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Wauseon Urgent Care Celebrates

Grand Re-Opening On Shoop Ave
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Teen Miss Edon To Host Square

Dance For Chloe Merillat &
Williams County Cancer Assistance
By: T.J. Hug
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
PHOTO BY CHELSIE FIRESTONE, STAFF
NEW LOCATION ... Urgent Care of Wauseon celebrated their Grand Re-Opening
on September 26 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Moving from their previous
Elm Street location to their new facility to 1190 N. Shoop Avenue, the doctors
and staff of Urgent Care continue to offer physicals, drug screens, lab services,
flu shots, and a convenient walk in clinic for non-emergency medical needs
at a fraction of the cost of an emergency room visit. Insurances are accepted.
Celebrating the event are; from left; Andrea Bowman, RMA; Riyad Abdel-Ghani
(co-owner); Brandy Gilber, CMP; Hatem Elady, MD (co-owner); Nizar Daboul,
MD (co-owner); Brandy Dotson; Sophia Villalovos, MA; Sandi Knaves; Laura
Bolaney; Jenn Miller, RMA, and Neil Toeppe (Executive Director Wauseon
Chamber of Commerce). To learn more about Urgent Cares new facility and
the services offered, please visit www.ucofwauseon.com. Appointments can be
scheduled by calling 419.335.4600 but walk-ins are always welcome as well.
CHICKENS IN THE VILLAGE: YES OR NO?
Fayette Village Council

Addresses Several Legislative
& Ordinance Issues
By: Timothy Kays
Members of the Fayette Village Council

convened in regular session on the evening
of September 24.
An item from the report of Village
Administrator Steven Blue dealt with
a standing ordinance regarding animal
prohibitions within the village. Various
subcommittees of Council have been
addressing the issue, as a request to
permit chickens has been brought forward.
The Governmental Affairs Committee
suggested an open public hearing on the
matter. That hearing has been scheduled
for October 16 in the Fairview School
Auditeria.
Mr. Blue reported that there has been
no response from TRW since the Zoning
Board of Appeals granted their full request
for variances. Mr. Doug Cox of TRW said
that he believes a response should be
coming by the middle of next week.
In a heavy voting schedule, Council
approved Ordinance 2014-10 pertaining
to
increased
estimated
revenues,
and
Ordinance
2014-11
pertaining
to supplemental appropriations and
amending estimated revenues.
Ordinance 2014-12 was approved,
allowing for a vacating a 224-foot portion
of Fulton Street from the easternmost part
of the intersection with North Gorham, on
to the east.
Council
approved
an
ordinance
renewing the permits of the Ohio Gas
Company and successors to continue to
install and service gas lines within the
village.
Council approved Resolution 201405, an annual formality approving tax
amounts and rates as set by the Budget
commission. Finally, with the new police
truck currently being outfitted for duty,
Council approved the sale of the 2007
Chevy Trailblazer at a cost of no less than
$5,000.
In legislative actions, Council approved
waiving the hearing pertaining to
Resolution 2014-05, and approved the
allocation of $31,516.69 for 2015. Council
also approved the expense of $3.350 for
the door replacement at the water plant.
In their final actions
of the evening, Council
accepted the September
15 resignation of Kevin
Howard, with the payment
of 60 hours of unused
vacation
time.
Council
also approved the hiring
of Mitch Martin as a fulltime police officer, effective
September 29.
"The Village Reporter"
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Not only was she serving the hungry

Coldwater people, Melody was fielding
questions as well.
Why was she doing this? Was someone
making her?
Or, from the younger
children, where did she get that crown?
Melody Nofziger, this years Teen Miss
Edon, says what she liked most about
volunteering at the Coldwater food pantry
was seeing all the smiles. It didnt matter
that the homeless and less fortunate
patrons werent particularly clean or well
groomed, or that their clothes were tattered
and torn. Just seeing them happy was all
she needed.
I just like helping people in general.
Nofziger admitted.
A quick glance at her other volunteer
work removes all doubt about that.
Nofziger has spent her time helping to serve
community meals, working the concession
stands, assisting with parties for little kids
at the library, setting up the yearly Easter
Egg hunt in Waltz Park, and even giving
the town Santa Claus, who happens to be
her grandfather, a hand when children
come to tell him their holiday wishes.
That grandfather, Bruce Kannel,
has had his own battle with cancer.
Diagnosed with terminal cancer of the
kidney three years ago, Kannel was
given six months to live. The Teen Miss
Edon Queen accompanied her grandpa
to his treatments, getting to know the
medical
professionals
keeping
him
alive. She also saw the Williams County
Cancer Assistance Program help fund his
treatments, something she still hasnt
forgotten. In fact, its motivated her.
I thought it would be nice to try to
help.
Indeed, upon hearing about her old
friend Chloe Merillat, whom she has known
mostly from New Hope Church in Bryan,
which they both attend, Nofziger knew
she had to do something. Her Teen Miss
Edon Pageant Community Concentration
happened to be assisting the Cancer
Assistance Program, and raising money
for the Merillat Family, themselves giving
members of the Edgerton Community,
was a cause near her heart.
The question then became where to
start. How could she begin her campaign to
give some financial relief to the Merillats?
The answer which came to her is perhaps
in her blood. The Kannel family has a long
and proud tradition of doing it after all.
When one thinks about it, it was the most
logical conclusion to which she could have
come.
Of course the answer was square
dancing.
We cleared out the tables at our family
reunions and did it. Lynne, Melodys
mom, remembered.
There is a long history, going back at
least as far as Lynnes grandmother, of
Kannels organizing and calling square
dances.
This particular square dance, held
in the Edon Fire Hall, will involve three
callers, which also happen to represent
three generations of the Kannel lineage.
Matriarch Gus Kannel, her daughter
Lynne, and of course Melody herself will
follow the lead of her grandmother and
mother. It just so happens that this will be
Melodys first time calling a square dance,
but shell be ready. She has to be, as she
doesnt have a choice in the matter.
Were making her call at least one
(song). Lynne joked.
Preparation for calling a square dance
not only pertains to the creation of
Teen Miss Edon Melody Nofziger is putting a new twist on an old family tradition
by hosting a square dance on October 11
to raise money for both ten year old Chloe
Merrilat, in remission from a rare and aggressive form of cancer, and the Williams
County Cancer Assistance Program.
routines, but the continuous practice of
said routines as well. This practice will
also include working with the band playing
the event, which is comprised of Melodys
Uncle Doug Kannel and Dallas Fike, whose
instruments of choice are the drums and
the keyboard. Fike happens to have some
professional experience working square
dances, having toured with the Hee Haw
Band in the past.
Doug isnt the only Kannel helping out
for the benefit. His wife, Becky, a manager
at Bob Evans in Angola, is having her
employer donate drinks for the dance.
Wendys Chili will also be available, as
well as hot dogs and chips. Baked goods,
provided in part by the Williams County
Queens for a Cause, an organization
comprised of all the queens from every
pageant in Williams County, will also be
available. The Queens will also help with
the serving of food and setting up the Fire
Hall for the event.
The benefit, set for October 11 from
five to nine in the evening, will depend
on freewill donations to collect money for
their cause. Donations are still welcomed
for those unable to attend. The money
received will be split between the Merillat
family and the Williams County Cancer
Assistance Program. The Program will use
the money to cover gas cards and bill copays for those diagnosed with cancer.
A prime ambassador of the community,
Melodys giving nature has won her a good
many crowns already. She won the Junior
Miss Edon pageant two years ago, while
winning the Teen Miss Edon moniker
earned her a shot at the Williams County
Pageant, which she won as well. That win
elevated her to the Tri-County Pageant,
and she took the crown there, too. Her
volunteer work has even won her the title
Queen of Queens.
So what drives her to compete? Her
motivation comes from a simple place,
actually.
I wanted to enter pageants to meet
new people, Nofziger stated, adding, and
to be a role model for the younger kids.
Its
pretty
clear
shes
already
accomplished the latter, crown or not.
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Area Obituaries & Death Notices

Shelia A. Breninger (1957 - 2014)
Robert Hancock (1931 - 2014)
Joan K. Leidy (1932 - 2014)
Shelia A. Breininger,
57, passed away at her
home on September 18th
after a lengthy illness.
She was born on April 23,
1957 in Monroe, Michigan
to Kenneth O. and Betty
J. (Forrest) Smith. She
attended the House of
Prayer.
She is survived by
three daughters, Dana
(Richard)
Terry
of
Morenci, Michigan, April
(Bernard Leonard) Gigax
of Montpelier, and Tamara Diaz and Izell Wilson of
Adrian, Michigan; two sons, Mark (Denise) Gigax, Jr.
of Hudson, Michigan and Clinton Gigax of Morenci,
Michigan; special friend and lifelong companion Dave
Mapes of Montpelier; grandchildren, Stephanie Gigax,
Clay Harvey, Mark Gigax III, Gage Gigax, Adreanna
Gigax, Landon Rodriguez, Mackenzie and Izac
(Reynolds), Jasmine Altaffer and Bryson Altaffer; great
grandchildren, Khloe Gigax and Sylar Harvey; one
brother Michael W. Smith of Swanton, Ohio; one sister
Connie (Larry) Sintobin of Delta, Ohio; and extended
family Holly Layman and Sabrina and Louie Brown.
She was preceded in death by her parents, grandson
Wade Gigax, and brother Kevin Smith.
Donations can be made to the Funeral Home
to help defray funeral costs for the family. Online
condolences may be left for the family at www.
thethompsonfuneralhome.com
Robert Hancock, age 83, of Napoleon and formerly

of Huyck Lake, Michigan and Stryker, Ohio passed
away late Tuesday September 23, 2014 at Orchards
of Northcrest in Napoleon. Prior to his retirement he
had worked alongside his late wife, Phyllis, in their
two businesses in Stryker, Hancock Oil Company
and the Hub Market.
Bob was born the son of the late Delbert and
Viola (Cooley) Hancock in Williams County on
August 21, 1931. On August 3, 1950 he married
the former Phyllis Planson and she preceded him
in death in 2012. He was a member of the Stryker
United Methodist Church. He enjoyed spending
time with his family and his time at the lake. He
was also active in the Stryker community as town
councilman, mayor, the industrial board, Masons,
Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, Moose, and
Troop 79 Scoutmaster.
Surviving are two sons, William Hancock of
Portland, Indiana; Thomas (Linda) Hancock of
Indianapolis, Indiana; six grandchildren, Rebecca
Hancock, Victoria (John) Krivulka, Amy (Jeremy)
Wendt, Teresa (Brady) Lantz, Dawn (Lonnie)
Rhodes, Joseph (Christina) Freeman and six greatgrandchildren. Preceding him in death besides his
wife was son, Michael and brothers Richard and
Charles Hancock.
The family requests that memorial contributions
be made to the Alzheimers Association. Online
condolences may be made to the family at www.
GrisierFH.com
Joan K. Leidy, 82,

of Pioneer passed away
last Tuesday night at
Hillside Country Living
in rural Bryan. A very
proud Canadian citizen
all her life, she was
born in Campbellford,
Ontario,
Canada
on
January 5, 1932 to
Daniel Neil and Gracia
Rebecca
(LaFontaine)
OKeefe. Joan graduated
from
Campbellford
High School in 1950. On September 21, 1956 she
married Bill A. Leidy and he preceded her in death
on November 14, 2001.
After high school Joan worked as a dental
assistant for four years in Campbellford. In 1954
she moved to Montpelier, Ohio and began working
as a surgical assistant at Montpelier Hospital for
a short time before becoming a homemaker. She
was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary
Post 307 in Pioneer. Joan was a wonderful mother,
grandmother and great grandmother. She was
funny and full of life. She loved to read and dance,
especially the Jitterbug. She also was a great
swimmer, ice skater and enjoyed listening to music,
especially when it came to her husband playing the
guitar.
She is survived by three daughters, Laurie (Aaron)
Castor of Hillsdale, Michigan, Rae (Kevin) Aschliman
of Bellevue, Ohio and Cindy (Darryl) McNamara of
Fayette, Ohio; one sister Barbara (Gaston) Boivin
of Campbellford, Ontario; ten grandchildren, Kari
Sparks, Jared Leidy, Rachel, Nathan and Beth
Aschliman, Ashley, Amanda, Daniel, Tristan and
Lynsey McNamara; and four great grandchildren,
Liam, Rachel, Dilana and Autumn.
Joan was preceded in death by her parents,
husband Bill, and three sisters, Colletta Werden,
Claire Pella and Wilma Ingram.
Donations may be made to Community Health
Professionals Hospice. Online condolences can be
left for the family at www.thethompsonfuneralhome.
com.
GENERAL AREA NEWS
Four County Career Center Staff Raises Awareness

