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By Cassandra Shofar

Joe Rataiczak has lovedcoloring, drawing and paintingsince he was 3.

And while the 12-year-oldChester Township residentmight not fully comprehendcontests, winning this year’s

Grand River Cellars’ wine labelcontest drew a smile across hisface.

The annual event, put on byGrand River Cellars andNortheast Ohio Autism Group,supports the local autismcommunity, which Joe is a partof.

“I think children with autismand all disabilities are capableof doing amazing things ifpeople would see them for theircapabilities and not theirdisabilities,” said Joe’s mom,Kim. “Autism should not definewho they are as person. Havinga child with autism can beemotionally and mentallydraining and challenging attimes, but I see it as a gift. Myson has taught me a lot — mostof all patience.”

Joe, along with an 9-year-oldboy named John from MadisonTownship, both won the contest,placing their respective artworkon the labels of two specificwines for the rest of the yearalong with information abouteach of them on the back label.

“He wins $100 and hisdrawing will be on Grand RiverCellars ‘Austin Red’ wine label,”Kim said. “I have a verysupportive family and theywould do anything for Joe. Hissisters are very protective ofhim and think the world of him.My extended family are all veryexcited as well, about him

winning and are coming to thewine tasting, even my sister wholives in Virginia will beattending.”

Joe, who attends the STARSAutism Program in Middlefield,loves to draw or paint letters,numbers and the colors of therainbow, Kim said.

“Joe loves Disney movies, sohe is constantly drawing theDisney/Pixar logo and themovie names that go along withit,” she said. “He is a very visualperson, so he interprets thingsliterally and is pretty good atlooking at something once andrecreating it on paper.”

She added, “He recentcreated a melted crayon pieceof art on canvas. I think he was

having more fun with the gluegun.”

Kim said Joe doesn’t reallyunderstand contests, but shethought his recent drawing,which resembles a stained glasswindow that he saw in church,was something different fromwhat he’d created in the past.

“The contest ended inDecember, so I actually forgotabout it, thinking he didn’t win,”she said. “When they called, Iwas so excited and happy forhim. I showed him the copy ofhis artwork and told him hewon. He smiled.

“He probably would havebeen more excited if there were

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CHESTERLAND NEWSVOLUME 45 No. 44 Your Community Newspaper Since 1967 Wednesday, March 28, 2012

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By Ann Wishart

With more than 40 residentsattending Thursday’s ChesterTownship Trustees meeting, afair amount of crowdparticipation might have beenexpected in this oftenoutspoken township.

However, it wasn't theaudience that dragged out themeeting to nearly three hours, itwas the debate and questionsover permanent appropriationsby Fiscal Officer Karen Austinand trustees.

But Chairman Mike Joyce,true to his word, kept audiencecontribution to a minimum,recognizing a handful ofspeakers during the PublicComments/Questions section ofthe agenda after thedepartment reports.

When residents asked tospeak during the lengthy debateover permanent appropriations,he responded simply, “No.Thanks.”

After the first two hours, thecrowd thinned and as the thirdhour approached, only ahandful of residents remained.

Joyce announced last weekin the Chesterland News that, toavoid rambling and repetitionby those attending the meeting,he would limit speakers to threeminutes.

He also revised the agendaand added at the top of each ofsix pages: “This meeting is a

meeting of the Board ofTrustees of Chester Townshipheld in public for the purpose ofconducting township businessand is not considered a publiccommunity meeting. There istime for public participationduring the meeting as indicatedin the agenda item 'PublicComments/Questions.’”

The chairman’s determin-ation to begin clearing thebacklog of more than 30 sets ofminutes started modestly as hepresented one set dated June 16,2011.

Joyce noted he was the onlytrustee at the meeting inquestion because Trustee JudyCaputo was absent and formerTrustee Clay Lawrence is nolonger on the board.

However, the state auditortold him to go ahead with themotion and just attach a note tothe minutes explaining theproblem.

Austin asked when thetrustees received the minutesand Caputo said maybe inNovember or December.

Austin said they should letthe auditor know the boarddidn't receive them recently, butawhile ago.

Joyce moved to approve theminutes while Caputo andTrustee Ken Radtke Jr. bothabstained and the motion failed.

He directed the action to berecorded with the note asdescribed.

The discussion aboutpermanent appropriationsrevolved around certifiedestimated resources and a$270,000 bond for Sperry Road.

Austin said she would needto research the matter morethoroughly because she didn'thave the paperwork with her.

The matter of thepermanent appropriations,which must be submitted by theend of March, took about anhour to discuss and noresolution was reached.

Radtke said he would sitdown with Austin after themeeting to discuss the issues.

Caputo had numerousquestions for Austin and fewanswers were forthcoming.

“I have spent countlesshours on this and I recommendit stays the same and the newfiscal officer makes it apriority,” Caputo said.

In the end, trustees agreedto submit the permanent

Chester Boy With Autism Wins Wine Label Contest

By Ann Wishart

At least three miles ofCounty Line Road will not berepaved because Hunting ValleyVillage reportedly cannot affordto pay for its half.

Road Superintendent GeneLayne recommended lastWednesday that RussellTownship Trustees put the fundsthey had earmarked forrepaving County Line back intothe road budget.

The road runs for aboutthree miles along the east edgeof Hunting Valley Village, whichis largely in Cuyahoga County.

Layne said he understandsthe village council has decidednot to proceed with the project,which was first discussed threeor four years ago.

“That road really needs(repaving),” Layne said.

Trustee Jim Mueller askedwhat was causing the hold upand Layne said he was told thevillage doesn’t have the moneyto pay for its half of the projectand doesn’t anticipate having itfor the next two years.

Hunting Valley VillageService Director SanCunningham said when villagecouncil spoke to Russell threeor four years ago, they said theywould prefer to make repairs toCounty Line, then chip and sealthe entire width, but Russellwanted to go with a full-surfacerepaving.

“We don’t have it on ourradar this year,” Cunninghamsaid. “Financially, we’re not inany position this year to doanything.”

Layne said the village roaddepartment will likely patch theroad in the meantime.

Mueller added the road hasbeen in poor condition forseveral years.

“What really put the roadover the edge was when they(the village) put a water linedown there. I didn’t think it wasa particularly good job,” he said.

Concrete was used on theproject and it heaved in thewinter, Layne said, adding thevillage has since replaced theconcrete with asphalt.

Other township roads willbe paved this year.

Trustees voted to have theGeauga County Engineer’sOffice prepare bid packages forrepaving of Coy Lane, HuntingLane in Scarsdale Estates,Surrey Downs Drive, andBraeburn, Sunrise andWildflower lanes in the EagleRidge subdivision, FiscalOfficer Geraldine Heck said.

