter.

—One elementarygifted/instrumental music.

—One and a half sec-ondary guidance.

—One junior high read-ing teacher.

—One high school mathteacher.

—One high school En-glish teacher.

—One high school socialstudies teacher.

—One high school fam-ily and consumer scienceteacher.

—One high schoolphysical education teacher.

—Half high schoolspanish teacher.

Some activity advisorsalso are proposed to be cut,including for the following:yearbook, newspaper, vo-cal director, Majorette ad-visor, student council highschool, student council jun-ior high school, Model UNassistant coach and drama.

Proposed non-teachingcuts include:

—Two elementary li-brary paraprofessionals.

—Two ERIC monitors.—One CLC monitor.—One elementary caf-

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eteria monitor.—One maintenance.—Two custodians.—One bus mechanic.—Two bus drivers.—Three cooks.—One crossing guard.The sports department

also would be affected bythe proposed cuts, includ-ing the elimination of thefollowing athletic coaches:freshman football; girlsfreshman basketball; boysfreshman basketball ;freshman baseball; fresh-man volleyball; junior highgolf ; junior high crosscountry; one varsity crosscountry; junior high ten-nis; freshmancheerleading; and juniorhigh cheerleading.

District officials madethe proposed cuts using thefinancial information thatis known at the time.

“Additional revenue, ei-ther through negotiatedcontract agreements orfrom increased local, stateor federal support, can re-duce our cuts while anyadditional loss in revenueor costs above current pro-jections can necessitate ad-ditional cuts,” district offi-cials said in an announce-ment about the cuts. “It isimportant to note that asdrastic as the announcedcuts may seem, withoutadditional revenue furthercuts will be necessary inthe 2013-2014 school year.”

In addition to the abovereductions, school districtadministrators have com-mitted to a two-year wagefreeze, including forgoingany move on their salaryschedule as a result of in-creased seniority.

“There are a lot of chal-lenges at the state and fed-eral level right now andthe financial situation fac-ing schools is very diffi-cult,” Treasurer BonnieBrockway said.

Moving forward, districtofficials said they will con-tinue to explore additionalopportunities to better useresources, reduce costs orenhance revenues.

Some areas of explora-tion include, officials said:

—The reduction orelimination of a budgetshortfall in food service op-erations.

—The reduction ofworking hours for someservice positions in orderto reduce payroll while pre-serving services.

—Sharing services andresources with other schooldistricts, the AshtabulaCounty Educational Ser-vice Center and otheragencies in the region.

—Seeking additionalrevenue through the pas-sage of an additionalschool levy.

—Adjusting elementaryenrollment between thebuildings to equalize classsize.

—Further tightening ofbuilding and district sup-ply budgets.

These recommendedcuts will be voted on by theJefferson Area LocalSchools Board of Educa-tion at its meeting on 6:45p.m. Tuesday, April 17, atthe Jefferson Area HighSchool Library.



ASHTABULA - As theweather has been warmerlately, many feel they areready to take a ride out ontheir boats. The local CoastGuard suggests beforemaking a trip out on LakeErie to have your boat in-spected for safety.

“Just like routinelychanging the batteries in ahome’s smoke detector orchecking tire pressure andfluid levels in a car beforea road trip, boaters shouldmake a habit of ensuringthey have all the requiredsafety equipment and thatit is in working order beforethe first boating trip of theseason,” Coast Guard offi-cials said.

Last weekend, six ves-sels were required to bedocked for having safetyviolations on their boats. Ifthe owners had gotten asafety inspection, the CoastGuard officials said theywould have saved time andmoney as they were givenfines for the violations.

Local Coast Guard urge boaters to undergosafety inspection before going on to Lake Erie

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Coast Guard issues decals for boatsthat pass the free safety check. Thesafety check takes between 15 and 30minutes, and if any violations are found,the boater is not fined but instead is givendetails on how to fix the problem areas.

The Coast Guardofficials said morethan one of the ves-sels were not carry-ing enough life jack-ets for everyone onboard.

