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CONNEAUT - GeorgeDistel has resigned his posi-tion as Manager of theConneaut Port Authority.

“Nothing happened,” saidPort Authority chair DenverSpieldenner. “He just de-cided, once he got into it, andrealized the time it entailed,that it was more than whathe wanted to do. He’s retiredand wants more time to beretired. The job is alot big-ger than people realize”

Distel, a former state leg-islator who retired at the endof 2010 as commissioner ofthe Ohio Turnpike, washired for the Port Authority’spart-time, 20-hour-a-weekposition several months agoto replace Bruce Chapman,who retired.

EdgewoodSenior High

School studentJacob Crislip

played “Taps”at the

conclusion ofthe Veterans

Day ceremonyat Greenlawn

MausoleumChapel. Theservice was

sponsored byNorth Kingsville

AmericanLegion Neal

Post #743.See story on

page 3A

PHOTOS BY MARTHA SOROHAN

George Distel Resigns As PA Manager

George Distel

But Spieldenner pointedout that the “part-time” de-scription of the PortManager’s job may be a mis-nomer.

“It’s listed as 20 hours,part-time, but in reality,

maybe it’s not,” he said.“Bruce put in more than 20hours a week, and therewere a lot of days when heworked more than what hewas paid for.”

Spieldenner said that be-cause of the magnitude ofthe manager’s job, the PortAuthority has decided tostep back and take anotherlook at the job description todetermine if it is full- or part-time.

“We had considered it asa full-time position before,but don’t know whether wecan afford it. We’ll have tolook at our income streamand assess our needs,” hesaid.

Until the board assessesthe position and hiresDistel’s replacement,

Conneaut High School Marching Band members andHailey LaRusch (left) and Brianna Toikkanen held theAmerican flag throughout Friday’s Veterans Dayceremonies in front of City Hall. Read about it on page 3A.

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANLakeshore Primary School honored veterans at a school assembly on Nov. 10. Read about it on page 7A.

ConneautHonors HerVeterans


CONNEAUT - Eventhough Conneaut City Coun-cil voted 3-to-2 Mondaynight to rezone a portion ofRoute 20 from R-2, urbanresidential, to B-2, Highwayand Commercial BusinessDistrict, the measure wentdown as another defeat forthe Planning Commission.

Law Director DavidSchroeder determined thatthe measure failed becauseprior to Council’s vote, headvised that, according tothe city’s codified ordi-nances, a “yes” vote from amajority of Council — fourmembers — was required topass the ordinance, since itwas based on a recommen-dation from the PlanningCommission.

But Planning Commis-sion Chair Frank Giganti isnot so sure. He placed a callto Shroeder on Tuesday,

Route 20 Rezoning Defeatedquestioning his ruling thatthe measure failed despitewinning a majority of votes.As of press time he was wait-ing for a response.

“I was watching [it onTV], and from my perspec-tive, it passed,” he said.

Thus, the 50 or so resi-dents of the neighborhoodwho spoke against the rezon-ing proposal at a public hear-ing Sept. 13, fearing it wouldalter the nature of their com-munity, may rest assuredthat nothing will change —at least for now — on Route20 from Chestnut Streetwest to Parrish Road on thenorth and a little past GoreRoad on the south.

Voting in favor of rezon-ing were Ward 1 CouncilmanDave Campbell, Ward 3Councilman Greg Mooney,and Ward 4 CouncilmanTom Kozesky.

At-large Councilman NeilLaRusch and City CouncilPresident Tom Udell voted“no.”

At-large CouncilmanJohn Roach, a West MainRoad resident, abided bySchroeder’s recommenda- See ROUTE 20 page 6A

tion that councilmen wholive or have business inter-ests in the area should ab-stain from voting. Ward 2Councilman Charlie Lewis,whose Dairy Queen is one ofthe most successful andprominent businesses in thearea, was absent from themeeting, but would have ab-stained as well.

That, Giganti said, iswhat makes him questionSchroeder’s ruling.

“If three or four council-men lived on Main Street,then what?” he asked.

Campbell prefaced hisvote by stating that he be-lieves that the majority ofresidents in the area are notopposed to rezoning.

He said that out of the 400letters sent to neighborhoodhouseholds informing themof the public hearing on therezoning proposal, only about60 people showed up at themeeting and no one attendedCity Council meetings tovoice opinions while the mea-sure went through three fullreadings, starting Oct. 11.


CONNEAUT - Named byCorrections Corporation ofAmerica as the new wardenof Lake Erie Correctional In-stitution (LaECI), Michigannative Barry Goodrich sayshe is up to the challenge oftaking over as warden of the1,500-inmate facility on Jan.1.

“For me, corrections is apeople business. I see gettingto know employees, volun-teers and community leadersas a vital part of my duty asa warden, and it’s one that Itruly enjoy,” he said.

A four-year warden ofCCA’s Coffee CorrectionalInstitution in Nicholls, Ga.,

Barry Goodrich

New LaECI Warden Excited About Challenges Ahead

Goodrich also feels up to thechallenge of addressing cityadministrators’ concerns re-garding the state’s sale of

LaECI to CCA at a cost of$72.7 million. The transfer iseffective Jan. 1.

During a telephone con-versation Tuesday, Goodrichsaid he looked forward to at-tending the Nov. 16 meetingat Kent State UniversityAshtabula of state, countyand city officials to discussprison sale concerns — espe-cially law enforcement.

“The issues you’re talkingabout as a city are what welook forward to addressingand making sound deci-sions.” he said. “Details aboutthe number of inmates orwho will handle felonies areall workable issues.”

Goodrich added thatabout 95 percent of felonycases are handled in-house.

“But I’m aware of con-cerns and interested in see-ing what they are,” he said.“I will add that I’ve been withCCA for 20 years, done start-ups and expansions, and allof my corrections work hasbeen done at large ‘dynamic’or ‘difficult’ facilities, oftenwith challenging contracts,so that is what will assist mewith the transition between[prison management] Man-agement Training Corpora-tion going to CCA.”

Goodrich said it was toosoon to say how many em-ployees will be at the prisonas of Jan. 1, but did say he isin no hurry to expand thenumber of beds from 1,500 —

See WARDEN page 8A


CONNEAUT - Nearly250 people jammed theConneaut Human Re-sources Center Tuesdayevening for the city’s firstholiday event of the season:the “Voices of Hope” concertfeaturing 16 acts of holidaymusic with performersranging in age from pre-schoolers to senior citizens.

Christmas Concert Jump-Starts the Season“Our goal with these con-

certs is to put together aprogram for young peoplewho are not exposed to ‘real’Christmas music like we lis-tened to to bring the realmeaning of Christmas,”said Ed Somppi, former di-rector of the CHRC who re-turned as emcee this year.“We wanted to be able dosongs that public school stu-dents are no longer able todo.”

Thus for the most part,secular songs such as “HereComes Susie Snowflake,”performed by the WildfirePre-school dancers, werefew and far between. Thenumbers were typically re-ligious, such as the women’s

See CONCERT page 8A

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANConneaut High School Show Choir “Harmonix” membersRobert Reed (left) and Aslan Jenkins are all smiles min-utes before performing Tuesday evening at the “Voicesof Hope” Christmas concert at the Conneaut HumanResources Center.

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TOWN TALK

Produce to PeopleDistribution

The next Produce to People distribu-tion by the Cleveland Food Bank is 10a.m. to noon Nov. 21 at the ConneautHuman Resources Center, 327 MillStreet. Produce is free to all. Bring yourown bags.

GSLC CommunityS.E.N.I.O.R.S

People ages 50 and up arewelcome the first and thirdThursdays of the month atGood Shepherd LutheranChurch, 876 Grove Street.Health checks 9:45 a.m., 10a.m. devotion, exercise andlunch the first and third

Thursdays The next gather-ing is Nov. 3.

Nov. 17 - “Eat, Drink andBe Thankful.” Who issmarter – Pilgrims or Indi-ans? The program will high-light Medicare changes for2012.

CHRC Seniors Together weekdays 11 a.m. at 327

Mill Street. Free.

Daily walking 7:30 a.m.

Nov. 17 - Visit from SouthRidge Christian Academystudents

Nov. 22 - Field trip. Signup in Seniors’ Room

Nov. 24, 25 - CHRCClosed for Thanksgivingholiday

Craft/Vendor FairsDec. 2, 3 - Christmas

Vendor Fair 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.at Highland Place Apart-ments, 432 W. Main Road,with Avon, Lia Sophia,Miche Bags, Sweet Treats byLibby, Tupperware, JewelryBox, 31 Gifts, Sara Bella,Mary Kay, 31 Bows, andmore.

Dec. 3 - Christmas Trea-sures Sale of used seasonaldecorations 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.at Conneaut CommunityCenter for the Arts, 1025Buffalo Street. Free.

Dec. 10 - Craft Fair 10a.m to 4 p.m. at ConneautHuman Resources Center tobenefit the Seniors Togetherprogram. Food, door prizeshourly, Santa Claus. Admis-sion $1; kids free with paidadult.

by ALLAN MONONENGazette Newspapers

CONNEAUT - TheConneaut Zoning Board ofAppeals approved two rou-tine projects Thursday.

Lori Overy of HarborStreet wishes to operate ahome-based quilting busi-ness. She received an

okay if she wishes to erect asign.

Contractor Nick Vendettirepresented Chris andLaurie Ricaurte who wish toconstruct a home on LakeRoad. They received aheight variance of four feet.

The board will meetagain 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 inCouncil chambers.

ZBA Approves Two Projects

Large ModelAirplane ClubSpeaks at CAHS

The Conneaut LargeModel Airplane Club willoffer a presentation to theConneaut Area HistoricalSociety at its next meeting7 p.m. Tuesday, November22, at the Vil la at theLake, 48 Parrish Rd. ,Conneaut.

A 50/50 raffle, auction,refreshments and socialtime will follow. The pub-lic is invited to attend.

PHOTO BY JUSTIN WISERAround 8 p.m. Nov. 13, firefighters from Stations 1and 3 were called to a working dumpster fire atConneaut K-Mart. Despite the smoke, the fire wasquickly extinguished by local fire crews.

Oh, Smoke!Oh, Smoke!