The county engineerestimated the projects will costabout $900,000, she said.

Bids from three contractorswere open for 800 tons of hotmix and 200 tons of hot mixbinder.

Layne recommended trust-ees accept the bid for hot mixfrom Allied Corporation at acost of $52.20 per ton for a totalof $41,760 and the bid for hotmix binder from Kokosing for$58.50 per ton for a total of$11,700.

Chester Meeting Visitors Behave,Austin Accuses Trustees

Repaving of County LineRoad in Russell Cancelled

Joyce

Mueller

Joe Rataiczak displays his award-winning wine label for Grand River Cellars.

See Wine Label • page 2

See Accused • page 2 See Repaving • page 5

cake and balloons,” Kim joked.A portion of the proceeds

from the sales of those twowines are donated to NortheastOhio Autism Group, whichprovides financial assistance tolocal schools, programs andservices that care for childrenand adults with autism,according to the contestguidelines.

Joe will be honored at anevent on April 26 at Gavi’sRestaurant in Willoughbywhere his label art will bedisplayed along with samples ofwines from around the world.

All proceeds benefitNEOAG as well, the event fliersaid.

“I think that contests likethese are a great platform forchildren with autism, who oftendon’t have a voice to showcasetheir talents, “ Kim said. “Onething we’ve made a point of inour family, is to make sure thatpeople know that children withautism are not autistic, they justhave autism. Their autism is justone of their manycharacteristics, just likeeveryone else has certaincharacteristics about them.”

She added, “A good friend

told me that with all theirbehavior issues and episodes,you have to just laughsometimes. She’s right, butusually the laughing comesafter.”

Tickets for the April event— which are $50 per person andinclude all tastings, heavy horsd’oeuvres, live music bySuperfly and various auctions— are for sale online atwww.neoag.org. Space islimited.

appropriations as they standand have the incoming fiscalofficer, Michael Stark, amendthem as necessary.

Austin also said thecomputer in her office that sheuses to keep the financialrecords for the township hadapparently been alteredrecently without her knowledge.

“Somehow, between the lasttime I used the computer andtoday, someone changed it andmade two users on thecomputer,” she said. “We are inviolation of our agreement withUAN (Unified AccountingNetwork). We can't have it setup that way.

She added, “I'd like to knowfrom the board who was in andmade two users on thatcomputer.”

All three trustees deniedhaving changed the computeror directed anyone to do so.

“I have to believe a trustee

advised it or did it themselves,”Austin said. “If I didn't changethat computer and my assistantdidn't change that computer,who in this township went inand changed that computer? Ihave to believe there was atrustees' directive to put twousers on the computer.”

She said when she asked herassistant, Mary Lou Florentine,who had made changes,Florentine told her to talk toJoyce or Caputo.

“I need an answer so we canget back into compliance,”Austin said, adding hercomputer wouldn't allow her todo her work. “I could not printand I could not back up.”

Joyce said he gave no suchdirective.

“We have no answer,” hesaid.

Austin then said Caputomust have done it.

“As far as the UAN systemgoes, I did not changeanything,” Caputo said.

Joyce called for the nextorder of business.

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Ken and Debbie Butler, of White House Chocolates in Burton, display one of the fish bars they will donate to anyGeauga County church that wants one, so long as it is used to benefit the community. To place an order, churchesshould call 440-834-3133 or email Debbie Butler at [email protected].

White House Chocolates inBurton once again is offering itschocolate fish bars as a donationto any church physically located inGeauga County.

The bar has the Christian fishmolded into it with “Jesus” printedwithin the fish.

White House Chocolates hadthe mold specially made for thisdonation project, which it beganthree years ago.

The finished bar weighs almostthree pounds and measures 8-by-16 inches.

Churches can choose betweenmilk and dark chocolate.

Each bar is packaged in abeautiful gold box with purple rib-bon. The lid is clear so that the richchocolate bar is fully visible.

White House Chocolatesmakes the bars available yearround and can be used bychurches for any good works. Theyare especially good for fundraisingprojects.

Some local churches have re-ceived multiple bars while somehave never requested a bar.

Again, these bars are a dona-tion to the churches, no charge andno obligation other than to usethem to benefit the community.

To obtain a bar for your churchsimply call ahead and place anorder and White House Choco-lates will have it ready for pick-up.

Although the economy has im-proved somewhat, many still cometo the church for help.

Ken and Debbie Butler ofWhite House Chocolates are hop-ing that more churches will ask forthis bar to raise monies to helpthose in need within the commu-nity.

To order a bar, call WhiteHouse Chocolates at 440-834-3133or email [email protected].

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Wine Labelfrom page 1

Accusedfrom page 1

By Ann Wishart

Torrential rains in mid-Marchcaused flooding and propertydamage in Chester Township andbrought Liz Wetrz to thetrustees’ meeting last Thursday.

Wertz, who lives at 13020Marilyn Road, wanted to knowwhen trustees will address theissue of flooding in her neighbor-hood.

Her home sets on an acre atthe intersection of Marilyn andDorothy roads in Chester Es-tates and she said the recentrains caused as much as threefeet of water to flood some areasnear her home.

“There’s a safety factorthere,” she said, adding she tookpictures of the flooding andthinks the drainage of her area isinsufficient.

“You’re not going to fit allthat water into a 12-inch pipe. Ithas to go somewhere,” she said.

Trustee Mike Joyce said thisis not a new subject, adding pre-vious boards of trustees facedthe same problem and found nosolutions to help the low-lyingsections of the township.

“We can’t raise a neighbor-hood if it’s the lowest in thearea,” he said.

Trustee Judy Caputo said shewanted to see Wertz’s photos.

“There is work underway. It’sa top priority,” Caputo said.

Joyce added trustees areseeking advice from the GeaugaCounty Engineer’s Office onhow to handle the problem be-cause it is a much bigger chal-lenge than the township canhandle alone.

He recommended Wertz stayin touch with Caputo on the mat-ter.

Earlier in the meeting, RoadSuperintendent Rob Pealerspoke of the most recent delugeand the issues he’s working on.

“There are some seriousflooding problems,” said Pealer,who has been on the job lessthan a year.

The police department calledhim out when the downpour re-sulted in flooding, he said.

Parts of Marilyn Drive, Cedarand Caves roads had up to threefeet of water over them and Win-chester Bridge was also underwater.

“We had a mess,” Pealer said,adding he has three or four pagesof notes from residents abouttheir flooding problems.

“Water’s a nasty, nasty ani-mal. You can’t predict it and youcan’t control it,” he said.

Residents temporarily re-paired a retention basin on Mar-ilyn Drive by wiring the grateback together when the weldsbroke, he said.

