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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012 VOL. 41 NO. 7 GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS, INC.

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BY WENDY GRUSKIEWICZGazette Newspapers

ORWELL - It was a classic ex-ample of role reversal last weekas Grand Valley third grade stu-dents taught teachers, parentsand other adults “How to be a Pi-rate in seven easy songs.” Al-most 70 students swaggered ontothe high school auditeria stage

Pirates land at Grand Valleythat had been transformed intoa scene from the high seas topresent a rollicking musical.

The stage was awash with de-tail and sparkling waves madeof cellophane and netting. Twosailing ships with rigging andmast flying the black skull andcrossbones of the Jolly Roger flagwere accented with a large trea-sure map and ships wheel. Bril-

liant and glittering blue wavestopped with white caps served asa backdrop.

Students sported head scarves,beads, boots, eye patches andsashes as they sang and per-formed seven individual numbersincluding: Ahoy there, Shiver metimbers, Raise the Jolly Roger, Ispy, Lovely loot, Hoist the sail andParty, Me Hearty.

PHOTOS BY WENDY GRUSKIEWICZ

Grand Valley third grade pirates gather around thesailing ship Swan Song for it’s final voyage.

The all-important pirate spy-glass was tucked into the belt orsash of each student for use dur-ing the “I Spy” number. Music Di-rector Joy Leirer had both piratesand audiences giggling with de-light as she said, “Hey everybody,look at my bootie,” during the“Lovely Loot” number.

See PIRATES page 7A

By DORIS COOKGazette Newspapers

ORWELL VILLAGE - Thirdgraders at Grand Valley Elemen-tary School a week ago got a sur-prise visit from Rock Creek RotaryClub members. The Rotarians in-cluding Beverly Martin, SueBones, and David Morrow camewith dictionaries to hand out foreach of the students.

As they went into all the thirdgrade classrooms during the early

PHOTOS BY DORIS COOKGrand Valley third grader Summer Poyer scanned the pages of hervery own dictionary as the Rock Creek Rotary Club members visitedher class a week ago donating the books.

Rock Creek Rotarians givesGVES third graders dictionaries

morning on Feb. 9, GVES Princi-pal Ellen Winer accompaniedthem. She introduced theRotarians and the purpose of theirvisit.

The area Rotary club in GrandValley area has given the GVSchool District third graders newdictionaries to keep as their veryown as one of their many commu-nity projects over past years.

Morrow shared with the stu-dents also some of the otherprojects the club does for the Val-ley communities. As the club mem-bers left each room, the childrenand teachers expressed theirthanks, then began scanning thepages.

See ROTARY page 6A


ANDOVER - Five year old kinder-garten student Lilly Luce on Mon-day received a special honor as shewas named Jan. student of the monthfrom the PV Primary School. Pri-mary school principal TraciHostettler said Luce was the firstever kindergarten student of themonth.

Kindergarten teacher RobinHolden called Luce a reading maniacand said her student was always will-ing to go home and work at her stud-ies to improve herself. Luce said shelikes everything about school but es-pecially enjoys art projects. Shedressed special in a dark blue velvetdress with sparkling accents to re-ceive her plaque during the regularboard of education meeting. Librar-ian Susan Hill presented the plaqueof behalf of the Andover Area Cham-ber of Commerce.

“This is the fun part of my day,”Hill said.

Luce, the daughter of William andMelissa Luce of Richmond Townshipwas cheered on by her brother, sis-ter, parents and grandparents Nelsonand Janice Johnson.

Receiving acknowledgement ashigh school student of the month wasjunior Allison Workman. She waspraised by Principal Van McWreathas a member of the 4.0 club, rankingat the top of her class. McWreathsaid Workman carries an extremelyrigorous class schedule.

A report from those nominatingher for the prestigious award called

A special honorPV BOE rewardsstudents anddetails programs

PV Parent-teacher conferences will beheld Thursday, Feb. 16 from 4-7 p.m.

PHOTOS BY WENDY GRUSKIEWICZFive-year-old kindergarten student Lilly Luce receives a student ofthe month plaque from Susan Hill of the Andover Area Chamber ofCommerce.

her unique, eager to challenge her-self and a student who leads by quietexample. Workman has also partici-pated in basketball, volleyball andtrack.

Receiving the middle school stu-dent of the month award was WadeBuckley, who was unable to attendthe school board meeting.

Following the awards, each schoolprincipal gave an update about up-coming events in their respectivebuildings, detailing a busy schedule.

Superintendent Alex Geordan re-minded everyone present that par-

See STUDENTS page 5A

Andover Villagegets additionalinfrastructureupgradesBY WENDY GRUSKIEWICZGazette Newspapers

ANDOVER-During Tuesday’sregular Andover Village councilmeeting a resolution was adopted toaccept the bid of United Survey, Inc.to reline the sewers on South MainStreet. The bid for $51,871 was thelowest of two bids received, said Vil-lage Administrator Joseph DiBell.The two bids were opened on Feb. 9.

Discussion followed which re-sulted in a recap of which streets hadcompleted sewer projects and whichwere still left to do. The general dis-cussion prompted Mayor BernardBaranowski to comment thatAndover Village was a leader in thequality of its infrastructure.

Baranowski reminded councilmembers of the 20-year process toreplace all the Village water linesand add a modern wastewater treat-ment plant.

“The water used to be brown,”Baranowski said. “Years ago we hada council who took the bull by thehorns and improved the infrastruc-ture, the community owes them abig thanks,” Baranowski said.

“We have been fortunate that wehave moved in this direction,” saidBaranowski.

A permanent capital improve-ments plan adopted by council in2011 has mapped out sewer projectsthrough 2016.

DiBell also reported a variety ofwork completed for the month. Re-pairs were made to the storm lineat the recreation park, and streetswere cold patched. At the wastewa-

See UPGRADES page 5A

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PAYO stilltaking LittleLeagueregistrations

ANDOVER -Pymatuning AreaYouth Organization(PAYO) is still holdingsummer ball programregistration for areayouth on three differ-ent dates: Saturday,Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. to1 p.m.; Tuesday, Feb. 28from 5 to 7 p.m.; andSaturday, March 3 from10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Allregistrations of young-sters aiming to play inthe summer recreationprograms are beingheld at Andover PublicLibrary.

There is a registra-tion fee of $30 for T-ball; $40 for softball/baseball minors, ma-jors and juniors; $50 forsenior league; and $5for multiple child dis-count. Parents orguardians signing uptheir child must bringthe child’s birth certifi-cate and proof of resi-dence when registeringand be prepared to paythe registration fee atthat time. No late reg-istrations will be ac-cepted.

For questions ormore information callKrystal Drum at (440)645-0418 or NancyGabriel at 843-858-3948.

BY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

GENEVA - The City ofGeneva Council passed aresolution to sign an agree-ment with the Village ofRoaming Shores and theVillage of Orwell to pur-chase automatic watermeter readers (AMR).

“The utilities committeedid meet, and we talkedabout the AMR agreementwith Orwell and RoamingShores and it’s the recom-mendation of the commit-tee to allow the city man-

The City of Geneva agrees to sign with Roaming Shores and Orwell for automatic water meter readersager to sign that,” Council-man Tim Miller said.

The agreement will so-lidify the AMR partnershipbetween the three munici-palities.

“The parties agree thatCT Consultants will con-tact with the City ofGeneva to provide projectcontract documents andbidding services for thepurpose of automatic wa-ter meter readers,” theAMR agreement read.

The agreement sets theconditions of purchasingand designing the AMR.

“The contract docu-ments shall be designed tosolicit separate costs foreach municipality,” theagreement said.

The agreement alsomakes key points aboutthe cost of the project andhow it will be allocatedequally among the munici-palities.

“The costs of engineer-ing and bidding servicesshall not exceed $4,000without the consent of allparties, and the costs of en-gineering, as well as costsof bid documents and con-

tracts, shall be dividedequally between the par-ties,” the agreement said.

The agreement statesno municipality shall beresponsible for anothermunicipality’s cost of theAMR.

“Upon completion ofcontract documents andthe approval of each mu-nicipality of the same, theCity of Geneva shall solicitdesign-build proposals ac-cording to the law of theState of Ohio,” the agree-ment said.

The City of Geneva will


ANDOVER TOWNSHIP- Craig Morton is nostranger to state park ad-ministrative duties. For thepast year he’s been the as-sistant manager atPymatuning State Park anda familiar face to many areafolks.