ConneautCable

Nov. 15- 22, 2011

10 a.m. Conneaut CityCouncil Meeting

10:30 a.m. DiscoverConneaut, Ohio

10:35 a.m. Veteran’s DayObservance 2011

11:05 a.m. HometownHappenings/ Sports

11:30 a.m. Conneaut Li-brary Line

12:15 p.m. StorybookAcres

12:55 p.m. How It IsDrawn

1:15 p.m. Life Is BetterIn Conneaut

7 p.m. Conneaut CityCouncil Meeting

7:30 p.m. DiscoverConneaut Ohio

7:35 p.m. Veteran’s DayObservance 2011

8:05 p.m. HometownHappenings/ Sports

8:30 p.m. Conneaut Li-brary Line

9:15 p.m. CHS FootballVs Edgewood

12:05 a.m. How It IsDrawn

12:30 a.m. Life Is BetterIn Conneaut

1 a.m. Conneaut RibFest

5 a.m. Conneaut CityCouncil Meeting

5:30 a.m. HometownHappenings/ Sports

5:50 a.m. Conneaut Li-brary Line

7 a.m. AM Live

Religious Services:St. Mary/St. Frances

Cabrini: Sun. & Wed. 3 p.m./ Mon. & Thurs. 1 a.m.

First United ChurchOf Christ: Sun & Wed 4p.m. / Mon. & Thurs. 2 a.m.

New Leaf United Meth-odist: Sun & Wed 5 p.m. /Mon. & Thurs. 3 a.m.

Good ShepherdLutheran: Sun & Wed. 6p.m. / Mon. & Thurs. 4 a.m.

Family Fellowship:Mon. & Thurs. 1:40 p.m.

Ashtabula Pentecos-tal: Mon & Thurs 2:30 p.m.

SUBMITTED PHOTO

With the birth of Carter Thomas Schwartz at 8:56a.m. Nov. 9, Conneaut Area City Schools Board of Edu-cation candidate Katie Schwartz has not had time un-til now to thank those who supported her in her unsuc-cessful bid for a seat on the school board.

“Obviously, it was disappointing to lose the schoolboard race by 110 votes, but I was humbled by the1700+ people who went out and cast their votes forme,” she said. “My current focus is on the new babyand getting used to two little guys under the age of 2!”

Schwartz said she has no immediate plans to seekpublic office again, but “never say never!” The son ofKatie and Emanuel Schwartz weighed in at an even 8pounds.

Meet Carter Thomas Schwartz

The Conneaut Salvation Army RedKettle Campaign kicks off Friday at K-mart and Orlando Brothers Golden Dawnin Conneaut, and at Golden Dawn inKingsville. Volunteers are needed to ringbells at the grocery stores only, and the Rev.Frank Gore, Salvation Army board presi-dent, appealed on Pat Williams’ “AM Live!”cable TV show Wednesday for volunteersto give an hour or two of their time at somepoint during the Salvation Army’s six-week-end campaign from Nov. 18 through Dec.24. Individuals or organizations who wouldlike to ring, especially in December, maycontact Gore at 599-8908. All monies do-nated locally stay in the community to helpthe needy.

The “Cell Phones for Soldiers” projectis collecting old cell phones to help U.S.troops call home. Each cell phone donatedprovides one free hour of talk time to helptroops stay connected to their families andfriends back home. In 2010, enough cellphones were collected to provide overseastroops with one million calling minutes. The2011 goal is to collect enough cell phonesto provide two million calling minutes. Dropphones off at Greenlawn Memory Gardens,3140 E. Center Street (Route 20) in NorthKingsville.

2011 CHS graduate Anthony Terry isplaying midfield on the “B’ soccer team atNotre Dame College in South Euclid. TheNAIA Champion last year, Notre Dame hasmoved up to Division II.

Kingsville Public Library is having a“Silent Auction” for decorated Christmastrees that now decorate the lobby of the li-brary, 6006 Academy Street. Bids will betaken on the trees for the next month.

The Conneaut Public Library is offeringa “wreath decorating” contest, similarto the Christmas tree decorating contestheld last year. Stop by the library at 304Buffalo Street to pick up the wreath. Takeit home and decorate it, then return it to

the library.

Conneaut’s Christmas parade “Win-ter Wonderland,” which steps off fromConneaut High School at 7 p.m. Nov. 25, isseeking more marching units and floats.Prizes go to best marching unit, best float,and to the float carrying the most kids. Ifyou want to enter, contact Neil LaRusch atthe Burning Stone Cafe. Parade marshalthis year is Harry Church.

Conneaut American Legion CommanderTom Udell was taken aback slightly lastThursday at Lakeshore Primary School,where he emceed a Veterans Day programto teach students about the flag and themeaning of serving one’s country. After talk-ing about the advantages of joining the mili-tary, one young student raised his hand andasked, “How old are you?” Waiting for au-dience laughter to die down, but withoutmissing a beat, Udell answered honestly,“I’m 69.”

Retired Conneaut Schools’ music teacherAgnes Sawyer attended Tuesday evening’s“Voices of Hope” concert at the ConneautHuman Resources Center wearing what shesaid was an “old” sweater vest with musi-cal notes which she discovered in a drawera few weeks ago. At a restaurant last week,she said that a man from Minnesota walkedup, took one look at the sweater, and beganhumming its musical notes. Sawyer said hetold her the name of the well-known piece,but she can’t remember what he said. Af-ter the concert, she planned to put thesweater away for another ten years.

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DISTEL From page 1A

Spieldenner is filling in.“Just until we find out

what we want to do, makingsure things are taken careof,” he said. “It’s a good thingit’s our slow time of year.”

During the PortAuthority’s “slow” season,docks are replaced and itemsare ordered for the 2012boating season.

Chapman is coming in fora day or two each week towork on a few projects suchas the rebuilding of thedocks and the dock cameraupgrades that were fundedby a Homeland Securitygrant.

Spieldenner said thatDistel has offered to help thePort Authority with contactsat the state level, whenneeded.

“He’s interested in whatthe Port Authority is doing,and will help whenever hecan, but he didn’t want to

devote as much time as whatthe job needed. He did a goodjob and there are no hardfeelings. It’s just more thanwhat he wanted to do,”Spieldenner said.

Spieldenner said the PortAuthority is waiting to hear

from City Hall regarding itsopen position, following theresignation of John Palo ear-lier this year.

Spieldenner said Distelhas expressed no interest inserving on the Port Author-ity board.

Civic MeetingsConneaut Port Authority, 7 p.m. Nov. 17Conneaut Public Library Board, 5 p.m. Nov.

21 at 304 Buffalo StreetConneaut Area City Schools Board of Edu-

cation, 6 p.m. work session, 7 p.m. meeting Nov. 22at Southeast Building, 400 Mill Street (upstairs)

Monroe Township Trustees, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22at Township Garage, 5578 S. Monroe Center Road

Kingsville Township Trustees, 7 p.m. Nov. 23at Fire Hall, 3130 Main Street

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NORTH KINGSVILLE –As the sun began its descentin the western sky on Vet-erans’ Day, about 40 mem-bers of the North KingsvilleAmerican Legion Neal Post#743 and guests gathered atthe Mausoleum Chapel ofGreenlawn Memory Gar-dens to honor veterans andtheir service to the country.

Following a blessing bythe Rev. Shane Nanney, pas-tor of East Side Presbyte-rian Church in AshtabulaTownship, Legion membersdraped a Prisoner of WarChair to remember service-men being held behind en-emy lines.

In his address Friday af-ternoon, Nanney used thetopic of soldiers in battle tourge audience members toend their inner wars by

North Kingsville Remembers Veteranspledging themselves toJesus Christ.

Nanney pointed out thatthroughout American his-tory, the country’s soldiershave carried into battle abelief that God is on theirside.

Nanney took the audi-ence back to World War I,where soldiers fought with“heavy hearts” grim, bloodybattles in the trenches, suf-fering injuries and death.

But the heavy hearts ofone unit were lightened,Nanncy said, as it marchedpast a bombed-out church inone European town. whereonly a crucifix remained.

Leading dejected soldierswho felt they had little leftto give, the commandertook one look at the suffer-ing Jesus and realized Heunderstood what his menwere experiencing. The im-age, he recounted, led them

to victory.“Eyes right! March!” the

commander ordered. Withthe image of the crucifiedJesus fixed in their minds,the men were able to fightwith renewed inspiration,

“The soldiers saw Jesus,and the commander saw tri-umph,’ Nanney said. “Theyfelt courage. They straight-ened their shoulders andsmiled. Anything worth-while is worth the risk. Itdemands courage in all ar-eas of life.”

Nanney explained thatwar is a last resort, and de-scribed the “just war” con-cept which demands mak-ing attempts at peace andreconciliation before war isdeclared.

“War is a last resort,” hesaid. “If there is anythingelse to do, do it. Try diplo-macy – anything. TheUnited States has tried all

of these things. The Chris-tian response to war is totrust God.”

Referring to the Old Tes-tament book of Micah,Nanney said we all look fora day when war and blood-shed will end.

Then he turned his re-marks toward each person– military and civilian – inthe audience, remindingthem of their inner wars.

“All of us have sinned,”he said. “That leads to aworld of death and suffer-ing. War is a life withoutGod. End the wars in yourlife by trusting in God.”

The audience rose andsang “America the Beauti-ful” before the service con-cluded with a gun saluteoutside the front doors ofthe chapel, Edgewood Se-nior High School studentJacob Crislip paying“Taps.”


CONNEAUT - ConneautCity Council had such ashort agenda Mondayevening that Council Presi-dent Tom Udell pounded thegavel to adjourn the 7 p.m.weekly meeting at 7:20 p.m.

After an invocation byTim Kraus, pastor of theChurch of Christ, Councilclerk Pam Harper read un-der “Communications” thatparking signs will be re-moved in two downtown lo-cations, per recommenda-tion by City Manager TimEggleston. One designates a30-minute parking zone infront of 221 Main Street, aformer restaurant that isnow a church. The seconddesignates a loading zone atthe southeast corner ofWashington and StateStreets, serving the formerMonika Linz Cake & PartyCenter, which is now closed.

In accordance withEggleston’s communique toCity Council last week thatthe area in front of MonikaLinz could be used for moreparking, Harper Mondaynight said the area will con-form to other parking spaceson Washington Street.

Eggleston in his CityManager’s Report told Coun-cil that he was to meet withFinance Director John Will-iams on Tuesday to beginhammering out the city’s2012 budget. He hoped to

Another Short Meeting for Conneaut City Countil


ASHTABULA TOWN-SHIP - Casey Billington,chair of the “Buckeye Citi-zens for Quality Education”committee, blames theeconomy for Buckeye LocalSchools voters’ saying “no” bya two-to-one margin to Issue32 on Nov. 8.

Billington has no otherexplanation for voters’ over-whelmingly turniing down afive-mill 36-year bond issuethat would have raised $25.3million to fund Phase 1 of atwo-phase school construc-tion/removation project.Phase 1 was to build a newelementary school on the siteof Kingsville ElementarySchool and a new middleschool on the Edgewood HighSchool campus in time for the2014-15 school year.Kingsville Elementary andBraden Junior High Schoolswould then be demolished.

