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THE GAZETTEVol. No. 137, No. 30 WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2013 Periodical’s Postage Paid 75¢

HVFD festival — Page 4A

First BaptistVacation BibleSchool — Page 8A

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Rock Creek Scouts help clean up historic log cabin

PHOTOS BY SUE LUTZAndrew Kassay, 7, and Brett Bellas Jr., 8, helped with debris removal for several hours Friday night asolder volunteers removed old roofing from the High Street log cabin in Rock Creek. Cub Scout Pack 155is completing the roofing project with donated materials and man power.

BY SUE LUTZGazette Newspapers

ROCK CREEK – Excessiveheat, humidity and hard workdidn’t deter a group of Cub Scoutsfrom Rock Creek from roofing forcommunity service Friday.

The group of young volunteershelped with tearing off and re-moval of deteriorated roofing onthe historic log cabin on HighStreet.

According to Brett Bellas,leader of Pack 155, the childrenalso helped drum up volunteers

and funding necessary to completethe job.

“Carter Lumber in Austinburgreally gave us a great deal on allthe materials to do the job,” Bellassaid. “And the best part is donorsfooted the $1,500 bill.”

Ron Asher, a local contractor,and B&E Landscaping, owned byBellas, donated the materials tocomplete the job. Volunteers Steveand Tammy Smith and Tim Orthalso “were a tremendous help,”Bellas said. Others fed the crewand kept them hydrated duringand after the roofing session.

Bellas said by Friday eveningone-half of the roofing job had beencompleted. The second half is ex-pected to be finished next week,but contingent on the availabilityof volunteers and weather.

Pack 155 is also planning addi-tional log cabin renovations, whichincludes the replacement of win-dows, doors and insulation. All ofthe repairs, according to Bellas,will be paid for through volunteerlabor and financial and materialdonations.

See SCOUTS page 2A

BY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - During itsmeeting on Tuesday, July 16, theJefferson Area Local SchoolsBoard of Education approved theMaster Agreement contract withOhio Association of Public SchoolEmployees/American Federationof State, County and MunicipalEmployees Local 419.

The contract between theBOE and OAPSE/AFSCME Lo-cal 419 is effective July 1, 2013,through June 30, 2016.

“The OAPSE negotiationshave come to an end,” Superin-tendent John Montanaro said.“We have a contract.”

Both sides were happy withthe three-year agreement, whichincludes a zero-percent salaryincrease.

“On behalf of the membershipof OAPSE/AFSCME Local 419, Iwould like to thank the Board ofEducation for their efforts inconcluding this negotiation ofthe Master Agreement. Ourmembership represents the sup-port staff workers of theJefferson Area Local School Dis-trict, including bus drivers, cus-todial, maintenance, food ser-vice, mechanic, monitor, nurse,paraprofessional and secretarial

personnel,” OAPSE/AFSCMELocal 419 President LauraGruthleben said.

Gruthleben said their mem-bership is composed of taxpayersand parents of JALS studentsand thus has always been sensi-tive to the needs, both educa-tional and financial, of the schooldistrict.

“Because of Gov. [John]Kasich’s drastic cuts to local gov-ernment, infrastructure and pub-lic education, we have sufferedmany layoffs, with the resultantreduction of services to our stu-dent population. However, work-ing in the spirit of cooperationwith the administration, we haveagreed to what amounts to a to-tal of five years of frozen wages,”Guthleben said.

Guthleben said the five yearsrefers to the new three-year con-tract and the two previous yearswhere members agreed to thefrozen wages.

“I have to give credit toOAPSE. They understand the fi-nancial situation we are in,”Montanaro said.

Guthleben said the union willcontinue to work with the schooldistrict to provide the best sup-port staff services possible intoday’s political and economicclimate.

Jefferson BOE, unionreach agreement

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELL

BabystepsA youngwoodpeckertakes a restfrom one of itsearliest flights.

HDT Expeditionary Systems Group donation helps ideastake flight with Rocketry Program at Geneva Middle SchoolBY JAN PERALAGeneva Area City Schools

GENEVA - Geneva sciencestudents have garnered thou-sands of dollars in collegescholarships and awards in dis-trict and state competition andput the Geneva school districton the map for science educa-tion by winning a nearly un-precedented eight OutstandingSchool Awards and more thana dozen Ohio Governor ’sEdison Awards. Last springeight Geneva High School stu-dents and fourteen GenevaMiddle School students quali-fied to present their researchat State Science Day.

According to Geneva MiddleSchool science teacher JohnMirabell, Geneva students’ ex-ceptional ability to dissolvecomplex scientific problems inanalytic acid is, at least in part,a result of the district’s empha-sis on inquiry based teachingmethods which expands in-struction beyond the walls ofthe classrooms.

PHOTOS BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSRocket Science: A donation spearheaded by Darrell Ramsey (backright), Director of Engineering at HDT Expeditionary Systems Group, adivision of Harpersfield-based HDT Global, kept an innovative Rocketryprogram for eighth graders on the agenda this spring. Students in JohnMirabell’s (pictured back middle) science and math classes studiedthe physics and math concepts behind rocket design, gravitation andflight and launched their own rockets. Displaying their rockets areeighth-graders Liam Ramsey and Hunter Brashear. Pictured (back left)is Geneva Middle School Assistant Principal Alex Anderson.See ROCKETS page 8A

Ashtabula native isfinalist for ‘The NextFitness Star’ — Page 7A

GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2013 • 2A


J E F F E R S O N /ASHTABULA - The AshtabulaArts Center’s Brown Bag Con-cert Series returns for its thirdweek on July 24 and 25.

The third of this year’s fea-tured performers is JamesFuller. While in his late teens,Jim met local legend SpencerThompson and was introducedto blues and jazz standardswhile attending the many jamsessions that Spencer held. Hehas since performed in manyarea bands and is currently amember of the “Kingpins” and“Blues Project 2013.”

Brown Bag concerts areheld at noon and feature a dif-ferent performer or musicalgroup each week. Admissionis always free. Visitors shouldprovide their own lawn chairor blanket and should feel freeto bring their lunch to enjoyduring the show.

The Ashtabula show will beheld at the Ashtabula NorthPark gazebo at noon on July24. The Ashtabula show isbeing sponsored by The Out-door Army Navy Store.

Sponsored by Gazette Pub-lications, Fuller’s Jeffersonshow will be held at noon in

Spiderweb plans annual CommunityOpen House

JEFFERSON - Spiderweb invites all children and familiesto its Annual Community Open House Friday, Aug. 2, from 5p.m. until 7 p.m. at their location, 133 E. Jefferson Street. Comefor a family-oriented evening of carnival games, activities andrefreshments.

Children will have the opportunity to play different gamesthat will test their brainpower skills, as well as having lots offun. Children will earn fun money that can be accumulatedand redeemed that night at the prize center for a wide varietyof school supplies. In addition, children will be able to decoratetheir own cupcake as part of the refreshments, and there willbe face painting.

Spiderweb will also have on display a listing of volunteersthat throughout this past year has contributed to their pro-grams. Without the volunteers, Spiderweb would not be ableto continue the work of supporting area families and children.Being a small grassroots agency means relying on the commu-nities generous support whether it be in giving of their time,talent or money.

Spiderweb especially would like to thank those area churchesand individuals who throughout the year have supported ourprograms and for this event donated school supplies as theprizes.

Spiderweb provides programs and services to encouragechildren and teens to become healthy individuals. Programsinclude Education Motivation, an after-school and summertutoring program; Clothes Closet, a free clothing distributionsite; and Prevention, support/educational groups for at-riskyouth.

Jefferson’s Village Park onJuly 25.

The alternate performancesites in case of rain are theFirst Presbyterian Church,Park Avenue, Ashtabula andthe United Methodist Church(adjacent to Village Park) inJefferson.

Brown Bag Concerts fea-ture a varied group of artiststhat include folk, pop, oldies,Broadway tunes and more.

Future performers of theAshtabula series include:Wednesday, July 31 — FredBarringer, sponsored by TheAshtabula Star Beacon;Wednesday, Aug. 7 — LindaFundis, sponsored by WellsFargo; and Wednesday, Aug.14 – Linda Fundis sponsoredby Linda’s Hideaway.

Future performers of theJefferson series include:Thursday, Aug. 1 — FredBarringer; Thursday, Aug. 8 —Linda Fundis; and Thursday,Aug 15 — Emily Kline.

All Jefferson series concertsare sponsored by Gazette Pub-lications

For more information, con-tact the Ashtabula Arts Cen-ter at (440) 964-3396. TheAshtabula Arts Center isfunded in part by the Ohio ArtsCouncil.

Brown Bag Concert Seriesto feature James Fuller

Although part of NorthMarket Street is closed,access to theentrances of OakdaleCemetery remainopen. Part of theproject will involveremoving the old, smallbridge across thestream in the OakdaleCemetery, as part ofthe EnvironmentalProtection Agencyrequirements. Thebridge will be usedelsewhere in thevillage.

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLA portion of North MarketStreet, near Pine Street, inthe Village of Jefferson is

temporarily closed ascrews complete a culvertrepair project through the

Ohio Public WorksCommission.

Roadclosed

“Back in the 1930s Boy Scouts built the log cabin,” hesaid. “And because the village is in no financial shape topay for repairs, we are helping out.”

The group is finalizing plans for a spaghetti benefit din-ner in September. Their goal is to raise money to purchasethe windows, doors and insulation. While hopeful, Bellaswas unsure if those projects would be completed before theend of fall.

While the property is owned by the village of Rock Creek,Bellas said the Scouts continue to maintain the buildingand use it for many of the group’s meetings and other ac-tivities. The log cabin also previously served as the RockCreek Village Hall and even a temporary jail for the nowdefunct Rock Creek Police Department.

In addition to fulfilling their community service require-ment, Bellas said remodeling projects are also valuable inother ways.

“We have a group of about 20 kids from the Rock Creekarea who are eager to give back to the community they live

SCOUTS From page 1A

Cub Scouts Andrew Kassay, 7, and Brett Bellas Jr., 8, pause for adult volunteers to rip off and toss down to them thedilapidated roofing from the log cabin in Rock Creek. Kassay and Bellas helped with debris removal of as part oftheir community service requirement.

in,” he said. “And when they help out with things like paint-ing and using a variety of tools, we are teaching them life-long skills they will eventually need.”