As of last month hemoved up as manager of theOhio side park onPymatuning Reservoir.Morton grew up in in theChester and Munson town-ships of neighboringGeauga County.

Morton graduated in1972 from West GeaugaHigh School in Chesterland.He earned an associate de-gree in forestry at HockingCollege in 1976 and firstworked at Holden Arbore-tum as grounds/mainte-nance foreman for severalyears.

“It was a good experienceand I enjoyed my timethere. I moved on in 1979 totake a job at PundersonState Park in NewburyTownship for eight yearswith the state’s ODNR parksystem,” Morton said.

He also worked as man-ager at Headland BeachState Park in Lake County,then in January 1993 withhis family including wife,Bonnie and two sonsMorton took the manager’sposition at Kelley’s IslandState Park.

“We were among 250year-round residents on theisland (on Lake Erie). It wasquite different and interest-ing. Bonnie home schooledour kids and for the first fiveyears we lived most of theyear on the island, thenwinter months off the is-land. The manager’s housewas not winterized thosefirst few years we were

New manager settles in at Pymatuning State Park Ohio side

PHOTO BY DORIS COOKCraig Morton, new manager at Pymatuning State Park in Andover Township, is by the park’s historic marker. He isno stranger to the area as in 2011 Morton served as assistant manager at PSP.

there,” Morton said.“I don’t miss all those

ferry trips to land that wetook if you wanted to goshopping or see a dentist,”he said recalling his stintliving on an island.

The last five years atKelley’s Island, Morton stillmanaged the park staff af-ter ONDR built a newmanager’s home (winter-ized) and put in some dor-mitories for students com-ing to study the island.Morton said it was one of hismost interesting manage-rial jobs with ODNR.

Over the past coupleyears the ODNR parks di-vision has revamped its re-gional plan and gone to adistrict structure for admin-istrative positions and parkmaintenance, Morton ex-plained. The state has clus-tered its 14 parks and 17nature areas into districts,

a plan in the making startedabout two years ago.

Pymatuning State Parkis part of the Northeast Dis-trict, which includes Mos-quito Lake, Nelson-Kennedy, Punderson, WestBranch, Lake Milton, QuailHollow, Guilford Lake,Geneva, Tinker ’s Creek,Wingfoot Lake, PortageLakes, and Jefferson Lake.Former Pymatuning StatePark manager PhilVischosky is now down atWest Branch area in the re-cent changes.

“The district concept isfewer managers and cover-ing more parks. MarkBroughton is our NortheastDistrict maintenance super-visor. Mark has been withODNR since 1994 and helpsoversee the nature pre-serves and maintenancework in district parks,”Morton said, who has 30

years with ODNR.Before taking the assis-

tant manager job atPymatuning State Park ayear ago, Morton, 58, wasthe park manager since2003 at Grand Lake St.Mary’s Park and LakeLoramie in Auglaize andShelby counties.

“The state has been do-ing a massive dredgingproject at Grand Lake St.Mary’s now for severalyears. We had a good staffthere. I was in charge of thedredging program and usedthe state’s two dredges tostart the lake clean-up fromthe algae problems. Part ofthe problems stem from thetime the lake was part of awetlands area when it wasdeveloped. It kept me andthe staff very busy. I haveto admit it was a stressfuljob (at times),” Morton said.

“I was looking to get back

to northeast Ohio and closerto my and Bonnie’s families.So coming to PymatuningState Park is where I amvery happy now. We have agood staff here, too. I haveno plans to retire and lovethe jobs I’ve had with thepark system,” he said.

Morton oversees amonghis duties the park’s staff,which includes office ac-count clerk/secretary BetsyOverly; a maintenance staffof fiver full-time and threeto four summer employees;two wastewater treatmentplant employees; a total oftwo full time housekeepingemployees and 10 part-timehousekeeping workers.

“We also have a part-time campground coordina-tor, Julie Kazlowski plusfour employees at the camp-grounds,” he said.

Some projects to bestarted soon at the Andover

state park site will be re-placing roofs on the waste-water treatment plant anda maintenance departmentoil shed. Two cabins, whichwere torn down in 2011, willalso be replaced in anotheryear or two depending onstate funding, he said.

A future project includesthe dredging slated to bedone at the park’s northerlyPadanaram boat liveryarea. Morton said again thisproject will depend on fundsavailable. Dredging materi-als from this project will beland applied nearby to anarea where the state tim-bered trees. Eventually thearea is designated for an ar-chery range, Morton said.

The Ohio side ofPymatuning State Park has331 campground sites plus32 standard cabins and an-other 23 year-round cabins.In winter months the staffkeeps busy with mostlyweekend visitors staying inthe cabins.

“We also have threeYurts, a round design tent-type cabin taken down herein the winter months. Theyare quite popular with coldrunning water and a campstove. Some of our otherstate park campsites alsohave the Yurts,” he said.

Morton is already activewith the Andover Chamberof Commerce’s Lake Festi-val committee. The LakeFestival is held at thePymatuning State Park’smain beach area off Route85.

Morton said he’ll beworking closely with theAndover Chamber commit-tee on the Lake Festivalevent for it’s 30th year an-niversary plans. Mortonsaid he and the family livein the Orwell area and it’san easy commute now toAndover for his new job aspark manager.

play a major role in theplanning of the AMR.

“The City of Geneva hasagreed to serve as theinitiative’s lead organiza-tion and Jim Pearson,Geneva City Manager, willbe the project manager,”the agreement said. “Themain contact for Orwellwill be Village ManagerJack Nettis and in Roam-ing Shores it will be Vil-lage Administrator KevinGrippi.”

Once bids for the AMRhave been received, theagreement says all munici-

palities shall make a col-lective arrangement onwho the final bid will beawarded to, but Pearsonwill be the key communi-cator for the project.

“All official communica-tion and formal notifica-tions regarding the part-nership will be issued bythe project managerthrough the City ofGeneva,” the agreementread. “This agreementends upon the design-buildproposal solicitation andvendor selection.”

The Geneva’s CityCouncil unanimouslypassed the resolution forPearson to sign the agree-ment.

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

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ANDOVER VILLAGE - Anew business will soon becoming to the Andover Pub-lic Square business district.Gary Schrum of Warren,who owns a mattress andfurniture store, has leaseda portion of the Ray Broth-ers retail stores on the eastside of public square.

As of Jan. 24, Schrumhad all his required villagepermits in order, said vil-lage zoning inspector GlenSlusher.

“I’ve owned the PriceLessFurniture Store at ElmRoad and East MarketStreet in Warren for 11years. We are across thestreet from the Sunrise Res-taurant. I am changing myWarren store into more of abedding and specialty store.We have the exclusive dis-tribution of the PostureCraft mattress lines out ofAlabama where they aremanufactured,” Schrumsaid.

Plans are to open the out-let store in Andover Villageby early next month,Schrum said. They will

HeHeHeHeHey Coachy Coachy Coachy Coachy CoachPV approves fallsports contractsBY WENDY GRUSKIEWICZGazette Newspapers

ANDOVER - ThePymatuning Valley Board ofEducation on Monday wasplanning ahead to the nextschool year as they approvedfall supplemental activitycontracts. High school foot-ball will be lead by headcoach Neal Croston for the2012-2013 season, assistedby Steve Urchek, KevinBrown and Robert Palma.

The golf team will hit thelinks looking for yet anotherNAC championship withcoach Jeff Compan. RobWludyga has been namedhead volleyball coach withassistant and junior varsitycoach Randy Ruebel.

Girl’s soccer will becoached by Robert Blakewith Jerry King serving asassistant volleyball coach.Keeping the runners inshape will be cross-countrycoach Tony Noxon.

For middle school sportsDavid Sharpe received a con-tract to coach seventh gradefootball. Andy Gray willtake charge of eighth gradefootball.

Volleyball will be led by

Jenna Sharkey in seventhgrade and Danya Sharkeyfor eighth grade. AaronDavis will coach middleschool cross-country.

In other personnel issuesduring the regular boardmeeting Doug Jones wasemployed as bus driver for afour hour route and TraciRhoades was reassigned asa high school cook.

The board of educationalso approved monthly billsand investments in additionto two contracts. A contractwith Local School Govern-ment to compile basic finan-cial statements fro PVLSDfor the fiscal year endingJune 30, 2012 at a cost notto exceed $2,000 was ap-proved.