“I think [voters’] heartsare in the right place andthat the residents want thebest possible education fortheir students,” Billingtonsaid. “But it may not be fi-

“It’s the Economy,” says Buckeye Levy Campaign Chairnancially possible at thistime.”

Yet the defeat puzzledBillington. Support appearedgenuine during the district’sCommunity Engagementmeetings last spring. And ofresidents she met whileknocking on doors passingout campaign signs, she en-countered just one who wasconcerned about the amountof money the schools wereseeking.

“Every person that I en-countered said yes, we hadtheir support, and yes, theyalways support the district,”she said. “Just one gentlemenwho said he hadn’t made uphis mind asked if we couldjust renovate the [current]buildings.”

Billington said no one elseon the campaign committee— which hit the ground run-ning just six weeks ahead ofElection Day — reportednegative feedback from resi-dents, either.

“But then, we didn’t heara lot of anything,” she said.“At some meetings, thereweren’t many comments ingeneral. We were a little con-cerned because there wasn’t

a lot of chatter one way oranother.”

Billington further believesthat indecisive voters werehardly swayed to vote “yes”by newspaper headlines an-nouncing the uncertain fu-ture of the Ashtabula TownSquare or of Lake Erie Cor-rectional Institution’s changein ownership.

Billington said Issue 32campaign committee mem-bers had gathered at herhome to hear election resultson Nov. 8.

“By 9:30 or so, we knew itwasn’t going well, and before10, we knew it didn’t pass,”she said.

Because the committeehad not had a wrap-up meet-ing as of late last week,Billington could not saywhether the Buckeye LocalSchools Board of Educationwill put the issue back on theballot in 2012.

“It’s just too early to tell,”she said.

Billington also disputedThe Courier’s statement ofNov. 10 that North KingsvilleElementary School, whichclosed in June, 2011, was tobe demolished if the bond is-

sue had passed.“Whether North

Kingsville will be demolishedis a board decision and hasn’tbeen agreed at this point,”she said, adding that nostal-gia toward the building in-creased after Buckeye BandBoosters turned it into atemporary haunted house,the “Buckeye Boo,” lastmonth and raised more than$20,000.

“The fact is that we stillhave two 83-year-old build-ings, so if the district doesn’twant to build new buildings,we have to figure out whatwe’ll do to keep the learningenvironment safe and wellmaintained,” Billington said.

Even though voters said“no,” Billington is comfort-able that her committee wasup front regarding the fundsneeded. At some point, an-other request would havecome down the road forPhase II funds to renovateRidgeview Elementary andEdgewood Senior HighSchool.

“People knew how muchmoney we needed and what

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANWard 1 Councilman Dave Campbell (left) chats amicably with his successor,Councilman-elect Doug Hedrick, following Monday night’s City Council meeting.Hedrick attending his first council meeting since defeating Campbell (60 percent to40 percent) on Nov. 8, received an offer from Campbell to help him with issues thatbegan during his four-year term on Council. Also at the meeting was Rich McBride,who will represent Ward 3 come January. He defeated Tammy Ledford by 11 votes.The Board of Elections will certify election results Nov. 29.

have something to present toCouncil at its Nov. 21 meet-ing.

Ward 1 Councilman DaveCampbell asked Egglestonfor an update on housedemolitions in the city, sincehe had been told they wouldbe complete Dec. 1.Eggleston replied that hewill speak to Planning &Zoning Manager DeannaGates for an update.

Law Director DavidSchroeder told Campbell, inreference to an issue with aMill Street resident whosetree was trimmed by PublicWorks crews without herpermission, that the resi-dent has engaged counseland an insurance claim wasfiled. Schroeder said hehopes the insurance com-pany will settle the matterand avoid litigation.

Finance Manager JohnWilliams had no report.

Udell announced that theTourism Board will open theSanta House at LakeviewPark on Dec. 3, 10 and 17from 5 to 7 p.m.

Council unanimouslypassed Ordinance #107-11 toestablish monthly reim-bursement rates for city em-ployees formerly issued cellphones. Eggleston toldCouncil last week that giv-ing these employees amonthly stipend would savethe city $5,000 annually.Eggleston told Council Mon-day night that issuing thecell phones from Verizon had

cost the city $8,000 per year.“This is a cost-cutting

measure,” Eggleston ex-plained.

Under Unfinished Busi-ness, Campbell askedEggleston if the city had be-gun to advertise for tenantsfor the East Side IndustrialPark. Eggleston respondedthat the city is putting bro-chures together and CT Con-sultants is preparing a lay-out map. Two businesseshave shown an interest, hesaid.

When Campbell sug-gested the matter be handedover to a realtor, Egglestonsaid the city would look intoit.

Ward 4 Councilman TomKozesky asked if the city hadissued any fines regardingopen burning violations,since he had received com-plaints. Eggleston will inves-tigate.

Ward 3 Councilman GregMooney asked if city paversplan to complete DetroitStreet this year, since someresidents have to drive oversix- to eight-inch “speedbumps” of gravel piles to pullinto their driveways.

“It’s ridiculous what theyhave to do to get into theirdriveways,” Mooney said.

Eggleston said PublicWorks Director BobMannion is trying to wrapup the paving, but weatherhas stood in the way.

At-large Councilman Neil

LaRusch reminded Councilof the city’s Christmas pa-rade 7 p.m. Nov. 25. He noted

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day after Thanksgiving.Council will meet in work

session at 7 p.m. Nov. 21.

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CONNEAUT – Unlike hisfather, grandfather anduncles before him, the Rev.Frank Gore had no experi-ence serving in the militaryduring time of war.

But the memory of hisuncles’ fighting in Viet Nam– and their willingness toserve during this country’smost unpopular war — re-duced the Navy veteran totears during his VeteransDay address at 11 a.m. Nov.11 at Veterans Memorial.

“They never talked aboutit,” he said. “I asked all kindsof questions, and all they

Peacetime Military Service Humbles Frank Goresaid was that war was not agood thing to be in and it washard to live with. I didn’ttruly understand, not untilI was older, the significanceof the losses that militaryfamilies go through.”

Regaining his composureagainst heavy winds and oc-casional snow flurries, Goresaid veterans should be hon-ored every day of the year. .

“I am humbled to be speak-ing of the military in a differ-ent way, without war,” he said.

Gore remarked that hemight not have ended up inthe military had he not spentmore time partying thanstudying during his fresh-man year in college. See SERVICE page 9A

“I didn’t understand thediscipline required for highereducation. I had had no guid-ance. I scheduled my classesaround ‘General Hospital,” hesaid.

Dropping out, Goreheaded to the military. Thatexperience — learning disci-pline and honor — changedhis life.

“I went in because mybrothers had gone in, and Iknew I could get an educa-tion,” he said. “In the mili-tary, I learned who I was.After I learned discipline, Isaid, ‘Yes, I can do that.’ Themilitary gave me that abil-ity.”

Gore spoke of surviving

boot camp in Orlando, Fla.,and attending ophthalmol-ogy school, graduating at thetop of his class. He spentmost of his eight years onbases in southern Virginia,

Upon his honorable dis-charged, Gore found a job inthe ophthalmology field. Thegovernment had financedabout 75 percent of his educa-tion.

Gore said that he aimedhis remarks on the benefit ofserving in the military dur-ing the time of peace toConneaut High SchoolMarching Band members,who stood at attention


Mobile Computer TrainingLab In Kingsville


KINGSVILLE - The State Library of Ohio’s Mobile Com-puter Training Lab will be at Kingsville Public Library,6006 Academy Drive, through Nov. 22 offering free classesin Microsoft Word, Excel, Destination Disney and MangoLanguages.

Registration is required. Call (440) 224-2039.

The Mobile Computer Training Lab schedule is:

Introduction to Microsoft Word 2007 - 2 to 4 p.m.Nov. 17, 21. Basic instructions in creating and editing docu-ments, format text, paragraphs and documents and createtables.

Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2007 - 9 to 10:30a.m. Nov. 18, 21. Basic work with formulas and functions.Format a worksheet, work with charts and analyze datausing formulas.

Mango Languages - 11 a.m. to noon Nov. 17 and Nov.21 - Learn to access free on-line tutorials for over 30 for-eign languages.

Destination Disney - 1 to 2 p.m. Nov. 18. Planningtips for Disney vacations

Resume Writing & Job Search Techniques. 11 a.m.to noon Nov. 18 - Bring your resume on a flash drive ordisk for updating or start fresh. Learn about online job re-sources.

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHAN

Do you know the location of this Site Solver? Bethe first to call its location to The Courier (440) 576-9125, ext. 116, starting 5 p.m. Nov. 17, and you willwin a $7 entree from Poco Bandito, 257 E. Main Road.Last week’s Site Solver was a SPARC campaign posternext to Conneaut Municipal Stadium. Winner wasPat Laughlin.

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CONNEAUT - Wait-resses at the State StreetDiner were still smiling Fri-day morning when thehands of the clock reached1000 hours, officially endingthe ninth annual VeteransDay breakfast.

Their smiles were signifi-cant, considering the franticpace of recent Veterans DayBreakfasts, which offers freeto veterans with proof ofmilitary service anything onthe breakfast menu.

“We didn’t serve as manythis year, but we were ableto keep up with it, includingthe coffee” said head wait-ress Mary Beeman. Almost125 people were served thisyear, about half as many asyears past, when more than200 veterans jammed the

WORRY FOR NAUGHTby Mary Lewis

A long time since I heard from my friendIf a letter doesn’t come soon, I’ll beginTo worry; maybe a note will arrive today.She’s so hard of hearing, I haven’t the nerveTo call. To save her money, I sent her stickersWith my address, but it isn’t working.She sent me some; her plan is working.I write often. She’s such a good friend.Things we’ve done together, I can’t beginTo tell you. On a day like todayWe’d be sailing way out; she has nerve.I wonder what she’s done with my stickers.If I live to five hundred, I’ll not use all those stickers.At least I know people are workingMaking and sending them to me and my friend.Maybe right now I ought to beginTo write her again and mail it today;Then again I haven’t the nerve.

Three times in one week would take nerve,But she sent all those stickers.I wonder if she got a job and is working.You’d think she’d tell me, an old friend,Or maybe a man friend; that would beginTo explain her silence, and todayAge isn’t a hindrance. Why todayPeople in rest homes, at eighty and ninety have nerveEnough to marry and throw out the old stickers.They change their name and address and begin workingTo make a new life with their best friend.I wouldn’t know how to begin.Envelopes and papers beginTo pile up under my mail slot today,Just as every other day. The nerveOf these companies to send me stickersWith my name and address; they’re workingTo make me send money. I prefer a note from my friend.Here, today, is an envelope with my stickerAnd, finally, a note from my friend. I begin to understand.She’s got up the nerve to marry. They’re working on the plan.