Working within the community and helping to make tan-gible improvements for their village, also teaches thempride, he said.

“When the Scouts pass by now, or probably even ten yearsfrom now, they will look at the work they did on the logcabin – or even on the cemetery like last month – and pointout what exactly they did to help,” he said.

Rock Creek Pack 155 Cub Scouts will hold a summerweekend membership drive event Aug. 14 – 15 at the logcabin. The two-day event will be complete with a cookoutand an axe yard to demonstrate and teach the boys how toproperly use knives, axes and bowsaws. Bellas said CubScouts will also compete in the annual rain gutter regattarace.

For more information on joining Rock Creek Boy ScoutsPack 155, contact Brett Bellas at (440) 563-9292.


JEFFERSON - Soon itwill be time to buy schoolsupplies as students headback to school, and LakeviewFederal Credit Union is pre-paring to help some of thosestudents with its annual“Stuff the Bus.”

On Friday, Aug. 2,Lakeview Federal CreditUnion is inviting the pub-lic to join it in helping chil-dren of Ashtabula County

by donating new schoolsupplies and personalitems.

School buses will be at allthree Lakeview locationsfrom 1– 5 p.m. Aug. 2

Those locations in-clude:

• Ashtabula Office, 2909State Rd. in Ashtabula.

• Jefferson Office, 345 S.Chestnut St. in Jefferson.

• Geneva Office, 583South Broadway in Geneva.

Suggested items to do-nate include:

• #2 lead pencils• Colored pencils• Erasers• 8-24 pack crayons• 12-inch U.S. and Met-

ric rulers• Scissors• Bottles of glue• Glue sticks• Notebook paper – wide

ruled• Notebook paper – col-

lege ruled• Black fine line markers

• Pocket folders• Supply box• BackbacksCan’t make it Aug. 2? Col-

lection boxes also becameavailable in all Lakeview of-fices from July 15-Aug. 2.

If people have any ques-tions, they are asked toplease contact the JeffersonOffice (440) 576-4382.

Stefanie Wessell, senior

editor for Gazette Newspa-pers, may be reached [email protected].

Help Lakeview Federal Credit Union ‘Stuff the Bus’

Geneva-area concerts2013 Lakefront Summer Concert Series

Held at Geneva Township Park on 7 p.m. Tuesdays.Bring a lawn chair. Donations by pass the hat.

• July 30, Erie Heights Brass Ensemble• Aug. 6, Madison Band• Aug. 13, Young and Blue• Aug. 20, Linda Fundis - Let Me Entertain You.• Aug. 27, Larry, Daryl, Daryl, and Sheryl.

City of Geneva Concerts on the LawnHeld at the pavilion next to the Geneva Community

Center on 7 p.m. Thursdays. Bring a lawn chair. Donationsby pass the hat.

• July 25, Lost Sheep• Aug. 1, Young and Blue• Aug. 8, Madison Community Band• Aug. 15, Cadillac Lilly• Aug. 22, the Madison Jazz Project

Jefferson Area Local School District tohold volunteer meeting

The Jefferson Area Local Schools District will hold aVolunteer Committee Meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6,in the Jefferson Area High School library.

This meeting is a continuation of our June VolunteerCommittee organizational meeting where we began to lookat the role that volunteers play in our schools. Join us ifyou have an interest in offering your time and expertise toour school district.

All Are Welcome!!!


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MORGAN TOWNSHIP -Morgan Township trusteesvoted last week to hold a spe-cial workshop Tuesday nightto finalize plans for its 2014budget.

Just as in the previouspast few years, the group willbe faced with doing morewith less, according to fiscalofficer Jean Brand. Brandsaid the revenue the Town-ship receives from the localgovernment fund will onceagain be slashed.

“What we are going to re-ceive in August will be less;the local funding used to be3.6 percent but now it will be1.66 percent,” she said. “Thisyear we’re down to $2,900,but eventually even thatmoney is going to be phasedout.”

Brand said “everythinghurts the general fund,” andthe dwindling state reim-bursements will eventuallytrickle down to every depart-ment and affect all aspects of

MorMorMorMorMorgggggan Tan Tan Tan Tan Township trownship trownship trownship trownship trususususustttttees discuss budgees discuss budgees discuss budgees discuss budgees discuss budgetetetetetevery department.

Compounding the prob-lem, Brand said, is the in-come received on invest-ments has tanked becauseinterest rates have plunged.

“It used to be we got $100’sof dollars in interest, but nowwe get like $5,” she said.

Brand told trustees thatonce completed and approvedby trustees, the budget willthen need to be delivered tothe Ashtabula CountyAuditor’s Office by July 8 fortheir review and approval.

Trustee and Board VicePresident Donald Dietrichexpressed concern over thecut in revenues, and said hejust hopes the township willreceive what it got last year.

One of the township’s big-gest consistent expenses isdust control. This year theTownship spent approxi-mately $8,000 more than theprevious year, but Trusteeand Board President BrettBellas said the unit cost in-crease in materials was notthe reason for the increase,so it’s an “apples to oranges

comparison.”“This year dust control

was a big expense – around$47,000 – but there’s a big dif-ference between how wemanaged the roads over thepast two years,” he said. “Wetreated an additional two footwidth of every road in theTownship and we also didStiles Road, which are twobig changes from last year.”

The additional quantitiespurchased of gravel and dustcontrol agent “easily explain”the increased $8,000 expen-diture, Bellas said

Following the meeting,Bellas and Dietrich saidthey’re approaching the nextbudget planning session withcaution.

“We know the revenue re-duction is going to hit ushardest when it comes to pur-chasing gravel and repairsbecause that’s our largestcosts,” Bellas said. “But roadsare our biggest issue andthat’s what taxpayers aremost concerned with.”

Dietrich said he has “sin-cere concerns about the

spending” next year, but saidtrustees have faced evenmore dire circumstances inthe past. The worst, he said,was during the constructionof the outpost building. Atthat time it felt like the town-ship was “like constantly rob-bing Peter to pay Paul.”

“After 42 years as TrusteeI can say we’ve weatheredeven worse storms than now,”he said. “However, I thinkwe’re going to have to reallyreconsider next year’s budgetand cut back on dust controland gravel, because both arevery costly.”

Dietrich said the Town-ship is also looking for a newdistributor for gas and oil, be-cause that is also “killing us.”But on the up side, changesin personnel resulted thispast spring resulted in a re-duction in administrativecosts through the eliminationof having to pay health carepremiums.

“By no longer paying forhealthcare, we’re actuallygaining a little bit – or justnot spending so much each


GENEVA - People lookingfor bargains this summer cancheck out the annual GenevaDowntown Sidewalk Sale,which returns this week onFriday and Saturday, July 26-27.

The sidewalk sale will beheld from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. onFriday, July 26, and Saturday,July 27, rain or shine. Thisannual event is sponsored bythe Geneva Business Associa-tion as a showcase of the widevariety of products and ser-vices available at businessesnear the intersection of Route534 and Route 20, accordingto information provided byMark Schupska, a member ofthe Geneva Business Associa-tion. This outdoor sale hasbeen held in downtownGeneva since the 1950s.

Eighteen businesses haveindicated that they will partici-pate in the Sidewalk Sale.Most merchants will be offer-ing merchandise on outdoor

Downtown Geneva Sidewalk Sale returns July 26-27bargain tables at deep dis-counts, just as Geneva mer-chants have traditionally donesince the annual sidewalk salewas originally held in the1950s. Several local restau-rants are planning to offer foodspecials served outside in frontof their places of business.

Some of the businessesplanning outdoor sales includeLucky Duck Antiques, TheSewing Basket, Catherine’sChristmas hosted by RapidPhoto, Eco-Smart Consign-ment, The Green Leash, Drift-wood Inspirations, Rees’ Cor-ner Store, Inglesia Circulo deOracion Cristiana, CentralHardware, Earth’s NaturalTreasures, Comfort Supply,East West Brew House, GrandValley Soap Co., Victoria’sCountry Corner, Coconuts TikiGrill, Luisa’s Mexican Grill,Major True Value, and Broad-way Antiques & Collectibles.

This year the theme of theevent is “Christmas in July-Bargains for every season,”organizers said. Some of thespecial activities this year in-

clude an outdoor concert byMary Taylor-Brooks on NorthBroadway on Saturday, July27, from noon to 3 p.m. MaryTaylor-Brooks is an accom-plished performer who playsvintage country, rock androckabilly. She was a big hitwith shoppers at last year’sSidewalk Sale.

Additionally, there will bea radio remote live broadcastfrom the center of downtownGeneva on Saturday fromnoon to 2 p.m.

On Saturday, East WestBrew House on East MainStreet also will release theirprivate stock of Great LakesBrewing Christmas Ale. It hasbeen heard that Santa andMrs. Claus will be seen thatafternoon passing throughGeneva on their way to theirsummer vacation at Geneva-on-the-Lake.

The Geneva Business Asso-ciation also uses the annualSidewalk Sale to provide fund-raising opportunities to se-lected non-profit organizations,which are invited to use avail-

able space downtown. Thisyear the VFW Women’s Auxil-iary and the Blue Star Moth-ers of America Chapter 57 willhold bake sales and raffle off apuppy and a kitten in front ofWatkins and Keyerleber Insur-ance. The Grounds and Opera-tion Christmas Child will havetables near DGB Consulting onEast Main St. Also NorthwestSavings Bank will host a saleof donated merchandise by theGeneva Business Associationfor the benefit of the 2013Geneva Grape JAMboree.

Past Downtown GenevaSidewalk Sales have broughtout droves of people fromacross the region. The GenevaBusiness Association promisesa fun event that will satisfy allwho come looking for bargainsand great food, organizerssaid. The Association alsowishes to encourage everyoneto visit the Sidewalk Sale as agreat way to support localbusinesses and to enjoy thenew Broadway streetscapeand completed this spring bythe City of Geneva.


ROCK CREEK – RockCreek Village voters will soonhave a say in the condition oftheir roads when they decidewhether or not to approve anew tax levy designated forrepairs.