Of ALS By Accepting Ice Bucket Challenge
PHOTO PROVIDED
ICE COLD ... Four County Career Center staff has brought awareness of ALS and raised $745 for the ALS Ice
Bucket Challenge after a challenge from Vanguard Tech Center & Sentinel CTC Superintendent Greg Edinger
and his staff. The Career Center now challenges Penta Career Center Superintendent Ron Matter and his staff
to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and encourages other career centers to continue this challenge. The ALS
Ice Bucket Challenge is a fundraising effort that has gone viral on social media and raised millions of dollars for
ALS research. Several staff members families have been affected by this disease and the Career Center wants
to show their support to those families. Staff members (BACK - LEFT TO RIGHT) Kim Waldvogel; Susan Sweet;
Angela Zetter; Stephanie Pippin; Matt Zwyer; Linda Mahnke; and Donna Badenhop donated the most money
are given the honor of pouring ice water over school administrators (FRONT - LEFT TO RIGHT) Rick Hupe; Lisa
Hite; Tami Kunesh; Rick Bachman; Jennifer Bonner; Tony McCord; and Bill Jeffery.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2014
KEEPING READERS NOTIFIED OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE, COURT & CRIME STOPPER ACTIVITIES
WILLIAMS & FULTON COUNTY AREA LOCAL POLICE, EMS &FIRE REPORTS
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ing
(Sept
EDON P.D.
(Sept. 14) Found property
(Sept. 15) Juvenile complaint
(Sept. 15) Warning, soliciting
without a permit
(Sept. 16) Warning, stop sign
violation
(Sept. 16) Warning, no brake
lights
(Sept. 16) Warning, no front
plate
(Sept. 16) Warning, speed
(Sept. 16) Agency assist
(Sept. 17) Criminal mischief
(Sept. 17) Traffic complaint
(Sept. 17) Parade escort
(Sept. 18) Issued three solicitor
permits
(Sept. 18) Alarm call
(Sept. 18) Warning, equipment
violation
(Sept. 18) Warning, dog at large
(Sept. 19) Handle parade escort
(Sept. 19) Extra patrol for football game
(Sept. 20) Citizen assist
(Sept. 20) Citizen assist
(Sept. 20) Arrest for aggravated
menacing and disorderly conduct
STRYKER P.D.
(Sept 19) Open Door - Commercial
(Sept 19) Citizen Assist
(Sept 19) Telephone Harassment
(Sept 19) Information Report
(Sept 20) Warrant Service
(Sept 20) Theft
(Sept 20) Traffic Warning Squealing Tires
(Sept 21) Traffic Citation - Headlights Required
(Sept 21) Traffic Warning - Speed
(Sept 21) Criminal Damaging
(Sept 23) Prowler
(Sept 23) Citizen Assist
(Sept 23) Traffic Citation - Stop
Sign, Driving Under Suspension
(Sept 24) Animal Complaint
(Sept 26) Assault
PIONEER P.D.
No reports received at time of
press.
(Sept
(Sept
(Sept
(Sept
(Sept
(Sept
(Sept
(Sept
(Sept
(Sept
WEST UNITY P.D.

15) Agency Assist x2
15) Ordinance Violation
15) 2 Speeds/Warning
15) Assist Medic
16) Vandalism
16) Weaving/Warning
16) Phone Harassment
16) Speed/Warning
16) Speed/Citation

17) Phone Harassment
17) Drug Complaint
17) Driving Complaint
17) Assist Medic
18)Disabled Vehicle
19) Speed/Citation
19) Assist Medic
19) Equipment/Warning
21) Failure to Dim/Warn21) Equipment/Warning
MONTPELIER P.D.
Aaron A. Strauss, Age 22,
Montpelier, OH, was arrested on
September 18 on a warrant out
of the Bryan Municipal Court
for failure to appear for pre-trial
on an original charge of driving
under suspension. He was taken to CCNO.
A 14 year old Montpelier female was arrested on September
19 for Disorderly Conduct and
was released to a parent.
Robert L. Sheldon, age 49,
Montpelier, OH was arrested
on September 20 for OVI, driving under suspension, stop sign
violation, and open container.
Judy A. Wagner, age 60, Fayette, OH was arrested on September 23 for Theft.
On September 23, 2014, at
approximately 7:15 PM, the
Montpelier Police were called to
424 S. Pleasant St, Montpelier,
OH, for a male subject who was
threatening to harm himself.
Duane M. Perez, 38 years old,
was threatening to harm himself by ingesting unknown medications and refused to cooperate with officers on scene. Entry
was made into the residence
where Mr. Perez fought with officers by punching and kicking.
Mr. Perez was taken into custody. One officer on scene received
an abrasion and minor scratches. Mr. Perez was taken to the
Montpelier Hospital where he
was treated and then taken to
CCNO. Mr. Perez was charged
with Disorderly Conduct Intoxicated while Persisting and Felonious Assault on a Police Officer.
His initial appearance will be at
the Bryan Municipal Court on
September 24, 2014.
FAYETTE P.D.
No reports received at time of
press.
WAUSEON POLICE
(Sept 18) 200-B E Elm St, Accident - Injury
(Sept 18) N Shoop Ave @ Airport
Hwy, Hit-Skip
(Sept 18) 1373 N Shoop Ave,
Lost/Found/Recovered
(Sept 18) 205 S Shoop Ave, Investigate Complaint
(Sept 18) E Linfoot St @ Wood St,
Pedestrian Stuck By Car
(Sept 18) 229 Commercial St,
Juveniles
(Sept 18) 1112 Barney Oldfield
Dr, Civil Matter
(Sept 19) 248 N Fulton St, Investigate Complaint
(Sept 19) 485 E Airport Hwy,
Civil Matter
(Sept 19) 437 W Elm St, Accident (Property Damage)
(Sept 20) 491 E Airport Hwy, Investigate Complaint
WILLIAMS COUNTY
CRIMINAL
Travis L. Crandal, Edon. Aggravated menacing. No future
violations within the next two
years, no violent or threatening
contact with the victim, credit for time served. Fine $300,
costs $90.
Travis L. Crandal, Edon. Disorderly conduct. Fine $150,
costs $40.
Guilmar Deleon Mazariegos,
Bryan. Open container. Fine
$35, costs $85.
Angel
Resler,
Montpelier.
Passing bad checks. No future
violations within the next five
years, restitution of $220 by
November 7, 2014 to prosecutor, no checking account for five
years. Fine $100, costs $114.
Angel
Resler,
Montpelier.
years, restitution of $171.50 by
Angel
Resler,
Montpelier.
Angel
Resler,
Montpelier.
Angel
Resler,
Montpelier.
Angel
Resler,
Montpelier.
Angel
Resler,
Montpelier.
Angel
Resler,
Montpelier.
WILLIAMS COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
Angel
Resler,
Montpelier.
Ashley R. Derks, age 21, Bry- Passing bad checks. No future
an, OH, was arrested on her violations within the next five
indictment for Illegal Manufac- years, restitution of $150 by
ture of Drugs and Aggravated November 7, 2014 to prosecuPossession. She was taken to tor, no checking account for five
CCNO.
John Jay Kreischer, III, age
34, Edgerton, OH, was arrest- WILLIAMS COUNTY TRAFFIC
ed on his indictment for Illegal
Terry W. Leu, Jr. OVI. No
Manufacture of Drugs and Ag- future violations within next
gravated Possession of Drugs. 2 years, recovery services of
He was taken to CCNO.
Northwest Ohio, license susTerry W. Leu, Jr, age 36, pended and fees, work release
Montpelier, OH, was arrested granted. Fine $750, costs $90.
for Failure to Appear. Original
Joseph C. Boggs, West Unity.
charge was OVI. He was taken Regristration violation. Fine
to Court and released.
$50, costs $40.
Alarm Drop
(Sept 20) 100-B Mulberry St,
Accident (Property Damage)
(Sept 20) 810 N Shoop Ave, Animal Call
(Sept 20) 203 Beech St, Vandalism
(Sept 20) 712 Lawrence Ave Unit
1, Domestic Trouble
(Sept 20) 475 E Airport Hwy,
Suspicious Person
(Sept 20) 141 S Franklin St,
Neighbor Trouble
(Sept 21) 230 Clinton St,
Threats/Harassment
(Sept 21) 112 Depot St, 911
Hang Up Contact In Person
(Sept 21) 700-B N Shoop Ave,
Open Door
(Sept 21) 411 E Superior St,
Threats/Harassment
Lost Wallet
(Sept 21) 740 Wauseon Senior
Village, Larceny
(Sept 22) 940 E Oak St, Run
Away or Unruly
(Sept 22) 485 E Airport Hwy, Accident (Property Damage)
(Sept 22) 810 N Shoop Ave, Larceny
(Sept 22) 604 S Shoop Ave Unit
200, Mental
(Sept 22) 250 Depot St, Animal
Call
(Sept 22) 600-B Meadow Ln, 911
Open Line on Bike Path
(Sept 22) 725 S Shoop Ave, Accident (Property Damage)
(Sept 22) 230 Clinton St, Civil
Matter
(Sept 22) 725 S Shoop Ave, Accident (Property Damage)
(Sept 22) 230 Clinton St, Civil
Matter
(Sept 22) 214 Madison St, Vandalism
(Sept 22) 177 E Leggett St, Burglary
(Sept 23) 940 E Oak St, Transport Juvenile to JDC
(Sept 23) 810 N Shoop Ave, Accident (Property Damage)
)Sept 23) 1375 N Shoop Ave, Animal Call
(Sept 23) E Oak St @ N Shoop
Ave, Investigate Complaint
(Sept 23) 136 N Brunell St, Unruly Juvenile
Alarm Drop
(Sept 24) 230 Clinton St, Lost/
Found/Recovered
(Sept 24) 1285 N Shoop Ave Unit
26, Investigate Complaint
(Sept 24) 15165 State Hwy 2, Investigate Complaint
(Sept 24) 810 N Shoop Ave, Accident (Property Damage)
Speed 100/55. Fine $100, costs

$40.
Operator license suspended.
$200, costs $79.
Angel F. Alcantar Mendoza,
Bryan. Speed 65/55. Fine $40,
costs $40.
Angel F. Alcantar Mendoza,
Bryan. Seat belt. Fine $30,
costs $40.
Guilmar Delon Mazariegos,
Bryan. OVI. No future violations
within the next two years, license suspended, and fees. Fine
$650, costs $90.
Guilmar Delon Mazariegos,
Bryan. Lanes of travel. Fine $30,
costs $40.
FULTON COUNTY
TRAFFIC & CRIMINAL
Glenn A. Moore, Toledo. Speed
67/55. Fine $37, costs $80.
Angela M. Navarro, Toledo.
FRA suspension. Fine $200,
costs $80.
Mark J. Wheeler, Youngstown.
OVI. Fine $575, costs $88.
Angela M. Navarro, Toledo. No
vaild operators license. Fine
$150, cost $88.
Harold D. Sims III, Speed.
65/55. Fine $47, costs $88.
Chaudhry A. Sawar, Schererville, IN. Speed 93/70. Fine
$50, $88.
Alexandrea
Martinez,
Wauseon. OMVUAC. Fine $250,
costs $88.
Ginny L. George, Archbold.
Brake equipment. Fine $37,
costs $88.
Dennis A. Espinoza, Lincolnwood, IL. Speed. 81/70. Fine
$37, costs $88.
Lawanda D. Hester, Cleveland.
Speed. 81/70. Fine $37, costs
$88.
FULTON COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
Sheriff Roy E. Miller announces that the Fulton County Sheriffs Office will be conducting a
High Visibility Traffic Blitz, designated as Homecoming Blitz,
which will start on September
26, 2014 and will run through
September 27, 2014. The Sheriffs Office will be working this
Blitz in correspondence with the
Evergreen High School Homecoming Football Game and
Dance. Deputies will be working various hours and locations
around Evergreen High School
during this Blitz. The Sheriffs
Office will be primarily looking for impaired driving, speed,
seatbelts, and distracted driving violations during the dates
of this Blitz. Sheriff Miller and
his deputies are dedicated to
protecting the citizens of Fulton
County and the motorists who
travel its highways. This Blitz
is being funded from a grant
that was awarded to the Fulton
County Sheriffs Office from the
Ohio Department of Public Safety. The grant pays for extra patrol to enforce traffic laws that
will increase the safety of motorists on the roadways in areas
that are prone to a higher number of serious and fatal crashes.
Sheriff Steven M. Towns

Manhunt For Sex Offender
Completes 106th Session Of Ends With Capture In Edon
National Sheriffs Institute
Aurora, Colorado - Sheriff Steven M.
Towns of the Williams County Sheriffs
Office completed participation in the
106th session of the National Sheriffs
Institute (NSI) held in Aurora, Colorado,
September 14-19, 2014. The NSI is the
only national executive development
program designed for sheriffs. This nocost program is co-sponsored by the
National Institute of Corrections (NIC)
and the National Sheriffs Association
(NSA).
Sheriff Towns joined 25 other sheriffs
from across the country for training
on contemporary challenges facing
Americas sheriffs today. In light of those
challenges, the sheriffs explored the role
of the local sheriff in providing effective
leadership for the public good in such
areas as public safety, criminal justice
system policy, community relations,
and organization effectiveness and
efficiency.
Fred G. Wilson, NSA Director of
Operations said, Sheriff Towns is a
leader with vision for the Williams
County Sheriffs Office. It is an honor to
have Sheriff Towns join the more than
2,500 graduates of the NSI since 1973.
The NIC is a division of the U.S.