“Checking yourgear ahead of timenot only saves you thecost of a potentialCoast Guard civilpenalty, but far moreimportantly it couldalso save your life ifsomething goeswrong,” said FrankJennings Jr., recre-ational boating andwater safety programmanager for the 9thCoast Guard District.“Boarding officersdon’t enjoy terminat-ing someone’s voyageearly, but it’s muchbetter than telling familymembers their loved onesdidn’t survive a boating ac-cident.”

The Coast Guard offi-cials said safety checks donot take long and ensureyou are up to date.

“Free vessel safety

checks are offered by theCoast Guard Auxiliary, areperformed at the vessel,and take about 15 to 30minutes to complete, de-pending on the size of thevessel. Depending on avail-ability of inspectors, VSCscan be conducted anywhere— from the marina to the

boat owner ’s drive-way,” officials said.

Once a boat haspassed an inspection,the owner receives adecal stating the boatis under safety com-pliance for 2012.

“ A d d i t i o n a l l y,many insurance agen-cies offer discounts forvessel owners whoundergo annual vesselsafety checks,” offi-cials said.

If a boat does notpass, all the ownerneeds to do is fix thesuggested violations.

“If a vessel does notpass the safety check,a citation or notice ofviolation is not issued.Instead, mariners areprovided a written re-port detailing how to

correct any discrepancies,”officials said.

Vessel safety checks maybe scheduled through theCoast Guard Auxiliary. Tofind the closet location fora safety check, go to http://cgaux.org/vsc/.

“The Coast Guard alsorecommends boaters takeadvantage of the many boat-ing education courses offeredby the Coast Guard Auxil-iary,” officials said. “Topicsinclude boating safely, sail-ing and boating skills andseamanship, navigation bychart and GPS, paddlesportssafety, operating a personalwatercraft, and boatingsafety courses designed forchildren.”

Descriptions of thecourses, as well as where tofind them, are available athttp://cgaux.org/boatinged/.



GENEVA - The GenevaArea Little League andMidget Football Leagueheads Jay Reigert and JoeCooper are in the middle ofplanning a new festival forthe community that wouldalso serve as a fundraiserfor their programs.

“We are hoping to pos-sibly start a little festivaland block party and thiswill be for the little leagueand midget footballleagues and we arepartnering up with the(Veterans of Foreign Wars)and the (Fraternal Orderof Eagles) clubs,” Reigertsaid.

The festival will becalled Eaglefest and wouldbe two days full of enter-tainment and great food.

“We are looking intohaving a few bandsthroughout the day, sellingfood, selling some beer andalcohol and then, of course,we will have some gamingas far as card tourna-ments,” Reigert said.

The leagues spend muchof their time trying to findnew and fresh ways toraise money.

“After being on theboard for both midget foot-ball and little league base-ball for the last couple ofyears, we have been goingover ideas for fundraising,”Reigert said.

Reigert said the leagueswant to keep the cost toplay down and currentlyonly charge about half ofthe actual playing price.

“It costs about $160 perchild to play in LittleLeague, but we only charge$65 a child,” Reigert said.

Reigert said they areconstantly trying to raisefunds to keep the leaguegoing through raffle ticketsand several otherfundraisers they holdthroughout the year.

“We are constantly try-ing to find new ways tofundraise,” Reigert said.“It’s a constant burden thatwe’ve been attempting todo.”

The idea of the festivalwas inspired by another lo-cal festival.

“We want to model it offthe Harpersfield BeefRoast,” Reigert said. “Theymake a large sum of moneyeach year.”

Cooper and Reigert re-alized there was a gap inGeneva’s annual festivalsand were hoping thefundraiser would fill in thehole.

“An idea came up afterthinking about it, the citydoes a Winterfest for thewinter months, Ghoulfestin the fall and then in latesummer, of course, we havethe Grape JAMboree,”Reigert said. “There wasn’tanything in the spring orearly summer.”

The festival would re-place their yearlongfundraising campaigns.