Fewer Veterans Enjoy 2011 Veterans Day Breakfast

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANMike Mirando (left) serves a pancake breakfast to Armyveteran Mike Cogan, who served in Vietnam from 1966 to1974. The Veterans Day breakfast was bittersweet forCogan, who had attended every one of the Veterans Daybreakfasts for the past nine years with his brother, James.Last Thanksgiving, Cogan said that James woke up andwent to get a cup of coffee, then suddenly collapsed anddied. “He was a veteran, too,” Cogan said.

small diner at Broad andState Streets from 6 to 10a.m. The 8 to 10 a.m. hoursremained peak times.

“It was nice,” Beemansaid. “No one was saying,‘Where’s my food?”

Beeman theorized thatwithout the past years’ ad-vertising of the event, whichwas the brainchild of Armyveteran Nic Church, withdiner owner Mark Mirandoas co-sponsor, fewer veter-ans outside of Conneautwere aware it.

“Nic would take flyers toCleveland and Erie,”Beeman said.

But Beeman was notcomplaining Friday. InMirando’s absence, thebreakfast was restricted tothe front diner section of therestaurant. It did not spillinto the bar in the rear as inyears past. Beeman said

that although the free break-fast formally ended at 10a.m., Mirando — whose son,Mike, was in charge since hewas called away — gave hisstaff permission to serve vet-erans until noon.

“It’s so much better. Wewere able to keep up,”Beeman said. “Before, whenit was crowded, it felt like amess hall.”

Milton Luce of SouthAmboy Road brought insmall American flags foreach veteran on Friday, car-rying on a tradition startedby Church of giving each vet-eran a memento. Veterans

Day has much meaning forLuce, who in his front yardmaintains a display thattracks the number of IraqiWar dead.

Church could not attendFriday’s breakfast for per-sonal reasons.

Beeman said she particu-larly enjoyed the slower paceof this year’s event becausethis is her last Veterans Daybreakfast. She plans to retireat the end of the year. TheVeterans Day breakfast hasbeen a highlight of her careerfor the past nine years.

“Any serviceman is prettyspecial,” she said.

Army veterans Greg Smith (left) and Jim Thornton, both ofConneaut, enjoyed the Veterans Day breakfast at theState Street Diner. Smith served in Germany from 1968 to1970 and has attended the last three or four Veterans Daybreakfasts at the Diner. Thornton also served in Germany,but from 1959 to 1962. Smith said he missed the standing-room-only crowds of past Veterans’ Day breakfasts at theState Street Diner. “I enjoy seeing the people I went toschool with,” he said. Thornton said he appreciated thebreakfast no matter the size of the crowd.


CONNEAUT - ReneaRoach, director of theConneaut Food Pantry, is des-perately seeking turkeys forThanksgiving.

As in years past, she isrunning a “Thanks For Giv-ing” drive where she encour-ages the donation of eight-to-15-pound turkeys to give toneedy families, and seniors,for Thanskgiving.

Turkeys Needed for Conneaut Food PantryHer goal is to receive 30 to

50 turkeys, but this year, shehas received just a handful.

Those able to donate tur-keys, or who want to donatecash so Roach can purchasethe turkeys, may drop themoff at the Conneaut HumanResources Center, 327 MillStreet, or call Roach at theCHRC at 593-5273.

“We do this every year, butI’m not sure how many peopleare going to have a Thanks-giving dinner this year,” she

said.Roach also encourages

residents to adopt families orseniors for the annual HALOChristmas program.

Adopting a family by indi-viduals or organizationsmeans buying Christmas giftsand/or a Christmas meal.When groups or organizationsparticipate, it takes pressureoff food banks to provide ahappy holiday for low-incomefamilies.

Sunday’s Corn Hole Tour-

nament, sponsored by SNAPFitness and Days Inn, raisedabout $447 for the ConneautFood Pantry, where shelvesare very bare going into theholiday season.

About 20 to 25 teamsturned out, Roach said of theConneaut Food Pantry ben-efit.

“Just one was fromConneaut,” she said.

Another Corn Hole Tour-nament is being scheduled forFebruary.

The Conneaut Area Chamber of Commerce will raffle a play-house—complete with window boxes—following the AnnualChristmas Parade on Nov. 25.

The solid, hand-crafted playhouse was constructed by in-mates at the Lake Erie Correctional Institution and can beseen in the parking lot of Marcy Funeral Home, 208 LibertyStreet. Tickets are $1 each or six tickets for $5. Funds gener-ated from the ticket sales will benefit the Conneaut Area Cham-ber of Commerce.

In addition to the Conneaut Area Chamber of Commerce,235 Main St., tickets are available at the Conneaut offices ofAndover Bank, Conneaut Savings Bank, Key Bank and thePort Conneaut Federal Credit Union.

The Chamber will deliver the playhouse if the winner re-sides within Ashtabula County. The winner will be responsiblefor transporting the playhouse outside of Ashtabula County.

Call the Chamber at 440/593-2402 with questions.

Chamber Playhouse Raffle is Nov. 25

The Play’s The Thing

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANCommunity theater performers Vickey Barker (left)and Stefanie Gildone, of Conneaut, peek out of awindow at Squires Castle, at the North Chagrin Res-ervation of the Cleveland Metroparks in WilloughbyHills, during Saturday’s filming of scenes from theoriginal play, “The Return of Frankenstein,” on stageat the Conneaut Community Center for the Arts lastmonth. “Frankenstein” director Mike Breeze beganfilming the play early this month at outdoor loca-tions with the goal of creating a black-and-white filmversion, with music. The project is expected to takemonths, and Breeze admits he is not sure what hewill do with it when he finishes. Local videographersare assisting.

Conneaut’sCreative Writing

Women of Finnish HeritageThe Women of Finnish Heritage welcomes all women in

the Conneaut area of Finnish heritage or connected to Finn-ish heritage to its December Holiday Luncheon at noonWednesday, Dec. 7, at Kilpi Hall (Conneaut CommunityCenter for the Arts), 1025 Buffalo Street. Musician JimFuller will provide entertainment. A 50/50 drawing will beheld and officers for the next year will be elected. In lieu ofa gift exchange, members are invited to bring $3 to con-tribute to the Conneaut Food Pantry. The luncheon is $12per person. Reservations are required by Dec. 1 by callingNancy Evans (594-3024) or Betty Robinson (599-7091).

Register for Basketball Skills ProgramRegistration for the Conneaut Recreation Board Bas-

ketball Skills program is taking place now through Nov. 29for boys and girls in grades 3-6.

Basketball Skills Program provides fundamental bas-ketball instruction. The skills program will start the weekof Dec. 5.

Forms are being distributed to the students at theConneaut public schools. They are also available at theConneaut Public Library.

For further information, contact Jason Picard (440) 969-4866.

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Gently-used Christmas decorations may be dropped offfor CCCA’s annual Christmas Treasures Sale 9 a.m. to 1p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Plan to visit the sale and decoratefor a fraction of the cost. If you need help getting your deco-rations to the Center, call 593-5888 to arrange pick-up.

Mike Breeze will present a dramatic one-man readingof Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at 7 p.m. Dec.2 and 3 p.m. Dec. 4. This outstanding program was wellreceived when first offered in 2009. Adults $8.50 and chil-dren 12 and under $5. (CCCA members receive $1 discount.)Call 593-5888 for tickets.

The Youth Theater will present “The Baddest AngelBand” at 7 p.m. Dec. 10 and 2 p.m. Dec. 11. The followingweekend, Conneaut Community Center for the Arts’ DanceDepartment will present a Christmas program at 7 p.m.Dec. 16 and 17.

The CCCA will close Nov. 24, 25 and 26 for Thanks-giving.

Nov. 21 - Free produce,10 a.m. to noon at ConneautHuman Resources Center,327 Mill Street. Bring yourown bag.

Nov. 25 - ConneautChristmas Parade, 7 p.m.from Conneaut High Schoolto Main Street. Floats,marching units. Lights ofLove tree lighting follows.

Nov. 29 - Mutual UF0Network’s ThomasWertman, UFO SightingsInvestigator, speaks atConneaut Public Library,304 Buffalo St., 6 p.m.

Dec. 2, 4 - Mike Breezeperforms Charles Dickens’

Hi everyone! Can you be-lieve Thanksgiving is only aweek away? Christmas willbe here before you know it,so I had better get a moveon! I’m a list maker and Ifind that it’s easier to keeptrack of what needs donewhen I stick to my list. Icheck off each project as Icomplete it and before Iknow it, I’m done.

Let’s see: pumpkin rolls,check! Rum Cakes, check!Cookies, check! Buckeyes,check! Pecan tassies, check!Sample each baked itemsince I am quality control,check, check, check andcheck! I love this job, it’s myfavorite. Ok, maybe I don’tsample everything I bake, Ido have to leave somethingfor my family to try and be-sides, it’s in my best inter-est to leave the goodiesalone. I’ll have to walk anextra half hour if I sampleeverything that comes out ofthe oven, so I think I’ll let theothers do the sampling.

If you haven’t finished upwith all the baking, cooking,shopping or wrapping, orwhatever else you may haveto do, don’t worry. Christmasis going to come whether youhave everything done or not.Who cares if a few (or all) ofthe gifts are poked down intoChristmas bags and coveredwith tissue? Nobody!

Who cares if the platterof cookies and snacks you setout for guests came from thelocal bakery or wholesaleclub? Nobody! Who cares ifthere’s a little dust on the topof the buffet or in an over-looked corner? Nobody!

Anybody can spend alltheir time cleaning and bak-ing and being so worn outthey can’t enjoy the holidays,but not everyone can put to-gether a holiday get-to-gether that everyone willenjoy and remember! And todo it practically stress-free isan art in itself....it just takesa little planning and delegat-ing.

How can you achieve thiswithout feeling guilty orstressed? Simple: order avariety of cookies, dessertsand finger foods from yourlocal bakery or nearestwholesale club. Hide a fivedollar bill somewhere inyour house and ask yourfamily to help you dust andpick up the house a bit. Who-ever finds the money gets tokeep it, and you get a lot ofwork done cheap!

Make decorating, puttingup the tree, or cleaning bath-rooms and picking up bed-

rooms a family affair; assoon as the work is done, it’soff to the movies for a fam-ily night out, or rent a video,pop some corn and kick back.