A second contract wasapproved with Canter andAssociates to audit the MSPcost report of PVLSD fromOct. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2011at a cost of $3,000.

The board also approvedgenerous donations fromseveral individuals or groupsincluding Ruth Mary Ser-vice, Charlene LeMaire,Christopher and BrookeAdametz and the PV Ath-letic Boosters.

The Pymatuning ValleyBoard of Education will nextmeet on March 12 at 6:00p.m. in the high school lec-ture room.

PHOTO BY DORIS COOKA new mattress and bed furnishings store is to move in soon to this east section ofAndover’s public square. Warren business owner, Gary Schrum is leasing the renovatedstore area for a mattress outlet enterprise.

Warren business owner to openmattress outlet in Andover Village

carry all sizes of mattressesand also can order specialsize bedding for customers.

Schrum said he hadhoped to get in sometimethis month, but was waitingfor some new lines. TheWarren based businessowner said he goes to all thebig furniture shows in theMidwest and south for hisstore stock inventory.

“I sell new and used

quality furniture as well.My wife and I have beencoming to the Andover areafor a number of years. Wehave a seasonal lot atBayshore Resort on S.Pymatuning Lake Roadfrom April to October forsome few years. I’ve thoughtfor some time to open a storeof this type in Andover areaand am anxious to get in,”Schrum said.

Currently large windowsigns announce the Mat-tress Store is coming soon.Look for more activity totake place by early March atthe store area on the cornerof Route 85 and the square.The Ray Brothers ofColebrook Township thispast year did a lot of remod-eling to the interior and ex-terior of the retail buildingon the square.


ORWELL - The dreadedword of more cuts in staffpositions, both certified andsupport employees, domi-nated the Monday nightmeeting of Grand ValleyBoard of Education. Super-intendent Bill Nye got pre-liminary approval to imple-ment a reduction in staff forthe 2012-2013 school yearfollowing a half-hour longexecutive session with boardmembers.

With a 4.9 mills emer-gency operating levy on theMarch 6 primary electionballot, Nye said the cuts instaffing and even educationprograms will still be taken.A $500,000 red line hole inthe budget for next schoolyear must be closed, he said.

The levy if passed is ex-pected to generate $765,000a year over a five-year pe-riod.

District Treasurer LisaMoodt said in last talks withOhio Department of Educa-tion officials this school dis-trict and others in Ohioshould not expect any morefunding. A citizens led levycampaign is working to getvoter approval on the 4.9mill levy coming up for a votenext month.

Meetings of the commit-tee are held at 6 p.m. everyThursday night at the schooladministration office, Nyesaid. Valley area prop-erty owners, parents,students and arearesidents are invitedto these weekly meet-ings he said.

Meanwhile, a largestack of signs promot-ing the levy are at theboard office waiting tobe distributed by thecommittee. Only acouple levy campaignmembers including co-chairman RichardJackson were at theMonday night meet-ing.

Nye said the com-mittee will be circulat-ing flyers informingresidents about thelevy and costs to prop-

GV School Board takes action onmore staff cuts to close deficit

erty owners.“For the average home-

owner whose property valueis $127,908 in the district,the cost for the new levyamounts to 53 cents per dayor a cup of coffee,” said LisaMoodt, district treasurer.

She and Nye stated thatfinancial information is de-tailed and available on theschool district’s website. Thelevy committee plans toplace ads in the local andarea newspapers beforeMarch 6. Nye said severalpeople have put levy infor-mation and the need forpassing it are also onFacebook, a social network-ing site.

Of the several dozenpeople attending the Feb. 13board meeting, most of thecrowd were teachers with

only a couple district resi-dents.

The expected reduction inforce (RIF) of staff will comeat the March board meeting.It includes the following po-sitions for financial reasons:one teacher each in art,physical education and mu-sic at the elementary level;a computer interventionteacher and special educa-tion/intervention specialistat the middle school.

In addition, Nye saidthere will be an eliminationof eight 8-hour custodial po-sition and one 3-hour parttime custodial worker. Thenthe custodial staff being re-duced by two employees willbe revamped to include onlyeight 7-hour custodial posi-tions. The custodial staffnow has three shifts, with

two overlapping from after-noon to evening hours, Nyeexplained.

Other staff cuts includeone study hall monitor, twolibrary aides for the middleand high school, plus one of-fice/paraprofessional aide.Then the board and Nye willcreate just two office aidesfor the middle/high schooland elementary school.

Under union contractterms the revamped supportstaff will be filled by senior-ity rights of the present em-ployee staff.

Nye said even if the levypasses, these cuts would notbe returned unless there issufficient money in the gen-eral fund next year. Otherjobs being sliced in the re-duction in force action in-cludes eliminating theAshtabula County Technical& Career Center (A-Tech’s)Career Based InterventionProgram (CBIP) at the highschool level; one family in-tervention specialist at theelementary school and areading/language artteacher for the GV MiddleSchool.

Asked if he expects anyretirement of present certi-fied or support staff employ-ees by June, Nye replied,“I’ve heard some rumors,but nothing is definite. Wewill be adjusting as we goalong.”

In addition, the schoolday will be shortened next

year 2012-2013 to sevenperiods with no studyhall for the students.Teachers will be doingtheir planning periodoutside the regularschool day, Nye added asthe discussion focusedon cuts anticipated.

Over $1.2 million incuts have already takenplace over the last year,officials said. GV unionemployees took no sal-ary increases undertheir contract terms andcurrently pay a portionof their insurance pre-miums. These cuts camein 2011 to close deficitgaps when a two previ-ous levies failed on theballot.

A number of Grand Valley’s teaching and support staff employees were at the Feb. 13 school board meeting inOrwell this week. Here they listen to where the reduction in force will be coming at all three schools even if the 4.9mills operating levy passes on March 6.

GV Superintendent Bill Nye goes over some of theanticipated cuts in staffing and programs for the 20120-2013 school year needed to close a $500,000 deficit redline in expenditures. The board’s Feb. 13 meeting wasdominated by discussions on the upcoming levy and cutsbecause of financial reasons.

PHOTOS BY DORIS COOKGrand Valley District treasurer Lisa Moodt (left) answers severalfinancial questions during last Monday night’s school board meeting.Main topics involved more cuts to staffing and programs and a 4.9mills emergency operating levy on the March 6 primary electionballot.

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ORWELL - For the sec-ond year in a row theGrand Valley High Schoolyouth philanthropy groupis seeking monetary re-quest applications fromValley area 501(3)C orga-nizations. The teen groupof selected students in thelocal high school ispartnering with AshtabulaFoundation to help non-profit organizations.

School advisor for thegroup is Annie Peters, artinstructor at GV HighSchool. The GVYP boardhas recently sent invita-tions and information let-ters to Valley area groups,which are designated asnon-profits to apply for thegrant dollars.

The students have beenmeeting for past monthsdoing research and draft-ing the application formssent out and brushing upon leadership skills.

Organizations areasked to detail projectsthey need money for andwhich will benefit directlythe residents in the GrandValley area. The boardmembers once they receivean application for any ofthe funds provided byAshtabula Foundation willset up a meeting with thatorganization to discuss theprojects, said Peters.

This year the philan-thropy youth board has$5,000 to distribute to non-profits, which they deemas groups who benefit our

PHOTO BY DORIS COOKThis group of Grand Valley High School seniors and juniors comprise the YouthPhilanthropy Board dealing with distributing funds to Valley area non-profits. They are(in front) Bailey Holmes, Kyle Hodge, Emily Nye, and in back Kristen Ellsworth, ChristinaGodfrey, Brady Nye and Nate Wengerd.

GVHS philanthropy board seeks grantrequests from Valley area non-profits

community in a directmanner, she explained.

Students on the boardinclude seniors Emily Nye,Bailey Holmes, KyleHodge, and junior classmembers, ChristinaGodfrey, KristenEllsworth, Brady Nye, andNathan Wengerd.

The applications fromnon-profits are requestedby Feb. 29. The boardmembers will then meettogether, research, investi-gate, interview and decidewho among the applicantswill receive a portion of the

$5,000.Last year Grand Valley

Public Library and Coun-try Neighbor Program Inc.were among the recipientsof the grant monies fromAshtabula Foundationgiven to the Grand Valleyyouth philanthropy board.