“We’re hoping this festi-val can supplement most ofthe income and replace all

of our fundraising that wedo into one big event,”Reigert said.

Cooper and Reigertknow the first few years ofthe festival will be gettingthe weekend off the groundbut hope the future ofEaglefest will be long last-ing.

Eaglefest to take flight inlate spring, early summer

“Hopefully as time goeson it will become a self-sus-taining entity,” Reigertsaid.

Sadie Portman, reporterfor the Gazette, may bereached atsportman@gazet tenews.com.

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Henderson Memorial Public Libraryto host county-wide art show

JEFFERSON - Please join the staff at the HendersonMemorial Public Library on Thursday, March 29, from5-7:30 p.m. for its annual Art Contest Open House andPublic Judging.

Art entries will be displayed in the library for publicviewing until April 20, 2012. On the night of the OpenHouse, attendees will get one ballot per age category tovote on their favorite piece in each of seven age categories.

Please support the area youth and the arts by at-tending and casting your vote. Refreshments will beserved. For more information, you may contact the li-brary at 440-576-3761.

BY JAN PERALAA-Tech

JEFFERSON TOWN-SHIP - Great teachers have agift, a certain indefinablequality that transcends de-scription, but almost everyonecan list attributes intrinsic toteachers who have inspiredthem, and those lists invari-ably will include a profounddedication to making a differ-ence in the lives of others.

According to AshtabulaCounty Technical and CareerCampus (A-Tech) instructorChristina Sisk, three teachersin training in her Early Child-hood Education class per-sonify the quintessence of thisaltruistic attitude.

Amarilys Maldonado, NikiNunley and Karly Wisnyaiwere the force behind an in-depth service project whichhas made a difference in hun-dreds of lives and earnedqualification for state levelcompetition for the class atthe Ohio Family Career andCommunity Leaders ofAmerica (FCCLA) Conferencein April.

Using a multi-faceted ap-proach, Maldonado, Nunleyand Wisnyai teamed up to de-vise ways to make a differencein the lives of others withtheir project called “ShowLove and Change a Life.”

The trio spearheaded acampaign rallying A-Tech stu-dents to band togetheragainst bullying, raisingawareness through the sale of“Ban Bullying” wristbandsand organized a collection tobenefit Samaritan House,Ashtabula County’s homelessshelter. But according toWisnyai, the group focusedtheir efforts on brighteningthe days of seriously ill chil-dren hospitalized at areahealth care facilities.

“We collected more than300 stuffed animals and de-livered them to Rainbow Ba-bies and Children’s Hospitalin Cleveland,” Wisnyai ex-plained. “Our class also madeup care packages containingcoloring books and toys andother items kids love for thepediatric cancer unit at AkronChildren’s Hospital and wedecorated the hallways in thepediatric wing at AshtabulaCounty Medical Center.”

Wisnyai, Maldonado andNunley also organized an ef-fort by their Early ChildhoodEducation class to create andmail more than 200 holidaycards to children hospitalizedat St. Jude’s Children’s Hos-pital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Maldonado, Nunley andWisnyai’s three dimensionalproject display and compelling

A-Tech Early Childhood EducationTeachers in Training are State Qualifiers

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR A-TECHA-Tech Early Childhood Education students Karly Wisnyai, Amarilys Maldonado andNiki Nunley are the force behind a class service project which has qualified for statelevel competition at the Ohio Family Career and Community Leaders of America(FCCLA) Conference in April.

oral presentation qualified theteam for state level competi-tion in the Chapter ServiceProject Display division at theOhio FCCLA State LeadershipConference to be held at theOhio Expo Center in Colum-bus on April 19 and 20.

“I am very proud of howhard my entire class workedto make decorations forACMC and raise money tocreate care packages for Ak-ron Children’s Hospital andRainbow Babies andChildren’s Hospital,” Sisksaid. “The group has pulledtogether to make a differencebut without the leadershipskills of Amarilys, Niki andKarly, none of this would bepossible. These three girlshave worked diligently com-ing up with ideas and activi-ties, which have consumedhours of their personal time.Their compassion and self-lessness is an inspiration tome.”