Department of Justice, Bureau of
Prisons. It is the primary federal source
of technical assistance, training, and
information services for state and local
corrections. NIC provides a wide variety
of services to the nations jails, most of
which are the responsibility of sheriffs.
The NSA is a non-profit professional
association located in Alexandria,
Virginia. NSA represents the nearly
3,100 elected sheriffs across the nation
and has more than 20,000 members,
including law enforcement professionals,
state and federal government employees,
concerned citizens, students, and
others. Since 1940, NSA has served
as an information clearinghouse for
law enforcement professionals. NSA
also provides management training for
sheriffs and their personnel in court
security, crime victim services, domestic
violence, homeland security initiatives,
jail operations, and traffic safety.
Additionally, NSA administers the highly
successful
National
Neighborhood
Watch and Triad Programs.
INFORMATION PROVIDED
On September 25th, 2014 at

approximately 1400 hours the
Williams County Sheriff Office
was contacted by the US Marshall Service for assistance in
apprehending Corey Witsman,
a wanted Sex Offender from Indiana.
When the Marshalls advised
the location in Edon, Ohio, the
Williams County Sheriffs Office
was aware of the location and
had knowledge of the subjects
that lived there. The fugitive
was located and arrested with
the Edon Police Department
called to assist. The two adults
at the residents were charged
with two separate felonies.
Melisa
Robertson
was
charged with felony obstruction in the apprehension of an
offender for lying about Mr.
Witsmans being inside the residences. David Robertson Sr. is
charged with felony possession
of a stolen firearm. The MAN
unit was called in when drugs were located and numerous felony drug charges are
pending. Also, other stolen property was located that will lead to charges in both
Williams County and in Indiana.
THE VILLAGE REPORTER - YOUR HOMETOWN NEWS SOURCE - 3
Edon Northwest School Announces 2014-2015 Band & Choir Officers
2014-2015 EHS BAND OFFICERS Serving as Edon High School Band Officers
(and showing their Homecoming spirit!) are, clockwise from top center, Michael
Martin, Manager; Hannah Kaylor, Librarian; Karli Munger, President; Alyssa Maier,
Secretary and Tyler Frantom, Vice President. Their advisor is Ms. Christa Perry,
Director of Bands at Edon Northwest Local Schools.
PHOTOS BY LUCINDA HELD-FAULHABER, STAFF
2014-2015 EDON JUNIOR HIGH CHOIR OFFICERS Elected to serve as Edon

Junior High Choir Officers this year are, clockwise from top, Tamara Mills, Librarian;
Faith Livensparger, President; Riley Manahan, Stage Manager; Melody Nofziger,
Vice President; Jennifer Cook, Public Relations and Alea Brandt, Secretary. Their
advisor is Mrs. Cathy Frastaci, Director of Choirs at Edon Northwest Local Schools.
2014-2015 EDON JUNIOR HIGH BAND OFFICERS Elected to serve as Edon

Junior High Band Officers this year are, clockwise from top left, Zoe Maier, Vice
President; Naomi Hickman, President; Natasha Warner, Manager; Jordan Runyan,
Secretary and Tammie Julian, Librarian. Their advisor is Ms. Christa Perry, Director
of Bands at Edon Northwest Local Schools.
WHAT WE READ YEARS AGO - THE EDON COMMERCIAL
1997 Edon Football Cheerleaders

2014-2015 EHS CHOIR OFFICERS Elected to serve as Edon High School Choir
Officers (and proudly touting their Bomber spirit!) are, clockwise from upper right,
Kaitlyn Sonneberger, President; Meghan Dunkle, Librarian; Karlee Trausch, Stage
Manager; Karli Munger, Secretary; Logan Bloir, Secretary; Kaylie Jo Brown, Public
Relations and Crista Wortkoetter, Vice President. Their advisor is Mrs. Cathy
Frastaci, Director of Choirs at Edon Northwest Local Schools.
E n g a g e m e n t A n n o un c e m e nt
FOOTBALL CHEERLEADERS ... Row 1: Connie Kohl, Jamie Allomong, Carol
Kohl. Row 2: TJ Shea, Deanna Carlson. Row 3: Lindsey Hays, Beth Kohl,
Courtny Wyrick, Danielle Hickman, Tessie Bowles, Michelle Straw. Row 4:
Kierstin McLain.
EDON COMMERCIAL
70 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1944
Employees of the Wabuck cannery
at Blakeslee enjoyed a fine potluck
dinner with plenty of chicken during the noon hour. The dinner was
a surprise to the Buck family and all
present had an enjoyable time.
A good sized crowd assembled
at the town corner to see and hear
James Garfield Stewart, Republican
candidate for governor, Saturday
night, who was given a respectful
hearing.
Mrs. Kermit Lautzenhiser of Lakeworth, Florida, arrived Thursday evening for an indefinite stay with her
mother, Mrs. Mary Keppler.
Miller - Trowbridge
Mr. and Mrs. Jody Miller, of Edon, are pleased to announce the engagement
of their daughter, Heather, to Thomas Trowbridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Trowbridge of Archbold. Heather graduated from Edon High School in 2002
and graduated from BGSU in 2006. She is employed at Walters and Peck Insurance Agency as a CSR. Thomas graduated from Archbold High School in
2003 and is employed at the Ohio Department of Transportation at the Williams County Garage as a Highway Technician. The couple is set to be married
on November 29th, 2014 at the St. Joseph Catholic Chapel in Blakeslee, Ohio.
60 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1954
Miss Marilyn D. Kinnison of Edon
exchanged her nuptial vows with Leroy F. Held Saturday morning, Oct. 9
at 9:30 a.m. Miss LaRue Held served
as maid of honor. Melvin N. Held attended as best man.
Little Miss Marilyn Harroff celebrated her sixth birthday last Tuesday
with 3 little guests for supper, Becky
and Penny Curry and Susan Rockey.
Ice cream and a birthday cake were
served. She received gifts.
50 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1964
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Berry and
family entertained Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Burkhardt, Mr.
and Mrs. John Burkhardt and son,
Mr. and Mrs. George Burkhart and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Word
and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Burkhardt. The occasion was a
going-away party for Barbara, who
will be leaving this week for airline
school in Minneapolis, Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hurd are the
parents of a 7 pound 1 1/2 ounce
daughter, born Tuesday, October 6
in Bryan Cameron Hospital. She has
been named Laura Jean.
40 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1974
Mrs. Juanita Kaiser entertained in
honor of her husband Dons birthday
and E.C. Derbyshires birthday Sunday evening. Helping them celebrate
were Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Cook, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Walz, Mrs. E.C. Derbyshire and the hostess.
Mrs. Donna Lump, editor of the
Edon Commercial the last 4 years will
soon become the editor of the Edgerton Earth. Mrs. Lump will succeed
present editor R. Swope. Meanwhile,
Mrs. Charles Liggett has been named
the editor of the Commercial.
Montpeliers Elayna Hasty Hosting

Montpelier Students Enjoy A
Special GAB Girls Event
Visit From Buster The Bus Driver
Elayna Hasty, founder of Girls Against Bullying Girls (G.A.B. Girls) will be hosting
The Princess Within Me event at Cookies On Demand on Saturday, October 4th
from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. The Princess Within Me is geared towards girls ages 5-8
years old. Teaching young girls about beauty from within and that all girls are
their own unique princess. Games and story time with The Super Duper Princess
Heroes: How It All Started will also take place. Free will donations are welcomed.
There is a sign up sheet at Cookies On Demand as space is limited to the first 12
girls.
Montpelier Village Council Hears Of

Haunts For Hunger Plans, Sewer Rates
By: Chelsie Firestone
PHOTOS AND INFORMATION PROVIDED
TEACHING SAFETY ... Montpelier Schools Transportation Director Diann Sanders

recently held assemblies for preschool through 3rd grade students. During these
assemblies, Mrs. Sanders and Montpelier students were visited by Buster the Bus
driver who helped explain school bus safety to all those in attendance. Buster
even helped demonstrate how to properly cross the road and made sure student
volunteers completed this task properly and in a safe manner. At the end of the
assembly, Buster roamed the halls and shared some laughs with the students.
Pictured here are a handful of 3rd grade students accompanied by Buster and Mrs.
Sanders.
POST ASSEMBLY FUN ... The morning preschool class and all of the kindergartners
also got a chance to hang out with Buster after the assembly.
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REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST

1947 Montpelier Senior Officers
SENIOR OFFICERS ... Seated: R. Lockhart, Pres.; E. Mocherman, Sec.

Standing: R. Ely, V. Pres.; J. Cook, Treas.; Mr. Jacobs, Advisor.
50% OFF 2nd pair eyeglasses

ordered the same day.
Treatment and Management
of Ocular diseases.
Dr. Roger L. Saneholtz &

Dr. Jason R. Kunsman
306 W. Main St.
Montpelier, OH 43543
419-485-4257
Comprehensive eye exams

done with the latest
technology.
Providing eye care to the
Tri-State area since 1977.
Located in Downtown
Montpelier.
Accepting Most Insurance including VSP, EyeMed, Blue Cross, Blue Shield,
Medical Mutual and most major medical plans.
Jessica Smith was on

hand for the September 22
meeting of the Montpelier
Village Council to answer
questions raised about the
large number of pallets
piled in her back yard on
Mill Street. Those pallets
will soon be serving a purpose.
As she done when she
lived in Tennessee, Smith
has been working to put together a Haunts for Hunger event to raise food for
the needy over Halloween.
The only problem was
that Smith had been unaware of local ordinances
that soon raised concerns
and a nuisance complaint.
Smith responded to those
concerns quickly by addressing Council that evening. She shared with
council that the pallets,
donated from Two Brothers
Market, are being used to
build a haunt that will accept donated canned foods
in exchange for admission,
pizza, candy, and a drink.
Those canned items will
then be donated to Helping
Hands Food Pantry to help
those in need.
Smith also provided
proof of liability insurance she has purchased
to cover the event as well
as described the structure
being built. The venue will
measure approximately 35
x 44 and consist of four
rooms. There is no electricity or running water. During the haunt there will be
an adult in every room and
only 4-5 occupants will be
allowed in at a time. She
also explained that the
structure will be torn down
immediately following the
event.
Taking notice of Smiths
knowledge on all aspects of
the event, Councilor Dan
Clum noted that this is
obviously not her (Smiths)
first rodeo, a sentiment
that the rest of council
seemed to agree with as
they decided to not move
forward with the nuisance
complaint provided that
the structure is taken down
by October 31. It was suggested to Smith, however,
that she work with the Village to coordinate efforts in
2015 by having her venue
at Main Street Park during
Trick or Treat.
Smith noted that she
will look forward to doing
so and thanked council for
their time and willingness
to work with her so that she
can continue the project for
Halloween 2014.
Council also heard from
John Courtney and Associates regarding water,
sewer, and electric rates.
Courtney explained that
the revenue generated from
these services are not keeping up with costs. As a result, Courtney recommended that Council consider
raising the rates to ensure
adequate revenue was coming in.
Regarding water
projections show shortfalls
of $61,000 in 2015 and
$83,000 in 2016.
Courtney explained that
installation of newer water-saving appliances are
the biggest reason for the
change in revenue projections since they lead to people using less water than
was originally considered
when the rates were originally set.
Also discussed was how
the extremely harsh weather this past winter as well

as the shutting down of
coal powered plants are effecting supply and electric
rates.
Council will consider
rate increases in the following months.
Council also heard from
Beniah Harris, pastor of
House of Prayer Church,
who told members that
the Ohio Building Board
of Appeals voted in favor
to allowing port-a-potties
at Storrer Park when the
planned shelter house is
being rented. Harris also
reminded
council
and
members of the community
about the forum concerning
drugs coming up on October 9 at 5:30 PM in Bryans
New Era auditorium.
In addition to these
items, Mayor Steve Yagelski also read two proclamations concerning both
Public Power Week and Fire
Prevention Week. Yagelski
commented on the coincidence that the two weeks
are both observed October
5 through October 11 as
they are tied together. Residents are urged to install
smoke detectors and test
them monthly.
Council entered into executive session for the purpose of discussing possible
litigation. No further action
was taken.
The next meeting of the
Montpelier Village Council will be held on October
13th at 6:00 PM.
Chelsie can be reached at
chelsie@thevillagereporter.com
Williams County Historical Society
Fall Fest
October 11 10 AM - 4 PM
at the museum 611 East Main Street, Montpelier
(adjacent to the fairgrounds) 419-485-8200
Join us for a day filled with fun! Enjoy the craft show, bake sale,
chili contest, butter churning and basket weaving demonstrations,
childrens crafts, horse-drawn wagon rides, magic show,
Adult Admission $1
bounce castle. AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
Kids 12 and under FREE
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Montpelier Attendants Ready For Homecoming