Board games are a greatway to unwind and spendsome time with the family,or take a ride around townand look at the lights,houses, decorations, etc. Do-ing things together as a fam-ily makes a family stronger,and your family will remem-ber and appreciate the funtimes during the holidays.Which is, by the way, muchbetter than remembering acranky, short-tempered,tired, exhausted person whocan’t even remember theirkid’s name!

So, delegate, order cook-ies, desserts, snacks, get thefamily to pitch in and help,and treat your family to afun night out. After all, isn’tthat what Christmas is re-ally all about? Celebratingthe birth of Baby Jesus,gathering together with fam-ily and friends and enjoyingthe Christmas season; that’swhat I’m talking about!

I’m printing a few of ourfavorite cookie recipes thatcan be doubled and made inan afternoon or evening.They’re great tasting, storewell and kids, big and little,love to help bake and deco-rate them. I hope your fam-ily likes these cookies asmuch as we do!

The recipe for the choco-late cookies with the choco-late kiss inside is so good youmight want to pass on thatrecipe. Back in the earlyeighties, I made a batch ofthem, froze them and endedup eating a handful everynight while I watchedJohnny Carson. Thirty daysand twelve pounds later Irealized that eating beforebed isn’t good for you andeating double chocolatecookies really isn’t good foryou. I guess you’ll have touse your own judgmentwhen it comes to these deli-cious cookies, so, good luck!

Sugar CookiesPreheat oven to 350 de-

grees Bake 7 - 9 minutes,until lightly browned

Yield: 4 -5 dozen

• 1 1/2 cups sifted pow-dered sugar

• 2 1/2 cups flour• 1 cup butter or mar-

garine• 1 tsp. soda• 1 egg• 1 tsp. cream of tartar

• 1 tsp. vanilla• 1/2 tsp. almond fla-

voring

Mix sugar and butter to-gether. Add egg and flavor-ings, mix well. Blend flour,soda and cream of tartar to-gether in large bowl. Blenddry ingredients into wet mix-ture. Roll into ball, covertightly and refrigerate for 2- 3 hours.

Divide dough in half androll out on surface sprinkledwith equal parts of flour andpowdered sugar until about1/16" thick, (I roll until 1/4",we like thicker cookies). Cutout with cookie cutters,transfer to lightly greasedcookie sheet, (I use parch-ment paper, it’s much easierand less mess to clean up).Bake at 350 degrees for 7 - 9minutes, until lightlybrowned around the edges.Frost/decorate when com-pletely cooled.

Chocolate KissesCookies

• 2 sticks of butter,softened

• 2/3 cup sugar• 1 tsp. vanilla• 1 1/2 cups flour• 1/4 cup dry cocoa

powder• 1 cup finely chopped

pecans

• 1 16 oz. bag kisses,unwrapped

Cream butter, sugar andvanilla together; sift flourand cocoa, add nuts. Add dryingredients to wet mixture,mix until blended. Chill forat least one hour. Using ascant tablespoon of dough,wrap it around one chocolatekiss, molding dough to coverkiss. Bake on cookie sheetcovered with parchment pa-per 375 degrees for 8 -10minutes. Roll in powderedsugar while still warm. De-licious!!

Mexican WeddingCakes

Preheat oven to 400 de-grees Bake 10 - 12 minutes

Yield: 4 dozen 1" cookies

• 1 cup butter or mar-garine

• 2 1/4 Cups flour• 1/2 cup sifted pow-

dered sugar• 1/2 tsp. salt• 1 tsp. vanilla• 3/4 cup finely

chopped nuts

Mix butter, sugar and va-nilla together. Stir flour andsalt together, blend into wetmixture, and stir well. Addnuts, stirring to blend well.Chill dough for one hour.Heat oven to 400 degrees;roll dough into one inchballs, place on cookie sheetlined with parchment paper.These cookies don’t spreadout, so you can place themclose together. Bake 10 -12minutes, until set but notbrown. While still warm, rollin powdered sugar; whencooled, roll in powderedsugar again

That’s going to wrap it upfor now, so until next time,stay safe and happy!

QUICK TIP OF THE WEEK:Make the holidays a time to remember for you and

your family! Set aside one night to take the whole fam-ily to visit a local nursing home and spread some Christ-mas cheer to those who otherwise wouldn’t have any-thing to look forward to. Take along small but practicalgifts for the residents, (although your presence wouldprobably be more than enough for them), such as: post-age stamps, all occasion cards, writing tablets and en-velopes, hand cream or lotion, and you’ll really put asmile on a lot of faces!! If allowed, take along your fam-ily dog, and watch the smiles on the faces of the resi-dents. You will make a difference in the life of someone,and you will be blessed for doing so.

Upcoming Events“A Christmas Carol” atConneaut CommunityCenter for the Arts, 1025Buffalo Street. $8 donation.

Campbell Thanks City for Support

Dear Editor:

I would like to extend my congratulations to DougHedrick as my successor for the Ward 1 council seat. Ithas been a very interesting four years serving this posi-tion and I respect the citizens’ voice for change.

I would like to thank all of my supporters and youfolks in the media for allowing me to communicate myviews to the public. My philosophy has always been ...family & health come first and and city business to fol-low. I will now have the opportunity to give my familythe full attention they deserve.

I wish the new councilmen the best of luck and I amconfident they will do their best to deal with our upcom-ing serious budget issues.

I would like again to thank the citizens of Conneautfor their past support.

Dave Campbell, ConneautWard 1 Councilperson

Conneaut Township ParkOperating Levy

Dear Editor:The Conneaut Township Park Board of Cornnissioners

would like to extend its appreciation and thanks to thevoters of the City of Conneaut for their overwhelmingsupport of Conneaut Township Park by passing the oper-ating levy.

This operating levy will enable the Park to continuebeing the bright spot on Lake Erie for all of us to use andenjoy.

Again, your support was very much appreciated, andwe thank you.

Conneaut Township Park Board of CommissionsGary Coxon, chair

Vince Parlongo andJim Supplee

Conneaut

Thank You, VotersDear Editor:I would like to thank EVERYONE who voted as

voting is such a gift and responsibility. For thosepeople who voted Joanie Norton for the ConneautArea City Schools Board of Education, I thank youfor your support and confidence in me. For thoseof you who did not vote Joanie Norton, I will striveto gain your confidence over the next four years.Ilook forward to serving on the Conneaut SchoolBoard.

Joanie NortonConneaut

Letters To The Editor

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our general readership. Although letters should be of suffi-cient length to express your idea, please limit them to 400words or less.

Letters should include your name, address, telephonenumber and hand written signature. We reserve the right toedit all letters for style, clarity and libelous content. Anony-mous letters will not be published.

Thomas Wertman To Talk About UFOsBack by popular demand, UFO expert Thomas Wertman

of the Mutual UFO Network will discuss recent UFOsightings, and present new information, at a Mutual UFONetwork program at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, at theConneaut Public Library, 304 Buffalo Street.

The program is free and open to call. Call 593-1608 withquestions.

Madcap PuppetsThe Conneaut Public Library will present the Madcap Pup-

pets at 5 p.m. Dec. 13 at the American Legion, 272 Broad Street.The library is offering these professional and hilarious puppe-teers as a Christmas gift to the community at no charge.

Harvest Hullabaloo at the LibraryThe Conneaut Public Library will host a Harvest Hul-

labaloo after school program on Friday, Nov. 18 from 4:30 -5:30 p.m. for children in kindergarten to 5th grade. Par-ticipants will hear turkey tales, taste turkey treats andcreate a take-home turkey.

Call the library at 593-1608 to reserve a seat.

Christmas Celebration at theKingsville Public Library

The Kingsville Public Library will hold its annualchildren’s Christmas Celebration on Dec. 3, with songs,crafts, puppet shows and a visit from Santa. Three timeslots are available: 10 to 11 a.m., 1 to 2 p.m., or 5 to 6 p.m.Admission is free, but donations of canned or non-perish-able goods for the local food pantry or dog and cat food forthe Animal Protective League, will be accepted.

Registration is limited. Children attending must regis-ter by Nov. 18. Call (440) 224-0239 to sign up.

Kingsville PublicLibrary Events

Conneaut PublicLibrary Events

Vision Loss:These Treat-ments May Help

Optic neuritis is charac-terized by inflammationand destruction of nervetissue in the eye. Personswith multiple sclerosis(MS) are likely to experi-ence this condition. Opticneuritis may also be thefirst sign of MS, howevernot all persons who are af-fected by the condition willbe diagnosed with MS.

Women are more likelythan men to develop opticneuritis, and the conditiontypically affects personsbetween the ages of 20 and40 years. Signs and symp-toms of the condition in-clude eye pain and visionloss, usually in one eye. Anabnormality of the im-mune system and geneticsmay also play a role.

Vision typically im-proves in several weekswithout treatment. Meth-ylprednisolone is a corti-costeroid that can be ad-ministered intravenouslyfor treatment of optic neu-ritis. If an MRI reveals ahigh risk of developing MS,immunomodulator medi-

cations may be prescribed.Avonex, a type of inter-feron beta-1a, is a medica-tion that is injected intothe muscle once per week,which may reduce the riskof developing MS. Rebif,another type of interferonbeta-1a, is also prescribedfor the treatment of MS.

This medication is in-jected subcutaneouslythree times a week.Glatiramer acetate(Copaxone) is another typeof immunomodulator fortreatment and preventionof MS. This medication isalso injected subcutane-ously.

Conneaut CommunityCenter for the Arts

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In Loving Memory of Our Dear Mother,Grandmother & Great-Grandmother

Mary Alice “Nana” Jussila

We will always remember you -Ten years have passed since that fateful day

when God decided to take you away.Not a moment goes by when you’re not thought of

We miss you, Nana - our angel of love.

Loads of Love & Kisses,Chuck & Carol; Mike, Mary Beth, Braden & Matthew;

Garett, Kelly & Laina

Who passed away 10 years ago...November 8, 2001

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“I think we have a dutyto look out to create jobs andretain existing businesses,”he said. “I don’t think we canafford to turn away busi-nesses or take an opportu-nity to send others away. Ihave faith in the PlanningCommission. I move to voteon Ordinance #94-11.”

Ward 3 Councilman GregMooney also supported theordinance, stating that busi-nesses are already locatedon nearly every block ofRoute 20 from the city’sboundaries east to west.

“It doesn’t make a lot ofsense not to move it for-ward,” he said. “One busi-ness shut down because itcouldn’t expand due to this.We also have stop-gaps inplace. Someone can’t put ina 24-hour business. Theflood gates will not beopened to do whatever [any-one wants].”