A-Tech’s Early ChildhoodEducation Program prepares

aspiring educators for employ-ment and advanced educationusing a comprehensive ap-proach which combines in-struction in cutting edge edu-cational theory with practiceas students gain career expe-rience working with pre-schoolchildren at A-Tech’s on campuschildcare center, Kid’s Corner.

Wisnyai has been accepted

at Edinboro University whereshe will study Early ChildhoodEducation. Maldonado willalso pursue advanced trainingin Early Childhood Educationat Kent State Ashtabula.

Nunley said she is sortingout several offers of employ-ment including an attractiveoffer of a position as a Pre-School teacher in Kentucky.

Information night fora booming profession

Kent State University at Ashtabula will hold aHealth Informatics Information Night on Tuesday,April 10, at 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. in the Campus MainHall Blue and Gold Room.

Kent State Health Informatics Professor andformer hospital system administrator Michael Bicewill provide information on careers in healthinformatics and the master degree, continuing edu-cation and certificate programs at Kent State. Theevent is free and open to the public.

Health informatics is the science that defines howhealth information is captured, analyzed, transmit-ted and managed. It is altering the way medical com-munities access, share and safeguard information.

For further information, please contact Profes-sor Bice at 330-672-0026, or [email protected].

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From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 31, a Bee-keeping 101 Clinic will be held at the OSU ExtensionOffice, 39 Wall Street, Jefferson. Topics include: Knowyour equipment, introducing your bees, keeping awatchful eye, extracting your honey, and fall and win-ter management. Cost is $5 per person – informationbooklet provided, light refreshments served in the morn-ing, please bring back a sack lunch. For more informa-tion or to per-register, call: (440) 812-0986 MarcellaPiper or (440) 474-4191 Verity Bruening. Sponsoredby the Ashtabula County Beekeepers Association.

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JEFFERSON TOWN-SHIP - Ashtabula CountyTechnical and Campus (A-Tech) Business and Mar-keting Management stu-dents Devan Preston andDan Reed competed at theOhio DECA Career Devel-opment Conference held inColumbus, March 16 and17, at the Hyatt RegencyHotel in Columbus.

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Devan and Dan placedin the Top Ten in the Stateof Ohio and just missedqualifying to the Interna-tional Career DevelopmentConference held in SaltLake City, Utah. Instruc-tor Gerry Allen said, “I amvery proud of the job theydid and the professional-ism they showed duringthe conference.”


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JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Area High Schoolchoirs recently put on a mu-sical dinner theatre event atthe Jefferson Church of theNazarene. Choir director KelliOlesky was thrilled with theresults.

“Our goal was to raise$2,000 and we surpassedthat!” Olesky said.

The total raised was$2,700, and the money will goto the Music Booster’s Asso-ciation.

Olesky went on to say that


JEFFERSON - TheJefferson ElementarySchool held a food drive forthe Manna Food Pantry alllast week.

“The students workedreally hard and were reallyexcited about bringing infood this week,” ShaunaTucker, the Title One in-structor and organizer ofthe drive, said.

Manna Food Pantry islocated in Jefferson atSaint Paul ’s LutheranChurch. The program be-gan in the 1970s with allthe churches in theJefferson area unifying tohelp the less privileged ofthe community.

Tucker was not sure theexact number of donationsthey received but said itwas a lot as kids broughtforth food every day begin-ning on Monday, March 19.

“We have boxes over-flowing with food. It’s re-ally amazing,” Tucker said.“The kids really went allout in their donations.”

With the economic cli-mate of the area, Mannahas needed more and moredonations to keep its pro-gram going.

Manna survives on suchcharitable donations fromthe school and evenHenderson Memorial PublicLibrary, which participatesin a food drive every year.

All last week studentscame to school with cansand boxes of food and othernon-perishable items forlocal families in need.