By: T.J. Hug
Facing off against Delta on October 3,
the Montpelier Homecoming game will
be about more than just the play on the
field. There are six Attendants selected
by their peers, with three seniors among
them hoping to earn the much coveted
title of Homecoming Queen.
There will be a parade held in their
honor at 6:00 on game day, beginning
at the pool parking lot. It will travel
north to Wabash Street, and from there
to Charlies Way, where it will go past
the nursing home and the field house.
The parade will be comprised of the
Homecoming Court, the Montpelier
Marching Band and Cheerleaders, and
representatives of each class carrying
banners.
Freshman Attendant Joy Scholma,
the daughter of Jeff and Mary Scholma,
will be escorted by Jaden Vantong, the
son of Remington and Amy Beck, as
well as the late Bobby Beck. Scholma
can be found on Wednesday nights

attending the Youth Encounter hosted
by House of Prayer. She also loves being
an active member of the 4-H Goat Club
and watching sports with her sister,
Hope, who also happens to be in the
Homecoming Court.
Alyssa Stoy, Sophomore Attendant,
is the daughter of Terri and Rich Stoy.
Her escorts are Nick Buehrer, son of
Brian and Laura Beck, and C.J. Roth,
son of Jan and Troy Roth. A cheerleader
and choir member, Stoy enjoys singing
very loudly. She also works as a
lifeguard. Her focus after high school is
to attend college and become a Family
and Marriage Therapist.
Junior Attendant Hope Scholma
is also the daughter of Jeff and Mary
Scholma, and is the older sister of
Freshman Attendant Joy Scholma.
Her escorts are Zech Thompson, son
of Sherri and Richard Thompson,
and Dylan Snyder, son of Chuck and
Jennifer Snyder. She takes part in
band, jazz band, cheerleading, track,
and Locomotion. Hope hopes to attend

Grand Valley State University, Ohio
State University or Bowling Green State
University, where she plans to major
in either music education or fashion
merchandising and design.
Christy Duchene is one of three
Senior Attendants, and a possible
Homecoming Queen. Her parents are
Tammy and Bob Duchene. She is
escorted by Jared Lyons, son of Chad
and Kim Lyons, and Jared Sargent,
son of Julie and Terry Sargent. One of
Christys three siblings, Jessy Duchene,
was actually last years Homecoming
Queen. Her activities include volleyball,
softball, student council, National
Honor Society, Locomotion, and the
Butterfly Project. She intends to study
nursing at Northwest State University
upon graduation.
Senior Attendant Breanna Stein,
the daughter of Kim Boya and the
late Casey Stein, will be escorted by
Cody Caudill, son of Jason and Kylie
Caudill, and Hunter McKelvey, son of
Tracy and Rex McKelvey. Stein keeps

busy with basketball, softball, secretary
work for the student council, serving
as Treasurer for the National Honor
Society, and the Butterfly Project. She
also enjoys umpiring and helping out
with little girls softball. She hopes to
attend college and major in finance.
Sidney Houk is Senior Attendant as
well, the daughter of Troy and Kandy
Houk. Her escorts are Jake Dewire, son
of Gerry and Craig Dewire, and Jared
Shoup, son of Doug and Cathy Shoup.
She plays volleyball and softball, is
the yearbook editor, a member of
FCA, Treasurer of student council,
and Secretary of the Senior Class and
National Honor Society. Her plan is
to attend either Bowling Green State
University or the University of Toledo
to earn a degree in Speech Language
Pathology.
The 2014 Montpelier Homcoming Court stands together. From left to right: Freshman Attendant Joy Scholma, Sophomore Attendant Alyssa Stoy, Junior Attendant
Hope Scholma, and the three candidates for Homecoming Queen, Senior Attendant Christy Duchene, Senior Attendant Breanna Stein, and Senior Attendant Sidney
Houk.
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Montpelier Attendants Ready For Homecoming
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FCCC Cosmetology Salon Will

Open To Public Starting October 2
MORE GENERAL AREA NEWS
Congressman Latta Visits

Four County Career Center
PHOTO AND INFORMATION PROVIDED
SPECIAL GUEST ... Four County Career Center was pleased to host Congressman Bob
Latta as he toured the new addition to the school and visited with students. During his
visit he spent time talking to government students about the importance of registering
to vote and their role in the voting process in the United States. He also took time to
speak with two Early Childhood Education students who spearheaded raising money
for the Four County Adamhs Board Suicide Coalition and the Mikayla Smith Memorial
Scholarship. Their goal was to not only raise money but to spread awareness about
suicide prevention and they presented Congressman Latta with a yellow ribbon to wear
in support of this. Superintendent Tim Meister also relayed to Congressman Latta the
schools gratitude for his continued support of career and technical education and Four
County Career Center. Shown above during his visit are (LEFT TO RIGHT) Congressman
Latta with Early Childhood Education students Breann Martinez (Liberty Center); and
Kaci Hunt (Bryan); and Early Childhood Education instructor Susan Myers.
REFLECTIONS FROM PIONEERS PAST
1969 North Central Varsity Club
VARSITY CLUB ... Front Row: Wanda Douglass, Secretary - Treasurer;

Julie Fackler, Joyce Henry. Second Row: Dick Gruber, Brad Collie, Denny
Guy, Dave Bistline, Don Gruber. Third Row: Marshall Landis, President;
Joe Keck, Bill Hock, Butch Bell, Denny Bell. Last Row: Bill Bushong,
Vice-President; Rusty Lanius, Dennis Harrington, Ron Tademacher, Rod
Hersha, Bill Williams.
Clinic hours this year are 9:00 a.m.

to 1:00 p.m. every Thursday and Friday
that the Career Center is open. Walkins and appointments are accepted
during these hours. No appointments
or customers will be accepted after
1:00 p.m. and no chemical service
appointments after 12:00 noon. This
year the salon will be offering a savings
to customers who make appointments
for services after 11:30 a.m.
Being a full service salon, we offer
the following services--perms, nails
(including the new gelish polish),
manicures, pedicures, facials, hair color
services, haircuts and hair styling.
All services are performed by
Four County Career Center Senior

Cosmetology
students
under
the
supervision of licensed cosmetologists,
senior instructor Kim Dunbar, and
junior instructors Krista Whetro and Jill
Westhoven, using the newest procedures
and equipment.
Clinic patrons are charged a minimal
cost to cover materials and supplies.
To make an appointment or for
information call the Four County Career
Center Cosmetology Clinic at 1-800589-3334, Ext. 2234. Reserved parking
is available near the entrance to the
clinic, which is located at the east end
of Four County Career Center.
Williams & Fulton Counties

See Significant Improvement
In Unemployment Rates
THE VILLAGE
REPORTER
Both
Williams
and
Fulton Counties saw a
significant improvement in
their unemployment rates
between July and August.
Williams County dropped
from 5.7% to 5.0% over
the course of the month
and Fulton County from
6.1% to 5.0% in the same
time frame. This marks
one of the largest gains for
both counties, particularly
Fulton County, in some time and is also
the first time in quite a while that the
counties have had comparable rates.
This improvement moved Fulton County
up 13 spots from 36th to 49th in the state
rankings. However, Williams County fell
from 50th to 48th in the same rankings.
Williams Countys fall can most likely be
attributed to decreasing unemployment
rates in all of Ohios 88 counties.
However, while all of these statistics
suggest that statewide unemployment
rates should have seen the same
improvement, Ohios unemployment
rate remained unchanged at 5.7%,
with 200 jobs gained but 1000 more on
unemployment, over the course of the
month. The national unemployment
rate did better, decreasing from 6.2%
to 6.1%. All rates are better than they
were 12 months ago when Ohios rate
was 7.5% and the U.S. rate was at 7.2%.
Statewide, unemployment ranged
from a low of 3.0% in Mercer County
to a high of 10.7% in Monroe County.
Counties in Ohio with the lowest rates
included Mercer (3.0%), Holmes (3.4%),
Auglaize (3.6%), Delaware (3.8%),

Hancock (4.0%) and Putnam (4.0%).
Counties with the highest rates included
Monroe (10.7%), Meigs (8.1%), Pike
(7.8%), Scioto (7.6%), Jefferson (7.2%),
Morgan (7.2%), and Cuyahoga (7.0%).
Throughout the state, job growth
was seen in local government (+8700),
education and health services (+2700),
professional and business services
(+1200), manufacturing (+1100), and
federal government (+100).
Losses
were seen in trade, transportation,
and utilities (-6600); construction
(-3500); other services (-1100); financial
activities (-700); state government
(-600); information (-600); and leisure
and hospitality (-500).
Ohioans wishing to learn more
about unemployment benefits or who
are in search of a job can visit www.
ohiomeansjobs.com. The information in
this article and the monthly statistical
analysis it is based upon are also
available at http://jfs.ohio.gov/ocomm.
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West Unity Council Discusses Compensation For Excessive Training Hours

Due to what West

Unity Mayor Peg Bernath
and West Unity Council
members all agreed was a
unique situation when
Fiscal Officer Kim Grime
moved from her previous position of Deputy
Clerk to being a the salaried Fiscal Officer, Grime
spent a great deal of night
and weekend time either
being trained for her new
position. With other area
fiscal officers only being
available during those
hours and Grime needing to herself train new
Deputy Clerk, Katie Baltosser, there simply was
not a lot of other choice.
In order to compensate Grime for this time,
which everyone agreed
was above and beyond
what even a salaried officer should be expected
to do, Council considered
a resolution that would
have paid Grime $800 for
approximately 60 hours
of training time.
Council member Ron
Hausch, however, questioned whether or not
such a resolution was in
the best interest of the
Village. Hausch agreed
that Grime is doing a
great job for the Village
and that he is not necessarily opposed to compensating her in some
way for her extra efforts.
Im just afraid that this
might be setting a precedent and could come
back and bite us in the
future, he explained.
Village Solicitor Ryan
Thompson noted that,
while the resolution had
been approved by the auditor and was the most
direct way to compensate
Grime, there are other
ways that the Village may
wish to consider doing
so. The matter has been
tabled while Thompson
draws together alternate
solutions for Council
consider.
As Grime has also completed her six month probationary period, council
did approve raising her
annual salary from the
probationary salary of
$33,000 to a starting salary of $34,500.
Police Chief J.R. Jones
also had personnel items
to bring to Councils attention. As officer Mitch
Martin has recently taken a full time position
in Fayette, Officer Dylan
Woods has recently been
brought in to West Unitys Police Department
in a part time capacity.
Woods will continue to
work part time for the
Stryker Police Department and Martin will
continue to work part
time for the West Unity
police department.
In his report , Village
Administrator Ric Beals
informed council that:
Water Well No. 1 is in
need of having a pump re-
Hilltop Elementary Chooses

Student Council & Good
Students In September
placed at a cost of $9000.

Toledo Edison has
put in a temporary voltage recorder at the South
Liberty Street pumping
station in hopes of determining the cause of fluctuating voltage.
There will need to be
additional funds budget for solution used in
the recently purchased
dura-patcher. The unit
has seen a lot of use and
has been very useful in
repairing pot holes and
cracks in the Villages
streets.
New signage has been
put out near Kamco, on
Leigh and Linda, and on
Buckeye and LeeAnne.
After some discussion,
Council also set Trick or
Treat in West Unity to be
held on Saturday, November 1 from 6:00 to
7:30 PM. Mounted deputies planned to be used
again this year.
Additionally, Council
discussed changing the
frequency of their regular
monthly meetings from
twice per month to once
per month. They are considering meeting only on
the second Thursday of
the month and using the
fourth Thursday for committee and/or special
meetings.
The change
PHOTO BY CHELSIE FIRESTONE, STAFF
CAUTION Remember to use caution when traveling

20A near Kamco as employees may be crossing from the
main plant over to Linden Street.
would most likely not

happen until January
and will be considered
over three readings of an
ordinance to be drawn up
by Village Solicitor Ryan
Thompson.
Council entered into
executive session for the
purpose of discussing
employee compensation.
No further action was
taken. The next meeting of the West Unity Village Council will be held
at 7:30 PM on Thursday,
October 9 in Council
Chambers.
WHAT WE READ YEARS AGO
1996 Hilltop Girls Basketball
PHOTOS PROVIDED
STUDENT COUNCIL ... Row 1: Tori Bauer, Carson Jennings, Alex Horton, Hannah
Riley. Row 2: Emmitt Burdine, Alex Swany-Richmond, Laurynn Wieland, Stephanie
Moncaleano.
GIRLS BASKETBALL ... Left to Right: Amanda Shelton, Laura Connolly, Melissa Yoh, Alex Weber, Jen Hanley, Theresa Weber, Jill Chupp, Monica Borton,
Amy Waggoner, Amber McCabe.
WEST UNITY REPORTER
130 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1884
Rev. J.W. Lilly has been reappointed presiding elder of the UB Church.
The overcoat feels pretty good these
mornings.
Samuel Weaver, an old and respected citizen of this place, died at
the age of 52.
SEPTEMBER GOOD STUDENTS .,. Row 1: Ayden Bennett, Addison Whitman,

Natalie Tompkins. Row 2: Terry Lee Rebeck, Taylor Bexten, Destiny Wilson, Taryn
Gillespie, Cristian Garcia, Anthony Pelland. Row 3: Brooke Moreland, Carmen
Merillat, Ian Hoffman, Taryn Grant, Kodi Brenner, Kyla Zuver, Joscelyn Layman.
120 YEARS AGO