During a special meetingrecently, five of the six RockCreek Village Council mem-bers approved a motion toplace a new levy on the No-vember ballot for an addi-tional 1.5 mills for each onedollar in valuation of the tax-able property in the village.

Based on a home with a$50,000 total appraised value,a 1.5-mill increase would costa property owner in RockCreek an additional $26 peryear in gross taxes, prior to allreductions and roll backs.

Assuming that all of thenew levy revenues are col-lected, Rock Creek Villagewould generate slightly lessthan $10,000 per year.

Council Member ShawnBurns was absent from the

Rock Creek seeks road levymeeting, but stated he wouldhave voted in favor.

“We definitely need moneyfor road repairs in our town,”Burns said Sunday. “We fig-ured we would let the peopledecide.

Council President PamForristal acknowledged theseare “tough times for manypeople,” and said the debatewas very lengthy. In the end,however, multiple factors arewhat prompted the Village topursue the new levy.

The first justification forthe proposed new tax,Forristal said, was Councilmembers’ realization thatnearly every other municipal-ity in the area has had a roadslevy in place for years. RockCreek has never had a levy tospecifically earmark moneyfor roads. Normally money isjust budgeted from the gen-eral fund.

A second reason the Vil-lage Council is pursuing alevy is that while researchingsome of the various loans cur-rently being paid, Council dis-covered it is paying for East

Water Street road construc-tion that was completed“many years ago,” Forristalsaid. The loan won’t be paidoff until 2022, and she saidthe street will more thanlikely have to be redone againbefore that time.

“The patch job that we justcompleted on West WaterStreet took us almost fiveyears to save for,” Forristalsaid. “We’ve cut everything inthe budget down to the bone,but we realized that we’renever going to get ahead of theroad game without a roadlevy.”

Forristal said the Councilbudgets “very minimal”amounts for road mainte-nance because the Village hasso many other ongoing fixedexpenses. And despite beingfrugal, there’s almost nothingleft. Without additional taxmoney designated for roads,they will continue to fall intodisrepair.

Forristal said AshtabulaCounty helped the Villagewith recent West Water Streetrepairs. The street was so full

of potholes that it had becomea transportation hazard.

“West Water Street is anextension of a County road,and so the County was ableto help us out,” she said.“We’re really grateful becausewe’re really in pretty direstraits here.”

Forristal said the Countyprovided the materials andlabor at cost. Had the Villagecontracted the job through aprivate firm, she said the$25,000 cold patch repair jobwould probably have cost tax-payers double that amount.

If approved, the new taxwill begin to be collected in2014 and would be designatedsolely for the purpose of the“construction, reconstruction,resurfacing and repair ofstreets and roads.” And whilethe tax would begin to be col-lected in 2014, Rock CreekVillage coffers would receivethe funds in years 2015through 2019.

Rock Creek Council willhold its next business meet-ing Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. in theVillage Hall.

month,” Dietrich said.Bellas said the biggest is-

sue with hammering out thenext year’s budget is always

taking a good look at themoney it has projected tocome in, and then “settingpriorities.”

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H A R P E R S F I E L DTOWNSHIP - Where’s thebeef?

This past weekend, itcould be found at theHarpersfield VolunteerFire Department’s 39thAnnual Beef Roast, heldFriday, July 19, throughSunday, July 21, at the firedepartment’s CommunityRecreation Center on Cork-Cold Springs Road, west ofState Route 534.

Firefighters roastedover 4,800 pounds of beef

Community supports HVFD at festivalMoney raised goes toward the purchase of equipment, maintaining of grounds

RIGHT: Father-and-daughter team Larry and Allie Listerserve up the main attraction: hot roast beef

sandwiches. “It’s been really busy,” Larry Lister said.

over an open fire during thefestival, HarpersfieldTownship Trustee CliffordHenry said.

The beef roast is a ma-jor fundraiser for the firedepartment.

“All of the proceeds fromprevious years’ festivalshave been used to purchaseequipment for the fire de-partment and to supportthe building and operationof the Community Centerand grounds,” PublicityChair Julie Henry said.

Henry said the townshiprecently purchased the wa-ter company building on

Harpersfield Road for useas township offices and anew fire station. A portionof the proceeds from theBeef Roast will be used torenovate the fire stationpart of the building.

“Their focus now is get-ting that building ready,”Henry said.

While the communitymade it out to the festivalthis year, first they had towait until the groundsdried out. Saturday morn-ing, much of the groundsand surrounding baseballfields were flooded from thestorms Friday night. Kids wait for the start of a game to try and climb a rope to ring a bell.

Nathan Butte, Kenny Snyder, Braden Bilicic and MatthewHenry pose for a photo in between playing games atthe festival.

Little Miss Grapette Teagan Gilbert plays a game withMakayla Henry.

Kim Deblecourt, right, and Morgan Brubaker keep watchover the last rounds of beef being cooked for the festival.

Firefighters and members of the Eckard family roastedover 4,800 pounds of beef over an open fire during thefestival.

Otto Stoltz, with Katrina Speakman in the background,asked people to try their luck on instant Bingo ticketsduring the HVFD’s annual beef roast.

Brian Dombek and Travis Cross man the wheel at the festival.

Cindy Stoltz and Dayna Gallick sell raffle tickets to EvanWeinmann during the festival. Stoltz said manycommunity businesses donated items for the raffle.

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLAlex Henry slides down an inflatable bounce house atthe HVFD’s annual beef roast, held this past weekend inHarpersfield Township.

Megan Conrad, Thomas Kirk and Kevin Terry choose their numbers during a gamefrom Brian Dombek.


G E N E VA - O N - T H E -LAKE - The Village ofGeneva-on-the-Lake contin-ues to need the community’ssupport in a contest to findthe most fun town inAmerica.

“You may remember thatin 2012, Geneva-on-the-Lake was one of the six fi-nalists in Rand McNally’s‘The Most Fun Town In theU.S.’ And that is thanks toall of you, who voted for whatis truly a fun town, ‘Geneva-on-the-Lake,’” GOTL Visi-tors Bureau Executive Di-rector Marge Milliken saidin an announcement aboutthe contest.

Voting for 2013 has offi-cially started, so the visitorsbureau once again is seekingvotes.

Rand McNally, Good Samand Geocaching are lookingfor the Best Small Towns inAmerica.

This year, they are look-ing for towns in Americawith populations under

150,000. “Best of the Road2013” is a competition to benamed the 2013 Best SmallTowns in America. Townsare eligible to win in one ofsix categories: Most Beauti-ful, Most Fun, Most Patri-otic, Friendliest, and BestFood, plus a new categorythis year – Best forGeocaching.

Voting began on July 1and will end on Sept. 3,2013. Winners will be an-nounced by mid–October.

Voting takes place atbestoftheroad.com. Usersmay vote for a town every 24hours in any category. Theyalso may upload reviews andphotos to help others (andthe judges!) see their favor-ite town through your eyes.

After voting, a panel ofjudges will name 30 finalisttowns (five in each category)in mid–September.

To vote for GOTL, visitwww.bestoftheroad.com/town/geneva-on-the-lake-oh/16319?

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ASHTABULA - Howdoes a person figure outthat they remind folks ofsomeone familiar? Havingthe right physical buildhelps!

Growing a beard on awhim can add some en-hancement to the image.But the steps to achievingnational recognition cantake a variety of pathways.

Ashtabula residentJohn King, a retired edu-cator, has been morphinginto the persona ofAbraham Lincoln since1984. King had grown hisbeard early that winter. Ata Fourth of July parade agentleman from NorthBloomfield, who haddressed as Lincoln for theparade, approached King.He told King that heshould borrow his hat andcoat, then replace him forthe next parade becauseKing looked more likeAbraham Lincoln than hedid.

King at that time was athird-grade teacher atColebrook ElementarySchool in Grand Valley dis-trict. He decided to borrowthe hat and coat when hetaught his students a les-son about President Lin-

SUBMITTED PHOTOContestants as re-enactors portraying President Abraham Lincoln are lined up on the balcony in downtownGettysburg, PA. for the national competition event. Ashtabula resident and retired educator John King is in theback row and first place in the contest July 3.

National Look-alikeAbraham Lincoln is in our midst

coln.After a “five to 10

minute presentation,”King decided that he didn’tknow as much about Lin-coln as he should. Kingdecided to do more re-search.

Soon presentations tookplace down the hall inColebrook ElementarySchool. Fellow teacherMarsha Dobbins had Kingdo his President Lincolnstory for her classes. Dob-bins finished her lessonlater that day with the con-clusion of the Civil Warand Lincoln’s assassina-tion.

Nearly in tears, a littleboy asked, “You mean thatnice man that came in andtalked to us has got shotand died?“ John King sayshe was hooked.

These days the Presi-dent Lincoln presentationsgenerally run about 40minutes. King allows for15 to 20 minutes for ques-tions. He likes to walkamong listeners and tellstories as Lincoln did.

One that he likes to in-clude is how Lincoln be-came known as “HonestAbe.” While working as astore clerk, late oneevening Lincoln discoveredthat he had shorted a cus-tomer a few pennies thatwere due back to her. Helocked the store andwalked his dog to the lady’shome that was some dis-tance away and returnedto her what was due. Thereare several similar storiesabout Lincoln’s honesty aswell as some of the jokesthat Lincoln told that Kingincludes in his talks.

King belongs to the orga-nization, We Made History, agroup of individuals that dore-enactments of historicalfigures from America’s past.A member of the group sug-gested to King that he travelto Gettysburg, PA, for thetown’s celebration of the150th anniversary of theBattle of Gettysburg thisyear. On July 3, King joinedother re-enactors for theLook-Alike competition.

While King’s resemblanceto Lincoln aided his efforts,it was the question and an-swer period that swayed theexpert judges. King wasasked in his Lincoln persona,“Do you have a beard and ifso, why?”

In first person, Kingquickly respond that he mostcertainly did. He explainedthat Grace Bedell, an 11-year-old from Westfield, NewYork, had written to him say-ing that his face was too thinand he would look better witha beard. That won Lincolnthe election and King the na-tional competition thismonth.

King was to have beenhonored in the GettysburgFourth of July parade thenext day, but some local“rascals,” he said, causedthe parade to be cancelled.They stole a care, crashedit into a house and createda police chase.

