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Vol. 189No. 213

Sandusky, Ohio

INSIDE TODAYCalendar A6

Classifieds B7

Comics B11

Crossword/Bridge B6

Dear Abby B11

Lottery A6

Obituaries A5

Religion A8

Sports B1

Television A12

ObITuArIESBLEILE, Donald L., 74, Norwalk

CHIEN, Sansan, 44, Kaohsiung, Taiwan,

HOFSTETTER, Mary Virginia, 86,

Fremont

STEPHENSON, Bertha M., 100,

Port Clinton

Death notices

BORNE, Duane A., 79, Sandusky

SCHLICHER, Jack, 82, Bellevue

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From staff reports

SANDUSKY

The areas unemployed planto unite over mochas andmusic Nov. 5 at Mr. SmithsCoffee House inSandusky.

The Columbus Avenue javajoint will host the Concert forthe Unemployed By the

Unemployed from 6-8 p.m.The free event aims topromote networkingamong area job-seekers.

Gary Polvinale is among thehandful of people who haveorganized the event.

We hope to get a group ofunemployed together if theyare interested, so they canbenefit other people and

benefit themselves,

Polvinale said.

Scheduled performers

include singer-songwriters

Gary Polvinale and Caren Allen.

Cynthia Kegarise, Karen

Polvinale, Sue Daugherty and

Donna Green are also slated

to talk about programs that

can help people find jobs.

unemployed to nite over tnes

sandusky 32bellevue 7

clyde 48portclinton 6

oakharbor 36perkins 21

huron 24edison 14

margaretta 27st.marycc 26

t.columbian 34norwalk 7

willard 23shelby 18

w.reserve 40mapleton 18

Kyle Pisano

huron

Had 81 yards

rushing and oneTD; threw for

169 yards and

one passing TD.

Excuses owner fears losing car,home and bar after being hit withmore than $44,000 in smoking fines

By TOM JACKSON

jackson@sanduskyregister.com

PERKINS TWP.

A few weeks ago, when he owed $21,000 in finesfor smoking violations at his Excuses Lounge,tavern owner Terry Smith worried hed lose hisbusiness and his livelihood.

Im going to lose my car, my home,everything, said Smith, 54.

That $21,000 bill already was far larger thanthe smoking fines owed by any other bar in ErieCounty.

He faces a tab of more than $44,000.An attorney representing Ohio Attorney Gen-

eral Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit last monthseeking $44,000 from Smith, including $25,000in punitive damages. The punitive damagesdemand is based on Smiths willful, continuous

violations of the smoking ban over a period oftwo years, says the lawsuit, filed by Clevelandattorney David M. Douglas.

Everything p in smoke

MOrE fINES ON bAr OwNErS TAb

Excuses Loungeowner Terry Smithsits at a table athis tavern andexplains legalproblems heblames onthe healthdepartment.

Register photo/TOM JACKSON

n See FINES, Page A11

WatchBetween theLines as twobar owners

discussthe fines atsandusky

register.com

Sandusky County manneeds transplant to getback to his life

By ANNIE ZELM

zelm@sanduskyregister.com

FREMONT

After decades of working50-hour weeks in a Fremont fac-tory and farming on his days off,Bill Ochs cant linger long in his

hospital bed.

He schedules his chemotherapyand IVs around the three half-hour

walks he takes through the hallsof the Arthur G. James CancerHospital in Columbus.

Between treatments, hes har-vesting wheat on his combine withthe help of family and neighbors.

But all he really wants to do is getback to his routine. That includeshis job in quality control at Rexam

bone marrow drive cold save mans lifeBill andPeggyOchs at aweddingreceptionearlierthis month.

Submittedphoto

nWHAT: Be the Match bone marrow drive forBill Ochs

nWHEN: Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday

nWHERE: Twin Lakes Golf Course,100 Decker St., Bellevue.

nCOST: Minimum donation of $10, whichincludes a hog roast, live music, raffles andmore. Guests are encouraged to join the bonemarrow registry or just show their support.