“That helped us out. That’swhat you do when your house isin danger,” he said, adding that anew grate is being made for thebasin.

Some of the problems he haslisted include berm erosion,flooded garages, washed outdriveways and damaged prop-erty.

Since the flooding, the roaddepartment has been working tomake sure everyone can get inand out of driveways, Pealer said.

He has also documented road

damage in order of how haz-ardous it is to the public and hasbeen assessing other propertydamage.

Joyce asked if he had directedresidents to report personalproperty damage to the countyand Pealer said he hadn’t beenaware of that practice.

“No one was in dire, dire dan-ger from the washouts,” he said.

Pealer said he and AmyBrennan from the Chagrin RiverWatershed Partners recentlytook a tour of the check dams atthe downstream side of thebridges to investigate the erosionproblems in those locations.

Over the years, the riverbedhas sunk five to 10 feet at severalabutments, he said, adding theremay be grants available to helpimprove those areas.

In other road business, Pealerlisted the streets due for repavingin the township’s 17-year cycle.

A rough estimate of cost forthe work is $800,000, he said.

There is only about $400,000

available in the road fund forresurfacing, he said, adding he isstudying other methods of ex-tending the life of some of theroads such as microsurfacing andslurry surfacing.

Pealer said roads on the ten-tative list for attention are, inorder of the 17-year schedule:Hill Drive, Summers Road,Lyman Drive, Norton Drive andCounty Line Road from Mul-berry Road to the Lake Countyline.

Norton Drive doesn’t appearto need resurfacing at this time,but it is on the list because it hasbeen more than 17 years since itwas last paved, he said.

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March 30: FreeCommunity Dinner5 - 7 p.m.

Mayfield Church is hosting afree dinner from 5-7 p.m. at thechurch, 7747 Mayfield Road.

There will be chili, including avegetarian version, cornbread,coleslaw and dessert. All are wel-come.

March 31: Triple Tap Set3 - 6 p.m.

Triple Tap, Western ReserveLand Conservancy’s annual cel-ebration of spring, at PattersonFruit Farm, 8765 Mulberry Road,Chesterland.

Join us as we tap sugar mapletrees, tap our taste buds and tapour feet to the music of BrentKirby.

The Pattersons will be servingup hot pancakes with their deli-cious maple syrup.

WRLC will provide hot dogs,fixings and non-alcoholic bever-ages; attendees should bring apotluck dish to share. Event isBYOB for adult beverages.

RSVP to Kim Bihler at [email protected] for the weather.

March 31: “Fun-Raiser”for Healing Fund6 - 10 p.m.

The Pond Ice Rink in AuburnTownship is hosting a fundraiserto benefit the Chardon HealingFund. Enjoy an evening of iceskating, dodgeball, broomballand music.

Admission is $6 and skaterental is free.

One hundred percent of ad-mission proceeds will go towardthe Chardon Healing Fund.

The rink is located at 9999 E.Washington St. Call 440-543-3884 for information.

April 4: United WayAnnual Meeting11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The 2011-2012 annual meetingfor United Way Services ofGeauga County will be held at Sis-ters of Notre Dame, 13000 AuburnRoad, Munson Township.

The event starts with net-working from 11:15-11:45 a.m.,followed by a luncheon fromnoon to 1:30 p.m.

Call Kathleen Munch, 440-285-2261 ext. 223, for more infor-mation or sponsorshipopportunities.

April 6: Fish Fry5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Chardon Eagles Ladies Aux-iliary Friday Night Fish FryMarch 30 and April 6.

The Eagles Club is at 317Water St. Call 440-286-992 formore information.

April 13: Wine CountryProgressive Dinner 6:30 - 10:30 p.m.

The evening begins at GrandRiver Cellars with appetizers,soup or salad. Proceed toDebonne Vineyards for a won-derful meal. Afterwards, moveup the road to South River Vine-yards for dessert. Reservationsrequired; seating is limited.

This is a prepaid, non-refund-able ticket event.

Grand River Cellars Wineryand Restaurant, call 440-298-9838 for more information.

April 19: CCOC WineTasting 5:30 p.m.

The Chesterland Chamber ofCommerce is hosting a wine tast-ing at Colonial Wine and Bever-age, 8339 Mayfield Road,Chesterland.

Enjoy a variety of hors d’oeu-vres while sampling variouswines provided by host and Som-melier Bob Eppich, owner ofColonial Wine and Beverage.

Space is limited, so reserve aspot today. Call Wendy at thechamber office, 440-729-7297, be-fore 2 p.m. April 13.

Cost to chamber members is$20 per person and $25 for non-chamber members.

April 20: ‘Ladies NightOut’ Fundraiser6:30 p.m.

West Geauga Girl Scout Unit773, which represents 26 troopsin the area, including Chesterand Russell townships, will holdits ninth annual Ladies NightOut to raise money for its schol-arship fund.

Nine years ago the unit estab-lished a fund to offer scholar-ships to graduating senior Girl

Scouts who have earned theGold Award.

This fundraiser will be held atFowler’s Mill Golf Course, 13095Rockhaven Road.

Tickets are $30 for dinner anddessert.

50/50 and Chinese raffle tick-ets will be sold for $1 each or 24for $20.

Call Jackie Dottore at 216-906-9408 for information.

April 21: WGHS Football& Wrestling Raffle

West Geauga High Schoolfootball and wrestling team fam-ilies will be hosting their annualFootball and Wrestling ReverseRaffle at the E.O.U.V. Party Cen-ter, 8636 Pekin Road.

Contribution of either a com-pleted theme basket or any itemsor service that could be added tocreate a theme basket appreci-ated. Any donation will be recog-nized in a printed programavailable the day of the event.

Any check donation shouldbe made payable to: WestGeauga Wolverine GridironClub.

Contributions can be mailedto West Geauga Fundraiser, c/oLaurie Corbo, 12222 NortonDrive, Chesterland, OH 44026.

Questions or to arrange apickup of a donation, call LaurieCorbo, 216-401-0688, or Chris-tine Polin, 440-338-1058.

April 26-29: GeaugaCounty Maple Festival

The Geauga County MapleFestival, the oldest maple festivalin the United States, celebratesthe production of pure maplesyrup in Geauga County andNortheast Ohio. Festival datesare April 26-29.

Enjoy four days of fun, foodand “everything maple.”

Events include arts & crafts,bathtub races, concessions, con-tinuous grandstand entertain-ment, golden old-timer’sluncheon, historical display, invi-tational lumberjack competition,pancakes in the park, two grandparades.

Call 440-286-3007 for infor-mation and hours, or visitwww.maplefestival.com.