Peters noted that theprocess is not an easy taskand the students spendmany hours both insideand outside the classroomon this project. Once theapplication requests arereceived the board mem-bers will set up separate

meetings with the non-profit organization repre-sentatives to discuss howthey plan to spend anymoney received.

Peters said the studentson the board were both mo-tivated and dedicated tolearn about philanthropywith hands-on experienceand give back to the com-munity in a beneficial way.For more information,groups applying for thefunds may contact boardadvisor Annie Peters at thehigh school office (440)437-6260.

Is it really “all about the children”?Dear Editor,Over the past year and a half, the Grand Valley

community has been listening to the school levy com-mittee and staff campaign for a new school levy. We,the taxpayers and voters, keep hearing the phrases“It’s all about the children” and “Let’s keep what we’vegot.”

Did you know that:-76% of the school budget goes JUST for teacher

salaries and benefits?- From 2005-2010 the teachers and administrators

received nearly $600,000 in raises- Until this year the teachers and staff contributed

NOTHING for health care including premiums, co paysand deductibles? [They will now pay 5% toward thepremium, but still have no co pay or deductible.]

We the taxpayers foot that bill which is nearly 3million dollars a year. The teachers and staff, includ-ing Bill Nye, have received a 3% raise per year for thelast 10 years; finally this year, they agreed to a wagefreeze but continue to earn “step increases” for yearsof service and advanced education. SuperintendentBill Nye has mentioned on at least 3 occasions in hisnewspaper articles [in the Valley News] that since webuilt the new school [in 2005] we have not had to hireany more janitors and we have 1 less cook. Does BillNye really want us to believe it is the janitors andcooks causing the financial problems at the school?

We cut high school busing and now charge the stu-dents $12 for a parking permit for the parking lot thatthe taxpayers and parents have already paid for!Where does that money go? And by the way, does thestaff pay to park?

Please go to www.buckeyeinstitute.org and see foryourself; then ask yourselves “is it really all about thechildren?”

Thomas F. Martin, Orwell

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This foursome from Grand Valley High School produce the daily news shows at theschool. The group includes Kyle Orgovan, Jenson Kassay, Nate Wengerd and MattStorer holding several awards for taking first place with their entry category forbroadcast news production team at the Business Professionals of Americancompetition.

Grand Valley High School students Tyler Drenski, Christian Snyder, Alex Candow andAnthony Longhitano picked up their third place awards on Feb. 10 at LakelandCommunity College in the Business Professionals of American competition. The youthentered a video production piece in the contest.

SUBMITTED PHOTOSGVHS student Tyler Castle holds his first place awardcertificate and wears a medal won last weekend in theBusiness Professionals of America chapter competition.He competed in the digital media production categoryat Lakeland Community College.

GVHS interactive multi-media students win contest awardsto Lakeland CommunityCollege on Feb. 10 to learnthe results of the BPA con-tests and came away win-ners.

Class instructor KrisDoran at GVHS said that allthe students on the variousteams placed well. TylerCastle with the digital me-dia production team placedfirst and will move on tocompetition at the state

Business Professionals ofAmerican championshiprounds in Columbus onMarch 15-16.

The school’s BroadcastNews production team ofKyle Orgovan, JensonKassay, Nate Wengerd andMatt Storer also took a firstplace award. They will begoing on to Columbus thesame two days as TylerCastle to compete for thestate award ranking.

The team produces amorning news show at thehigh school during the week,according to Doran.

Taking a third place winat the LCC competition wasthe video production team.Those members includeTyler Drenski, ChristianSnyder, Alex Candow, andAnthony Longhitano.

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Andover Public Library engagesin kids Valentine Friend-ZY

PHOTOS BY DORIS COOKAlex Holz and Hannah Robison use some coloring skills and scissor art in makingValentine’s Day cards for their family as Andover Library children’s librarian, BetsyPaul held a Valentine Friend-ZY event this past week.

Nine-year-old MorganSharpe holds up hervalentine monkey made atAndover Public Libraryduring a kids Valentine’sDay party this past week.

Having fun coloring his special Valentine’s Day card forhis dad is James Dewey at Andover Public Library. It wasa Valentine’s Day Friend-ZY hosted and directed bychildren’s librarian Betsy Paul with the kids making cardsand also playing Valentine Bingo games.

Finding a comfortable place on the carpet to make herValentine’s Day card for the Valentine Friend-ZY isAndriana Kolesar. It was a special event put on atAndover Public Library in time for the holiday.

Andrew Ostavitz puts someValentine art on his specialcard made at AndoverPublic Library’s Valentine-Friend-ZY event. Thechildren at the after-schoolparty made a variety of artcards for family and friends.

Busy coloring their arty Valentine’s Day cards at Andover Public Library this past weekare September McCallum and Skye Dewey. The kids were participating in the specialValentine Friend-ZY event.

ent teacher conferences will beheld again on Thursday, Feb.16 from 4-7 p.m. School willbe closed on Monday, Feb. 20in observance of President’sDay. FFA week will be ob-served next week from Feb. 21-24 with the traditional teacherappreciation breakfast on Fri-day. A high school blood drivewill be held on Feb. 24 start-ing at 7 a.m.

PV will once again host thecounty wide Scholastic Bowlcompetition at the VeteransMemorial Performing ArtsCenter on Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m.

“We are lucky enough tohost that,” Geordan said.“This is one way to stress theimportance of academics,” hesaid.

The multimedia classeswill attend Skills USA on Feb.25. National Honor Societyinduction will be held onMarch 7 at 6:30 p.m. Wintersports awards are the follow-ing day, March 8 at 6:00 p.m.

McWreath noted that highschool attendance rate is upthis school year. The currentattendance rate is 94.5 per-cent, just .5 percent short ofgoal. McWreath said that rateis the best in years.

“We are very pleased withthis,” McWreath said

Middle School PrincipalAndrew Kuthy gave a short re-cap of the Feb. 9 honor/meritroll recognition evening, whichwas sponsored by the PTO. Hesaid 245 students out of a to-tal of 409 or 60 percent of thestudent body received anaward. Kuthy thankedAndover Video Shelf for donat-ing one free video rental toeach honor/merit roll student.

“Congratulations to Andy(Kuthy) on his program, thatis an impressive number of

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students receiving honor/merit roll status,” said boardmember Eric Senor.

Kuthy also congratulatedeighth grader Christy Thomp-son and fifth grader KatlynHartman for winning an essayscholarship contest about Mar-tin Luther King sponsored bythe Ohio Civil Rights Commis-sion. Each student will receivea $50 savings bond.

The popular middle schoolChinese Auction will be heldon March 10, Kuthy said. Heencouraged everyone to buytickets now as the event al-ways sells out.

Primary School PrincipalHostettler said teacher TonyTodaro has started a nightlyblog with his fourth grade stu-dents, requiring them to an-swer posted questions.Hostettler said the kids arewriting more than ever, result-ing in more than 500 hits tothe blog site in one night.

“It sparked this tremen-dous interest in our building,”Hostettler said.

PV junior Allison Workman receives the high schoolstudent of the month recognition plaque from Susan Hillof the Andover Area Chamber of Commerce.


CHERRY VALLEYTOWNSHIP-Mark Savelwas chosen by fellow CherryValley township trustees tochair the board for 2012.Bob Gale will serve as vicechairman. John Polchinserves as the third trustee onthe board.

The trustees, who meeton the second Thursday ofeach month, spent part ofthe Feb. meeting discussingthe heavy rainfall and needto replace culverts. Both

Savel to chair Cherry Valley trusteesmetal and plastic culvertshave taken a beating withthe record year of rainfall.Also discussed was the needfor extra gravel to top the 24miles of gravel roads inCherry Valley Township.

Cherry Valley does nothave a road levy in place andreceives all of its road moneyfrom gas tax and licenseplate sales. In other mainte-nance discussion, a newmower deck will soon becoming from Cope Equip-ment, just in time for springmowing.

To start off the New Year,

trustees approved appro-priations of $257,634. FiscalOfficer Rita Woodard saidthe appropriations weredown from previous yearsbecause of state and localgovernment cuts.

The audit and budgetcommissions briefly met andtook no action. RoadmanJohn Patterson, groundsmaintenance Dave Lepardand town hall caretakerJulie Hamilton were eachofficially re-hired.