Want to help?

n See MARROW, Page A11

Streaks D stifles Redmen for NOL crown

Register photo/JASON WERLING

Marquis Winston, left, and Lucas Poggiali, right, are lifted by their teammates after the Streaks defeated Bellevue for the NOL title on Friday.

See Page B1 for complete coverage of theStreaks title win, and watch it atFandy.com

Officials tight-lipped onassistant coach firing; atleast eight players to missteams final game tonight

From staff reports

news@sanduskyregister.com

MONROEVILLE

Administrators at Monro-eville Schools are trying to keepa tight lid on the particulars thatled school officials to fire anassistant highschool footballcoach last week.

Jeff Collingwood,also the boosterclub president,

was ordered Oct.20 not to show upon the sidelineat the remainderof the districtsfootball games, nor is he allowed toattend any more footballpractices.

Collingwood failed to report hisknowledge of a student violationof the athletic code of conduct,Monroeville Schools superinten-dent David Stubblebine said in anemail Friday.

Stubblebine refused to answerany questions by phone.

Collingwood

Mvillecoach

fired

n See COACH, Page A11

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FROMPAGEA1 A11Sandusky Register

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011

The attorney generalsoffice uses private attorneysto handle collections, saidDan Tierney, a spokesman forDeWine.

Smith said he tried to callthe attorney and talked to a

woman at the law office.

I told her I cant affordthis, he said. I cant aff ord alawyer to beat this.

Smith said he has not hired

an attorney, although he triedto telephone one.

The $44,000 appears to bea low figure on what is beingsought from Smith. The law-suit against him also seekscourt costs.

In addition, the Erie CountyHealth Department citedhis bar earlier this monthfor another smoking viola-

tion. The citation states thatthe bartender and 15 otherpeople were smoking, usingempty beer cans as ashtrays.

The bartender, JenniferPruitt, said its possible she

was smoking.Honest to God, I dont

remember, she said.But Pruitt and Smith both

insist the bar had only aboutfour patrons at 11 a.m. Oct. 5.

Maybe four, max. Thatsmy down time. I would knowif I was that busy, Pruitt

said.Smith and Paul Hauke, who

owns Bozes Bar and LakeWilmer Inn in Erie County,

say the health departmentunfairly forces bar ownersto act as policemen andought to cite the smokersthemselves.

DeWine is moving to takeaway liquor licenses frombars that havent paid theirsmoking fines.

Hauke said closing barsputs people out of work

during a bad economy andtakes away tax revenue. Hesaid his bars have generated$1 million in sales taxes.

in Fremont, a companythat makes beverage cans,

farming about 230 acresnear his home in Burgoonand a daily exercise regimenthat includes 100 push-upsand 165 sit-ups.

Bill, 58, considers him-self lucky to have the sup-port of his wife and threegrown children, but hesstill looking for his match.

Hes completing what hehopes will be his last roundof chemotherapy this

weekend, but his doctorssay a bone marrow trans-plant would significantlyincrease his odds of recov-ering from the cancer.

His six siblings weretested, and none matched.

Hes in the national donorbank, but has had no luck

with that, either.Bill was diagnosed with

an aggressive form of leu-kemia in April when a bonemarrow autopsy revealedlow blood cell counts whilehe was being tested forheart problems.

It was just sur real, saidhis wife Peggy, 55, who

works as a teachers aide forstudents with disabilities.He didnt have the courageto ask what his odds were. Itold him he didnt need toknow what the numbersare, to just focus on a 100percent chance of recovery.

We never talked aboutdeath or dying; we just kepta real positive attitude.

His illness has been com-plicated with bouts of staphinfections and low blood cellcounts that make him weak.

In a recent post on hisblog, Bills Journey For-

ward, he wrote aboutpreparing for his lastchemotherapy treatment.

It feels as if there isfinally a light at the end ofthe tunnel, he said.