The students were toldof the importance of donat-ing food to the less fortu-nate, but they also got aperk since every studentwho made a donation wasallowed to wear pajamas toschool last Friday.“As a re-ward, our students wereallowed to wear pajamas toschool, and some of themcame in with bathrobesand everything,” Tuckersaid. “It’s great to see howexcited they are to be ableto wear pajamas to school.”

It was not just the stu-dents who had a chance toparticipate in the pajama

Jefferson students arerewarded for food drive success

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANJefferson Elementary School students were allowed to wear pajamas last Friday as anaward for gathering donations for the Manna Food Pantry food drive held all of last week.Pictured are Stormy Meade, sixth grade, Jake Butler, fifth grade, Destiny Wentz Sweitzer,fourth grade, Emma Martuccio, third grade, Kaitlyn Shahan, second grade, SerenityBray, first grade, and Jack Furman, kindergarten.

fun, as the teachers andeven the principal broughtin their nighttime outfits.

The students had smileson their faces as they wereable to wear slippers,heart- and car-stamped pa-jama pants and matchingshirts while also knowing

they had helped local fami-lies eat.

Tucker said the stu-dents at Jefferson Elemen-tary are very generous.

“We are really proud ofour students,” Tucker said.“We are happy to see themlearn the value of charity

at a young age.”


JAHS Choir Music DinnerTheater surpasses goal

PHOTO BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEPictured are Tiffany Strope, Alex Sarna, Ryan Martin andBrittney Teter, who are members of the JAHS choirs.

Kindergarten registrationto be held for Jefferson

Area Local SchoolsKindergarten children must be five

years of age on or before Sept. 30, 2012Registration and screening will be by appointment only

at:• Jefferson Elementary SchoolTuesday, April 17, 2012 and Wednesday, April 18, 2012• Rock Creek Elementary SchoolThursday, April 19, 2012Make your appointment by calling your school office from

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting Monday, March 19, through Friday,March 30.

Important: During this call, please be prepared to giveyour child’s full name, mailing and street address, home phonenumber, cell phone number, date of birth, and the names andwork phone numbers of parents/custodian/guardians.

You need to bring your child to the registration appoint-ment and your child’s:

1. Birth Certificate2. Immunization Record – State law requires:

5 DTAP, 4 IPV, 2MMR, 3 Hepatitis B, 2 Chicken Pox(Complete Immunization Record is required at the time ofregistration.)

3. Proof of ResidencyBring your most recent electric or other utility bill – must

have your name, address and date on it. (If you are livingwith a relative or friend, bring their most recent electric orother utility bill – must have their name, address, and dateon it.)

4. Legal document showing proof of custody if a divorceor separation is involved.

Developmental Screening:A series of tests will be given to your child. The areas

screened will be: Language Arts, Math, and Speech/Language.The screening program will not exclude any children fromschool that are of legal age. However, it will help parentsmake informed decisions about their child’s school career.Allow approximately 45-60 minutes for your appointment.

Additional Services:Jefferson Safety Town Registration – sponsored by the

Jefferson Community CenterRock Creek Safety Town Registration – sponsored by Rock

Creek Elementary School PTOIt is important that you register your child on one of these

dates so that we can plan classes now for the fall.

the choir members reallyworked hard.

“I am especially proud ofRyan Martin, Abby Kovacs,Tiffany Strope, Brittney Teter,Shayna Hanson, Alex Sarnaand June Cooper. They didn’tstop all night. I’m also grate-ful to everyone who donateditems,” she said.

Olesky is one of the teach-ers in the Jefferson Area Lo-cal School District poised tolose her job under the pro-posed cuts by the JALS Boardof Education. District officialshave attributed the cutspartly to Ohio Gov. JohnKasich’s budget cuts.

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Check out www.Gazettenews.comFor local news, sports,school happenings,community events,church news & more!