OCTOBER 1884
Joseph Bradick left last week for
Chicago to work at his trade.
A.M. Rittenour is rebuilding the
Union block at Waldron, Mich., and
Clinton Stoner is helping him.
Frank Kent is now employed as
clerk at the Bee Hive.
Mrs. George Crawford, 35, died at
her home in Kunkle.
110 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1904
Prof. J.H. Diebel returned home
from Napoleon where he had attended
the Henry County Fair and with his
automobile was one of the chief attractions. His second race came out ahead
with a record of a mile in 2 minutes 14
seconds.
J.D. Gleason, one of Bryans most
successful grocers and businessmen,
was instantly killed at Port Clinton
where he was buying peaches. He
stepped off the train onto another
track on which a train was approaching.
100 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1914
Earl Runnion has moved his family
to Pittsburgh, where he will begin to

work in a department store.
Lydia Prickett Magnus, 37, passed
away September 8.
Rev. O.L. Curl has gone to Upper
Sandusky to attend the annual conference of the Central Ohio Conference
of the M.E. Church.
90 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1924
Mr. Clyde Shull and Miss Blanche
Page were united in marriage September 1.
Wilbur Milton Fyke died here on
August 29 at age 65.
80 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1934
Miss Catherine Grisier and Harold
Rosa were married Friday in Wauseon.
Miss Mabel Zimmerman went to
Redbird Beach for a week and then
will go to Hiram College for the coming year.
70 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1944
Robert Sickmiller, who recently enlisted in the U.S. Marines, left Tuesday for Cleveland and will go to Norfolk, Va., where he will enter training.
Services were held for Mrs. Clara
Coslet at Manitou Beach. She was 68.
Maynard Smith of West Unity who
has been desk man at the Elder Hotel for several years had an interesting talk with Walter Winchell, who
called him from New York City after
his broadcast. A few days ago, Maynard sent him an item about a sign he
saw saying Hitler Sundae-Half Nuts.
Winchell used it in his column.
MORE WEST UNITY AREA NEWS
Hilltop Homecoming Celebrated
West Unitys Brock McNeal

Retires After Serving
20 Years In Navy
PHOTO PROVIDED
NAVY RETIREE ... Brock A. McNeal is pictured here

with his Grandfather, Willard Miller of West Unity, who
served as an E5, 2nd Class Petty Officer in the United
States Navy during WWII as an Aviation Storekeeper.
ACI
(AW/SW/FMF)
Brock A. McNeal retired
on September 5, 2014
from the United States
Navy after 20 years of
serving our country. A
retirement
ceremony
was held at the National
Museum of Naval Aviation
PHOTOS PROVIDED in Pensacola, Florida.
Air Traffic Control
COURT ... Front Row: 2013 King and Queen Jesse Westball and Emily Armbruster stand beside Princess Jayden
First Class Petty Officer
White and Prince Caiden Hartzell. Behind them, the 2014 Hilltop Homecoming Court is all smiles for their big day.
Brock McNeal was born
in Montpelier, Ohio on
January 31, 1976 to
Marsha
(Thompson)
and Scott McNeal. In
November
1994,
he
enlisted in the Navy and
attended basic training
at
Recruit
Training
Command, Great Lakes,
IL. After boot camp, Petty
Officer McNeal attended
Air Traffic Control A
School
followed
by
Carrier Air Traffic Control
Center (CATCC) School
at Naval Air Technical
Training Center (NATTC),
Millington, TN.
Upon
graduation,
he was assigned to the
aircraft
carrier
USS
Constellation
(CV-64)
homeport, San Diego,
CA. While assigned, he
qualified
Radar
Final
Controller and advanced
to Third Class Petty
Officer.
In July 1998, AC3
McNeal transferred to
Holding the arm of her escort, Kelby Grime, Senior
Freshman Attendant Johnnie Roth links arms with her
Fleet Area Control and
Attendant Adreyn Yates faces the home crowd at the
escort, fellow Freshman Chase Masters as they pose
Surveillance
Facility
Homecoming Game.
for pictures.
(FACSFAC), Pearl Harbor,
HI. While onboard, he
attained full qualification
as
Facility
Watch
Supervisor,
advanced
to Second Class Petty
Officer, and was awarded
Command 2001 Junior
Sailor of the Year.
In July 2003, he
reported to Naval Support
Facility, Diego Garcia.
During his tour, he
qualified as a Facility
Watch Supervisor and
advanced to First Class
Petty Officer.
In August 2004, Petty
Officer McNeal reported to
Marine Corps air Facility,
Sydni Rivera, Sophomore Attendant, stands beside her
Kaneohe Bay, HI, where he
Homecoming Queen Autumn Jermeay and her King,
escort, Ethan Dunson, during the Homecoming Ceremony
earned full qualification
prior to the Football teams game against Cardinal Stritch. Justin Ashenfelter are coronated during the Homecoming as
a Facility Watch
Festivities leading up to the game itself.
Supervisor,
completed
his Bachelors Degree in
Professional Aeronautics
and was awarded Patrol
and
Reconnaissance
Wing Two, 2006 Senior
Sailor of the Year.
At the end of 2007,
AC1 McNeal reported
aboard the aircraft carrier
USS John C. Stennis
(CVN-74)
homeport,
Bremerton, WA. In the
middle of that tour,
he was called upon to
work alongside Marine
controllers
under
an
Individual
Augmentee
billet in Al Asad, Iraq. After
nine months in theater
and
completing
Fleet
Marine Force Warfare
Specialist, he returned
to the ship and took over
divisional Leading Petty
Officer. While onboard,
he completed his Aviation
Warfare
and
Surface
Warfare
Specialist
programs
and
was
awarded Command. 2008
Air Traffic Controller of
the year.
Petty Officer McNeals
final tour of duty was
at Naval Air Technical
Training Center (NATTC),
in Pensacola, FL. He
reported in July 2010,
quickly certified as an Air
Traffic Control Instructor
an qualified as Master
Training Specialist. He
caught Control Tower
Operations and Carrier
Air Traffic Control Center
courses.
AC1(AW/SW/FMF)
McNeal has 20 years of
mishap free operations
while
working
over
six
different
control
facilities
throughout
the US and abroad.
He has been awarded
22
Commendation
and
Achievement
awards to include the
4 Navy & Marine Corps
Achievement Medals and
carious unit awards and
service medals. He will
be returning home to
Northwest Ohio to spend
more time with his family
and his sons, Adley and
Brody.
MORE WEST UNITY AREA NEWS
Living Hope Free Methodist Church Welcomes

Keepers Of The Faith To West Unity
By: Timothy Kays
What an evening it was in West Unity

on September 20, when the Living Hope
Free Methodist Church played host to
the acclaimed gospel quartet, Keepers of
the Faith. Pastor David Mathis of Living Hope promoted the event, saying,
Originally from Samoa and living in
Washington State, this group brought
15,000 people to their feet at the 2013
National Quartet Convention. Pastor
Mathis closed by saying, This group
will knock your socks off. Guaranteed.
That guarantee was a ringer, as the Pastor and his wife met the group at the
2013 Convention, and invited them to
stop in West Unity on their way to the
2014 meeting in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. He knew that his guarantee was a
sure thing before the group even went
on stage. Thirty seconds into the opening song, everyone in the packed house
knew it too. The powerfully moving and
Spirit-filled harmonies of the caliber
of Keepers of the Faith have not been
heard in Northwest Ohio in years.
Originally from Samoa, the core
of the group is comprised of the three
Taito brothers Lima, the leader, baritone Ace, and tenor, Levi. Their sound
has been honed over 14 years of family
harmonies, acapella and accompanied.
Their combination of modern music,
mixed with a healthy share of old gospel standards, was all done flawlessly.
Of course, when familiar music is performed at the energy level of KOTF, the
group had extra accompaniment from
an audience that was singing and clapping along. There were moments where
the group intentionally changed the direction of the evening, and in doing so
brought riveting testimonies that evoked
tears.
Ace stepped forward and told of his
youth and how he remembers seeing his
father coming home late at night, and
in a drunken rage thrashing his mother until she was hardly recognizable.
He also remembers that on Sundays
though, they were the model family at
church. This horrible secret conflicted
Ace What kind of God would allow
this to happen. He eventually fell away
and joined a gang. As he grew older, he
had ideas of actually killing his father.
One evening though, his mother pulled
him aside to show him something that
changed his life. She opened a door
slightly so that Ace could see inside, and
what he saw stunned him his father
on his knees, praying.
Stunned by what he was seeing, he
stood there in disbelief until he heard
his father, the same man he earlier had
visions of killing, praying for him. Ace
told of how the change in his father provided the spark that began the change
within him. Ace then looked out over an
audience that had grown still with the
wiping of tears. He pointed to the back
of the hall and said, That man, my father is here tonight. In 1997, the elder Mr. Taito helped put together the
family group that after many changes

became the ensemble that stood on the
stage on this evening. He travels with
his sons, assisting with the tour.
Levi also shared a surprising testimony. After consulting with his brothers, they came to an agreement that
they would pack it in and close down
their ministry in 2013 after their mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.
When informed of their decision, Mrs.
Taito played the maternal trump card
and overturned the decision of her sons.
She told them to continue and continue
they didwith God doing the rest. Today, Mrs. Taito is cancer-free, and her
sons were on their way back to Pigeon
Forge, their ministry ongoing. Levi used
the story of his mother as an introduction for one of her favorite songs, the old
familiar standard, Oh What a Savior.
The power behind the voices was palpable.
A curious moment took place shortly after the beginning of the concert. A
rapidly approaching line of strong thunderstorms that stretched from Michigan
back to Illinois was nearing the Ohio
line. The only part of the line that was
severe was located in DeKalb County,
Indiana, and it was headed straight for
West Unity. When it arrived, the customary flickering of lights in the presence of a strong storm failed to materialize. Even more impressive, unless you
were advised in advance of the impending arrival of the storm, you never knew
that anything was happening outside
the walls of the church. No thunder,
no sounds of the pelting of rain or hail,
and no roaring of the wind. Those inside the church continued listening to
the music, while a Mark 4:39 moment
was playing out, unbeknownst to the
audiencePeace, be still.
While I know that the mere words
of a reporter recalling the events surrounding a concert cannot truly capture
the power of the performance, I can say
with certainty that those who attended
came away blessedone and all. As a
former professional musician, I can also
say with certainty that a pinnacle of performing is to see your audience giving
you a standing ovation. On this night,
the Keepers of the Faith saw that pinnacle, and saw it againand again. Not
just two or three standing ovations were
given to the group, but SEVEN standing
ovations in alland every one was well
earned.
The group has several recordings
available through their website at
http://www.keepersofthefaithministry.
com/index.html. To those who appreciate spiritual harmony, I would strongly
encourage you to pay that site a visit.
Getting back to that guarantee made
before the concert by Pastor Mathis, I
still need to get in touch with him in
hopes of finding my socks. It seems as
though they were knocked off in his
church by the Keepers of the Faith.
WHAT WE READ YEARS AGO
1979 Stryker Golf Team
GOLF TEAM ... Kneeling: Dave Fox, Duane Hogrefe, Tom Coulon, Mitch Robinson,
Matt Nofzinger. Standing: Steve Reiniche, Mike Burkholder, Jamie Clingaman,
Coach DeGroff, Jeff Clingaman, Bill Oyer.
STRYKER ADVANCE
110 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1904
Mrs. Henry Bourquin is quite sick
with malarial fever.
Louis Thourots new barn was struck
by lightning and entirely consumed by
fire yesterday with the damages estimated at $1,200.
The Archbold Post Office has been
advanced from a fourth class to a third
class post office.
100 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1914
A splendid lecture course begins
Oct. 19 with the Wilbur Starr Quartet.
John Conrod is doing jury duty in
Toledo.
Governor Harmon will speak in Bryan on October 1.
Charles Cramer sold his 113 acre
farm to Mr. Beck of Wauseon for
$11,500.
90 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1924
Clarence Young has just returned
from a years sojourn in the southwest
and California, but says theres no place
like home.
Nine Stryker girls enjoyed a wiener
roast in Rumseys woods.