Peggy hopes to get morepeople registered as donorsthrough a drive sheshosting this weekend, notonly for Bill but for anyone.

You could be savingsomebodys life, she said.It could be a child, it couldbe anyone. Youre not

sacrificing that much onyour part to do it.

People are encouragedto sign up on the Be TheMatch Registry, which hasabout 9.5 million registereddonors and about 200,000units of cord blood availablefor people who need them.

Finding a match can bemore difficult for peopledepending on their eth-nicity and other factors,

but theres about a 95 per-cent chance of identifyinga match for someone likeBill, said Dr. Willis Navarro,medical director for trans-plant medical services atthe National Marrow DonorProgram. On average, ittakes about three monthsto identify a donor, performthe necessary testing andarrange a donation.

Its like the patient has aset of lottery numbers and

youre trying to find anotherperson with that same setof numbers, he said. Forevery one person comingonto the registry, its not

very likely that person willbe a match, but theresstrength in the numbers. Itsreally a cooperative efforton everyones part.

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Reister photo/TOm JACKSON

Bartender Jennifer Pruitt takes care of an order at Excuses Loune. Pruitt denies that 15 people were sokin when a healthdepartent inspector cae by Oct. 4. There were only about four people, she said.

n Each year, ore than10,000 patients arediagnosed with life-threatening diseasessuch as leukeia orlyphoa for which abone arrow or cordblood transplant aybe their best chanceof a cure.

n About 70 percent ofthose patients do nothave a atching donorin their faily.

n The Be the match Foun-dation Project Assis-tance Progra providesfinancial support toqualifying patients andgave ore than$5 illion to ore

than 1,800 patients in2009.

n About 75 percent ofdonations are known asperipheral blood stecell donations anoutpatient proceduresiilar to a plasa orplatelet donation thatdoes not involve surgery.

In the other cases,when bone arrow isrequested, the processrequires surgery. Inthose cases, a donorwill experience soediscofort and willtypically need about aweek off work to recover.

Information courtesy of theNational Marrow Donor

Program and Dr. Willis Navarro

Marrow donation facts

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Its like thepatient has aset of lottery

numbers andyoure trying

to find anotherperson withthat same setof numbers ...Its not verylikely that

person willbe a match,but theres

strength in thenumbers.

Dr. Willis Navarro

Despite ending his jobearly, Collingwood will stillearn the total amount fromhis supplemental contract forthe season about $2,856,school officials said.

His contract, which startedJuly 1, allowed him to receivehalf his pay at mid-seasonand the remainder at the endof the season, as long as hecompleted his job duties.

Mr. Collingwood substan-tially completed his contract,

therefore he will be paid forhis work, Stubblebine said inthe email.

Head football coach DanPeriat met with CollingwoodOct. 17 and 18, then againOct. 20 with athletic directorBen Paul and high schoolprincipal Jim Kaczor.

At that point, Collingwoodacknowledged failure to per-form his duty, Stubblebinesemail said.

Periat, a second-year headcoach, made the decision torelieve Collingwood of hisduties. He had learned about

his assistant coachs allegedoffense shortly after it hap-pened, school officials said.

Meanwhile, at least eightMonroeville varsity footballplayers were barred fromplaying in the final two gamesof the season.

School officials wouldntconfirm the total number ofplayers who got in trouble.

Stubblebine wont evensay what caused all the hul-labaloo in his email, hecited student privacy lawsas reason for his refusal toprovide information.

Monroeville Highs finalgame is 7 p.m. today againstSt. Paul.

Attempts to contact Collin-gwood for comment wereunsuccessful.

His future as president ofthe boosters club is uncertain,as club members themselves

will likely determine how todeal with the issue.

Collingwood is an OhioDepartment of NaturalResources wildlife investigator.

According to the Ohio Trea-surers website, his estimatedsalary this year is $64,630.

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Reister file photo/ANgELA WILHELm

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