April 27-29: Arbor DayCelebration10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Celebrate Arbor Day at theHolden Arboretum. Family-friendly activities. Free weekendadmission. Call 440-946-4400 formore information.

April 27: ChampagneGuest Party 8 - 10:30 p.m.

The Fred Astaire Dance Stu-dio is hosting a champagne guestparty at its studio in BainbridgeTownship. This event is open tothe public, but please RSVP.

Everyone that comes will re-ceive a free 20-minute privatelesson (new students only, 18years old and up).

Call 440-543-1559 for moreinformation.

April 28: KoC Poor Man’sReverse Raffle6 - 10 p.m.

The Knights of Columbuswill be holding a “Poor Man’sReverse Raffle” at St. Helen’sGym, 12060 Kinsman Road,Newbury Township.

Top prize is $1,500. Livemusic by Matt Frank. Tickets are$20. Call Bill Molnar at 440-285-5026 or Ed Rowan at 440-338-5836.

2012 Summer Camp &Activity Program

Geauga County Job andFamily Services is once again co-ordinating the summer camp andactivity program, which provideslow-income children with an op-portunity to enjoy a summercamp experience or summer ac-tivity.

The program is funded solelythrough donations and matchedmore than 140 children to ameaningful summer program oractivity in 2011.

Foster children in theagency’s custody receive first pri-ority. Some of them, because ofspecial needs, must go to campsthat are quite costly.

In addition, children who livewith their family and are receiv-ing social services and childrenwhose families are struggling fi-nancially are also considered.

Along with resident and daycamps, children can also experi-ence activities such as dancecamps, little league baseball,football and basketball camps,YMCA camps, music lessons,soccer, cheerleading and karatecamps.

Monetary donations to thesummer camp program also as-sist families with fees to partici-pate in after school activities.

Limited funds and failedschool levies have forced manyschools to institute a “pay to par-ticipate” policy. These fees rangeanywhere from $100 per year upto $425 per sport. For many fam-ilies who struggle every day tomake ends meets, this is an ex-pense that they simply cannot af-ford.

To learn more about the pro-gram, call Sara Shininger at 440-285-9141.

People wishing to donate tothe summer camp programshould make their check payableto “Special Services.” Include“Summer Camp” in the memoportion of the check. Checks canbe mailed to Geauga County Joband Family Services, P.O. Box309, Chardon, OH 44024.

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By Trustee Judy Caputo

The Board of Trustees heldits regular trustee meeting onThursday, March 22.

The board was excited to seenew residents in attendancealong with a large number ofhigh school seniors who have toattend local government meet-ings to meet their criteria forcompleting their governmentclasses.

This was the first board meet-ing where Chairman Mike Joyceimplemented his new agendaformat for the trustees meetings.Mike had spent numerous hoursresearching other community’sformats and talking to variouscounty and state officials.

As a fellow trustee, I wouldlike to thank Mike for his dili-gent work and I believe this for-mat will be successful for futuremeetings.

Department HeadReports

Fire Chief John Wargelingave a report on a project he cur-rently is working on calledCERT, or Citizens EmergencyResponse Team.

There are more than 70CERT teams in the State ofOhio organized and trained toassist the community safetyforces during catastrophic emer-gencies like tornados.

Munson and Russell town-ships already have CERT teamsin place for their communities.

There is research being gath-ered for possibly combiningforces into one large CERT teamto cover all three communities.The chief will update trustees asmore information becomes avail-able.

Trustees also approved Lt.Andy Nagy to attend BowlingGreen University State FireSchool May 6-11 for a Fire In-spector Certification. Lt. Nagyhas been with our fire depart-ment for more than 15 years.

Police Chief Mark Purchasepresented updated informationon a traffic study concerning theintersection of Sperry and May-field roads. This evaluation in-cluded not only the ChesterPolice Department, but inputfrom the Geauga County Engi-neer’s Office along with theOhio Department of Transporta-tion (ODOT).

There is information beinggathered on whether the inter-section warrants a traffic light.

In order for the installation ofa light it must be based on theflow of traffic and cannot bebased on accidents. Over thenext few months a series of smallchanges will occur to make thetraveling vehicles more aware ofthe intersection.

The state has notified us thespeed limit on the newly pavedsection of Sperry Road has beenset at 45 mph. While we wouldhave preferred it to be 35 mph,the state has the final word.

Speed limit signs will be in-stalled shortly and police willmonitor enforcement of thespeed limit.

Chief Purchase also informedeveryone the drunken drivingpresentation to the schools willbe held April 24. This is an an-nual event to show the studentswhat can actually happen whiledriving intoxicated.

The police department hasalso set the dates for the annualSafety Township Classes as June11- 15 and July 9- 13. Look formore information on theseclasses in the near future.

Road Superintendent RobPealer informed trustees of therain damage over the past fewweeks and, while we have beenfortunate this past winter on thesnowfall, we have been able tosave on salt costs.

The township continues tohave several flooding areas in thetownship that we are going to ad-dress in the near future. The roadsuperintendent along with sev-eral other agencies have been re-

viewing and examining all of thebridges and dams in the town-ship to assess damage and prob-lem areas.

The township has set a bidopening date of April 5 at 7:05p.m. for the furnishing and deliv-ery of various types and quanti-ties of slag, limestone, cinders, icegrit, dust control and asphalt.

The board also approved thehiring of two part-time seasonalemployees beginning April 2 toperform ground maintenanceand other related duties.

Other Township BusinessTrustees approved the nor-

mal financial items like payrolland accounts payable.

There was much discussion ata special working meeting earlierin the week where the board metwith the department heads todiscuss their departmental per-manent appropriations in prepa-ration for the Thursday nightmeeting.

Trustees had to table the mo-tion for the approval of the 2012permanent appropriations until

the financial questions could beanswered.

According to the Ohio Re-vised Code, the permanent ap-propriations must be approvedby the board and submitted tothe Geauga County Auditor’sOffice by the end of this month.

Trustees will have to set aspecial meeting prior to the endof the month to approve the2012 final appropriations.

The next regular ChesterTownship Board of Trusteesmeeting is 7 p.m. April 5 at thetown hall.

Both were the low bids.In other action, trustees

approved purchase of a policevehicle to replace the 2006Crown Victoria, which has128,000 miles on the odometer,Russell Township Police ChiefTim Carroll said.

Liberty Ford in Solonoffered to give the township atrade-in value of $3,600, he said.

Trustees voted to buy a FordTaurus with all-wheel drive andEcoboost for $28,966 minus thetrade in.

Carroll said the Ecoboostwill give the vehicle additionalhorsepower, adding the lightbar and computer were notincluded in the cost.

Mueller said the townshipdid not buy a new police vehiclelast year and suggested Carrollmight want to replace the nextoldest vehicle in the fleet, whichhas 125,000 on it.