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Andover Village PoliceChief Randy Gentry, who isrunning for election asAshtabula County Sheriff,spoke at the Jan. townshipmeeting about his plans forthe Sheriff ’s Departmentshould he be elected.

The next meeting of theCherry Valley TownshipBoard of Trustees will beheld on March 8 at 8 p.m. atthe Cherry Valley Town Hallon the corner of Route 193and Route 6.

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ter treatment plant the clari-fier tank was drained, cleanedand inspected and mainte-nance on blowers was com-pleted. Repairs were made tothe Village Mack truck andreports to EPA were com-pleted.

During a discussion of fi-nancial issues and reports,Councilman Curt Williamsdrew special attention to a$12,000 drop in net Villageincome tax receipts. FiscalOfficer Cathy Williams reportshowed net receipts of$38,498.28 for January 2010contrasted to $26,762.51 forJanuary 2012.

“I look at what’s coming upand we need to be proactiveas our income decreases,” saidCurt Williams.

General discussion fol-lowed two veins, which werecost-cutting and increasingrevenues. Williams ques-tioned DiBell about employeeovertime and the need to plowsidewalks on weekends.

“Do we have a snow planin effect,” Williams asked.

“For the safety of thepeople, yes, we need to plowsidewalks on the weekends,”DiBell said.

Mayor Baranowski said“Most municipalities do notplow sidewalks. This is a ser-vice this Village offers, and it’sa good service.”

The vein of conversationconcerning increasing rev-enues turned to the loss ofLock Machine, which re-cently moved to Orwell.

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in this situation and see ifwe can help the buildingowner get someone in there,”Baranowski said.

Police Chief Randy Gen-try reported a quiet monthof January with a total of 69calls or complaints that in-cluded five arrests and 22traffic citations. Counciladopted a new handbookpolicy that would govern po-lice volunteers. The policywould allow officers to vol-unteer a minimum of eightunpaid hours to the policedepartment each month.

“Í think this is beneficialto them and to us,” Gentrysaid.

Zoning inspector GlennSlusher said a specialty cof-fee and pastry shop has beenissued a permit to move intothe former Paul’s Bakery,most recently a tattoo shop,on the northwest corner ofthe square.

The ordinance committeerecommended that councilwave occupancy fees forbusinesses moving into va-cant buildings. Council ap-proved the recommendationas a way of providing a morebusiness friendly atmo-sphere to draw business toAndover.

Other ordinance commit-tee recommendations in-cluded allowing Zoning In-spector Slusher to issue astop order on the spot in-stead of asking the police de-partment to respond andalso to cite habitual offend-ers to Mayor’s Court.

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GrandValleyJanuaryLunch Menu

2/16 Sloppy Joes,Waffle Fries, Applesauce

2/17 Shepard Pie,Veggie Stix, Bread & But-ter, Cherry Pie

2/20 President’sDay – No School

2/21 Chicken Patty,Tator Tots, Peaches

• Elementary Choice:Hot Dog

2/22 Cheese Pizza,Salad, Pears

2/23 Swedish Meat-balls Over Noodles, Car-rots, G-Force Bar

2/24 Toasted CheeseTomato Soup, CelerySticks, Applesauce, Pea-nut Butter Fudge

2/27 Hot Ham &Cheddar On Bun, Sea-soned Wedges, Pineapple

• Elementary Choice:Hamburger

2/28 T e r i y a k iChicken Over SeasonedRice, Peas, FortuneCookie, Apricots

2/29 Mini Corn Dogs,Tri-Tators, Apple

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2/27 KindergartenRegistration nowthrough 4/10/12

PV PrimaryBreakfast Menu

2/16 Scrambled Eggs, Toast2/17 Banana/ Chocolate Bar2/20 No School2/21 Brown Sugar Or Apple, Cinnamon Oatmeal,

Toast2/22 Ham & Cheese Bagel2/23 Yogurt Parfait W/ Granola2/24 Waffle Stix, Sausage, Applesauce2/27 Choice Of Cold Cereal, Toast2/28 Pillsbury Frudel2/29 Ham & Cheese Bagel

PV Primary Lunch Menu2/16 Popcorn Chicken, Green Beans, Mixed Fruit,

Bread & Butter2/17 Hot Dog, Baked Beans, Pasta Salad, Fruit

Slushy2/20 No School2/21 Chicken Fingers W/ Ranch, Oven Potatoes,

Raisins, Bread & Butter2/22 Mac & Cheese, Peas, Applesauce, Dinner Roll2/23 Crispy Chicken Salad W/ Cheese, Bread Stix2/24 Egg & Cheese Muffin, Hash Browns, Banana,

Homemade Apple Crisps2/27 Turkey, Bacon, Cheese Bagel Sandwich, Tossed

Salad, Pears, Homemade Cookie2/28 Chicken Fajita Over Rice, Corn, Ice Cream Cup2/29 Corn Dog, Oven Potatoes, Orange Slices

PV Middle School Breakfast Menu2/16 Scrambled Eggs, Toast2/17 Banana/Chocolate Bar2/20 No School2/21 Brown Sugar Or Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal,

Toast2/22 Ham & Cheese Bagel2/23 Yogurt Parfait W/ Granola2/24 Waffle Stix, Sausage2/27 Choice Of Cold Cereal, Toast2/28 Pillsbury Frudel2/29 Ham & Cheese Bagel

PV Middle School Lunch Menu2/16 Popcorn Chicken, Green Beans, Mixed Fruit,

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Dinner Roll2/23 Crispy Chicken Salad W/ Cheese, Bread Stix2/24 Egg & Cheese Muffin, Has Browns, Banana,

Apple Crisp2/27 Turkey, Bacon, Cheese Bagel Sandwich,

Tossed Salad, Pears, Homemade Cookie2/28 Chicken Fajita Over Rice, Corn, Ice Cream

Cup2/29 Corn Dog, Oven Potatoes, Orange Slices

PV High School Lunch Menu2/16 Build Your Own Sub Day, Oven Potatoes,

Peaches2/17 Spaghetti W/ Meatballs, Tossed Salad, Pears,

Fresh Baked Garlic Bread Stix2/20 No School2/21 Scalloped Potatoes W/ Ham, Mixed Veggies,

Pineapple, Garlic Cheese Biscuit, Yogurt2/22 Cook’s Choice, Homemade Cookie2/23 Popcorn Chicken, Oven Potatoes Or Green

Beans, Peaches, Bread & Apple Butter2/24 Mac & Cheese, Peas, Applesauce, Homemade

Dinner Roll2/27 Pizza Bar, Fresh Cucumbers W/ Dip, Pears,

Pudding Cup2/28 Meatball W/ Cheese, Oven Potatoes Or

California Blend Veggies, Grapes2/29 Buffalo Or Crispy Chicken Wrap W/ Cheese &

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PV High School Breakfast Menu2/16 Ham & Cheese Bagel2/17 Egg, Sausage & Cheese Muffin2/20 No School2/21 Ham & Cheese Bagel2/22 Egg, Bacon Breakfast Pizza2/23 Ham & Cheese Bagel2/24 Pillsbury Mini Berry French Toast2/27 Choice Of Cold Cereal, Toast2/28 Ham & Cheese Bagel2/29 Pancakes & Sausage

Pymatuning Valley LocalSchool District has had a greatfirst semester. On the first dayof school in August the thoughtof a year (until June) is daunt-ing to students, parents andstaff. Even though that firststep is difficult, once it occurs,the second step is not onlyeasier, but each step acceler-ates until February where weare all running.

Our sprint to the last dayof school is created by ourrealization that time is “rela-tive,” and there will never beenough time to do everythingthat could be done. Febru-ary, March, April and Maysee our students preparingfor and taking State stan-dardized tests, ACT exams,and a myriad of assessments

PymatuningLaker WatchBy Alex G. Geordan

SuperintendentPymatuning ValleyLocal Schools

Preparing for the 21st Century

that “measure” their learn-ing. At Pymatuning ValleySchools, we take all of theseassessments seriously, pre-pare appropriately, and cre-ate an environment for thesuccess of all students.