At-large Councilman NeilLaRusch countered that thePlanning Commission’s rec-ommendation to rezone thearea to highway and com-mercial business use isbased on a 20-year-old Com-prehensive Plan, and thatthe plan should be updated— as has been slated every

year, he said — before Coun-cil votes in favor of rezoninganywhere.

“The Plan hasn’t been up-dated, and I will base myvote on that,” he said, cast-ing the first “no” vote.

Udell cast the decisive “no”vote without explanation.

Immediately afterward,Council appeared confused,not understanding whetherthe ordinance passed orfailed. Then Schroeder ex-plained that since it had notgarnered four votes, it hadfailed.

“The city’s codified ordi-nance says that after a pub-lic hearing, City Councilmay adopt the ordinance bymajority vote,” Schroeder ex-plained. “It needs four votesbecause it needs a majorityvote of all members. Therewas no majority. It failed.”

“I’m disappointed, but Iunderstand where we camefrom,” said Campbell, wholater thanked the PlanningCommission for its time.

Prior to the discussion,Schroeder had explained toCouncil that if it chose topostpone the vote for furtherstudy of the issue, he rec-ommended sending it to theEconomic Development

Committee “because that isthe intent of the ordinance.”

Schroeder said if it modi-fied or amended the ordi-nance, Council would haveto resubmit it to the Plan-ning Commission. In thatcase, it could be enacted bya three-fourths majority ofCouncil.

On Tuesday, CouncilPresident Tom Udell said hevoted against the ordinancebecause he does not believeit is the best means of en-couraging business develop-ment along Route 20, andwould like to meet with thePlanning Commission forfurther discussion.

“I’d really like to talk tothe Economic Developmentchair and the Planning Com-mission chair to see if we canget together and come to an-other agreement,” he said.“If you look at the area, thereare already about 15 busi-nesses there, on both sidesof the street. How are theythere, and is it possible thatwe can, in certain areas ofthat corridor, find a place toput in businesses whetherthey are non-conforming or‘spot’ zoning?”

Udell added that heknows there are areas andproperties in the area underconsideration for rezoningthat would lend themselvesto small businesses.

“But I don’t feel at thistime that the entire routeshould be rezoned. It’s mygut feeling,” he said.

With regard to the nexttwo Planning Commissionrezoning recommendationproposals for Broad Streetand Lake Road, to encouragelakefront tourism, Gigantisaid the commission is wait-ing on the city to schedulethe next two public hearings.

But until the Route 20 re-zoning is resolved, Udellwants to hold off.

“From my perspective, wejust completed the CenterRoad proposal and we’re justcompleting the Route 20 pro-posal, which I hope we do.The next step is BroadStreet, and then Lake Road.But I don’t want to start com-bining everything. This re-zoning has been on the dock-ets for almost four years. Tome, obviously, they didn’twant to rush into it in thepast and we won’t rush intoit in the present.”

The defeat is the secondzoning ordinance to beturned down by City Coun-cil. The Planning Commis-sion proposed rezoning tolight business Center Road,but Council swiftly defeatedthat ordinance in its firstreading after residents ob-jected at a public hearing inAugust.

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANTaylor Daub (left) shakes hands with Molly Ralston,played by Lauren Horwood, as Ralston’s husband, Giles(right), played by Anthony Pizzuti, looks on during a dressrehearsal of Agatha Christie’s mystery, “The Mousetrap”on stage this weekend at Conneaut High School. Di-rected by Emily Wacker, performances are 7 p.m. Nov.17, 18 and 19. Tickets are $5. The play involves a murderafter guests have arrived at an old English inn inheritedby the Ralstons. Wacker says at some point, every char-acter presents a motive for committing the murder. Eightcast members are involved with the production. BrittanyBritten is stage manager. Student volunteers helped putup the set, which was designed by Wacker.

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CONNEAUT - ConneautRotary Club had a treat instore for every fourth gradestudent at Gateway Elemen-tary School on Nov. 8: abrand new paperback dictio-nary.

Club members deliveredthe “Webster’s Dictionary forStudents,” 4th edition,shortly after 9 a.m., enteringeach classroom to make apresentation and personallyhand each student a newbook. Rotarian PennyArmeni told the students.“We know you have theInternet, but sometimes, youneed a paper dictionary. Andthese are filled with wordsyou don’t know.”

The fourth graders loved

PHOTOS BY MARTHA SOROHANFourth graders Logan Johnston and Katherine Joslin, inCathy Gephardt’s class at Gateway Elementary School,received new dictionaries from Conneaut Rotary Clubpresident Scott Landis. The Conneaut Rotary Club delivereddictionaries to Gateway fourth graders on Nov. 8.

No Loss For Wordsthem. Feeling the smooth,shiny red covers, the stu-dents said they would prob-ably take them home.

“We’ve used the school’s.Now we have our own,” saidMaKenna Sury, a student inMrs. VanSlyke’s class.

So the students would notforget the dictionary donors,Armeni pointed out the Ro-tary International motto,“Service above self,” listedinside each book.

There was also a placewhere students could signtheir names, and the Rotar-ians encouraged them to do so.

Conneaut Rotary Clubhas presented dictionaries toConneaut Area City Schoolsfourth graders for severalyears.

“We do it for the commu-nity,” Armeni said.


CONNEAUT - Hearingthe young voices of LakeshorePrimary School students singtheir praises can easily reducethe most stalwart veterans totears.

That was the consensusThursday morning afternearly 500 pre-K, kindergar-ten, first and second gradestudents sang their thank-you’s to veterans invited to theannual Veterans Day assem-bly, under the direction ofRich Shields.

As American Legion CowlePost #151 Commander TomUdell explained to the stu-dents, the “colors” brought tothe front of the gymnasium bythe Legion’s Color Guard isanother name for the Ameri-can flag — and students werewell acquainted with factsabout the American flag, asthey showed during a brief“question-and-answer” ses-sion. But they did not know,until Udell told them, thatduring eight years of ourcountry’s history, the flag con-tained 15 stripes. Udell gen-tly corrected students whoresponded that the Americanflag’s stars represent coun-tries.

“States,” he said. “Butthere is no question but thatyou’ve been learning. We’rehere to honor our flag.”

Not all of the children un-derstood the definition of “vet-eran,” but Legion color guardmembers Kevin Jury, JimWinslow, Don Watts, RobertGross, Ron Brundage andUdell took time to talk abouttheir decisions to join military

Lakeshore Primary Honors Veterans

Al Farley of Fairview, Pa., an Army VietNam veteran, wastouched to receive a certificate during the Nov. 10Veterans’ Day program at Lakeshore Primary School,from his grandson, Patrick Kantola, a Lakeshore student.Farley called the program “great.”

PHOTOS BY MARTHA SOROHANAmerican Legion Cowle Post Commander Tom Udellpatiently answered questions from students at LakeshorePrimary School during the Veterans Day assembly.

Lakeshore teacher Rich Shields, who organized theVeterans Day assembly, hands a microphone to veteranTaylor Cleveland, a former Conneaut police officer whonows works for the Ashtabula County Sherif f’sDepartment. Veterans at the assembly introducedthemselves to the students.

service.U.S. Navy veteran

Brundage saw the worldthrough the Navy. Recallinga memorable event, he spokeof sailing on the AtlanticOcean. Once, during thetransfer of materials from oneship to another, the othership, which was very close tohis ship, suddenly lost itssteering and collided into his.

But the hole in the shipwas patched and the vesselproceeded to Spain, he said..

Jury told the students howhe enlisted in the service atage 17, one week shy of his18th birthday, after U.S. ma-rines barracks were bombedoverseas.

“I wanted to be part ofsomething that would stopsuch a thing from happeningagain,” he said.

Udell, an Air Force vet-eran, told the students thatthe military offers wonderfulopportunities. Not only do themilitary offer collegiate-levelsports teams, but allows oneto see the world.

“You get a good educationand opportunities to tour theUnited States and other coun-tries,” he said. “It’s somethingI never regretted. I’m proud.”

Shields presented eachveteran a certificate and ahandshake.

Lakeshore Principal JimKennedy told the veteransthat inside each of the starson a large banner, “Becauseof the free, because of thebrave” that hung on the stagewas a “token of appreciation”with the names of Lakeshorestudents and staff who madethem.

For a final lesson on flag

etiquette, Jury askedLakeshore student ScottyEdwards to stand.

“I’ve seen this young manand remember him as onewho jumps to his feet whenthe flag goes by. People don’tknow what they are supposedto do when they see the flag.He is a worthwhile examplethat I wish everyone couldbe,” he said. “He and otherpeople who stand up make itall worthwhile, not matterhow cold or how wet we arefrom marching. It does ourhearts good.”

Under the direction ofmusic teacher Mrs. Dohancic,

the children sang, by memory,“God Bless the U.S.A.” Ear-lier, they had sung a lesser-known song with this refrain:“Thank you! Oh, thank you!To those who served so val-iantly, we sing this gratefulsong.”

After the ceremony, veter-ans were invited to the teach-ers’ lounge for coffee and do-nuts. Some visited individualclassrooms to talk more aboutbeing a veteran.

“I love their singing,” saidone veterans enjoying the do-nuts. “It really gets to me. It’sa beautiful job. It’s hard notto cry when they sing.”

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANCraig Walker, Conneaut High School Class of 1990,was a guest in Mrs. Case’s second-grade classroomfollowing Lakeshore Primary School’s Veterans Dayassembly on Nov. 10. His son, Hayden, is a memberof that class. Walker, who will be eligible to retire ina few years, told the students that he is based inChicago, but has been deployed three times —though some details of his military life are top secret.“I’m an ‘active’ sailor but I don’t spend too muchtime on a ship,” he said. Walker, who earned abachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’sdegree courtesy of the U.S. Navy, explained to thestudents the meaning behind the medals andribbons on his uniform. “I enjoy it, but I miss beinghome with my family,” he said.

Troop VisitsHighlight Veterans Day

we were going to do,” shesaid.

The mother of three youngchildren who works part-time as a liver transplant co-ordinator for the ClevelandClinic, Billington said thatchairing the levy campaigncommittee was rewarding,though time-consuming.

“This is the first time I’dbeen involved in a school cam-paign, and until you’re in it,you have no idea,” she said.“We passed out signs and weknocked on doors. I wentdown my road until it was toodark to see. But everyone was

friendly. They were receptive.They invited us inside. No onewas mean. This is a friendlycommunity.”

That is why Billingtonblames the levy defeat on theeconomy.