The Hub Market, which has been
run for the past six months by Harry
Mignerey and Harvey Meyers, passed
into the hands of Mr.Mignerey and will
have his brother James as an assistant
beginning Monday.
80 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1934
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Louys attended
the funeral of a relative in Rittman last
week.
G.D. Wiederkehr accompanied his
son Gaylord to Columbus Friday where
the young man will attend Ohio State.
The local Community Club has purchased a Giant Whirl Around and given
it to the local school as a permanent
piece of playground equipment.
70 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1944
I.F. Donze, 87, was killed instantly
when he was struck by an automobile
in Toledo.
A 50 year membership pin was presented to Mrs. Ricka Witt by Springfield
Grange during the lecturer hour.
Methodist women reorganized under
the name of Womens Society of Christian Service.
Financial Conditions Becoming

Brighter At Strykers Quadco
While noting there was still a ways

to go, Quadco Executive Director Bruce
Abell reported that he had seen some
better financial news in recent days.
Speaking at the regular monthly
meeting of the Quadco Administrative
and Non-Profit Boards, Mr. Abell pointed
to improving financial statements.
The statements still show a loss,
Timothy Kays can be reached at
he said, but the loss was less than in
previous months he noted.
Were seeing improvements, Mr.
Abell said, thanks to the hard work of
everyone. Weve all been diligent, made
sacrifices, and have worked to make this
happen.
Bill Priest, Director of Marketing,
reported that the Four County ADAMhs
Board recently decided to provide some
additional funding to serve people at
Quadco.
Mr. Priest said in addition to the
annual $90,000 Title XX contract that
the ADAMhs Board awarded to Quadco
at their meeting earlier this month, their
board approved a $79,000 contract to
provide more employment services to
the people served by the ADAMhs Board
through Quadco.
Its been about three years since the
ADAMhs Board has been able to provide
any additional funding, but theyve been
able to save some money on some of their
projects and they are sharing it with us
so we can provide employment services
for some of the people they serve, Mr.
Priest told the board members.
Mr. Abell said he has noticed an
increase in the volume of cardboard
pallets produced at the center. He said
PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY KAYS, STAFF he expects more companies will become
HANGING TEN WITH A NEW FRIEND ... After the concert, the group paused from their interested in using cardboard pallets
and that the increase in the production
tear-down work to take pictures with newfound friends.
of cardboard pallets will continue. With
higher costs for wood and the greater
ease of recycling, he said the cardboard
pallet is becoming the pallet of the future.

In action items during the meeting,
the board members approved the 2015
calendar. They also reviewed the sick
leave policy and decided not to make any
changes to it.
The board members received the
preliminary budget figures for 2015. The
board members will have a month to
review the figures. Next month they will
receive the final version at which time it
is expected they will act on it.
Program Manager Shannon Zellers
reported on a dog agility program
given to some participants of Quadcos
Defiance Center and Stryker facility at
the dog park in Defiance. She said the
program was led by Karen Kent, who is
also a Training Specialist at the Defiance
Center, along with a number of her
friends and students and their dogs.
Ms. Zellers said participants at the
Defiance Center also held a garage sale
during the month along with other people
in the neighborhood who surround the
center.
Members of the Senior Activities
Center visited the Williams County Fair.
During their time there they saw some
of the prize ribbons on artwork done by
Training Specialist Bobbi Schlosser, who
works with them in Quadcos Art Club.
Ms. Zellers showed some examples
of art work made during the month,
including a wooden door hanging and a
bear claw. In honor of the fair, they made
a special rodeo plaque with the initial of
the person who made it placed on it.
More Mens and Womens Club
members took a trip to the dairy herd
operation that some other members had
visited the month before. Some members
of the clubs also took time to visit the
fair, Ms. Zellers said.
Learn About Zumba & Fitness At The Stryker Library

Are you interested in learning about
the latest exercise craze, Zumba? Would
you like to know what other fitness
opportunities are offered in Stryker? If
the answer to these questions is yes, then
the Stryker Branch Library has exactly
what you are looking for! On Monday,
October 6th, special guest speaker
Lavone Benner, Zumba instructor, will
be at the Stryker Library to introduce
Zumba, an exercise which involves
IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL ... Sung with power, this song drew one of seven standing aerobic and dance elements and has
quickly grown in popularity throughout
ovations on the night.
the United States. Other fitness classes

offered in Stryker will also be discussed.
The program will begin at 6:00 pm. All
ages are invited to attend. Wear your
workout clothes if you like, or simply
observe to see what all the excitement
is about!
The Stryker Branch Library is
located at 304 S. Defiance Street. For
more information, please contact library
manager Connie Aeschliman at 419682-5081.
FA
Fayette Local Board Of Education Addresses Multiple
Personnel Issues At September 22nd Meeting
By: Timothy Kays
Members of the Fayette Local Board
of Education convened in regular
session on the evening of September 22
in the Art Room of the Fayette School.
All were present, with the exception of
Ms. Amy Metz-Simon.
Superintendent
Erik
Belcher
reported that the District has been
awarded a security grant to offset some
of the costs of relocating the school
security cameras. He also reported that
the District report card from the ODE
is in, and like most other districts,
mixed results were seen. The Fayette
District had improvements which the
new standards failed to recognize, but
they received an A in the value-added
category. Value-added is an analysis
of the educational growth of a student
from year to year, and the A-grade
indicates that the students are growing
in knowledge at an excellent rate.
District Treasurer Kelly Bentley
reported that the fiscal year 2015
appropriations were on the agenda for
approval, noting that the $4.4 million,
which is in line with the budget for
fiscal year 2014. She also reported
that the final expenditure figures for
the Straight-A Fund Grant have been
calculated at $3.4 million.
Technology Director Becky Short
reported that the new District website
went online on September 12, then went
down shortly after. After some tweaks,
the site was soon back online, and is
easy to navigate as it is impressive. The
URL of the site remains http://www.
fayettesch.org/.
The new District Principal Jon Molter
gave a detailed report about the move
he and his family have made into the
District. With a few humorous culture
shock adjustments resulting from the
move from the greater Toledo Metro
area, the Molters are adjusting well to
rural living.
In financial matters addressed by the
Board, the Financial Report for August
2014. and the permanent appropriations
for fiscal year 2015 were approved.
The general fund was approved at the
fund/object level, with all other funds
approved at the fund level. This is the
original fiscal year 2015 budget for the
purposes of meeting the requirements
of Governmental Accounting Standards
Board-Statement
34.
The
Board
approved a list of items to be disposed,
form RC-3 approving the records
retention disposal list, and a donation
from the Parent Support Group in the
amount of $1,500.00 for Class of 2015
caps and gowns.
With Board Member Fred Stockburger
dissenting due to the narrowly
construed language of the measure, the
Board approved by a 3-1 vote a contract
with the Fulton County Health Center
Sports Medicine Outreach Program to
provide athletic training consultation
and/or treatment services for a rate of
$20.50 per hour for 2014-2015.
Approved without dissent was the
statement of work from Connections
Learning to include the counties that
the Fayette Virtual School will be
serving K-12 educational products and
Fayette Lions Club Entertains

Special Guests From Fulton County
PHOTO PROVIDED
K-9 GUEST ... The Fayette Lions Club was visited by Deputy Jamie Simon and
his K-9 Search Dog, Megan, during their September meeting. Lion Gene Schaffner
arranged the visit through the Fulton County Sheriffs Department. Megan is new
to the county and is still training. She demonstrated her ability to locate drugs and
to respond to both vocal and hand commands.
Schneider Duo Concert Kicks Off

2014-2015 Fayette Artist Series
Fayette, Ohio -- To celebrate four
decades of presenting outstanding live
entertainment, the Fayette Arts Council
will kick off its eight program 2014-15
concert season with an outstanding
performance by nationally recognized
performers Roy Schneider and Kim
Mayfield at 4:00 p.m. on October 5th in
the Ginnivan Auditorium in the Fayette
Opera House.
Songwriter and multi instrumentalist
Roy Schneider shares his tasty and
beguiling stew of blues, country, folk,
and Americana at venues throughout
the U.S. and Europe, putting in
more than 30,000 miles on the road
annually. His wife and musical partner,
Kim Mayfield, drives. Roy has received
accolades
from
several
national
festivals and competitions including
the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival
(Acoustic Blues,) Falcon Ridge Folk
Festivals Emerging Artist Showcase,
and the prestigious Kerrville Folk
Festivals New Folk competition. Notable
past performances include the MAD
fest in Yorkshire, England, Nashvilles
Bluebird Cafe, and contestant on NBCs
The Voice.
Schneider has performed on stage
with Gove Scrivenor, Buddy Mondlock,
Freebo (Bonnie Raitt,) John McEuen
of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Tom
Paxton. Roys current CD, Walls That
Talk, was fan funded and debuted at #3
on the Folk DJ chart.
Tickets for the Kick-off event as well
as season passes will be sold at the box
office.
For true connoisseurs of quality
baloney, a post concert Youre Full of
Baloney Cash Buffet will follow the
performance. Baloney crafted by three
area master abettors will be featured on
the menu.
These master sausage makers were
selected last March at the second
Youre Full of Baloney competition
held in conjunction with the Bean Creek
Coffee House.
All donations at the buffet will
support the Fayette Artist Series and
the Glasgow Reed Organ Series.
For ticket information call (419) 2373111.
PHOTO BY TIMOTHY KAYS, STAFF
CLARIFYING THE REPORT CARD ... Fayette District Superintendent Erik Belcher explains the new ODE report card system to the Board of Education.
services to as participating members,

including Continental Local Schools,
New Reigel Local Schools, the Hicksville
Exempted Village School District,
Morenci Area Schools, Bedford Public
Schools, the New Horizon Academy, the
Independence Educational Center and
Millcreek-Unity Local Schools.
Also approved without dissent was
the contract with the Wood County
Juvenile Detention Center and Juvenile
Residential Center of Northwest Ohio
in the amount of $64.00 per day at
the Juvenile Detention Center, and a
$64.00 long-term care daily rate at the
Juvenile Retention Center. The Board
approved two payments for in-lieu of
transportation for the 2014-15 school
year; $800 for Rusty Lavinder, and
$400 for Heather Borton.
The Board moved to approve the
settlement from Wind Energy Solutions
of
227,500
Euros
($290,749.55
equivalent) to decommission the wind
turbine and remove the same, as well as
the settlement from Engineered Process
Systems to pay all costs incurred
in the process. The Board agreed to
the installation of a solar tracker by
Engineered Process Systems, with
an agreed upon waiver of the $5,000
normally charged for services related to
the project.
After much discussion, the Board
reached a consensus on the pricing of
home sporting passes for fiscal year
2015, excluding tournaments. The
Eagle Pass, once relegated solely for any
Fayette Athlete who completed a season
the previous school year or the fall
season of the current year for all home
events, has been expanded to cover all
students of the Fayette School District
at a cost of $25. The all-sport pass
for all home volleyball and basketball
contests will be $150 for adults, and
$350 for a family of two adults and up
to four students. The Winter Varsity
only all season pass is $80 for adults,
and the Winter all-sport pass, covering
all Varsity and Junior High basketball
games will be $100 for adults.
In matters pertaining to students,
the Board moved to approve the Student

Activity Budgets, as well as giving their
consent for Fayette FFA members to
attend the FFA National Convention
in Louisville, KY, from October 29 to
November 1.
In personnel matters, the Board
agreed to the substitute teachers
list provided by the Northwest Ohio
Education Service Center for fiscal
year 2015 and the Athletic Coaches
Handbook for 2014-2015, with the
understanding that the handbook needs
to be updated.
The Board approved Pastor Paul
Baker and Denise Baker as Band/
Music Volunteers, pending appropriate
reference and background checks and
Daun Figgins as a substitute secretary
for fiscal year 2015.
The Board set the fiscal year 2015
Wellness Committee as Andrea Jacobs,
Kami Downing, Carol Burkholder,
Sarah Altstaetter, Pamela Schultz,
Rebecca Nelson and Sarah Weiland.
Barbara Bruggeman was approved
as a Title Math Resource at $16.44
per hour with a maximum of 15 hours
per week until the grant funds are
exhausted for fiscal year 2015, and
Andrea Jacobs and Jennifer Cobb were
approved as District Mentors for fiscal
year 2015.
In coaching decisions reached by the
Board, Jason Bryant was approved as
the Softball Coach for fiscal year 2015,
as was Keith Klein as the Baseball
Coach, and Sarah Weiland as the
Seventh Grade Girls Basketball coach
for fiscal year 2015.
The
Board
filled
Non-Paid
Supplemental Class Advisor positions
for 2014-2015, naming Geoff Gilmore
and Sheila Killam to advise the Class of
2019, and Sarah Alstaetter and Pamela
Schultz to the Class of 2020.
The Board retired into executive
session to discuss classified negotiations
at 8:02. No actions were taken upon
returning to regular session, and the
Board adjourned forthwith.
Timothy Kays can be reached at
REFLECTIONS FROM FAYETTES PAST
1950 FAYETTE FFA
FFA ... First Row, Left to right: Galen Libey, Lowell Beaverson, Don Sly,
Dick Lukens, Richard Schaffner, Bob Ford, Wayne Morgan, Jack Ives. Row
2: Gilbert St. Clair, Dale Pfund, Richard Taylor, Harold Kunkle, Doyce Merrilat, Harold Keefer, Norville Cramer, Mr. Green. Row 3: James Borton, Lowell McGowan, Bill Ballin, Dick Borton, Lowell Borton, Dick Stowell, Ward
Joughlin, Marvin Brehm.
Salsa Challenge Takes Center

The Wauseon Farmers Market
Stage In Downtown Wauseon Announces Salsa Challenge Winners
SPECIAL HELPER ... A patron brings her dog to the Farmers Market as she chats with
another Wauseon resident.
Thank you to all who stopped by

and enjoyed the Wauseon Farmers
Market and the Salsa Challenge. The
money raised will go to the Wauseon.
FISH Pantry. Music was performed by
Lee Warren, Jamie Love and Colleen
Warren.
The winners of the Salsa Challenge
were:
Peoples Choice Winners:
Mild: Suzies Savory Sweets and Such
Sweet: Wauseon Congregational United
Church of Christ
Original: Jeans Jars