At PV Schools we also be-lieve that there is much,much more to school andlearning than what can beassessed by paper and penciltests given on a single day.When we talk about high ex-pectations we include thestandardized tests, but ourfocus is not on passing, butexcelling. Preparation for“what comes next” is of muchmore importance to our staffand students. Whether youare a Kindergartner or a Se-nior our objective is that youwill be successful at the nextlevel, not just be promoted or

receive a diploma.PV students have many

paths they can follow to beprepared for their next step.Opportunities have been cre-ated to place students in po-sitions to be successful at ev-ery transition point through-out their school career. Hav-ing students earn a highschool diploma is not enough.Students must be preparedfor success at the next level.The opportunities studentshave at PV will give them achoice as they transition tocollege or career of theirchoice.

The world is a very differ-ent place now than it was justfive years ago. Many of thejobs people are working intoday were not in existencewhen our current graduatesstarted high school. As ourworld continues to change,the jobs our 8th graders, 4th

graders or Kindergartenerswill be applying for may notexist or how the job will bedone will be vastly different.Knowing that change is notgoing to slow down,Pymatuning Valley LocalSchool District will continueto develop programming thatmeets the needs of every stu-dent today, tomorrow, andinto the future.

Changing needs requirethat school also change howthey must deliver instruc-tion. PV Schools must begina course that focuses not onlyon preparing students for thenext level (a solid academicbase), but giving students theopportunity to acceleratetheir learning through Post-Secondary Enrollment Op-tions, and dual credit highschool and college creditclasses. Through the use oftechnology, continually im-proving instructional prac-tices, and continued imple-mentation of 21st centurylearning skills the studentsof PV Schools will receive aworld class education.

There are many chal-lenges facing the staff andstudents of PV, but none thatcannot be overcome. We lookforward to continuing to workwith all of our stakeholdersas we find our way throughthe complicated world of edu-cation in the 21st century. Asin the past we know thatworking as partners with ourcommunity gets results. Welook forward to taking eachstep together in providing aquality education as we pre-pare our students to be to beleaders of the future.

Have a healthy week.

GVES studentsget BUGS awards

ORWELL - The following Grand Valley ElementarySchool students received awards for Bringing Up Grades(BUGS) awards for the second 9-week grading period.

Second Grade: KJ Crow, Hunter Reed, SamanthaPocse and Alex Sullivan.

Third Grade: Aubrey Baker, Karissa Breedlove,Tyler, Byler, Luke Candow, Asher Cunningham, DrewD’Amico. Donald Edler, Hannah Graham, JeremiahGuenther, Nathan Jaros, Jeremiah Johnson, MackenzieNewell, Cooper Pilarczyk, Summer Poyer, CandiceRader, Evan Reese, Madison Roskos, Courtney Shinault,Jaret Takacs, Jordan Utt, and Matthew Wyland.

Others Third Graders include: Devin Parker,Jacob Shreve, Robert Duke, Megan Yox, Isaiah Ander-son, Dominick Carragher, Hayden Martin, ConnorKelley, Emily Rowland, Jonah Tuscano, Paul Shaw,Makenzie Brown, Riley Cunningham, Dakota Goforth,and Madison Yox.

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RIGHT: Third grader NoahJones at GV Elementaryholds up his studentdictionary gift from RockCreek Rotary Club members,David Morrow, Sue Bonesand Beverly Martin.

Grand Valley Elementary School Principal Ellen Winer tellsthis group of third graders they will be getting a gift of anew dictionary from Rock Creek Rotary Club membersvisiting their classes. Next to Winer is Rotarian David Morrow.

Rock Creek Rotarian David Morrow chats with a GrandValley Elementary third grade class as fellow clubmembers Sue Bones and Beverly Martin get ready topresent students new dictionaries.

Winer also explained thatin the front of each dictionarywas the Rotary club’s 4-WayTest, used primarily at thehigh school level for a essaycontest. She also told theyoungsters that they can usethe 4-Way Test in their dailylives as they grow up.

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Third grade students from Grand Valley primary school follow a treasure map as they sing about lovely loot duringlast week’s musical production.

Assistant Director Cyndy Thomas elicits giggles fromboth the pirates and the spectators during last week’s“How to be a Pirate” musical at Grand Valley.

This group of scallywags takes turns at the microphoneduring a musical number.

The Jolly Roger is raised over the good ship Swan Song.

Marcella Tolnar dances on stage with the third gradestudents during one of seven songs in a 20-minute pirateshow.

Aargghhh! Seth Breedlove gets into the pirate theme withhis colorful outfit.

Assistant Director Cyndy Thomas told the audience,“We had a tremendous amount of fun with your children.”

Marcella Tolnar, who was in charge of set design, stag-ing, costumes and props, danced on stage in a white pi-rate blouse and red kerchief complete with many layersof beads. The large crowd of spectators pointed still andvideo cameras at the stage and applauded enthusiasti-cally as the curtain closed.

At the end of the 20-minute program, Director Leirerreceived a small bouquet of flowers and said, “It is my sin-cere hope that the economic climate will change and wecan continue to produce these programs.” Overcome withemotion she quoted Bob Hope, “Thanks for the memories.”

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Music director Joy Leirer sends her third grade pirateson a treasure hunt during a lavishly produced piratethemed musical production.

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Years later, the Burton-Middlefield Rotary Clubtrademarked the town as“Pancake Town USA.” Today,the Burton Fire House, theBurton-Middlefield Rotary,Century Village Museum,and other groups continue toserve these annual MarchSunday breakfasts. Over20,000 guests come to Burtonfor pancakes each year.

Burton has been knownfor its all-you-can-eat pan-cake breakfasts using thearea’s homemade maplesyrup. Visitors not only enjoyfabulous pancakes andmaple syrup, but profits con-tribute to community organi-zations.

Much of the area’s maplesyrup is made at the BurtonLog Cabin where dedicatedvolunteers tap trees, collectsap, boil syrup, and make avariety of maple candies.“Historically, the BurtonChamber of Commerceopened the cabin to showpeople and teach them aboutthe maple syrup making pro-cess,” said Curt Johnson, co-chair of the Burton Log CabinCommittee.

Maple syrup and mapleproducts and other uniquegifts are available for pur-chase at the Burton LogCabin, which is operated bythe Burton Chamber sevendays a week, 10 a.m. to 4:30p.m. Candy making andsyrup boiling demonstrationsare performed often and canbe viewed on most Marchweekends and various othertimes by chance.

“Sap is collected from over1,150 maple trees in the Bur-ton area. Visitors may go tothe cabin to watch the maplesyrup and candy making pro-cess. Come and enjoy a maplestir,” says Mike Blair, formerboard member and volunteer.

The original part of thecabin was built in 1931 as areplica of Abraham Lincoln’sbirth home in Kentucky. TheBurton Log Cabin and SugarCamp is located in the Bur-ton Historic District.

On March 17,18,24, and25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the“Maple Madness Tour” willalso be held. It provides avisitors to tour areasugarhouses and farms tolearn how maple syrup ismade. Visitors can pick up amap of the area syrup pro-duction farm sites at the Bur-ton Log Cabin for this freeevent. For complete locationlistings and directions visitw w w . o h i o m a p l eproducers.com.

“This maple syrup tradi-tion continues to promotetourism bringing visitors toour local, unique shops andrestaurants,” said MarieLovas, former president ofthe Burton Chamber of Com-merce and current co-chair ofthe Burton Chamber Promo-tions Committee. “We arepromoting tourism every daythe cabin is open.”

The Burton-MiddlefieldRotary Club holds its pan-cake breakfasts at BerkshireHigh School every Sunday inMarch from 8 a.m. to 1:30p.m. for only $8 for adultsand $5 for children. They alsooffer three different types ofomelets for just a littleextra.A craft and collectibleshow is also at the BerkshireHS in the large gym, everySunday in March.

The Century Village Mu-seum at the south end of theBurton Square blends theirwonderful historic village at-mosphere with pancake break-fasts, The museum’s Cross-roads store is open for gueststo buy many items from applebutter to unique gifts.

Since 1951,the Burtongroups have served over503,938 hungry guests. Dedi-cated volunteers have madeover 1.66 million pancakes,cooked nearly 133,414pounds of sausage, andpoured 1,139,924 cups of cof-fee. This year, the Red MapleInn, a B&B business, is fea-turing a theater packagewith Geauga Lyric Guild CallRed Maple Inn by calling(440)834-8334 or visitwww.redmapleinn.com.

To learn more of Burtonand the tradition of PancakeTown USA and the unique lo-cal retail businesses, visit:w w w. b u r t o n c h a m b e rofcommerce.com orwww.pancaketown-usa.com.