Two days later after ap-pearing in four newspa-pers, someone there asked

if King would pose withhim for a picture. Afterthree hours of photos, JohnKing and his wife, Marion,headed home to Ashtabula.

Last year King appeared40 times as Abraham Lin-coln. One such event wasthe opening of the movie,“Lincoln” at the theaters inMentor. Marion is now of-ten joining her husband inthe role of Mary Todd Lin-coln and occasionally per-forms without him.

Those wishing to seeJohn King as AbrahamLincoln can do so by at-tending the PymatuningPioneer & Arts Festival atPymatuning State Park inJamestown, Pennsylvania,on July 27 and 28 and laterin the summer at theAshtabula County Fair.

If you would like tolearn more about thegroup of re-enactors orcontact John King, you canfind more information onthe following website:WeMadeHistory.com.

PHOTO BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEOlivia Lacey and Gretchen Litwiler volunteered their timeto help with last week’s Vacation Bible School at theJefferson United Methodist Church. Both dressed inwestern gear for “SonWest Roundup.”

Go west

Happy 100thBirthday

Pearl Ellinger of Roaming Shorescelebrated her 100th birthdayrecently at the home of herdaughter and son-in-law, Pearland Gary Franklin, in RoamingShores Village. Mrs. Ellinger hastwo children, eight grandchildrenand 10 great- grandchildren.

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John King of Ashtabula as Abraham Lincoln is presentedan Olympic style medallion from the Shriver HouseMuseum committee representative on July 3 for his firstplace win in the Lincoln Look-Alike contest held inGettysburg, PA. The towns people were celebrating the150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg over theholiday weekend earlier this month. Battlefield re-enactments were also being held commemorating theCivil War era famous battle.

GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2013 • 6AEducation


JEFFERSON - The priceof school lunches will remainthe same at Jefferson AreaLocal Schools this upcomingschool year.

During a meeting on Tues-day, July 16, the JeffersonArea Local Schools Board of

Jefferson BOEapproves lunch prices

Prices include:Grade 7-12 Grades K-6

Full lunch $2.75 $2.50Reduced $1.50 $.40Full Breakfast $1.50 $1.50Reduced $.30 $.30Milk $.50 $.50

Education approved theschool district’s breakfastand lunch prices and list offood service vendors, whichalso largely remain un-changed.

“These are the same,” Su-perintendent JohnMontanaro said of the prices.“They are very consistentwith nearby districts.”


JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Area Local SchoolsBoard of Education ap-proved an agreement withthe Jefferson Youth FootballLeague during its meetingon Tuesday, July 16.

The agreement dealswith the Jefferson YouthFootball League using theJefferson Area Junior/SeniorHigh School athletic facili-ties and practice fields. Theleague is trying to sell itsproperty and find somethinglong term.

“We’d love to have them,”Superintendent JohnMontanaro said of the agree-ment.

Montanaro said theleague has a $1 million li-ability insurance, and the

Jefferson BOEapprove agreements

league also will cover custo-dial costs when using theproperty.

The league also will as-sist with any fundraisers re-lating to the facilities,Montanaro said.

“I’m happy about this,”JALS BOE memberMarianne Sowry said.“They’re good people, andthey’ll be students in ourjunior high soon.”

In other actions, theboard also approved Project#JOH10-004 Change Order#1 for A.W. Farrell & Son,Inc. in the amount of zerodollars.

The change order dealswith the roof project going onat the three schools in the dis-trict. The change order re-flects the work being ready tobegin at Rock Creek Elemen-tary School, Montanaro said.

On the recommendation of the superintendent, the boardalso approved the following as Home Tutors on an “asneeded” basis for Jefferson Area Local School District stu-dents for the 2013/2014 school year, at a rate of $20 perhour:

• Steve Berilla• Sally Campbell• Katie Carter• Heather Eaton• Patricia Herakovic• Rodney Holmes• Mary Hostetler• Jeremy Huber• Danielle Jackson• Anna Johnson• Esther Oehlenschlager• Don Palm• Skarlett Stuchell• Carla Sziber• Cynthia Zigmund

The board also approved the following supplementalcoaching resignations for the 2013/2014 school year:

Name Position• Jeremy Huber Varsity Boys’ Basketball• Terry Furman JV Boys’ Basketball• Robert Faulkner 8th Grade Boys’ Basketball• Steven French 7th Grade Boys’ Basketball• Andy Lipps Varsity Assistant Football• Rory Marshall Jr. High Football• Andy Lipps 8th Grade Girls’ Basketball• Chris Sukalac JV Softball

Then, the board also approved the following supplemen-tal contracts for the 2013/2014 sports seasons, contingentupon meeting the Athletic Department guidelines for field-ing a team:

• Terry Furman, 8th Grade Boys’ Basketball• Sarah Lane, 7th Grade Volleyball

The board also approved pupil activity supervisor coach-ing contracts for the following licensed / non-licensed, non-employees for the 2013/2014 sports seasons, contingentupon meeting the Athletic Department guidelines for field-ing a team:

Name Position• Steven French Varsity Boys’ Basketball• Rory Marshall Assistant Varsity Football• Robert Faulkner JV Boys’ Basketball• Destinie Hill 8th Grade Volleyball

In other matters, the board approved supplemental con-tracts for Doris Kasper, Academic Challenge advisor, andNatalie Modarelli, music/vocal music.

The board also approved the following classified substitutes:• Lorine Accettola• Michele Allega• Daisy Asmus• Brentwood Bailey• Michelle Becker• Linda Bouck• Darrell Bulvony

Jefferson BOE passes personnel itemsBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - The Jefferson AreaLocal Schools Board of Educationpassed a slate of personnel itemsduring its meeting on Tuesday, July16.

The board approved one-year, lim-ited contracts for Ashley Miller asthe new intervention specialist atJefferson Area Junior/Senior HighSchool and Natalie Modarelli as thenew music teacher at the high school.

Casey Tomlinson resigned fromher supplemental contract for vocalmusic director due to her voluntarytransfer to music teacher atJefferson Elementary and RockCreek Elementary schools.Tomlinson also will begin the firstyear of her two-year, limited contractthat was approved April 17, 2012,due to a leave of absence for the 2012/2013 school year.

The board also approved one-yearlimited contracts for Sara Smith, artteacher for Jefferson Elementary

and Rock Creek Elementary schools,and Justin Smith, LD tutor for theJefferson Area Junior / Senior HighSchool.

In other actions, the board ap-proved Jeannie Treen, KathySandercock, and Debbie Lenart asclassified substitutes for the CentralOffice for the 2013/2014 school year.

Kim Pickard, LD tutor atJefferson ELementary, and Kathy St.Amand, Title I tutor at Rock CreekElementary, also were approved forone-year, limited contracts.

• Kelly Burns• Timothy Doyle• Yvonne Doyle• Mary Dumperth• Lisa Ebersole• Catherine Ewing• Tiffany Guthleben• Sara Hinkle• Annette Janson• Jessica Jewett• Gary Lipps• Patricia Myers• Beth Palmer• Jo Ellen Park• Kristina Pascarella• Tammy Pestello• Karen Sue Rose• Kathy Sandercock• Jodi Schmidt• Joyce Spangler• Ann Taft• Jeannie Treen• Barbara Welser• Dean Wetherbee• Tanya Zimmerman

The board also approved classified substitutes CarrieRunnion and April Graves as Nurse’s Assistants for the2013/2014 school year.

In other matters, the board approved the following vol-unteer coaches for the 2013/2014 school year, contingentupon proper certification:

Name Position• Cassie McMinn Soccer• Will Parkomaki Soccer• John Rodgers Boys’ Basketball• Bill Beckwith Softball• Don Wilber Softball• Will Irons Softball

Additionally, the board approved the following workersand substitute workers for the fall and winter sports con-tests for the 2013/2014 school year:

Clock Operators:• Eli Hostetler• Dan Ewing• Jerry March• Danielle Locy• Mary HostetlerTicket Takers:• Cindy Cufr• Jodi Koranda• Lynn Leary• Marcia Lesko• Shirley Lister• Karen Rose• Robin ThaxtonAnnouncer:• Chuck BorsukoffLastly, the board approved a leave of absence for

Gennifer Dzura, per her request, effective Aug. 26, 2013,through Nov. 15, 2013.


ROCK CREEK - TheRock Creek Public Library istrying to raise funds forchildren’s programmingthrough a raffle.

The library is raffling offa prize pack of two, one-weekpasses to the AshtabulaCounty Fair and two ticketsto the Joe Nichols concert,library Director JaniceDespenes said.

The winning prize will go

Rock Creek Public Library raisingfunds for children’s programming

to one person. TheAshtabula County Fair runsTuesday, Aug. 6, throughSunday, Aug. 11, inJefferson. The concert isheld that Thursday night.

Tickets are $1 each or sixfor $5.

The winner will be drawnAug. 1, Despenes said. Shesaid tickets can be pur-chased through the frontdesk at the library.

The Rock Creek Libraryis located at 2988 High St.in Rock Creek.

BY MELINDA FRANCISGazette Newspapers

ROAMING SHORES –Any resident interested inparticipating in the Card-board Boat Races this yearmay attend a workshop Sat-urday, August 3, from 1 to 2

Off to the races

p.m. at beach one.The races this year are

scheduled for 11 a.m., Sat-urday, August 31, at beachone.

Residents Pat and SallyFlash will demonstrate howto build a simple cardboardboat, says Pat.

“Typically, what we’vedone in the past is to start aboat to give people an ideaof how much card board theywill need,” he said. “So farit’s been mostly kids thathave been racing.”

The idea came to thecouple several years ago af-

ter watching a very, “sophis-ticated” race in Cape Coral,Florida, and they thought itwould be fun to do it here.

“I think we had nineboats last year,” he said.

For more information,call Pat or Sally Flash at563-5776.

Ashtabula Township trustees to presentConcerts in Peleg Sweet Park

Schedule is revisedASHTABULA TOWNSHIP - The Ashtabula Township

Trustees will once again be presenting the Concerts inPeleg Sweet Park this summer on the corner of StateRoad and U.S. Route 20.