Hot: Marianne Garza
Judges Awards go to:
Hot: Lettuce Bee Chicken Farm
Original: Jeans Jars
Mild: Suzies Savory Sweets and Such
Sweet: Wauseon Congregational United
Church of Christ
Thank you to all who participated.
Keep watching for information on our
upcoming Pumpkin Painting & Carving
contest!
Sentencing Issued In
Wauseons Fred Allen Case
A LITTLE COMPETITION ... With so many locals entering the Salsa Competition, those
residents in attendance had a hard time casting their vote for the winners of the contest.
PRODUCE ... It was a family affair at the Farmers Market, as this mother helps her
daughter grab some produce from a local vendors stand.
By T.J. Hug
Dr. C. Keith Fuqua
Dr. Adnan Ahmed
Dr. Bradley Stanciu
played host to a Salsa

Challenge, while local
vendors were also allowed
to set up shop as well.
It
was
the
patrons
themselves who declared
the winner. For a one
dollar donation, anyone
on the street would
receive a coin. This would
give them a taste of each
salsa, and they would in
turn give the coin to the
creator of their favorite.
There was no limit to the
number of votes each
person was allowed.
All of the salsa was
made from local produce,
grown within fifty miles
of Wauseon, every one
of them. The home town
products
attracted
a
good number of Wauseon
people to the Farmers
Market, and they were
all smiles as they chatted
with
neighbors
and
strangers alike at the
event. The vendors were
happy to discuss their
wares with they patrons,
and a friendly vibe was
about the place.
The
people
were
coming to life, and they
were bringing downtown
with them, in a trend that
is sure to continue.
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Downtown Wauseon is
being revitalized.
This goes well beyond
recent grants the city has
received or updates and
upgrades being made
by city council. Bringing
downtown back to life has
to go deeper than that.
It has to come from the
people themselves.
Thats
why
the
Wauseon
Downtown
Associations
(WDA)
collaboration with the

Farmers
Market
on
September 20, the first
of many,
meant
so
much. The plan is to do
something at the Market
every Saturday in an
effort to get Wauseon
residents to spend some
quality time with their
downtown area.
What was it that the
WDA selected to start this
ambitious campaign?
Salsa, of course.
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Sentencing in the
Theft in Office case
against
Fred
Allen;
former Fulton County
Weights and Measures
Inspector,
Wauseon
Council Member, and
Assistant Fire Chief, was
passed down by visit
judge J.T. Stelzer on
September 22.
The charges stemmed
from
Allen
charging
time he did not actually
work to the county. The
inconsistencies
were
originally
discovered
by the Fulton County
Auditors Office, who
employed Allen as the
Fulton County Inspector
of Weights and Measures
between the dates of
January 12, 2012 and
February 6, 2014 when
the
errant
reporting
occurred, and was later
turned into the Fulton
County Sherriffs office.
Allen admitted to working
for the Fire Department
on County time as
well as to charging the
county for extra hours
to compensate the time
that his wife helped
him on the job but also
apologized for his wrong
doing.
As part of a plea
agreement Allen had
already paid restitution
in the amount of $7500
prior
to
sentencing.
Additionally Allen was
sentenced to 3 years of
community control, a
$2000 fine, 200 hours of
community service to be
served through Williams
County, and was ordered
to pay prosecution costs.
120 days of jail time at
CCNO were suspended.

Additionally
Judge
Stelzer
also
forever
disqualified Allen from
holding any public office,
employment, or position
of trust, in the State of
Ohio.
Should
Allen
fail
to comply with the
sentencing, he could face
up to 9 months in prison.
REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST

1966 Wauseon Varsity Basketball
VARSITY BASKETBALL ... Standing: R. Batdorf, D. Oyer, J. Boyers, Coach Carl Snyder, R. Moll, S. McElrath, W. VanPelt. Kneeling: R. Lyon, J. Borton, J. Hallett, G.
Poole, K. Frey, T. Silhavy.
MORE WAUSEON AREA NEWS
CPC Life Walkathon Held At Wauseons Homecoming Park
AUCTION ... A CPC employee and her daughter organize a silent auction for the WalkPHOTOS BY T.J. HUG, STAFF
A FAMILY EVENT ... Children and adults alike begin their walk around Homecoming athon.
Park in Wauseon, raising money for the Community Pregnancy Centers of Northwest
Ohio.
A GOOD CAUSE ... Walkers for Life gather together to begin their journey to help those
in need.
THE TRAIL ...The crowd wanders down the trail, which will take them around the park.
Participants hoped to raise money for counseling programs, travel expenses, and free
baby care products, all of which the CPC will use to both assist young mothers in need
and take preventative measures for those not yet in such a situation.
By: T.J. Hug
In its twenty-eighth
year running, the annual
Life
Walkathon
put
on by the Community
Pregnancy Centers of
Northwest Ohio (CPC)
made its way to Wauseons
Homecoming Park this
year.
With
dedicated
people willing to walk for
their cause, the pavilion
of the park played host
to those wishing to take
part.
With offices in Bryan
Napoleon, Defiance, and
Wauseon, it was the
latters turn to host the
event. Homecoming Park,
with its large size and
majestic beauty made for
the ideal location to hold
it.
The money raised will
go toward a good many
things the CPC offers to
those in need for free.

Things like counseling,
pregnancy and std tests,
and even items such
as diapers and formula
are routinely handed
out free of charge by the
organization.
The CPC is known to
encourage abstinence in
teens and the organization
is active in promoting it.
Representatives are often
invited into local schools
to discuss the issue
with
students.
Using
creative methods such as
using bleach in water to
show how diseases can
spread, as well as how its
impossible to decipher
who it was that gave a
particular student said
disease, their methods
have generally proven
effective. Of course, none
of that matters if they
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help fund that as well.
Counseling
is
an
important aspect of the
CPC. An effort is made to
have counselors who have
been through the things
in which they attempt to
guide a person through,
giving more weight to
the voice of experience.
Being able to relate
to those who come to
them also tends to make
counselors significantly
less judgemental, which
is always a concern for
those who share their
darkest moments with
complete strangers.
Abortion,
especially,
is a hot button issue in
which the CPC deals.
While
discouraging
the act, they still offer
counseling for both the
mother and the father
of an aborted baby.
Emphasis on the father
is something in which
they take pride, as that
aspect of the situation
is often overlooked and
undervalued by society at
large.
Funding
for
such
programs is a huge benefit
for the communities in
which the CPC serves, as
taking on such problems
alone can really hinder
the way in which one

lives.
Of course, the giving
away of free stuff is
always a crowd pleaser.
Giving away may not be
the best way to put it,
though. People wishing
to obtain goods such as
diapers and other things
essential to raising a
child, are required to
take brief courses and

earn points to spend. The
idea is to educate young
mothers as well as supply
them with what they
need.
There
are
several
ways in which the CPC
improves the area, and
they face issues some
would rather ignore head
on in an effort to ease
the difficulties of those

dealing with them. Every
penny that was and will
be donated to the CPC will
better the community.
Perhaps we should
look forward to the
twenty-ninth annual Life
Walkathon.
What TV Crime Dramas

Dont Tell You, The Wauseon
Citizens Police Academy Does
By: Timothy Kays
Citizens of Wauseon
have you ever wanted to
learn what police work
really involves? Im talking
REAL law enforcement,
not the hooey portrayed
as genuine in programs on
practically every television
network. Have you ever
wondered
about
the
details of forensic evidence
collection by crime scene
investigators, or the proper
protocols in the handling of
a service weapon? Are you
21 years old or older and
a resident of the Wauseon
School District? If you
answered yes to the above
and have a clean criminal
record,
the
Wauseon
Citizens Police Academy
(CPA) awaits you.
There
are
other
programs where citizens
partner with their local
law enforcement officers,
but the Wauseon CPA is
decidedly different. There
are no fitness requirements
to join the CPA, and if
an attendee is unsure
or fearful about one of
the hands-on activities,
firearms for example, that
attendee is not forced to
participate or drop out.
There is no pressure to be
an active participant for
those enrolled in the CPA.
Now in its 14th year,
the CPA gives one a good
idea as to what goes
into the workday of a
law enforcement officer.
According to Wauseon
Chief of Police Keith
Torbet, that includes,
patrol operations, accident
investigations, traffic stops,
crime scenes, firearms and
use of force. We take a tour
of CCNO. We run them
through the FATS (FireArm
Training Simulator) system
to give them a little bit of
experience in different role
play situations and how to
handle them.
Although it is similar
to
other
basic
law
enforcement
training
classes, the Wauseon CPA
is non-binding. You are
attending to learn what
your police department
is doing to serve you, and
not attending to become
an auxiliary officer. The
CPA brings you behind the
scenes, and for many CPA
graduates in the past, it
was a life-changing event.
In some cases, Chief
Torbet said, we had
Wauseon Chief of Police Keith Torbet
some people whose interest

was piqued enough to go
through the actual police
academy.
While the CPA is an
annual event slated for
each September, there is a
second CPA for youth that
takes place after school
lets out for the summer.
This CPA is for ages 12-18.
The age group for the
adult CPA is 21 and up.
Chief Torbet noted that
in the past, that included
senior citizens, and a
wheelchair-bound
lady.
Its an eclectic mix of
people that come out,
he said. Some come out
because they want to learn
a little bit more, and for
some people, its a social
gatheringsomething
to
do. Some of the senior
citizens come out just
because theyve retired,
they want to continue to
learn and do something.
They enjoy coming out and
learning a little.
For
additional
information
on
the
Wauseon CPA, you can talk
with any Wauseon Police
Officer, or call the Wauseon
Police Department at 419337-3821. Applications for
the CPAs can be picked
up at the Wauseon Police
Department at 230 Clinton
Street.
Timothy Kays can be
reached at
This program made possible in part

by the Ohio Humanities Council.
Wauseon Readies For A Huge

Homecoming Celebration On October 3rd
THE 2014 WAUSEON HOMECOMING COURT ... From left: Sophomore Attendant Alex Rosonowski and Escort Anthony Werder, Senior Attendant Sally Frank and Zac Robinson
who stood in for the absent Escort Noah Castle, Queen Sariah Yackee and Escort Joshua Kauffman, Junior Attendant Kallie Strauss and Escort Jacob Newlove, and Freshman
Attendant Amanda Baker and Escort Nate Suntken.
By: Timothy Kays

On the evening of October 3, the
Wauseon Indians will take to the field
in furtherance of their quest for an undisputed NWOAL championship and a
Division IV Region 12 postseason berth.
The Patriots of Patrick Henry will be in
town in an attempt to thwart the Tribe
and also throw a wet blanket on the
Homecoming festivities taking place
that weekend at Harmon Field. The
2014 Homecoming Court and Attendants will be presiding over the events
of what promises to be a stellar evening
under the Friday night lights in Tribe
Town.
Presiding over the Wauseon 2014
Homecoming celebration as Queen will
be Sariah Yackee. Sariah is the daughter of Joel and Monica Yackee, and
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the sister of Hunter and Gage Yackee.