“There really wasn’t a lotof commotion about it, andit’s not an issue that dividedthe community,” she said. “Ijust think if the economy hadbeen different, they’d havesupported it. It seemed likethat across the state. Therewere even school levy renew-als that didn’t pass. It’s theeconomy. Personally, at least,

I assume that’s what the is-sue was. If I’m mistaken, I’msure we’ll find that out.”

In terms of an observationin The Courier of Nov. 10 thatBillington had hedged whena reporter asked why theBuckeye District needed newfacilities — campaign litera-ture stated that new facilitieswould “improve studentlearning, attendance andteacher performance” —when it is AshtabulaCounty’s only district to haveattained an “excellent” staterating, Billington said thereis always room for improve-

ment.“The [Buckeye] schools

were ranked ‘excellent’ forthe first time,” she said. “Butwe can become excellent withdistinction. And yes, ourteachers are excellent andmany other factors are excel-lent, but we can provide moreeducational opportunities tostudents with new buildingsthan are able to be provideddue to the aging buildingsand lack of technology. Theteachers won’t change, butthe environment in whichthey are able to teach the stu-dents will change.”

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Bushnell Store - 5915 Rt. 7

Conneaut Rite-Aid - 364 Main St.

Shell Station - 281 State St.

Circle K - 306 Mill St.

Mooney Bakery - 231 Broad St.

Conneaut Courthouse

Golden Dawn - 281 Main St.

City News - 214 Washington St.

Gerdes Pharmacy - 245 Main St.

Clark Station

Broad St. Mini Mart - Broad St.

Basil’s Café - 182 Park Ave.

Harbor Beverage - 985 Broad St.

Anthony’s - Lake Rd.

M & R Food - 1033 Lake Rd.

Ron’s Meats - 926 Main St.

UH ConneautMedical Center - 2nd Flr

Quality Cleaners

Perkins - 348 W. Main St.

Conneaut Save-A-Lot350 W. Main St.

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Crazy Dave’s Sugar Bowl518 Mill Street

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CONNEAUT — At 1:44p.m. Nov. 14, officers citedKeith Kanieski for mari-juana possession.

Officers had observed ared Pontiac passenger carwith tinted windows and itstail lights covered with verydark tinted covers.

After initiating a traffic

Dark Tail Lights Leadto Marijuana Discovery

stop on Buffalo Street, theymet with the driver of thevehicle and identified himas Keith Kanieski. Advis-ing him why he had beenstopped, officers questionedhim about possessing ille-gal items.

Kanieski became defen-sive and repeatedly stated,“No, why?” Kanieski thenopenly admitted to possess-ing “a ten sack of weed.” He

then advised it was hiddenin the ceiling of his car.

A passenger, Mr.Hemphill, was removedfrom the car and ques-tioned by police. A searchof Kanieski’s car produceda small bag of suspectedmarijuana. Kanieski wasgiven a warning for the ob-structed tail lights andcited for Marijuana Posses-sion.


CONNEAUT - Officerswere called 1:55 p.m. Nov.13 to Route 7, near I-90, foran auto accident with pos-sible injuries.

They arrived to find aFord 350 and whiteCadillac in the intersectionof the I-90 east entrance

Two-Car Accident at Route 7/I-90ramp.

Stanley Janikowski, thedriver of the Cadilllac, saidthat he was not injured, butthat his wife, Sophie, hadhit her head on the window.Emergency personnel enroute were notified.

The driver of the Ford350, identified by police as“Mr. Norris,” indicatedthat while he was travel-

ing northbound on Route 7,Janikowski had pulled infront of him, causing himto strike the passengerside door and fender of theCadillac.

Janikowski stated thatafter making a left turn to-ward the I-90 east ramp,he failed to see Norris’ ve-hicle and pulled out infront of him.

“Wassailing” Returns Dec. 3Tickets are on sale for the annual Christmas dinner con-

cert, “Come Wassailing With Us,” to be held this year 5:30p.m. Dec. 3 at First Congregational United Church of Christ,Main & Buffalo Street.

A buffet dinner of roast pork or chicken cordon blue, augratin potatoes, vegetable, jello, cranberry salad, beverages,rolls, and Black Forest Cake, begins at 6 p.m. Chicken ten-ders will be available for children 12 and under.

Following dinner, a ballet, “Twelve Days of Christmas,”will be performed by students at the Conneaut Commu-nity Center for the Arts. Vocal soloist is Eric Slayton, stu-dent at Gateway Elementary School.

Tickets are $12.50 adults and $8 children under 8. Call599-8744 to RSVP or 593-5031.

Church Sign:“Don’t fear ghosts. Listen to the

Holy Ghost.”– First Baptist Church, Conneaut

Religious BriefsAt 11 a.m. worship at Good Shepherd

Lutheran Church, Grove Street at LakeRoad on Nov. 20, Christ the King Sunday,readers are Dolores Pelow ((8:30 a.m. con-temporary worship) and Jerry Brookhouser(11 a.m. traditional worship). Thanksgiv-ing dinner will be served at noon, followedby the Hanging of the Greens. Advent be-gins Sunday, Nov. 27.

The Rev. Scott Walsh, pastor, will preachat 9 a.m. contemporary and 11 a.m. tradi-tional worship Nov. 20 at New LeafUnited Methodist Church, 283 BuffaloStreet. Becky Levering will direct the choirin “Praise the Lord, All Earth Be Ringing.”

At 11 a.m. worship Nov. 20, the lastSunday of Pentecost at First Congrega-tional United Church of Christ, Main& Buffalo Streets, the sacrament of bap-tism will be observed. Members of the FreeSpirit Youth Group, under the direction ofSue Krieg, will give the message by per-forming the play, “Stone Soup.” Greeters areJohn and Judy McNerney. The choir willsing under the direction of Norris Kelly. Pianist is Jim Fuller. Liturgist is LauraMcCoy. A potluck luncheon follows worshipto welcome the new members.

Greeters for 11 a.m. worship Nov. 20 atFirst Baptist Church, 370 State St., areAllan Mononen and the Bateman andCarothers families.

Advent worship at Good ShepherdLutheran Church will be held Nov. 30,Dec. 7 and 14. Dessert will be served at 6:30p.m., with casual worship at 7 p.m.

The Free Spirit Youth Group of FirstCongregational United Church of Christ isselling Malley’s chocolates this holiday sea-son. Contact them at 599-8744 for more in-formation.

CHURCH MEALSFree dinners, prepared by Dave Jones,

are served 5 to 6 p.m. Fridays at New LeafUnited Methodist Church, 283 BuffaloStreet. The Nov. 18 menu is roast pork andstuffing, real mashed potatoes & gravy,Dave’s dinner rolls and assorted desserts.No dinner will be served on Friday, Nov. 25.

New Leaf United Methodist Church willserve a free Thanksgiving dinner, pre-pared by Dave Jones, on Nov. 24. Menu isturkey and dressing, real mashed potatoesand gravy, Crazy Dave’s dinner rolls, andpie. All are welcome.

a number that has remainedstable since LaECI opened in2000 — to 1.798, the numberlisted at LaECI on CCA’s website.

“We know that increasingbeds is part of what Ohio isasking us to do, but first wewant to get in, assess the cli-mate and talk with staff be-fore that happens,” he said.

Goodrich says there is astrategy to successfully ex-pand prison population. Hehas overseen such two expan-sions, including increasingfrom 1,700 beds to over 2,600beds the Coffee CorrectionalInstitution where he hasbeen warden since 2008 af-ter serving as assistant war-den from 2004 to 2008.

“Right now, our average is2,628 beds. It’s the largestprison in Georgia,” he said.

No stranger to northeastOhio, Goodrich said hejumped at the chance to come“back home” to the Midwest,after leaving ten years ago forGeorgia. From 1997 to 2001,he worked as Chief of Secu-rity at the federal NortheastOhio Correctional Center inYoungstown under CCAmanagement.

“I was interested in goingback home,” Goodrich said.“So when Ohio came up —

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and the possibility of fiveprisons — I was interested,and the decision came aboutthat I was selected.”

Having lived in five statessince joining CCA in 1992,Goodrich says he and his wife— who runs a creative writ-ing business from her home— are used to movingaround.

“That carried over fromthe military,” he said.

The couple’s two children,ages 25 and 22, live in Wash-ington, D.C., and Georgia,respectively.

A U.S. Army veteran with20 years’ experience in cor-rections and law enforce-ment, Goodrich was born inLaPeer, Mich., about 20 mileseast of Flint. After earning abachelor’s degree in criminaljustice at Central MichiganUniversity, he joined the mili-tary. There he worked in cor-rections.

“I enjoyed it, so a careerin corrections came natu-rally,” he said.

What Goodrich enjoyedeven more, however, wascoaching, something hepicked up during his collegeyears.

“I coached in all thesports...basketball, footballand baseball, but I’d haveconcentrated on basketball ifI had pursued it. I coachedmainly at the junior highlevel. I might have gone onto the high school level, but Ientered the military,” he said.

Goodrich worked his way

barbershop quartet, The Fi-nal Cut, rendition of “Still,Still, Still.”

Starting with CHSsophomore LaurenHorwood’s singing of “TheNational Anthem,” the firsthalf of the program was up-beat, featuring ConneautHigh School show choir, theHarmonix, wearing SantaClaus hats as they sangand danced their waythrough “Jingle Bell Rock,”“Do You Hear What IHear?” and the rousing“Christmas” Baby PleaseCome Home,”

Following intermissionoffering free punch andChristmas cookies, servedby the Conneaut MusicBoosters, the program tookon a more serious nature.Conneaut High School vocalmusic teacher MeganKalosky, soprano, and bari-tone Nick Sanford were re-warded with the evening’sonly standing ovation fortheir rendition of “The

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Prayer.”“Boy, did we line up tal-

ent or what?” Somppi askedthe crowd after the duet.

The South Ridge BaptistChurch Children’s Choirpresented the evening’slengthiest performancewith several Christmassongs pointing to the truemeaning of Christmas,while the South Ridge bellchoir, under the direction ofGeorge Voytek, offered deli-cate melodies of “Carol ofthe Bells” and “Angels WeHave Heard on High.”

Harpist Sue Kriegwowed the audience with“What Child Is This?” and“White Christmas.”

In between, various in-strumental quartets andtrios made up of ConneautHigh School band membersoffered selections such as,“Hark! The Herald AnglsSing” and “God Rest YeMerry Gentlemen,” underthe direction of Sean Smith.Smith dressed for the occa-

sion in a Christmas-greendress shirt and red tie.

Debby Tisdale performeda solo, “Bethlehem’s Trea-sure,” and keyboardist JimFuller strayed from hisusual “oldies rock” genrewith the Kingpins to offermusic he plays Sundays atGood Shepherd LutheranChurch, including “Mary’sLittle Boy Child” and theevening’s only Advent num-ber, “Awake Awake andGreet the New Morn.”