But the chief said he wasplanning to take care of thatnext year.

Trustees also voted todouble the price of makingcopies for the public from fivecents to 10 cents per sheet.

Resident Charlie Butters ofRiver Glen said the cost ofpaper hasn’t gone up since the1990s and the trustees shoulddo a cost analysis to determineif increasing the price isjustified.

Mueller said the staffchecked with six othertownships in the county anddiscovered they were allcharging ten cents per page forcopies, however, Butters saidthat method might not hold upin court and trustees shouldcheck with the Geauga CountyProsecutor’s Office on thematter.

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obituariesJoanne E. Berenstein

Joanne E. (nee Rockwell)Bernstein, a longtime ChesterTownship resident, passed awayMarch 10, 2012, at Vinney Hos-pice of Montefiore in Beach-wood. She was 79.

Mrs. Bernstein is the daugh-ter of the late Hubert and BettyRockwell of Lancaster, S.C., andSouth Portland, Maine.

Mrs. Berenstein is the pastpresident of the Geauga Hu-mane Society and Japanese ChinRescue.

She spent countless hoursrescuing stray, abused and neg-lected animals. She was guardianof all creatures big and small. Shefound homes for hundreds ofpets in need.

She worked for Carnegiecompanies in Solon for 45 years.She was a dedicated and loyalemployee of the family ownedbusiness.

Mrs. Berenstein and her fam-ily lived in Chesterland for over30 years.

She is survived by her de-voted husband, Daniel, who sheshared a life with for over 50years; daughter, Lisa Lowry(Phillip) of Chesterland; son,Eric Bernstein (Barbara) ofColumbus; and grandchildren,Adrian Berenstein of Columbus,Audrey Russo (Marco) of River-side, Calif., and Jillian Lowry ofDublin, Ireland.

Funeral services were held atBerkowitz-Kimin MemorialChapel in Cleveland Heights onMarch 13.

Memorial donations may bemade to the Geauga CountyDog Warden’s Office, 12513 Mer-ritt Road, Chardon, OH 44024 orThe Geauga Humane Society,15463 Chillicothe Road, Novelty,OH 44072.

Thank You

The Kiwanis club would liketo thank the people of the WestGeauga community for theiroutstanding effort put into mak-ing this year's pancake breakfastsuccessful. Remember, all profitsare donated back to the commu-nity.

It is the people and busi-nesses of our community whogenerously give of their time thatmake our project what it is today.

People came from milesaround... from the North, South,East and West, but mostly fromthe West Geauga community.

We will be back again in 2013to serve you for the 60th year.Thanks again.

The West Geauga KiwanisClub meets every Tuesdayevening at 7 p.m. at the Baptist

Church on Chillicothe Road.Anyone interested in member-ship can call Ken Mantey at 440-729-2869.

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Thank You

On behalf of the BarrierBreaker Ministry at MayfieldChurch and many hungry men,women and children living in theCity of Cleveland. we want tothank our friends at ChesterlandGiant Eagle for sharing fruitsand vegetables to help meet theirneed for nutritious meals. For thepast two years, employees atGiant Eagle have gone the extramile to help those in need withenthusiasm and joy.

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Corie Cappelucci, daughterof Charles and Kathy Cap-pelucci, of Chesterland, wasnamed on the dean’s list for fallsemester at Wittenberg Univer-sity.

Colin Ecker, a 2008 graduateof West Geauga High School,son of Susan and Eric Ecker, per-formed in The University ofFindlay’s Jazz Ensemble springconcert March 25 in the Wine-brenner Theological SeminaryTLB Auditorium.

Colin is a grad pharmacymajor and is active in symphonicband, wind ensemble and march-ing band.

Jessica Herman, a fresh-man pre-veterinary medicinemajor, will perform with TheUniversity of Findlay’s concert-chorale at 3 p.m. April 1 at Find-lay High School in the R.L.Heminger Auditorium. Thegroup will present “Kismet: AMusical Arabian Night." Jessica,a 2011 graduate of West GeaugaHigh School, is the daughterof Carolyn and William Hermanof Chester Township.

Kristin Preyss, a senior ma-joring in communication andpublic advocacy, made the dean’slist for the winter quarter in theScripps College of Communica-tion at Ohio University. Kristin,a 2008 graduate of West GeaugaHigh School, is the daughter ofGail and Erick Preyss of ChesterTownship.

Colin Ecker performed in The Uni-versity of Findlay’s Jazz EnsembleSunday.

Fresh As SpringThe Perennial Gardeners of

Chesterland is offering a freeopen presentation as their gift tothe community on March 28,6:30-9:30 p.m. at Geauga WestLibrary, 13455 Chillicothe Road.

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Don’t be jealous of WestGeauga’s softball team.

After basking in last week’ssunny Chesterland temperatures,the girls traveled to MyrtleBeach this week, taking the 70-degree weather with them.

Eugene Iacona takes over theprogram after three seasons as avolunteer. Iacona, who will coachthe varsity with his daughter and2010 West G graduate Kristinaand Gus Komar, is a familiarlocal face, having helped withboys and girls soccer, as well astennis.

“I preach defense more thananything else,” he said at theteam’s facility behind the middleschool. “Not only the physicalpart of the game, but the mentalpart. I tell my kids before everygame there’s three questionsthey have to ask: if the ball’s hitto me, what do I do with it? If it’shit into the infield, or the out-field, where do I go?”

On this particular practicethe Wolverines spent time work-ing on nothing but bunting andbaserunning.

“Do I like playing small ball?No, I hate it. But I will becausewe have a ton of speed,” he said.“I want to put pressure on ourdefense so that it doesn’t freakout and make bad throws.”

The team will be anchored upthe middle by seniors RachelKomar at shortstop and TaylorTercek at second base.

“I think we’re going to have agood team this year,” Tercek said.

“We have a lot of talent, and wewant to win the CVC.”

Komar agreed, saying theteam has a mix of experience —there are three other seniors onthe roster in Carlie Kosley, Jes-sica Powers and Sasha Carter,and promising young players,like freshmen Nicky Luciano andher sister, Abby.

“We were captains last year,and I think we know what we’redoing,” said Tercek, a four-yearstarter in the infield.

Komar transferred fromNotre Dame-Cathedral Latinafter her sophomore season.

“The talent level, unfortu-nately, is better at NDCL,” shesaid. “But that’s just becausethey’re a private school. Thesense of community and teamchemistry here is so much better.The seasons have been so muchmore enjoyable.”

Tercek added, “It’s been re-ally nice to have her back.”

Meghan Dayringer, a sopho-more, is the staff ace with themost power on the mound, Ia-cona said.