The concerts will be held through Aug. 13, 2013.All the concerts will begin promptly at 7 p.m. In the

event of poor weather the program will be inside at theEast Side Presbyterian Church across from the Gazebo.

Refreshments will be available and restrooms willbe provided by the church. No chairs will be furnished,so please bring your own chairs if desired. AshtabulaTownship officials look forward to another fun-filledconcert season and hope to see you there.

ScheduleJuly 30 - Blues Project - James FullerAug. 6 - John Ruman TrioAug. 13 - Elvis (Sponsored by J.D. Pizza)Aug. 20 - Dennis Ford

SUBMITTED PHOTOScenes from last year’s Cardboard Boat Race


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BY WILLIAM A. WESTGazette Newspapers

NEW YORK CITY - Im-ages of the young attrac-t ive woman fromAshtabula have been seenthroughout the world.Jamie Alexandra MurphyJAM just made a quickflight to and from Seoul,South Korea (13 hoursone-way) for a photoshoot. JAM, a 2005 gradu-ate of Saints John andPaul High School, was re-quested by a sports wearcompany.

“A sports wear storebased in China cal led“Rapido” hired me to do aphoto shoot for them inSeoul,” JAM said. “It wasa very quick trip, but I ab-solutely loved it and madea lot of new friends.”

JAM’s image of fitnessis found in malls, GAPstores and billboards. Sheis one of three modelsshown on large billboardsfor GapFit on Sunset Bou-levard in Los Angeles. Youcan f ind her in thismonth’s Women’s Healthmagazine.

“When I saw myself onthe back flip cover of thismonth’s “Women’s Health”magazine I just aboutdied,” JAM said.

Women’s Health maga-zine developed a plan to


The following, written byChet Lampson, appeared inThe Jefferson Gazette,March, 1955 as a series.

Chapter SevenThe Underground Rail-

way in Ashtabula CountyFor at least twenty years

before the Harper’s Ferryraid there were houses andbarns in Ashtabula Countyin which runaway slaveswere secreted in the daytime and taken at night tothe next station or to thelake where they were put onboard small ships to crossover to Canada.

These routes were knownas “The Underground Rail-way Line.” The hiding placeswere called “stations.” Themen and women who gavetheir services in moving Ne-groes from station to stationwere the “Conductors.”

the routes ran from thesouth to the north. PresentState Highway Number 7,Route 46 and Route 45 fromTrumbull County were thethree main routes, but whenclosely pressed by slavecatchers the runawayswould be taken by backroads from hiding place tohiding place.

West Andover had severalhomes where slaves werehidden. The Carpenterhouse is on the west side ofthe road north of WestAndover. I have been in thehouse and have seen the ar-rangements for hidingslaves. On the second flooris a false floor reached by ashort stairway. Between theceiling of the first floor and

The Civil War could have started in Ohio

the false floor is about fourfeet of space. In suchcramped quarters runawayswere hidden.

On Route 46, about a milenorth of Brownsville in NewLyme, is the Fenimore Peckoctagon house. I have seenthe place on the second floorwhere slaves were hidden.The house is standing as aremany of the undergroundstations.

One famous station nolonger in existence, wasknown as station AnnoMundi. It was the old AtkinsHotel where the Sunoco Sta-tion is located in Jefferson.The large frame buildingwas erected for QuintusAtkins, the first AshtabulaCounty sheriff, in 1820 or1826, probably the laterdate. Mr. Atkins came heremany years before that andlived in Rock Creek, north ofTurkey-foot Road. He camewith the first preacher, Rev.Joseph Badger, as a mission-ary to the Indians.

One story about Atkins isthat one winter day an In-dian stopped at Atkins’ cabinand asked the loan of hisrifle. Atkins hesitated, buthe let the Indian take thegun. Next morning a haunchof venison and the returnedrifle were found just outsideof the cabin door.

Stations on Route 45The road from Bloomfield

north, called State Route 45,had several Undergroundstations.

One was a house stillstanding on the northwestcorner of routes 6 and 45.Rodgers’ Tavern was acrossthe road and was a favoritestopping place on the stage

coach route. The landlordsold a tumbler full of home-made whiskey for threecents or a gallon for 25 cents.This was a favorite hotel onthe annual training day forthe local militia. The train-ing grounds were a littlenorth and on the west sideof the stagecoach road.

One night a southerngentlemen, with his daugh-ter and a good looking fe-male slave stopped atRodger’s Tavern. They wereon a long carriage ride backhome in Kentucky. Duringthe night, the slave girl wasspirited out of the tavernand hidden in the attic of thehouse across the road to thesouth. Next morning themaster fumed and swore buthe did not find the girl. Shelater was taken to Ashtabulaand sent to Canada.

On this same route inAustinburg are four housesthat were used for hidingplaces for slaves. The Cowleshouse at the Center, builtabout 1814, the CaptainMiller house, the large brickto the north, now theEllsworth house, then calledthe Austin house, in thestory of the escape atUnionville of Milford Lewisfrom the slave-catchers.

The large brick home inAshtabula on the shore ofLake Erie north of theAshtabula Harbor SchoolHouse was a favorite placeto take escaping slaves.They were afterward rowedin boats out to schooners inthe lake for crossing toCanada.

In Jefferson the homeowned by Levi Douglassbuilt in 1829, was a stoppingplace where any slave seek-ing freedom would get shel-ter and food, in spite of thelaws of Ohio making suchcharity a crime.

To Be Continued...

Ashtabula native is finalist for ‘The Next Fitness Star’launch their“Workout” DVDseries and they de-cided Americashould select TheNext Fitness Starfor “Women’sHealth” DVD.

The certi f iedpersonal trainerhas always thrivedon competit ion.And now JAM isone of five finalistsstriving to becomeWomen’s Healthnext fitness star.The final five werechosen from thou-sands of entrants.

“This is thecoolest thing that’sever happened tome,” JAM said. “Ifelt lucky.”

JAM and theother four finalists will beon the fourth hour of the“Today Show” with HodaKobt and Kathie LeeGifford Aug. 14.

“The voting will havebeen completed and thewinner will be announcedon the Today Show,” JAMsaid. “I’m so excited to meetHoda and Kathie Lee.”

Winning the Next Fit-ness Star contest would bea huge boost to JAM’s al-ready fast-rising star.

“My goal as a profes-sional in this industry is

to reach the maximumnumber of people possible,so platforms like Women’sHealth ’s DVD projectwould be a dream cometrue,” JAM said.

JAM has been in PalmSprings, Calif., visitingher mother Cathy Serif.They appeared together onthe Palm Springs NBCtelevision affiliate KMIR 6to talk about JAM’s NextFitness Star Competitionand Serif ’s BalancedTraining Boot Camp inRancho Mirage, Cali f .

JAM also demon-strated a pair of ex-ercises performed athome without theneed for exerciseequipment. Los An-geles was the nextdestination for Jamand her Next Fit-ness Star Cam-paign.

“I was just giddyas a kiddie in acandy store when Ilearned she was a fi-nalist,” Serif said.“She (JAM) wasshocked herself. Sheis working as muchas she can to publi-cize “The Next Fit-ness Star.”

JAM credits fam-ily and friends forkeeping her aware ofwho she is.

“I don’t know how I gotso lucky with the group offamily and friends that Ihave surrounding me; bor-ing is never an option andthis reminds me not totake anything too seri-

ously,” she said.JAM always keeps in

mind where she’s from andhow much it means to her.

“You can take the girlout of Ashtabula, but youcan’t take Ashtabula out ofthe girl,” JAM said. “Grow-ing up in a small town isprobably what keeps megrounded.”

The 26-year-old jet set-ter plans on making a triphome before the onset ofwinter.

“I’ll be home before theend of summer,” JAM said.“I ’ l l even splurge atEddie’s Grill.”

She is in a serious rela-tionship and will also beintroducing her specialman to family and friends.

“I am excited to showhim around my home-town,” JAM said. “He wasborn and raised in NewYork, so it should be inter-esting.”

JAM’s live-in compan-ion at the moment is herdog Preston.

“Preston is better than

ever; he LOVES houseguests and it’s that time ofyear so he’s really milkingtime with all my friends,”JAM said. “He’s such a la-dies man!”

The certified personaltrainer is happy with hermodeling success, but thatisn’t what she is all about.

“It means a lot to methat people understand Idon’t do all this just totake pictures of myself,”JAM said. “What makesme most proud is when Isee positive influence hap-pening around me. Thejourney to get here hasn’talways been easy. Istruggled a lot and madea lot of mistakes, whichI ’m sure there wil l bemore of, but I wouldn’tchange any of it.”

Voting for the Next Fit-ness Star can be doneonce-a-day through August5. Viewing of Contestants’videos and voting is avail-able atw w w. t h e n e x t f i t n e s sstar.com.

Jamie Alexandra Murphy (JAM)



ROAMING SHORES –During its last regular meet-ing, Tuesday, July 16, Roam-ing Shores Village Councilheard from a few concernedcitizens regarding the highvolume of ATV and golf carttraffic on the roadways.

Marty Weidner, JoeNussbaum, Mary Clark andand Shannon Mucci all saidthe amount of traffic needsto be addressed. Clark saidthat the roads are not pri-vate and that state lawsshould be enforced.

Resident Tom Ward spokeof the lift station that wasreplaced on Rosewood. Hesaid it is larger and muchlouder. Village Administra-tor Kevin Grippi said thatfilters have been ordered tohelp with the odor and theunit will be sound proofed toreduce the level of noise.

During his report MayorJohn Ball talked about thedifferences between the as-sociation and the village. Hesaid the association wasformed, under the Board ofDirectors, with covenants,restrictions and by-laws.

The village was formed topurchase the water andsewer utility from the devel-oper. Residents are currentlyunder the control and direc-tion of the Board of Directors(its covenants, restrictions,and by-laws) and also theRoaming Shores VillageCouncil and its ordinances.

He said much effort hasgone into simplifying thismatter, but several gray ar-

RSV residents concernedabout ATV, golf cart traffic

eas remain unresolved. Hesaid that in addition to theconfusion caused by beinggoverned by these two bod-ies, there is duplication andalso cost involved. Ball saidthe solution is not simple,but must be addressed in thefuture. Ball concluded by re-porting that the residents’water meters are starting tobe upgraded. The modifica-tion takes roughly 15 min-utes and does not involveany plumbing.