Sanford, a cantor at St.Mary Church, returned tothe stage to sing “AveMaria,” with guitar accom-paniment by Sean Smith,and dedicated it to his smallsister, Vina Rose Sanford.He told the audience thatwhen he had first sung “AveMaria” 10 years ago, hismother was hearing himsing for the first time.

“I dedicated the song toher, and I’ll never be off herwill,” he joked. “Tonight, Iam dedicating it to my sis-ter, who has never heard mesing.”

An audience sing-alongof four Christmas carols, ledby Kalosky and Sanford,was whittled down to justone, “Silent Night,” as theconcert’s 8:30 p.m. finishtime came and went.

In his benediction, one ofthe concert planners, TimKraus, pastor of the Churchof Christ, asked God’s tobless the community andgrant riches that moneycannot buy.

“Help us have the sensethat You are with us,” Krausasked.

Sanford concluded theevening with Krieg on theharp by asking the audienceto join in singing “Let ThereBe Peace On Earth.”

“What better way to endthe concert than with ‘LetThere Be Peace On Earth.’Have a wonderful holidayseason,” he said.

The planning committee,which also included DebbieTisdale of the ConneautMusic Boosters, CHRC Ex-ecutive Director DebbieNewcomb, CHS’ Kalosky,and Conneaut Food PantryDirector Renea Roach, in-vited various church andschool groups to performseveral numbers and leftthe selections up to the per-formers.

Just one performer, MattCarducci, had to cancel atthe last minute and sent hisregrets.

Sound was provided byMarty Landon, and MattCrawford videotaped theevent to be shown later oncable channels 6 and 19.

The second annual“Voices of Hope” concert wasa fund-raiser for theConneaut Human Re-sources Center and theConneaut Music Boosters.

Judging from the sold-out crowd and the overflow-ing parking lot, the eventwill be repeated next year.

up the ranks at CCA sincestarting as a correctional of-ficer in 1992. He has servedas assistant shift supervisor,chief of security, assistantwarden, and facility execu-tive. He said on CCA’s website that he hopes to developa good relationship with thelocal community and govern-ment to make LaECI one ofthe best correctional facilitiesin Ohio. He believes that thepositives of the prison sale faroutweigh the city’s concernsover the sale, something hehas already discussed in per-son with fellow Michigan na-tive Tim Eggleston,Conneaut’s city manager.

“”There’s a good founda-tion, a great history and awonderful community atLake Erie,” said Goodrich.“We want to build on that,incorporate our ‘CCA Way’into the facility and, workingtogether, continue movingforward every day in makingit an outstanding place towork.”

Goodrich also maintains apassion for his team to im-prove their professional expe-rience.

“My aim has always beento help people learn and growto become future leaderswithin our company and com-munity,” said Goodrich. “I amexcited about my opportunityto work in Ohio with CCA,and thrilled to get the chanceto be a part of the outstand-ing team at Lake Erie Cor-rectional Institution.”

“The issues you’re talking about as a cityare what we look forward to addressing andmaking sound decisions.” he said. “Detailsabout the number of inmates or who willhandle felonies are all workable issues.”

— Barry Goodrich, new warden of LaECI

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CONNEAUT - JoeBurdick and Joshua Longwere issued minor misde-meanor citations for disor-derly conduct following astreet f ight near theGolden Anchor at Erie andHarbor Streets.

Police were dispatchedto the restaurant 2 a.m.Nov. 11.

When police arrived,many people began dis-persing to the east.

During a conversationwith two older people atthe scene, officers noticeda man walking west onPark Avenue wearing awhite sweatshirt, whomthey knew had been in-volved and should bestopped. As they beganwalking toward him, how-ever, the subject beganrunning away. Immedi-ately, officers chased himand yelled, “Stop! Police!”

Other officers arrived atBroad Street and Park Av-enue as the subject contin-ued running westbound,then headed south onBroad. Soon located in aBuffalo Street driveway, hewas identified as Burdick.

Out of breath, and wearingno shoes, Burdick admit-ted to being at the bar andpeople wanting to fighthim. He told officers hewas forced to run for safety.

Numerous witnessestold police, however, thatBurdick was instigating afight between Cody Youngand Joshua Long.

Stopped for speeding onBroad Street, Young wasthen questioned by offic-ers. Though he had bloodon his nose, arms, handsand white shirt, he ada-mantly denied fighting —but said he will not backdown from anyone wantingto fight.

Young had been warnedseveral times to calm downand stop yelling to otherpeople and causing a dis-ruptive scene. Young wasloud and disorderly, tryingto taunt another man intoa fight.

Young was placed intohandcuffs, patted down,and taken to jail, where hewas issued a cited for Dis-orderly Conduct and re-leased to a friend. Burdickwas issued a Minor Misde-meanor Citation for Disor-derly Conduct and releasedto a friend.

Police Break Up Street Fight


CONNEAUT - Spottedswerving in her red Mazdasedan at 2:20 a.m. Nov. 14,Mary Benson was stoppedand soon cited for OVI.

Officers patrolling 16thStreet near Mill Street ob-served the female driver ofa red Mazda sedan gradu-ally swerve over the centerof the roadway then jerk thewheel back to correct her-self.

Upon pulling her over,officers recognized Bensonfrom previous incidents.When they advised her ofthe reason for the stop, sheat first looked at them andrefused to speak. Whenasked for her insurancecard and driver’s license,she shook her head andpointed her finger to herglove box.

Officers then askedBenson if there were a rea-

Traffic Stop Nets Drug Paraphernaliaby MARTHA SOROHANGazette Newspapers

CONNEAUT - In a third Nov. 14incident in which officers discoveredillegal substances in a passenger ve-hicle, Conneaut Police cited KennethRyan for marijuana possession andDaniel Poff for display of license plateand bumper height.

Spotting on State Street nearRockwell a white 2000 Chevy pick-upwith no rear license plate illumina-tion, police turned around and beganfollowing the truck westbound onState at 9:18 p.m. Nov. 14. The pick-up quickly turned south on CenterRoad. As officers followed, they ob-served the registration was hard toread due to a heavy plastic cover.

Activating lights and siren, officersinitiated a traffic stop near C.L.Y.O.The driver, Daniel Poff, advised he did

not have his license on him. The pas-senger in the center seat, identified asKenneth Ryan, told police they weredriving his fiance’s vehicle. A passen-ger in the right-hand seat was identi-fied as Kelly Poff.

At officers’ request, the AshtabulaCounty Sheriff ’s office sent a K-9 tothe scene. After a sniff of the vehicle,the K-9 advised of a positive alert tothe vehicle for narcotics.

All occupants exited the vehicle andwere patted down for weapons.

Officers searching the vehicle lo-cated a black zipper case in the driver’sside rear door containing a baggy ofgreen leafy substance (known as mari-juana), a socket with burnt marijuanaresidue and a silver cylindrical con-tainer.

In the silver container were sixbaggies with a white powdery residue.Also in the zipped container was a

Presque Isle Downs card, belonging toRobert Ryan, and a business card be-longing to Kenneth Ryan. A search ofthe vehicle also located an Excedrincontainer in the center console con-taining six baggies containing whitepowdery residue.

After placing the items in the patrolcar, officers continued the search andlocated two packets of rolling papers.

Ryan was escorted to the patrol carand read his Miranda Warning, Headvised that all the baggies, parapher-nalia, and marijuana were his. Headmitted using methamphetaminethe previous day and has used over thepast several weeks. Poff was cited fordisplay of license plate and bumperheight and Ryan was issued a citationfor marijuana.

The matter was referred to the LawDirector for drug paraphernalia andpossession of methamphetamines.

Woman Arrested for OVIson she wasn’t speaking tothem. She finally openedher mouth and explainedthat she was under the in-fluence of anti depressantsand said they may haveimpaired her ability todrive like she should.

While speaking with her,officers asked if she had con-sumed any type of alcoholicbeverage that night. Shesaid, “Yes, I’ve had threedrinks. I know you cansmell it.”

Her eyes were extremelyglossy and her speech washeavily slurred.

Benson agreed to exitthe car to submit to fieldsobriety tests. She wasthen placed under arrestfor Operating a VehicleUnder the Influence. Shewas transported to UH-Conneaut Medical Centerfor a blood draw, thentransported to jail andbooked in.

Her vehicle was towed.

throughout his speech.“I came from a blue-col-

lar family. My father hadnot understood why I didn’twant to go to work in themills or plants like every-one else,” he said. “But Iwanted an education. Themilitary offers an opportu-nity to to serve your coun-try, and get an education.That’s not a bad thing. Youcan better your life by serv-ing in the military.”

Thanking Gore, emceeRick Gleason defined veter-ans: “We are you, in ourcommunities. What you of-fer comes to us from yourtime in the military.”

The service ended with“echo taps,” played byConneaut High SchoolMarching Band directorSean Smith in front of CityHall and student FeliciaStanek.

The Veterans Day cer-emonies had begun at 10:45a.m., when a paradestepped off from the Ameri-can Legion, behind theConneaut High SchoolMarching Band.

Conneaut’s formerWorld War II prisoner ofwar, Chuck Marcy, led thesinging of the national an-them as members of theCowle Post of the localAmerican Legion offered agun salute.

Members of the Legionand Veterans of ForeignWars took turns placingwreaths at the memorial’sstones for veterans of World

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War I, World War II, Ko-rean, Vietnam, DesertStorm, and POWs.

Tim Kraus, pastor of theChurch of Christ, openedthe ceremony with an invo-cation thanking God forthose who sacrificed theirlives to preserve America’sfreedoms.

In his benediction,Kraus asked God’s blessing,noting the great debt weowe those who served andcontinue to serve in themilitary in dangerousplaces.

“We pray for those whosuffered the nightmare ofwar, and those who stoodguard, vigilant, protectingus in peace. This nationwas founded only with Yourblessing. You preserve ourfreedom to worship Youopenly and freely. Theyloved liberty more than life,and laid down their livesfor this nation. God blessthe United states ofAmerica.”

The service was inter-spersed by a recording of“God Bless the U.S.A.,” ona sound system provided byMarty Landon.

Shortly before noon, theAmerican Legion held in itsnorth parking lot a tradi-tional flag-burning cer-emony to properly disposeof tattered American flags.The Legion then hosted ahot meal for Legion mem-bers and Veterans Day cer-emony participants.

PHOTOS BY MARTHA SOROHANEight-year U.S. Navy veteran the Rev. Frank Goreaddressed a small crowd at Veterans Day ceremoniesFriday at Veterans Memorial in front of City Hall.

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