Dayringer has four pitches,he said, “a decent fastball, verygood changeup, drop curve andscrewball. She won’t blow it bythe hitters, but she will keepthem off balance. That, to me, isone of the keys in softball.”

The team’s outfielders are astrength because of their speedand athleticism.

Sophomores Brianne Sexton,Allie DeLooze and junior KayliDoll are expected to start in theoutfield.

“Every one of them I haveconfidence in,” Iacona said.“They have a good track to theball, they can make a basketcatch, they turn and fire the ballwhere it should go.”

Of Luciano at third base, Ia-cona said, “She’s going to be astud. But that’s a tough spot fora freshman.”

Marley Praprost will be theteam’s catcher. DeLooze willalso pitch and was named a cap-tain as a sophomore.

First base is still an opencompetition that will be decidedin South Carolina while the teamplays during Spring Break.

Iacona thinks the team cancompete in the Chagrin ValleyConference’s Chagrin Division,but admits Kenston and Auroraare perennially tough programs.“The minimal expectations arefor us to win our conference,” hesaid. “If we make less mistakesthan they do, we will score runs.I have six hitters that no matterhow fast you pitch the ball, theywill get the bat on it.”

If Komar and Tercek can lead

the young Wolverines from themiddle, the Wolverines have achance to compete on the dia-mond for years to come.

“We’ve had a new coach each

of the past five years,” Terceksaid. “I think the transition fromlast year’s coach to this year’s hasbeen smoother. Hopefully he’lllast.”

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It was a tough 2011 for theWest Geauga baseball program.The Wolverines ended up just 2-8 in the CVC Chagrin, beatingonly Orange. The win against Au-rora came on a forfeit.

But the team was full of opti-mism on a sun-soaked practicelast week.

“Our program right now iswhere our basketball programwas three years ago,” said newhead coach Phil Byron. Hewould know as a varsity basket-ball assistant. “Our numbers aredown. We have a lot of reallygood athletes in this school. Butbaseball is different. Say you’renot the best offensive team (inbasketball), well you can D up onpeople, do something crazy. Inbaseball if you can’t pitch strikes,if you can’t hit a batted ball, itgets ugly really quickly.”

There are seven seniors onthe Wolverines roster. Andplenty of quality kids, Byronsaid.

“I coached these guys twoyears ago on junior varsity,”Byron said. “We ran through theCVC as sophomores.”

Seniors Andy Bryan, BrianTecco, Charlie Fryer, Zak Kuceraand Ryan Nozling are going tobe important parts of this 2012team.

Kucera, who will only bat asthe team’s designated hitter thisyear due to an arm injury, saidthe team has a good group ofleaders, something that was lack-ing last season.

“That showed on the field,”he said. “We had all the talent inthe world. This year our leader-ship will produce some wins onthe field.”

“My expectations are a CVCchampionship and nothing less,”Bryan said, getting laughs fromhis teammates and Byron.

“Way to call out the rest ofthem, Andy,” his coach said.“Want to throw anything else outthere?”

“This is my last chance to wina CVC, and I’ll be mad if I don’t,”Bryan continued.

“We’ve had a successful sum-mer baseball team,” Kucera said.“Last year was frustrating, and itmotivated us in the offseason.We had a good football season, agood basketball season ...”

“I think there is a new moodin West G baseball,” said juniorHarrison Sigman, a captain. “Wehave good chemistry, stuff likethat.”

Added Nozling, “I thinkwe’re looking really good thisyear. We pick each other upwhen something goes wrong. Weall love the sport, which I love tosee.”

In two scrimmages againstUniversity and Riverside — apositive sign given the team had-n’t thrown on a real field last sea-son due to weather until ittraveled to Florida — the teamproved it will hit the baseball.

“I think any of these guys,”Byron said, “I think they couldstep in and be four hitters any-where. Our lineup 1 through 8 issolid. There’s big bats every-where.”

But he added, “You givesome, you get some. We’re notgoing to be stealing a lot of bases,but I don’t think we’re going tohave to.”

The team opened its seasontoday in a game against Beach-wood at Disney World inFlorida.

Charlie Fryer was the pro-jected Opening Day starter withTecco, a starter as a sophomore,behind the plate.

Alex Grazia will play secondbase, Cal Slusarz will be at short.Junior Noah Bidar will play cen-ter with Bryan in left field. Sig-man, the team’s 1-A pitcher,according to his coach, will startat first base.

Senior Matt Hanzlick willalso get spot starts for theWolverines.

The competition for thirdbase and right field will be com-petitive throughout the firstweeks.

Byron expects Aurora andKenston to be the class of theChagrin Valley Conference’sChagrin Division, but expects tobe “near the top of the foodchain in the conference.”

This group of seniors splitwith Aurora and Kenston at theJV level, Byron said. And he ex-

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pects Kenston, who was 20-5 lastseason and won the Chagrin Di-vision, to come “back to thepack.”

Still, the team will need toprove this talent can translateinto wins, something that has nothappened in four years at WestGeauga.

“This senior group is a tal-ented group,” Byron said, “withquality arms, quality baseball IQ.The core of these kids have beenalso-rans in the CVC. I know it’spreseason, but I have very highexpectations of these guys.”

Maybe Andy Bryan’s quotewill catch as team slogan. “Noth-ing less.”

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West Geauga baseball players, from left, Zak Kucera, Brian Tecco, Andy Bryan, Charlie Fryer, Ryan Nozling and Harrison Sigman.

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On April 28, girls can dress intheir best princess attire, andhave their hair done in royal up-dos with tiaras at Marci’s HairOn the Square. Then, the littleprincesses may join Cinderellaand her Prince for a meet andgreet with cupcakes. On April 29,children may make a noble craftwith Cinderella and her Prince.

Both events promise to beroyally fun and will provide won-derful photo opportunities forthose that bring cameras. Pre-registration is required.

Saturday Princess Style ap-pointments run from 12:15-1:15p.m., followed by the meet andgreet from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Cost is$12. Sunday’s craft event is from1-2:30 p.m. and the cost is $6.

Call the Geauga Lyric The-ater Guild business office at 440-285-7701 for information andreservations.

Performances will run April20-22 and May 4-13. Friday andSaturday evening performancesare at 8 p.m.; Sunday perform-ances are at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $18 for adults and$15 for seniors and students.

The theater is located at 101Water St., Chardon. For informa-tion or to purchase tickets, visitwww.geaugatheater.org or callthe box office at 440-286-2255.

Thiel Choir ConcertThe 44-member Thiel Choir

and Thiel College ChamberSingers will present a variety ofsacred works and spirituals thatcelebrate hope and love andworks of Native American cul-ture and Earth consciousness.The free concert takes place at 7p.m. April 27 at St. Luke’s Epis-copal Church, 11519 Wilson MillsRoad in Chardon.