In other business, Coun-cil heard the SCAD report.Last month, it responded toseven calls bringing theyear-to-date total to 40.

•Heard from Roads/Community Developmentconcerning the meeting thatwas held prior to the Coun-cil meeting. The committeeis looking at ways to improvecommunication and meth-ods to explain the differencesbetween the association andthe village to the residents.

•Heard a second readingof ordinance 559-06-12, azoning amendment restrict-ing recreational vehicles onresidential property.

•Tabled ordinance 568-10-12 requiring mandatorytrash pick-up. No action wastaken.

•Heard the first readingof ordinance 580-07-13which amends the fence or-dinance.

•Heard a first reading ofrezoning 60.4 acres of prop-erty located between OrioleDrive and Rome Rock CreekRoad. The ordinance wasread for a first reading andtabled.

First Baptist Church ofJefferson takes kids to Athens

Debbie Woodworth teaches her group about Saint Paul’ssecond missionary trip to Athens during the First BaptistChurch of Jefferson’s Vacation Bible School Tuesday,July 23.

PHOTO BY MELINDA FRANCISJane Wilson (left), of Jefferson, paints nine-year-old RileyShelton’s hand during craft time.

The youngest children gather for a story about Saint Paul’s adventure.

A group of boys waits for their turn to throw the discus.

Christian Port, 7, of Dorset, watches his ball go throughthe air during recreation time.

Frankie Snyder (left), 9, of Jefferson; Olivia Hines, 10, ofJefferson; and Nathanael Port, 9, of Dorset, work on bracelets.

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Davien Holmes, 5, of Rock Creek (front) lets his ball flythrough the air as Gary Headley, of Jefferson, watches.

It’s not rocketscience. But,well…sometimes,actually, it is.Thanks to a do-nation by a localfirm, GenevaMiddle Schoolstudents com-pleted a hands-on, interactiveRocketry unitthis spring.

The popularrocketry pro-gram was indanger of fiz-zling out due todistrict widefunding issueswhen eighth-grader LiamRamsey mentioned his dis-appointment at the pro-grams’ potential loss to hisdad, Darrell, Director ofEngineering at HDT Expe-ditionary Systems Group, adivision of Harpersfieldbased HDT Global.

“We were all really look-ing forward to the Rocketryunit,” Liam said. “When Itold my dad we weren’t go-ing to be able to study thisand launch the rockets, hethought his company mightbe able to help.”

“HDT Global servesmilitary, civilian and pri-vate sector customers witha wide range of innovativetechnologies. Much of it isdesigned, developed andmanufactured here inGeneva,” Darrell Ramseyexplained. “We feel it’s veryimportant to promote inter-est in science, technologyand engineering amongyoung students and the

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rocketry project is a funway to generate enthusi-asm for the sciences.”

Thanks to a donation byHDT Expeditionary Sys-tems Group, eighth-gradestudents in John Mirabell’sclasses studied the physicsand math concepts behindrocket design, gravitationand flight and launchedtheir own rockets in the ex-pansive grassy area behindthe school.

“Our students reallybenefit from this kind oflearning experience,”Geneva Middle School As-sistant Principal AlexAnderson said. “We are sothankful for communitypartners like HDT Globalwho support our efforts toprovide a relevant and com-prehensive education forGeneva students. Science,Technology, Engineeringand Math (STEM) educa-tion is important to our cur-riculum.”

Reaching for the Stars: Geneva MiddleSchool eighth-grader Laken Andersongets her rocket ready for take off withhelp of science teacher John Mirabell.


BY CANDY THOMASPastor’s Column

Luke 7:1-10I thought it was a nice co-

incidence that on the day Ibaptized a baby girl recentlyour gospel lesson was aboutfaith. Why? Because hermiddle name is Faith, andthe baptismal promises herparents made center aroundwhat they will be doing inthe next twelve years or soto introduce her to faith inGod, Jesus Christ, and theHoly Spirit, and to nurtureher faith development. Per-haps it would be a good ideato define faith, since I’ll beusing that word a lot.

Faith can be defined inmany ways…” As a depen-dence on the truthfulness ofanother; firm belief or trustin a person, thing, doctrine,or statement. One is said to‘keep the faith’ when he orshe performs a promisemade to another.

Faith in scripture is oftentaken for the truth and faith-fulness of God. Faith is notan idle, inactive grace, butshows itself by producing inus love to God and our neigh-bor.” In Hebrews 11:1-3 wehear, “Now faith is the assur-ance of things hoped for, theconviction of things not seen.Indeed, by faith our ances-tors received approval.

By faith we understandthat the worlds were pre-pared by the word of God, sothat what is seen was madefrom things that are not vis-ible.” In the following verses,names of our ancestors infaith, along with their faith-ful acts are given- Abel,Enoch, Noah, AbrahamIsaac, Jacob, Sarah, Mosesand others. They eachstepped out in faith in differ-ent ways, trusting in Godeven when they had no wayof knowing that thingswould turn out all right.

In Hebrews 7: 6 we hear,“And without faith it is im-possible to please God, forwhoever would approachhim must believe he existsand that he rewards thosewho seek him.”

Jesus lifted up the impor-

July 25 Austinburg:Picnic in the Park

Austinburg First United Church of Christ, located at2870 Rt. 307, Austinburg, will hold a free community/all-church picnic in the park with food and games for the kidsfrom 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 25.

July 25 Saybrook Township:Free community dinner

A free community dinner will be held on Thursday, July25, from 5-6 p.m. in the Church Social Hall. Come enjoy afree dinner, dessert and drink, served to you by membersof Saybrook United Methodist Church, 7900 S. Depot Rd,Saybrook (across from St. John School). All are welcome!

July 26 Ashtabula:Jazz Festival

The Ashtabula County Jazz Festival featuring solo pia-nist Bill Dobbins playing the music of Bill Evans will occuron Friday, July 26, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s EpiscopalChurch in downtown Ashtabula. Bassist Dave Morgan,saxophonist Ed Michaels, and pianist Dr. Timothy Kalilwill also perform at the Reception. The concert is free andopen to the public and a free and open ”Meet-the-Artists” Reception follows the recital. Sponsored by the FineArts Concert Committee of the Church. FMI phone 440-992-8100 or visit www.stpetersashtabula.org. Address forGPS/MapQuest: 4901 Main Ave., zip 44004.

July 26-27 Jefferson:Rummage sale

The First Congregational United Church of Christ (41E. Jefferson, Jefferson) is having a Super Rummage Saleon Friday, July 26, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., and on Saturday, July27, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. There is a super assortment of clothing,furniture, and household items to purchase from, reason-ably priced. Come early for the best selection.

July 27 Geneva:Pancake breakfast

The Kiwanis Club of Geneva will hold a Pancake Break-fast at Geneva Methodist Church on 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Saturday, July 27. Two breakfast choices: all-you-can- eatpancakes served with two sausage links, or a large servingof sausage gravy served with biscuits. Adults, $6; seniors,$5; elementary children, $3; and children under five, free.There will be a Chinese Auction including a bicycle, and a50/50 drawing. All proceeds will go directly to completionof a walkway, bike path, roller blading area, and wheel-chair walk to be installed at Kiwanis Park.

Aug. 2-3 Kingsville:Rummage Sale

Saint Andrew’s Church, located at 3700 St. Rt. 193, willhold a rummage sale in the church hall from 9 a.m. to 6p.m. Aug. 2 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 3. Light refreshmentswill be served. All proceeds benefit the St. Andrew’s ChurchDriveway Fund.

OngoingBible Study group continues to meet

A Bible study group meets every Thursday inAshtabula. Open to the public - not affiliated with or pro-moting any particular church denomination. Grab a coffeeand join the group at McDonald’s, 918 Lake Ave., Ashtabula,OH. Bring your Bible and any questions you might have.View the website at TheRemnantofIsrael.org or call (440)228-6157.

Bethany Lutheran Church announcessummer worship hours

Worship will begin at 9:30 a.m. for the summer monthsat Bethany Lutheran Church, 933 Michigan Avenue,Ashtabula, OH. All are welcome to worship with us.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets inJefferson

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meets at First Congrega-tional UCC, 41 E. Jefferson St., in Jefferson on Mondaynights at 8 p.m.

Weight Watchers meets in JeffersonWeight Watchers meets at the First Congregational

UCC, 41 E. Jefferson St., in Jefferson, on Tuesday nightsat 5:30 p.m.

Jefferson United Methodist Churchinvites public to Christian Cafe

The Jefferson United Methodist Church, 125 E. JeffersonSt., will be providing a free, family-style, hearty home-cooked meal the first and third Tuesday of each month from4-6 p.m. All persons in the area are welcome to come enjoygood food, and share conversations in the warmth of Chris-tian love.

Religious Briefs ‘Reflection on Faith’tance of faith. Remember hiswords in Matthew 17:20,“For truly I tell you, if youhave faith the size of a mus-tard seed, you will say to thismountain, ‘Move from hereto there,’ and it will move,and nothing will be impos-sible for you.” Jesus com-mended people on their faithwhen he saw it in them, giv-ing them what they re-quested when he did. Re-member the hemorrhagingwoman, the SyroPhoenicianmother who begged for Jesusto heal her daughter, and intoday’s lesson, the Centurianasking for healing for hisslave? “Take heart, daugh-ter, your faith has made youwell,” Matthew 9:22. Theydidn’t ask for much, just totouch the fringe of his cloak,crumbs of healing table thatfell off the table onto thefloor, or for him to just saythe word. Jesus didn’t evenhave to trouble himself tocome to the sick slave forhim to be healed. Each ofthem, and so many more,believed in the truth of Godin Jesus Christ. They hadfaith that he could do whatthey asked, and he did.

“That sounds great,” youmight be thinking, but howdo I get some of that faith orincrease the faith that Ihave. Well, surely one of theways is to get to know Jesusbetter. If faith is “depen-dence on the truthfulness ofanother, firm belief or trustin a person,” in both cases,for Christians, that person isJesus Christ. Reading in theBible about what he did andwhat he said in is a greatway to get to know him bet-ter. Then when you’ve donethat on an ongoing basis,because we need to keep be-ing reminded, actually prac-tice following him in whatyou say and what you do.