Area resident isaccepted to

Ashland University

ASHLAND - The follow-ing area high school seniorhas been accepted toAshland University for thefall semester of 2012.

Angelina Huber of Th-ompson Township in GeaugaCounty has been accepted.Huber is a senior at Madi-son High School.

AKRON - The Ohio De-partment of Transportation(ODOT) intends to improvepavement and bridges atvarious locations on SR 166,US 6, and SR 45 inAshtabula County.

SR 166 will be resurfacedfrom the Ashtabula Countyline to the intersection with

ODOT to fix road surfaces and bridges insouthern Ashtabula County townships

SR 534 in Trumbull Town-ship in the vicinity ofFootville. Also, on SR 166the bridge over Spring Creekwill be replaced and theroadway approach will in-clude wider shoulders. Mi-nor culvert maintenance willbe performed near the inter-section with Dawsey Road.During the bridge replace-ment, a minimum of onelane of traffic will be main-tained in each direction, ex-cept for a period not to ex-ceed 30 consecutive days.The official detour route isSR 528 to US 6 to SR 534,while the local alternativedetour route is Trask Roadto Dawsey Road to SR 534.

For the culvert mainte-nance and resurfacing work,a minimum of one bidirec-tional lane of traffic will bemaintained. In Orwell Town-ship and the Village ofOrwell, SR 45 will be resur-faced from the AshtabulaCounty line to approxi-mately one-half mile northof the US 322 intersection.

During the resurfacingwork, a minimum of one bi-

directional lane of traffic willbe maintained.US 6 will beresurfaced between SR 534and the Grand River inHartsgrove and Rome Town-ships, Also on US 6 minorbridge maintenance will oc-cur.

At the bridge over theGrand River, the superstruc-ture and bridge deck will bereplaced and other minorbridge/roadway mainte-nance will be performed.Minor bridge maintenancewill take place on US 6 cross-ing the Pymatuning Creekin Cherry Valley Township.

During the bridge workover the Grand River, aminimum of one lane of traf-fic will be maintained ineach direction, except for aperiod not to exceed 45 con-secutive days.The officialdetour route is SR 534 to US322 to SR 45, while the localalternative detour route isWindsor-MechanicsvilleRoad to Johnson Road to SR45.

For the other minorbridge maintenance and re-surfacing work, a minimum

of one bidirectional lane oftraffic will bemaintained.The proposedproject will not impact anycultural resources or suspecthazardous waste sites, butwill result in minor impactsto ecological resources.

The project will not resultin substantial impacts to theenvironment either indi-vidually or cumulatively. Incompliance with Section 106of the National HistoricPreservation Act of 1966, asamended (codified as 36 CFR800), ODOT requests infor-mation regarding the pres-ence of any known culturalresources in the vicinity ofthe project.

Cultural resources in-clude prehistoric and his-toric archaeological sites,historic bridges, historicbuildings, sites anddistricts.Construction is ex-pected to begin on this $3.9million project in May 2012.

Questions and/or com-ments regarding the projectmay be submitted until Feb.22 to ODOT, District 4 office,330-786-4975.

Things to See,Places to Go inthe Valley areas

PV High SchoolFFA holding benefitdinner

The Pymatuning ValleyHigh School FFA chapter isholding a benefit spaghettidinner on Friday, Feb. 17from 4 to 7 p.m. at the highschool cafeteria. It will be abenefit for the Crites familyof the Andover area to helpwith recent death and medi-cal related problems thefamily has suffered. Cost fortickets are $5 and anychecks donated can be madepayable to Lisa Crites. TheFFA chapter added that anydonations to the family arewelcomed, according to FFAadvisor Karen Cooley.

Diocesan Council ofCatholic Women tomeet in Warren

The Board of the Young-stown Diocesan Council ofCatholic Women will meetSaturday, Feb. 18 at St.William Parish, Cham-pion, which is located at5411 Mahoning Ave., N.W.in Warren. The meeting isopen to all Catholic womenin the Youngstown dioceseand opens at 9 a.m. withlight refreshments andconversation. The meetingwill end at 11:30 a.m. andthere is no charge to at-tend.

Rome FD andAuxiliary holdingdinners

The Rome Fire Depart-ment and Roman CandlesAuxiliary will hold fish andshrimp dinners for the pub-lic on Friday, Feb. 24 at thefire station communityroom from 4 to 7 p.m. Tick-ets are $8 for adults, and $4for children ages 4-11 withchildren under three yearsadmitted free. The stationis located at the intersec-tion of Routes 45 and 6 inRome Township. There arechoices of eat-in or carry-out orders are available.

Grand Valley PublicLibrary has movieday on Feb. 18

The Grand Valley PublicLibrary in Orwell Villagewill have movie day thisSaturday, Feb. 18 at 10:30a.m. The movie, “DolphinTale in 3D”, is free to thepublic. It stars HarryConnick Jr., Ashley Judd,Kris Kristofferson and Mor-gan Freeman and is basedon a true story of winter.The library is located at thecorner of E. Main and N.School streets in the vil-lage.

Wayne Congrega-tional Church hold-ing breakfast

The First Congrega-tional Church of WayneMissionary Society is hold-ing a breakfast bonanzathis Saturday, Feb. 18 from8 a.m. to 11 a.m. It will beheld in the Wayne TownHall on Route 322 at Route193. The menu includesscrambled eggs, pancakes,sausage and all the trim-mings for donations only.

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SUBMITTED PHOTOFuneral Directors at Ducro Funeral Services prepare six boxes totaling nearly 100cell phones for shipping to Cell Phones for Soldiers to have the phones convertedinto free long distance calling minutes for soldiers overseas. Pictured from left:J.P. Ducro IV, Kathleen Shaffer, Stephanie Hall-Nesbitt, Jeff Hathy and BudWilliams.

Ducro Funeral Services stillcollecting ‘Cell Phones for Soldiers’

Ducro Funeral Servicesremains an official drop-offsite for the non-profit organi-zation Cell Phones ForSoldiers.Ducro’s is one ofnearly 800 exclusive Veterans& Family Memorial Care Pro-viders nationwide participat-ing in this worthwhile pro-gram. In 2011, VFMC provid-ers nationwide collectedenough old cell phones to pro-vide our troops overseas over1.2 million FREE calling min-utes.

Cell Phones for Soldiershopes to turn old cell phonesinto more than 12 millionminutes of prepaid callingcards for U.S. Troops over-seas. By collecting 50,000 cellphones each month througha network of over 3,000 col-lection sites across the coun-try, the phones are sent toReCellular, which pays CellPhones for Soldiers for eachdonated phone – enough toprovide an hour of talk timeto soldiers abroad.

Americans will replace anestimated 130 million cellphones this year. Donated un-wanted phones can have a tre-mendous benefit for ourtroops.

Cell Phones for Soldierswas founded by teenagersRobbie and BrittanyBergquist from Norwell, MAwith $21.00 of their ownmoney. Since then, the regis-tered 501c3 non-profit organi-zation has raised almost $2million in donations and dis-tributed more than 500,000

prepaid calling cards to sol-diers serving overseas.

“Cell Phones for Soldiersstarted out as a small way toshow our family’s apprecia-tion for the men and womenwho have sacrificed the day-to-day contact with their ownfamilies to serve in the U.S.armed services,” says theteens’ father, Bob Bergquist.“Over the past few years we

have been overwhelmed bythe generosity of others, butwe have also seen the need tosupport our troops and con-tinue to grow as more troopsare sent overseas for longerassignments.”

“We are so proud to sup-port such a worthwhile orga-nization,” said J.P. Ducro IV.“Our funeral home reachesout to veterans and their

families every day with manyspecial services, programs,and tributes.” Ducro FuneralServices and Crematory, 4524Elm Avenue, Ashtabula andGreenlawn Memory Gardens,3140 E. Center St. (SR 20),North Kingsville are open toreceive your old or broken cellphones Monday thru Fridayfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call992-2191 with any questions.

Andover UM Church hosts communityValentine’s theme party on SundayANDOVER VILLAGE - The Andover United Meth-

odist Church will host a community Valentine’s themedinner and music party this Sunday, Feb. 19. Thechurch is located 181 South Main St.