For information, call thechurch office at 440-285-4641.

“Christopher Columbus”Sets Course

“Christopher Columbus” willland on the shores of NortheastOhio aboard the Nautica QueenApril 12 and begin an adventureto Geauga County that will high-light Ohio Chautauqua and itsstop at Century Village Museumin Burton this summer.

Christopher Columbus willarrive at Chardon Square at12:15 p.m., followed by a 6 p.m.performance at Century VillageMuseum in Burton.

The 2012 Ohio Chautauqua,sponsored and presented by theOhio Humanities Council, is atraveling tent festival that com-

bines education, drama andother entertainment to focus onthe time “When Ohio was theWestern Frontier.”

The festival’s trademark red-and-white-striped tent will beerected on the grounds of GeaugaHistorical Society’s Century Vil-lage Museum July 3-7.

The Ohio Chautauqua tentwill serve as the central locationfor five free evening perform-ances by humanities scholarswho assume the costume andpersonality of historical figures:pioneer naturalist Johnny Apple-seed; Iroquois leader ChiefLogan; frontier aristocrat Mar-garet Blennerhassett; York, aLewis and Clark Expeditionmember; and Oliver HazardPerry, hero of the Battle of LakeErie.

Throughout the week, thesesame scholars will present 10 ad-ditional daytime programs on

varying topics at five other ven-ues around the county.

Five of these programs will beaimed at younger audiences, andfive will be geared toward adults.

Geauga County is one of onlyfive sites throughout the statechosen for the privilege of host-ing the 2012 Ohio Chautauqua,which is as much a social and ed-ucational movement as it is anevent.

Geauga Area YouthOrchestra

The 2012 season of theGeauga Area Youth Orchestrabegins April 7.

The orchestra is open to allschool age string players whohave had at least one year of les-sons and are good music readers.

For more information, callSally Dawson at 440-834-4391.

Geauga Park District an-nounces its programs, activitiesand events for April, May andJune 2012.

April FoolerySunday, April 1, 10-11:30 a.m.The Rookery, Great Blue HeronLodge

Bring your sense of adven-ture and imagination for thislighthearted indoor/outdoorlook at whimsical natural fea-tures, common names and otherplant and animal-seeming tricksof nature. Wheelchair/stroller ac-cessible.

Spring Wildflower PreviewSunday, April 1, 2-4 p.m.The West Woods Nature Center

Refresh your memory of na-tive spring wildflowers soon tobloom in Northeast Ohio. Pho-tographer Tracey Knierim pres-ents a virtual walk throughspring, sharing native wildflow-ers from February through May,where to look for them and theirfolklore. Joint program with Na-tive Plant Society of Northeast-ern Ohio. Wheelchair/strolleraccessible.

Geauga WalkersTuesday, April 3, 1-2:30 p.m.Eldon Russell Park

Join other active seniors onweekly hikes in Geauga Countyand the surrounding area – this

time hiking off trail to investigatevernal pools with a naturalist.Hikes are typically 1 to 1 1/2miles long and held year-round,but canceled if the temperatureis 20 degrees or lower. Water-proof footgear recommended.Call Geauga Senior Center forfull schedule, 440-279-2137.

Shutterbugs Camera ClubThursday, April 5, 7-9 p.m.The West Woods Nature Center

It's Competition Night!While all are welcome to comeand observe, only those whohave attended meetings in thelast 6 months are eligible to sub-mit a photo in each of the twocategories: Vista and/or GeaugaLandmark. Wheelchair/strolleraccessible.

Egg Hunt: Nature StyleSaturday, April 7, 1-4 p.m.The West Woods Nature Center

Ready for a real egg hunt?Complete this fact-finding mis-sion inside the nature center andon a trail that will lead you tohidden eggs containing amazingegg facts! Participants will turn inanswers for a fun prize. Wheel-chair/stroller accessible.

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WG Symphonic BandReceives SuperiorRating

West Geauga SymphonicBand competed in the OhioMusic Education AssociationDistrict VII competition at Men-tor High School on March 17 andreceived the highest rating of I –Superior.

The OMEA district contest isan event in which concert bandsperform and are judged by apanel of adjudicators.

After performing three pre-pared pieces for the panel ofjudges, the band then goes into aseparate performance space andis handed a piece of music theyhave never played or seen be-fore.

Bands are given a total ofeight minutes to study and dis-cuss the piece of music, and thenperform it for a rating.

The three judges in first areaand the judge in the sight-read-ing room submit their ratings,which are averaged out to deter-mine the band's overall score.

Ratings range from I throughV, with I being superior and Vbeing poor.

Congratulations to the WestGeauga Symphonic Band ontheir superior rating.

WG After Prom SellingHoneyBaked Ham

No lines, no waiting for Ham.The HoneyBaked Ham storecomes to you with all you needfor your Easter feast. Make thisspring holiday easy for you andhelp WGHS After Prom by buy-ing a ham or gift certificates.Hams are $60 and gift certifi-cates are $25. Send order andpayment to After Prom, 1014Chesterland, OH 44026 or callTamara Brininger at 216-310-5873. More details are availableat the West Geauga High Schoolwebsite under Parent Organiza-tions and After Prom. Order byApril 2 for pick up on April 5 atWest Geauga High School gym.Thank you for supporting AfterProm.

NDCL Students Win FirstPlace in Writing Contest

Joe Cermak and Zach Geizer,sophomores at NDCL won firstplace in the “Write It and Do It”contest at the Solon ScienceOlympiad.

NDCL Student WinsAwards at EngineeringFair

John Cermak, an eigth gradestudent at Notre Dame Elemen-tary, received the followingawards at the Northeastern OhioScience and Engineering FairHeld at Cleveland State Univer-sity: Dominion East Ohio (firstplace), The Irene Heller Awardfor Chemistry by the ClevelandRegional Council of ScienceTeachers, Northeastern Ohio Sci-ence and Engineering Fair (sec-ond place for chemistry).

Rotary 4-Way SpeechWinners

Congratulations to the Ro-tary 4-Way Speech Contest Win-ners: First Prize, Layla Nosekand Second Prize, MarlenaNosek. Both students are 10thgraders from West Geauga

The Lubrizol Corp.Minority Scholarships

Minority students who aregraduating seniors and Lake andGeauga County residents are in-vited to apply for a scholarshipoffered by The Lubrizol Corpo-ration.

The Lake/Geauga Educa-tional Assistance Foundation isadministering this scholarshipprogram.