The Centurion came toJesus with his request be-cause, scripture says, “…hehad heard about him.” Howdid you first hear aboutJesus? For many of us it wasas children. Maybe your par-ents read you Bible stories.This is the now tattered bookI can remember my motherreading me. And look, thestory of the Centurion beg-ging Jesus to cure his slave!

When parents and grand-parents share their faithwith their children by suchreading, taking them to Sun-day School and church,teaching them their prayers,and involving them in worksof love and caring, such asshopping for food for the foodpantry, they are giving theirchildren the priceless gift offaith. I don’t think mymother realized it when shegave me a decorative ce-ramic “Faith” tile manyyears ago, how instrumentalshe had been in gifting mewith faith in God. I still saythe prayer she taught meevery night.

I talk about faith devel-opment with the parents ofevery child I baptize beforethe actual baptism. Almostall parents want to give theirchildren everything theypossibly can in an outpour-ing of overwhelming loveand there are many commer-cial possibilities to do so.

The current cost of rais-ing a child until he or sheis 18 is $235,000. That in-cludes food, clothing, toys,lessons and fees. But thegift of faith is more pre-cious than anything youcan buy.

I find it a challenge to bediplomatic with parents whogive me all the reasons theirchildren can’t be in SundaySchool or church activitiesbecause of their commit-ment to sports or other ac-tivities that are prioritizedover church.

I am tempted to be veryfrank and say, “It’s not goingto matter how hard or faryour child can kick a ball orhow fast she or he can run a

mile, when they face thedeath of a loved one, are tornby the betrayal of a friend,when temptation comesknocking on their door, orwhen life plays out in waysthey never could have imag-ined. What is going to mat-ter is that they have faith ina God who loves them nomatter what, and in a Sav-ior that can keep them fromfalling.

Some adults, more todaythan ever, I think, havenever really heard of Jesus,and may have never evenbeen in a church.One of thethrills of my life has beenintroducing adults to Jesus.It’s never too late to sharethe gift of faith or for any-one to accept that gift.

And for those of who feelyour faith could be stronger,I encourage you to read theBook, letting Jesus’ wordsand deeds sink into yoursoul. Then follow him, ex-pecting to meet him whenyou do, in some unlikelyplaces and people. One placemight be to volunteer at theH2O Home Repair blitz inAugust.

We don’t know what hap-pened to the Centurion afterhis slave was cured, but Ifind it difficult to believethat after his close encoun-ter with Jesus, who was soimpressed by his faith, hedidn’t continue to keep tabson this healer. The Centu-rion had found the One wor-thy to trust and to follow, theOne who had responded tohis need, the One who wasGod in flesh. Who else couldhe follow after that? Whoelse is worthy of our trustand our faith? Amen.

Upcoming VBS• The Bulah Calvary United Methodist Church,

located at 2070 Rt. 193, will hold a Vacation Bible Schoolfrom 9:30-11:30 a.m. July 22-25. Come to have fun andlearn. All are welcome.

• The Harpersfield United Methodist Church, 224Garford Rd., Geneva, will hold a “Kingdom of the Son” Va-cation Bible School, from July 22-26, 6 to 8 p.m. nightly atthe church. For ages four through grade 6. Contact DeniseCurtis with questions at (440) 563-5486.

• Orwell United Methodist Church, located at 80South Maple St., will hold the SonWest Roundup VacationBible School from 6-8:15 p.m. July 29 through Aug. 2. forall children ages three through sixth grade. For more in-formation, call: 440-437-8225. The program will include games, crafts, music, skits, snacks and Bible stories. Thisis a joint VBS involving several area churches.

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BY ALLAN MONONENGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA - TheConneaut Minor League All-Stars traveled to AshtabulaMonday to face the AshtabulaAll-Stars in a loser’s bracketfinal contest.

In the first meeting thehosts defeated Conneaut, thisgame saw the visitors avengetheir loss. Conneaut won 6-1.

“Last time they scored 14runs. Ashtabula is a good hit-ting team, well coached andvery fundamentally sound.Nick (Morris) and Gary (Ghiz)pitched well, only giving upone run,” Conneaut coach JimKennedy said.

Ashtabula was the hometeam and scored quickly. Inthe first inning, afterConneaut was retired in or-der. Brandon Ford walked,moved to second and thenthird on passed balls and wildpitches and scored on a buntsingle by Will Walker, 1-0.

Conneaut tied the score intheir third. Nick Morrissingled and scored on a doubleby Ghiz.1-1.

The visitors added twomore tallies in their fifth.Kevin Henderson walked, butwas replaced at first by Mor-ris on a fielder’s choice. AlexKennedy tripled and JacobWiley doubled, making it 3-1.

Conneaut added threemore runs in their sixth, JoeyMerlene walked and made itto third after a wild pitch anda passed ball. Chase Carpen-ter singled for one run andwent to second on the throwhome. Morris and Kennedyeach followed with singles.Ghiz moved them along witha ground ball and Wileysingled, making it 6-1.

Ghiz set down Ashtabulain order in their sixth andConneaut advanced to the fi-nals versus Geneva/United.

“They played really hardtogether, pick each other up,they are good friends and arelearning to be good team-mates,” Kennedy added.

Conneaut defeats Ashtabula in Minor League Baseball

Ashtabula Minor League All-Stars front left to right: Chris Ford, Brandon Ford, ShaneGibson,Will Walker, Ethan Wannett, Jonah Anservitz, and Devin Morrison. Second rowplayers: Bobbi Ray, Derrick Sundstrom, Nick Hodges, Alex Griffith and coachesScottAnservitz, Jason Hlavtur, Eric Hodges, and Brian Maunus.

PHOTOS BY ALLAN MONONENAshtabula Minor League pitcher Brandon Ford fires home.

Rob Blair wins theReturn of the Super LateModels at Raceway 7!Blair now all-time topwinner! Santee gets first-everwin!

CONNEAUT - SuperLate Models, long the head-line class at Raceway 7, re-turned to the fast 3/8 mileoval with Rob Blair, a four-time Super Late ModelChampion, becoming theall-time Super Late Modelwinner with 37 victories tohis credit. In other classesBreyton Santee won hisfirst ever feature win in theFASTRAK Late Models,Brent Rhebergen made avisit to Raceway 7 and droveto victory lane in his E-Mod,Chris Withers drove to hisfourth win of the season,and Brad Cole collected hissecond Mini-Stock win ofthis season. After a red flagfor a first-lap pile-up in thefinal feature of the night,rain came and the decisionwas made to finish theevent next Friday night.

Coming into the SuperLate Model event Rob Blairwas tied with Dick Bartonwith each having 36 featurewins. Darrell Bossard andBlair started on the frontrow with Blair, a four-timechampion, getting byBossard on turn three of lapone to lead the way after thefirst lap. Jason DuPont gotby Bossard on lap four butBlair was opening his lead.At halfway Blair was intolapped traffic and had anear-quarter-lap lead overDuPont. With six laps to goBlair had a full straight leadover DuPont but saw it dis-appear when Lance Smithslid into the fourth turnwall, bringing caution overthe field. The top five at thispoint were Blair, DuPont,Bossard, Brent Rhebergen,and Greg Oakes. After the

lap 19 restart Chris Hackettgot by Oakes. With two cir-cuits remaining, DougGlessner looped his mountin turn four, again tighten-ing the field. FollowingBlair to his 37th victorywere DuPont, Bossard,Rhebergen, and Hackett.

The Evergreen LakePark Camp FASTRAK LateModels had Breyton Santeeand Mark Tatalovich on rowone. In turn four DenninsLunger got sideways, stack-ing up the field behind himbut continuing. However,Kyle Zimmerman came to ahalt, bringing yellow overthe field. Santee led the wayafter restarting until three-time winner Chad Wrightgot high in turn four, com-ing to rest against the out-side wall. Bob Pifer spun ateye end of lap five, againslowing the event. Withlightning in the area Santeeran the race of his life, open-ing a lead on Max Blair bythe halfway point when Jus-tin Kreider turned hismount around in turn two.After restarting again,Santee again opened hislead over the defendingchampion, winning his first-ever feature over Blair,Lunger, Wright, and JamieBrown.

Brent Rhebergen led theBonnell Collision Center E-Mod feature with MikePotosky coming to second onlap one from fourth on thestarting grid. After a restartat the end of two for a spinby Brian Douglas,Rhebergen again led until aspin into the outside wall

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BY ALLAN MONONENGazette Newspapers

GENEVA - In the localLittle League tournament,Geneva held the winnersbracket position in the MinorLeague age group and had tobe defeated twice byConneaut. The first game wasa well-played exciting backand forth contest withConneaut edging out Geneva5-4.

In the final, United(Geneva) warmed up theirbats, put ten runs on the boardin the first inning and took thevictory, 14-1. With the winGeneva advances to the StateTournament in Hamilton,Ohio next week.

“We were a little nervouslast night but calmed downtonight. We scored a lot of runsin the other games,” Coach JayReigert said.

Conneaut had to battlethrough the loser’s bracket andplay six games to reach the fi-nals. With a pitch count in thisleague to protect the youngarms, Conneaut had used upthe innings of several of their

PHOTOS BY ALLAN MONONENUnited District 1 Champions are left to right: Danny Wilms, Brett Goff, Justin Berkowitz,Mike Amato, Caleb Nugent, Clayton Queen, Adan Groening, Kaleb Coleman, LucianoCastelli, Wyatt Fuduric, Tyler Gustincic and Kole Opalko. In back coaches, Jay Riegert,Mike Berkowitz and Ronnie Queen.

top pitchers. But that is thehazard of falling into theloser’s bracket.

Nevertheless, not to takeanything away from United,they still had to hit the ball andplay defense.

“We played good defense,no errors and had good hittingthrough the lineup,” Reigertadded.

Geneva struck quickly asDanny Wilms began the host’first inning with a walk andmoved to second and thenthird on passed balls. CalebNugent singled, Brett Goff andJustin Berkowitz bothdoubled. Tyler Gustincicwalked and went to second ona passed ball.

Conneaut coach JimKennedy replaced pitcher An-thony Burkhartte with GaryGhiz but the onslaught contin-ued.