The evening program is open to the public It willbegin with a youth gathering at 5 p.m. followed by acovered dish dinner at 6 p.m. At about 6:45 p.m. fea-tured vocalist Abbey Gregory and band of Painesvillewill provide the evening’s entertainment. Gregory willalso speak and sing for the youth gathering at 5 p.m.The 17-year-old vocalist has been singing since she waslittle girl.

For more information persons may call church pas-tor at (440) 293-7025.

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Pymatuning Valley womanworks each day helping othersBy DORIS COOKGazette Newspapers

W I L L I A M S F I E L DTOWNSHIP-For Joy White,mother and grandmother,helping others is somethingmore than a job or passionshe holds close. A breast can-cer survivor of 25 years,White believes there is a pur-pose to how one should trea-sure each day.

“I try to look on each dayas I get up. I’m breathing andit’s a good day,” said White, ahomemaker care employeefor Country Neighbor Pro-gram Inc. in Orwell for thepast year.

For over 25 years she’sworked as a nurse’s aide or acertified STNA taking jobs inthis part of northeast Ohioafter moving north to Ohiofrom her home state of WestVirginia many years ago.

“I grew up in Logan, WestVirginia with four brothersand two sisters in our family.My dad worked in the deepcoal mines in West Virginiafor 25 years. We movedaround a lot as a kid whenmy dad would get a job min-ing somewhere better,” sherecalled.

Her laugh is infectious asshe talks about getting mar-ried at just about 17 years oldto longtime school sweet-heart, Jackie Ray White also

from Logan.“Jack was one month from

being 18 and both our sets ofparents had to sign papers tolet us get married. I had quitschool in the 10th grade, thengot my GED when we movedback to Logan. Jack and Iwere so in love. We were mar-ried 35 years until he waskilled in an industrial acci-dent,” White said.

The couple with son,James moved first to theCleveland area where Jacktook a job with a windowmanufacturing firm inBedford. They later moved toAshtabula County.

“Jack was working atPresrite Co. in Jeffersonwhen he was killed in the in-dustrial plant accident there24 years ago. James was go-ing to Pymatuning Valleyschool and graduated fromhere and the county JointVocational School (A-Tech to-day),” White said.

A widow for the past 24years, White said she doesn’tdwell on the past and has nodesire to marry again.

“I dated some, but neverfound anyone I could love likeI did Jack. I got busy withjobs caring for the elderly,which I just love to be aroundolder people. You learn a lotif you listen to them,” shesaid.

Before her husband died,

PHOTO BY DORIS COOKJoy White stands by her auto where she puts on manymiles a day helping elderly clients for Country NeighborProgram Inc. in the Grand Valley and southern AshtabulaCounty areas. As president of Community Care ofAndover, White gives much of her off time to civicendeavors.

the couple bought a house inWilliamsfield out in the coun-try. It reminds her of the WestVirginia countryside whereshe grew up.

White said she’s alwaysbeen active in school andcommunity groups when herson was in school. She servedin the school PTO and al-though she had no daugh-ters, White took on the job asBrownie Troop leader someyears ago with a girlfriend.She was also a Cub Scout denmother for her son Jameswhen he was in scouts.

“The Girl Scout troop waslooking for a leader. My bestfriend signed us up and saidI’d help her. I ended up beingthe leader most of the time,”she said joking.

Her son and his familylive back in Paden City, WVAnot too far from Charleston.White spent Thanksgivingwith her son and two grand-daughters last year.

“We get together three tofour times a year. My sister,Mary White Brown and herhusband Calvin live inCherry Valley. It was throughher that I got involved withCommunity Care of Andover,a service group helpingpeople in the PV area. Maryand another sister of oursalso are cancer survivors andwe count ourselves luckyeach day,” White said.

Asked how CommunityCare of Andover got started,White said, “My sister, Maryand Myra Brown and I andPatty French along with JimRoethler, who was editor atthe time for Pymatuning Val-ley News got together to puton a dinner for a family need-ing help with medical ex-penses. That was the startand it just grew from thatover the years.”

“If all communities hadsomething like CommunityCare it would really help.Sometimes I get tired andthink I can’t do this anymore.

Then when you see a grownman cry when you’ve helpedhis family, then it’s all worthit. I’m currently serving aspresident of CommunityCare of Andover and we haveso many wonderful volun-teers,” White said.

As to her work in helpingcare for elderly people in hercurrent job with CountryNeighbor, White said, “I lovetaking care of the older folks.They always told me when Iwas a STNA and aide to notget attached to our people wework with.”

“I’m still just a hillbilly

from West Virginia. If I couldI might move back there, butI don’t think I will. Some ofmy brothers live in the Loganarea, but part of my family ishere in Ohio. I have friendshere. I meet this group fromAndover and around thisarea at Andover McDonald’stwo or three times a week,’she said.

White said she has a 10-year-old Pomeranian dog,Sparky, who keeps her com-pany after working all day.

“When I was visiting withmy brothers and their fami-lies about eight years ago, Isaid I wanted to get a Ger-man shepherd to be sort of awatch dog as I live in thecountry. Then my one brothersaid he had just the dog forme. We went to this familynear Logan and all these tinylittle dogs were runningaround. I asked him wherewas the shepherd. I ended uptaking this little dog homewith me,” she said smiling.

White said she and a fewvolunteers with CommunityCare of Andover will be busynext month serving a big din-ner for the Ashtabula CountyBuilders Association inJefferson.

It’s all for a good cause asCCA gets a hefty donation fortheir dinner work and itcomes back to help others intimes of need.


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Now that furniture iseven going global to custom-ers, according to co-ownerJohn Kuhns. His partner inthe store operation is son-in-law, Raymond Yoder.

Kuhns says he’s shippedfurniture to customers inEngland, Utah, Arizona,California, Colorado andeven a bedroom set to a Ku-wait customer overseas inthe Middle East. Other cus-tomers have come from allaround northeast Ohio andthe Pittsburgh, PA area tobuy items at the store.

The bedroom sets car-ried in the store range indifferent styles and woods,which attract local resi-dents as well as those fromout of the county. One five-piece set added two yearsago has been a good seller,Kuhns said and been soldoff the floor or can be spe-cial ordered.

He described it as aShaker-style, five piece setfor $2,000. Kuhns said theorders come in a regularbasis for this particular set.This particular set includesa headboard, footboard,chest of drawers, dressers,mirror and night stand.

“I’ve never seen any-thing sell like that. It’s agood set, sturdy and well-built with clean lines. Itlooks good, and you geteverything. It’s high qual-ity at a very, very goodprice,” he said.

“Lots of our customersknow us from a friend orword of mouth from a satis-fied customer,” Kuhns said.

A large selection of diningroom furniture in variousstyles and woods plus uphol-stered couches and chairs arealso stocked and popularwith the store customers,who come to the furniturestore in the country.

Countryside Furnish-ings has more than 9,000square feet of show roomspace to highlight theAmish handcrafted furni-ture made locally in Ohioin Holmes County, or in

northern Indiana by Amishcrafters, Kuhns said.

“We try to add differentpieces to the floor showroom. It’s a revolving thing.We change chairs, sofas,bedroom sets throughoutthe year,” he said. “We tryto update items carried.”

In addition to traditionalfurniture, the store has anice selection of desks, cu-rio cabinets, hutches, diningsets, musical clocks, woodcoat racks, tables, decora-tive wall art, book casesplus more.

Kuhns said that peoplehave continued to buy fur-niture, even with the badeconomy.

“The ones that are buyingcome in and buy good qual-ity furniture,” he added.

But those buyingshouldn’t expect the furni-ture quickly. Other than asales of furniture pieces offthe show room floor,Countryside Furnishingsorders every piece createdon-demand.

Kuhns said it takesabout eight to 10 weeks toget the furniture specialorders delivered to hisstore for customers. Hisstore draws customersfrom Lake, Trumbull, Ash-tabula, Geauga, Cuyahogacounties, Pennsylvaniaand other nearby areas.

The items sold in the storeare all made in the U.S. aswell as from HolmesCounty and northern Indi-ana. The store owners haveadded a website for theirbusiness a year or two agoat www.countrysidefurnishings.com.

“People can look us upand see what we have to of-fer. It has helped bring morepeople here,’ Kuhns said.

The store owners willhave this spring a limitedsupply of special outdoorfurniture for porches orpatios made from a plasticcomposite material, whichresembles wood. He saidthis type of outdoor furni-ture weathers all seasonbetter than wooden out-door furniture.

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