Two renewable awards of$4,500 will be given to studentswho are eligible based on the fol-lowing additional criteria: U. S.Citizen or eligible noncitizen; bea graduating high school seniorwho is a Lake or Geauga Countyresident; be an African Ameri-can, American Indian, Asian Pa-cific American, or HispanicAmerican; minimum grade pointaverage of 2.75 (on a 4.0 scale);2.5 GPA maintained in college;must be accepted to attend full-time at a four-year accreditedcollege/university to study in oneof the following fields: chemicalengineering, mechanical engi-neering, chemistry, polymer sci-ence, computer science,information systems manage-ment, business, accounting, fi-nance or communication.

Selection will be based on ac-ademics, financial need, leader-ship, extra-curricular activitiesand recommendations.

Applications are available bycalling LEAF at 440-358-8045 orby contacting your LEAF advi-sor at your high school. Theymay be downloaded from thewebsite at www.leaf-ohio.org.The deadline to apply is May 4.

Scholarship recipients mayalso be able to participate in Lu-brizol summer internships intheir area of study. Opportunitieswill depend upon the total num-ber of internships available dur-ing any given period and thestudents’ areas of interest.

NOVA ScholarshipsNOVA Films & Foils, Inc.

through the Lake/Geauga Edu-cational Assistance Foundationis offering scholarship awards forthe 2012-2013 academic year.

Renewable awards between$500 and $1,500 will be granted,with $10,000 in scholarships willbe awarded in 2012.

Awards will be sent to theschool to be used meet studentacademic (tuition, fees, books)expenses.

Scholarships will be given tostudents who are eligible basedon the following additional crite-ria: applicants must be U. S. citi-zens and eligible non-citizenswho reside in Lake or GeaugaCounty; dependents of NOVAemployees, who meet all othercriteria, are welcome to apply;applicants must be able todemonstrate financial need; ap-plicants may be any age studentwho is currently enrolled or plan-ning to enroll in an accreditedtrade/technical, two- or four-yearcollege or university (graduatestudents not eligible) in the fallof 2012; schools/programs mustbe eligible to receive federal fi-nancial aid (i.e. Pell grant, Fed-eral Direct or Stafford loans); ifapplicant is a graduating senior acumulative minimum gradepoint average of 2.5, notweighted, is required; minimumACT score of 22 or SAT score of1030 for Critical Reading andMath (combined score) is re-quired; if applicant is currentlyenrolled in college, a cumulative2.5 GPA is required; applicantsmust be studying or planning tostudy full-time in one of the fol-lowing areas: engineering:(chemical, electrical, mechanical,computer [including ComputerScience]), engineering and man-ufacturing technologies, informa-tion technology, marketing orbusiness.

Applications are available bycalling LEAF at 440-358-8045 orby contacting your LEAF advi-sor at your high school. Theymay be downloaded from thewebsite at www.leaf-ohio.org.

Deadline to apply is May 4.

WG Symphonic band received superior rating by the OMEA.

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Free Talk April 1

First Church of Christ, Scien-tist, Chardon is sponsoring a freetalk at 4 p.m. April 1 at Park El-ementary Auditorium onChardon Square.

Christian speaker, Brian Tal-cott, a former U.S. Air ForceChaplain, from Berkley, Calif.,will share ideas and experienceson how we can pray effectivelyabout community challenges.

Start The Love, Stop TheViolence

All are welcome to a concertand worship service on March31, from 5-7 p.m. at New Free-dom Ministries’ new location,East 152nd and Kinsman Road(just west of Shaker Heights bor-der). Worship will be held by theNew Freedom Choir and May-field Church’s Brian Otte. Out ofthe Box, a youth drama group,will perform two heart touchingskits on domestic and school vi-olence. Call 216-295-1530 formore information.

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Following is a list of real estate transfers in Chester, Russell andMunson townships for the week ending March 16, provided as a publicservice by the Geauga County Auditor’s Office. Transfers may involvesale of land only.

CHESTER TOWNSHIP

Kathleen H. Cuthbertson, 11180 Caves Road, to Anthony J. Rock-man, $229,000.

RUSSELL TOWNSHIP

John A. and Nancy J. Castellani, 13993 E. Willard Road, to CharlesP. Decker, $132,000.

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ARRESTS

A Mayfield man was arrestedfor drunk driving and possessionof drugs after being stopped onSherman Road.

A Chester man was arrestedafter weaving down 322. He wascharged with drunk driving.

An auxiliary officer located aman slumped behind the wheelof his car at a local body shop.This led to his arrest for physicalcontrol and possession of drugsand paraphernalia.

DISTURBANCE

Police and park ranges re-ceived a 911 call reporting 20-25juveniles fighting with sticks andbats at Metzenbaum Park. Policewere first on scene, and con-fronted the large gang of youths.Investigation revealed only twoyouths were in a physical alterca-tion. Park Rangers will handlethe investigation.

ENFORCEMENT

Several motorists were citedfor excessive speed on Cedarwest of Caves. The highest speedwas 68 mph in a 35 zone.

INVESTIGATION

The detective bureau is inves-tigating the theft of prescriptiondrugs from a local business.

MVA

A male answering his cellphone lost control and crashedinto a ditch. He was cited withfailure to control his vehicle.

SUICIDE

Police responded to awooded area for a suicide victim.The coroner was also on scene.Kirtland Fire supplied a Gatorall terrain vehicle for access tothe scene.

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Publish March 28, 2012

Mary Lou Fende, SecretaryBoard of Zoning Appeals

The Chester Township Board of ZoningAppeals will hold a public hearing Monday,April 9, 2012, in the Chester Town Hall.12701 Chillicothe Road, at 7:00 p.m.,at which time the following appeal willbe heard:

Conditional Zoning Certificate 1999-2 C.– Boris Bubnow for the Mayfield UnitedMethodist Church is applying for a newConditional Use Certificate under Section6.00.0 Conditional Zoning Cer tificateRequired, of the Chester Township ZoningResolution. As part of their conditional useapplication, the applicant is seeking toconstruct an accessory building but fails tomeet the requirements of Section 5.01.03Accessory Buildings and Section 5.01.05Maximum Heights of the Chester TownshipZoning Resolution.

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FORD 2011 RANGER. Regular cab,XLT, auto, air, cruise, C.D., powerwindows, P.L., keyless, fog lights,bed liner. Trailer hitch, 2K factorywarranty, 4 cylinder, great gasmileage, Sirius radio, aluminumwheels, mud flaps. $17,800, 440-729-3991.

1998 AUDI A4 QUATTRO, 2.6 V-6,manual transmission, 5-speed.Runs, but needs work, body in goodcondition. Asking $1200. 440-729-0021.

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WANTEDWANTED EXTRA LARGE blackwalnut trees 24” diameter andlarger. 440-834-4232

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