Clayton Queen singled fortwo RBI and Wyatt Fuduricsingled. Kole Opalko walkedand Wilms beat out an infieldhit. Nugent hit into a fielder’schoice for a run and Goffdoubled again for two moreRBIs.

Conneaut wouldn’t quitand put a run on the board inthe third. Nick Morris andGhiz singled and Jacob Wileyplated Morris with an infieldhit.

Geneva answered immedi-ately with four more runs intheir third, a triple by MikeAmato was the big hit.

Conneaut was retired inthe fourth and Geneva movedon to the State Tournament.

Geneva was 3-1 in the Dis-trict tourney while Conneautbattled back with a 6-2 recordin the loser’s bracket.

“I can put the kids any-where in the lineup and stillhave them do the job I neededthem to do. It was the firsttime pitching for WyattFuduric, he shut Conneautdown,” Reigert added.

“We played a lot of games6-2, Geneva hit well tonight. Icouldn’t be prouder, to win sixgames in the tournament ishuge. The experience theygained will help them later on.The kids had fun and I hadfun. It was the best time I’vehad,” Conneaut Coach JimKennedy added.

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two laps later, again by Dou-glas. Chuck Steinle Jrquickly came to second butonly one more lap was com-pleted before JoshMcDonald spun his mountin turn three. One lap pastgreen Potosky came back tosecond. Another yellow atlap seven again slowed thefield. Bill Taylor spun acomplete ‘360’ with ninecomplete, but did not stop,allowing the race to con-tinue under green. Usingthe extreme high line,Rhebergen cruised to thewin over Steinle Jr, GaryEicher from seventh on thestarting grid, reigningchampion Joel Watson, andPotosky. It was Rhebergen’sfifth E-Mod feature winsince 2002 and his first atRaceway 7 this season.

The Western ReserveAnimal Clinic Street Stocksstarted their event withDarrin Hyde and KennyLamp leading the way. Hydeled Lamp through lap onewith Lamp bouncing off thewall in turn two but con-tinuing. At lap eight KyleReinwald got high in turntwo and spun, bringing cau-tion over the field, then hisbrother Eric, a feature win-ner earlier this season, spunwhile slowing after the yel-low was thrown. Hyde con-tinued to lead until five lapsfrom the end when Withersgot by and drove to hisfourth win of the season.Hyde held on for secondover Eric Reinwald, KyleReinwald, and Ed Bolyard.

With rain very close tothe raceway the McDonaldsMeats Economods madetheir way to the racing sur-face with eighteen cars tak-ing the green flag. On theback straight of lap one aseven car pile-up totallyblocked the track. KevinSergeff, Gene Crouch, JakeEucker, Kyle Fellows, RussKaplan, Josh Ferry, andJace Ferringer were all in-volved with Ferry injuriedto the extent that he had tobe transported. Just after

the accident occurred rainbegan falling, postponingthe final event until nextweek. The race will be re-started using the originalline-up with cars involved inthe accident going to therear of the field.

Logan Keney and ScottGill started the SpecialtyProducts Mini Sock featureon the front row. Goodmanled from the green for thefirst three laps, but thenwas overtaken by Brad Cole.At the halfway point JasonJohnson came by HoytMihalak for third but DaleFraschetti got by both on thefollowing lap. At the check-ers it was Cole, Goodman,Fraschetti, Johnson, andKeney.Super Late Models:

Heat 1: Rob Blair, JohnMollick, Darrell Bossard,Doug Glessner, Terry Porter,Mike Oakes

Heat 2: Jason DuPont,Greg Oakes, Chris Hackett,Brent Rhebergen, LanceSmith, Bob Dorman (DNS)

Feature: Rob Blair, JasonDuPont, Darrell Bossard,Brent Rhebergen, ChrisHackett, Greg Oakes, BobDorman, John Mollick, DougGlessner, Terry Porter, LanceSmith, Michael OakesEvergreen Lake ParkCampgroundFASTRAK Late Mod-els:

Heat 1: Dennis Lunger,Kyle Zimmerman, MarkTatalovic, Bob Pifer, KholeWanzer, Joel Watson (DNS)

Heat 2: Chad Wright, MaxBlair, Breyton Santee, JamieBrown, Justin Kreider

Feature: Breyton Santee,Max Blair, Dennis Lunger,Chad Wright, Jamie Brown,Khole Wanzer, MarkTatalovic, Justin Kreider,Bob Pifer, Kyle Zimmerman,Joel Watson (DNS)Bonnell CollisionCenter E-Mods:

Heat 1: Mike Potosky, DanMcDonald, Brent Rhebergen,Gary Eicher, Brian Douglas,Josh McDonald

Heat 2: Joel Watson, Percy

McDonald, Chuck Steinle Jr,Brian Fardink, Bill Taylor

Feature: BrentRhebergen, Chuck Steinle Jr,Gary Eicher, Joel Watson,Mike Potosky, PercyMcDonald, Dan McDonald,Brian Fardink, JoshMcDonald, Bill Taylor, BrianDouglasMcDonald MeatsEcono Mods:

Heat 1: Jeremy Double,Alan Atkinson, SteveSamuelson, Ty Rhodes,Chuck Steinle Sr, BrianHathaway, Kevin Sergeff,Jeff Weber, Jace Ferringer,Russ Kaplan (DNS)

Heat 2: Tony Hyde, CaseyBowers, Jake Eucker, KyleFellows, Bobby Wright, MikeHillman, Josh Ferry, GeneCrouch, Steve Haefke

Feature: Rained at firstlap wreck clean-up, will becompleted next week.Western ReserveAnimal Clinic StreetStocks:

Heat 1: Chris Withers,Kenny Lamp, EricReinwald, Darrin Hyde,John Bailey, KyleReinwald, Andy Faulhaber,Ed Bolyard, Jeff Wick (DNS)

Feature: Chris Withers,Darrin Hyde, Eric Reinwald,Kyle Reinwald, Ed Bolyard,Kenny Lamp, Jeff Wick(DNS), John Bailey (DNS),Andy Faulhaber (DNS)Specialty ProductsMini-Stocks:

Heat 1: Dale Fraschetti,Dylan Goodman, LoganKeney, Scott Gill, JasonJohnson, Pat Drennan,Chris Forbes

Heat 2: Mitch Sokes,Bud Sergeff, Brad Cole,Hoyt Mihalak, Alex Forbes,A J Welker, Jason Easler

Feature: Brad Cole,Dylan Goodman, DaleFraschetti, Jason Johnson,Logan Keney, HoytMihalak, Bud Sergeff, ScottGill, Alex Forbes, MitchStokes, A J Welker (DNS),Pat Drennan (DNS), ChrisForbes, (DNS)Jason Easler(DNS)

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1822 S. Broadway, Geneva• November 20, (3rd Wed.)

Rae-Ann Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation839 W. Main St., Geneva

• December 11, (2nd Wed.)The Winery at Spring Hill6062 S. Ridge Rd. (Rt. 84), GenevaCall or email reservations to the Geneva AreaChamber by the 3rd Wednesday of each month,at 466-8694. The host will provide coffee and

morning refreshments.Every member gets 30 seconds to say whatever you wantabout your business. Members can bring business cards,

literature, flyers, or a door prize to promote your business.

2013 LAKEFRONTSUMMER CONCERT SERIESGeneva Township Park, Geneva-on-the-Lake

Tuesdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Bring a lawn chair. Donations by pass the hat.

• July 30 - Erie Heights Brass Ensemble• August 6 - Madison Band• August 13 - Young & Blue• August 20 - Geneva Community Choir

CITY OF GENEVASUMMER CONCERTS

At the pavilion next to Geneva Community Center7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Bring a lawn chair. Donations by pass the hat.

• July 25 - Lost Sheep• August 1 - Young & Blue• August 8 - Madison Community Band• August 15 - Cadillac Lilly• August 22 - Area 51

New Geneva Area Chamber Companies Open with Ribbon CuttingsBella Teresina Inn at ribbon cut-ting on June 28, 2013 located at6544 N. River Road West onRt.307, Geneva. Photo centerwith scissors are owner Danielleand Jeff DiDonato. They are sur-rounded by family, friends andmembers of the Geneva AreaChamber of Commerce wishingthem much success.

Scribblers Coffee Company ribbon cutting heldon July 15, 2013 at 388 South Broadway, Geneva.Photo front left: Geneva Area Chamber Board ofDirector Eileen Seiter, City of Geneva GaryHydinger, Geneva Area Chamber Director SueEllen Foote, Scribbler Coffee employee BreeMcClain, center holding scissors Scribblers ownerJudy Fleisher and Ed Fleisher, Scribbler employeeCarli DiGiacomo, Harpersfield Trustee EdDemshar, City Manager James Pearson, GenevaArea Chamber President Bill Widlits, Harpersfield

Township Trustee Jim Pristov. Second row left: Geneva Area Chamber Board Jennifer Brown,Geneva Area Chamber Board of Director Cliff Henry, Scribblers employees Brandon McClain,Sarah Elek, Hannah Foote, Emily Ernes, City of Geneva Juanita Stuetzer and Tim Bitner. Backleft: Geneva Area Chamber Katie Todd and Mike Goddard, and City of Geneva Tammy Shuttleworth.

Terra Local open new farmers marketon the corner of Park and Eagle Streeton the future Pairs location. There rib-bon cutting took place on June 22, 2013.Photo behind: City Manager JamesPearson, ACCVB Director Mark Winchell.Front left: Geneva Area Chamber Jenni-fer Brown, Shirley Lehmann, Katie Todd,Chamber Executive Director Sue EllenFoote, Terra Local: Loretta Todd, little girl

holding scissors Grace Hadlock, Erica Hadlock, (behind: ReneeNash) Geneva Area Chamber Board of Directors Evan Jahn, JaimeCordova, and Tony Long.

The Green Leash located at 271West Main Street, Geneva ribbon cut-ting was held on May 17, 2013. Fromleft are Katie Todd, Evan Jahn, TerriVincent, Marsha Vandervort, MikeVandervort, Marie Kane, and GenevaArea Chamber of Commerce Execu-tive Director Sue Ellen Foote, helpedwelcome them into the community.

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