1565 State Route 167, Jefferson, Ohio 44047 . 440-576-6015 . www.atech.edu

The Ashtabula County Technical & Career Center Board of Education and its staff are dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal employment opportunities without regard to sex, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, pregnancy, handicap or disability.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY

“The Building Maintenance Technology Program has given me the opportunity to pursue a career with the skills I’ve learned after graduation.”

The Building Maintenance Technology Program serves as a real world classroom

where students learn skills for success in interior, exterior, and facility grounds maintenance. See your school counselor

or call Miss Amanda Wight at 440-576-6015, Ext. 1115, and schedule

your visit to the A-Tech Building Maintenance Technology Program.

~A-Tech Building Maintenance Technology student Cory Sheneman


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RecSecy, Mary Jo Braden of Lakeview CorrSecy, Rayne Burr, Buckeye Title Corporation

Treas., Peggy Stadler of KeyBank Patty Fisher, Clerk Treas., Village

JoAnn Whetsell, Ken Forging Bill Creed, The Gazette

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CHAMBER ACTIVITIES & MEETINGS

Regular chamber meeting: Tues., April 3, 2012 at 7:30 am, sponsored by Jefferson Healthcare Centerand being, held at The Jefferson Healthcare Center. Andover Bank will be May’s meeting sponsor.

The Ashtabula Home Show was a great success, So say the Vendors!

A special Thank You to our Volunteers for all their continued support and help in this annual event.

A special thank you goes out to Rich from Crystal Clear Water Inc. for organizing and coordinating this

event for the Chamber.

Jefferson Chamber of Commerce Business Expo was held Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from 3-6:30 at

the Jefferson Community Center. It was a great day, warm, sunny, couldn’t have asked for much better

weather. There were door prizes and refreshments. Thanks goes out to all our vendors as well as the

committee who helped organized this event especially Janet Wolff, Rick Briggs and Rich Machczynski

for all their hard work and extra help with this event. Looking forward to next year!

Come, bring your family and Join in on the fun at

The Great Easter Egg Hunt!Sponsored by *The Gazette and *Jefferson Chamber of Commerce & made possible with the generous

donations of the Jefferson Area Businesses & Industry. There are 4 age groups ranging from 1 through

11. Over 3,500 Easter eggs loaded with candy and Hundreds of Prizes. Held March 31st 11:00am at

Jefferson High’s Football Field.

OTHER MEMBER NEWS

Citizen of the Year Banquet: The annual affair was held March 27, 2012. Details of this event will

follow in next months Newsletter. The details were not available at time of print. The event was held at

the Jefferson Community Center from 6:00 to end of events, approximately 8:30-9:00. Can’t wait to see

the outcome of this year’s event to find out who the “Citizen of the Year” and/or “Youth of the Year”is. Mary Jo Braden of Lakeview Federal Credit Union was in charge of this event.

Jefferson Community Center news: They are continuing to offer unique and special programs. The

programs run continuously and they are always adding new and exciting ones. There are activities,

games, arts, crafts, science programs and more for the children to get involved in! You can call 576-9052

for additional information!

David Vadzemnieks Fundraiser:

A spaghetti dinner fundraiser will be held for David Vadzemnieks and Family on Saturday April 14th from

4-8pm at the Ashtabula Armory, 2710 State Rd., Ashtabula, OH. David, a Millennium employee and a

volunteer for the Springfield Fire Department, was seriously injured while on his way to work on the

morning of June 7, 2011. David sustained a traumatic brain injury and is now continuing his recovery at

home. Dinner will be served by donation only, dine-in or carry-out. Checks may be made payable to the

Vadzemnieks Family. Please join this community sponsored event, organized by Millennium Inorganic

Chemicals and Lakeview Federal Credit Union. For more details you can contact Mary Jo at 576-4382.

Do you have an event or activity coming up? Let our members know by supplying the information to

Rayne Burr, Correspondence Secretary. She will get the word out to everyone! You can reach her at

576-3916 or 319-0788. Her e-mail is [email protected].

Submit articles for the newsletter by the third Thursday of the month to [email protected]

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