Amongst her spare time activities, Sariah likes playing sports and spending
time with friends and family. Escorting
Queen Sariah on this evening will be
Joshua Kauffman. Joshua is the son
of Ron and Dawn Kauffman, and the
brother of Jordan and Jeremiah Kauffman. Among his favorite activities are
playing football and baseball.
Sally Frank was selected as the Senior Attendant. She is the daughter of
Dr. Bill and Miriam Frank, and the sister of Lucy and Sam Frank. In her spare
time Sally likes playing musical instruments. Noah Castle, the son of Amy and
Tony Castle and the brother of Lukas,
Jordan, Brock and Heath Castle, Noah
is an All-Ohio and nationally recognized
athlete in track and field and also plays
football and basketball.
The daughter of Luanne Stauss and
Jon Strauss, Kallie Strauss, was named

to the title of Junior Attendant. Kallie
is the sister of Mallorie and Madison
Strauss and enjoys hanging out with
friends, attending Wauseon High School
sporting events, going to church, playing sports, and swimming. Escorting
Kallie at the Homecoming event will be
Jacob Newlove. Jacob is the son of Jeff
and Wanda Newlove and the brother
of Owen and Jessica Newlove. He likes
football, basketball and baseball.
Alex Rosonowski will serve in the
Court as the Sophomore Attendant. She
is the daughter of Kelli and Rick Rosonowski and the sister of Lyndsey and
Derrick Rosonowski. Alex enjoys walking and hanging with friends and family.
She will be escorted by Anthony Werder,
the son of Scott Werder and Gina Gerfin. The brother of Brooke and Courtney
Werder, Scott is a sports aficionado.
Selected as the Freshman Attendant

was Amanda Baker, the daughter of Julie Baker and Jerry Neipp. Amanda is
the sister of Becka and Mariah Baker
and enjoys playing the clarinet, watching Netflix, reading books, cheerleading, and spending time with friends and
family. Her escort will be Nate Suntken.
The son of Chad and Laurie Suntken,
and the brother of Ty and Chad, Nate
loves football and baseball.
The Homecoming events will include
the traditional snake dance and bonfire
on the evening of October 2, followed by
what the Tribe faithful are hoping will be
a huge victory over the Patriots at Harmon Field on the third. The 2014 Homecoming celebration will culminate on
October 4 with the Homecoming dance.
Timothy Kays can be reached
at tim@thevillagereporter.com
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF ELIZABETH MINDREAU, THE BOSTON GLOBE
DELICIOUS CHEESES ... This on the East or West Coast is normal, but not here,
says Del Burkholder of the goat cheese operation at Turkeyfoot Creek Creamery.
Introduction by:
Tammy Allison
Turkeyfoot Creamery,
located in rural Wauseon,
and the business of Del
and Linda Burkholder, is
a well-known gem in the
local area for its locally
produced
hand-crafted
artisan goat cheese. Their
products include Gouda,
flavored chevre spreads,
feta, and cheese curds.
Their cheese can be found
at local farmers markets,
Andersons, Churchills,
All Things Food, and other
various local businesses,
CHEESE MAKERS ... Del Burkholder with his wife,
but how does a freelance
Linda.
writer from the Boston
Globe learn of this unique
local business?
thats a negative for me. That hurts. I
Elizabeth Mindreau, a freelance food want everybody to use my cheese. I
writer for the Boston Globe, has roots in think its the best cheese out there.
this area. She grew up in Whitehouse,
Others agree. Cheesemonger Wendy
and her parents, Stephen and Diana Wallace, who works for The Andersons,
Rentz, still live in the area. Elizabeth a Toledo-area store that sells everything
graduated from Maumee Valley County from work boots to fine wines, says
Day School in Toledo in 1988 and the Turkeyfoot Creek cheeses are over
moved to Boston for college where she the top fantastic and of the highest
presently resides with her family. Before quality. The store carries the entire
visiting her parents last year, she did line and Wallace says, Its a great seller
research on the Internet to find an here. In fact, she says they are the most
interesting food-related story to write in popular of the locally made cheeses
the Toledo area. She found Turkeyfoot represented in the stores selection of
Creamery listed on the Toledo Farmers over 350 domestic and international
Market website and thought it would varieties.
make an interesting story. The article
A Dutch cheese consultant helped
was printed in the Boston Globe on July Burkholder
install
the
gleaming
22nd. For the Burkholders, they are stainless-steel
cheese-making
simply living the life they know and love equipment that was shipped through
and were very humbled by the national the Great Lakes from The Netherlands.
exposure.
The consultant was also hands-on
Below is the article that was featured showing me how to make the Gouda,
in the Boston Globe and is being says Burkholder, whose small creamery
reprinted with the authors permission.
is named for a stream that cuts along
the edge of the pasture land. Turkeyfoot
WAUSEON, Ohio The flat land and
is becoming known among local chefs,
fertile fields of northwest Ohio are an
European expats, and farmers market
ideal place to grow corn and soybeans
patrons.
and graze cattle. One farmer has decided
Its easy to understand why. Chevres
its also ideal for goats.
are incredibly fresh and creamy. Honey
Im the only one in northwest Ohio
from hives on the farm sweeten one of
doing this, says Del Burkholder, 49, of
the varieties. Five- and 10-pound wheels
Turkeyfoot Creek Creamery, located on
of Gouda (traditionally made with cows
5 acres about 40 miles west of Toledo.
milk), are waxed and matured in a
Im a joke to a lot of people. Because it
cheese cave within the creamery. This
aint cows, its goats.
spectacular, sharp cheese is currently
The farm and creamery are set back
sold aged seven months, but some
off a long straight county road, next to
restaurants request it aged 1 years.
a 100-year-old red barn. Burkholder, a
Burkholders bestsellers are cheese
soft-spoken and amiable cheesemaker,
curds he hand-cuts (when theyre made
works on the farm that is also home to
with cows milk the curds form on their
his wife, Linda, and their son Seth, 20.
own); at restaurants, they are served
Youngest son Chad, 19, is home for the
fresh in salads or battered and deep
summer after finishing his first year of
fried as an appetizer.
college. Linda helps with the paperwork,
Feta is very moist, smooth, and
names the goats, and is the head of the
creamy. Burkholders newest venture
vaccination program in Fulton County.
is a goats milk cheddar he hasnt yet
This is all cow country, says Linda,
tasted. Five wheels are in the cheese
from Ohio on to the Rockies. Despite
cave and Burkholder says he wont
this, her husband began making goat
crack one open to try it until they have
cheese two years ago with milk from
aged for three or four months.
his own herd. This on the East or West
Goats have been a part of Burkholders
Coast is normal, but not here, he says.
life on-and-off for over 40 years. The
Seventy-six of his 130 Alpine,
fourth of five children, he grew up on a
LaMancha, and Saanen goats are milked
farm 7 miles from the creamery, where
twice a day for chevre (plain and flavored
his dad raised steers and his mom made
with garlic, honey, peppercorns, and
cheese and ice cream using extra milk
pineapple), aged Gouda, cheese curds
from Burkholders first goat, named
(plain, dill with garlic, and sun-dried
Groovy, and her offspring. Before
tomato pesto), and feta. With the help
becoming a cheesemaker, Burkholder
of Seth, who is his business partner,
was a commercial painter until he
Burkholder operates three facets of one
developed an allergy to paint fumes.
business: the goats, the creamery, and
Now, with Seth by his side, Burkholder
sales. His weakness is sales, he says. I
looks to the future.
dont like being turned down. You know,
One dream that brings
a wide smile to his face is
his mothers goats milk
ice cream. Thats my
goal, he says. I want to
sell ice cream some day.
For a man born and
raised in cow country,
goats are definitely in his
future. I cant complain,
he says, its going good.
Larry Brown, who is currently

employed by the Wauseon Exempted
Village School District, has informed
the Board of Education that he intends
to retire, effective December 31, 2014,
and that he desires to reemployed by the
District subsequent to his retirement.
As a result of this announcement,
the Board issued the following notice
during their regularly held noon Board
meeting on Thursday, September 25:
The Wauseon Exempted Village
School District Board of Education
hereby
gives
public
notice
in
accordance with Ohio Revised Code
3307.353 that it will hold a public
meeting to consider the reemployment
of Mr. Larry C. Brown, superintendent,
as superannuate to the same position
for which Mr. Larry C. Brown will
retire. The public meeting will occur
on Monday, November 17, 2014 at
5:30 p.m. at the Office of the Board
of Education located at 126 S. Fulton
Street, Wauseon, OH. The Board of
Education provides this notice at least
60 days prior to the date that Mr. Larry
Browns rehiring and certifies that the
public meeting required pursuant to
Ohio law shall take place between 15
and 30 days before the reemployment of
Mr. Larry C. Brown as a superannuate.
All interested persons are invited to
attend.
The Board also approved several
financial and personnel issues during
the meeting. Financial items included
the adoption of the FY15 permanent
appropriations and original budget for
GASB 34 reporting; the approval of
the modifications and supplemental
modifications to the FY15 Certificate
of Resources; and the authorization of
then and now certificates
for invoices from Custom
Agri Systems, OEAP, and
Speedy Sewers.
Personnel
items
approved included:
A request for parental
leave from Joe Allen,
effective
October
27,
2014 through November
25, 2015.
Students
Brandon
Bernath and Bret Wisda
as WHS sound and light
workers for the 2014-15
school year.
Students
Derek
Anderson, Sofia Barajas,
Emily Bray, Sally Frank,
DesaRae Hadley, Motoki Maxted,

Raychel Ramos, and Miriam Triana as
WHS athletic department workers for
the 2104-15 school year.
Students Patience Bachman, Emily
Bray, Alexys Carteaux, Kasey Darnell,
Sydney Dranell, Kierra Fountain, Cody
Fry, Alexis Meyer, Kate Precht, Raychel
Ramos, Nick Dilworth, Jenna Rhodes,
Courtney Roberts, Abby Schmunk,
Austin Schuette, Jordan Sloan, Ashley
Smith, Audrey Thacker, Mac Warncke,
Claudia Weber, and Lexi Witt as pool
workers for the 2014-15 school year.
Donna Belles, Catherine Brubaker,
Peggy Christman, Sue Coll, Warren
Dailey, Carrie Dobaczewski, Judy
Echler, Julia Kling, Amy Kovar, Jean
LaFountain, Michael Parker, Karen
Rees, Phyllis Schecklehoff, Jessica
Schultz, Jill Shehorn, Samantha
Sherman,
Ron
Shipley,
Rachel
Smith, and Lisa Torres as Classified
Substitutes for the 2014-15 school
year.
Additionally the Board approved an
overnight field trip for the Wauseon FFA
to attend the FFA Greenhand Camp in
Carrollton, Ohio; entered into a one
year agreement with E-Rate Connection
for the 2015-16 Federal E-Rate
Program application as presented;
and authorized the Superintendent to
enter into a purchase agreement with
Cardinal Bluebird for an 84 passenger
transit bus in the amount of $90,094.
The Board entered into executive
session with no further action being
taken. The next regular meeting of the
Wauseon Board of Education will be
held on Monday, October 13 at 5:30
PM at the Board of Education Office.
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2014 Fulton SWCD Ag Fest Proves

Educational For Young & Not-So-Young
WOW! ... Hands-on learning experiences were everywhere to be found at the Ag Fest.
Here, third grade students experience bees wax for the first time.
went into the winter

with a lack of food.
Malnutrition, and then
a bad winter thrown on
top of it. Last year at
this time, I had a lot of
hives that had already
eaten 25 to 30 percent
of their winter stores.
This year has been much
better, though, and were
getting the late honey
with the golden rods and
the asters.
Amanda Podach, the
Education Information
Specialist
for
the
Fulton Soil and Water
Conservation
District,
had a very basic goal for
the event. I would like
the kids to understand
how food gets from the
farm field to their table,
and that agriculture
is not just cows and
plows,
but
bees,
blacksmithing,
pork,
dairythe combination
of these things. For
that alone, it was a huge

mission accomplished,
but there was even
more. When asked what
he learned in his time
with the baby pigs,
eight year old Zachary
of Wauseon mentioned
the most obviousham
and bacon. He then went
on to tell how products
from the blood of pigs
have been engineered for
use in humans. Heart
valves, too they come
from pigs, added Ms.
Podach.
Hands-on education
like this has been finetuned and coordinated
between
the
SWCD,
the
Northwest
Ohio
Educational
Service
Center and all the
local schools for easy
integration
into
the
third grade curriculum
standards for science,
language arts, math and
social studies. Thanks
to the generosity of the

sponsors, the day of
education disguised as
entertainment costs each
school district nothing.
Its a win for Ms.
Podach to see the SWCD
goals realized. Its a
win for the teachers of
Fulton County. Its a
win for the children who
participated, and its a
win, albeit a semantic
win, to see these little
faces light up with the
glow of new knowledge.
When
dedicated
sponsors
join
forces
with Ms. Podach and
the Fulton SWCD for
the benefit of third
grade kids across Fulton
County, theres nary a
losing proposition to be
found especially not at
the Ag Fest.
Timothy Kays
can be reached at
Wauseon & Other Local Fire

Departments Put Out Blaze
A field fire behind the residence on 16450 County Road H between County Road
16 and County Road 17, just south of the turnpike, occured on September 27,
2014. Lyons, Archbold, Delta, Wauseon, Fayette were all on hand to battle flames.
Delta and Archbold assisted with water tankers. Wauseon, Fayette, and Lyons
fought the fire with their grass buggies.
(PHOTOS BY BENJAMIN KESSLER, STAFF)
MORE THAN JUST HAM AND BACON ... There was nothing quite like piglets to rivet the
attention of these Wauseon students.
By: Timothy Kays
It is truly a magical
thing to see the look of
wonderment on the face
of a child as he or she
experiences something
profoundly
new
to
them. After all, it is only
when we can no longer
see the world through
the eyes of a child
that we are officially
deemed as oldright?
At the tenth annual
Fulton Soil and Water
Conservation
District
Ag Fest on September
23 and 24, those looks
of
amazement
were
everywhere at the Fulton
County Fairgrounds, the
home for the event.
The
event,
made
possible by the Fulton
SWCD and the generous
support of several local
sponsors and volunteers,

the Ag Fest was a two-day
event for all third grade
Fulton County Schools,
public, parochial, and
home school students.
During the Ag Fest,
students spent the day
rotating around to a
variety of stations where
they had the opportunity
to participate in handson learning experiences.
What made the event
such a success was that
these kids were having
such a good time, they
did not even realize
that they were learning
the basics of how the
things that they wear
and eat come to be.
Subjects such as wool
spinning, dairy and pork
production, maintaining
an apiary (bee-keeping
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as the kids went from
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E x p e r i e n c e d
presenters
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Northwest
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teach the students the
importance of agriculture
in their daily lives. One
of these presenters was
apiarist Roger Myers
of Myers Honey. Bees
are by far the greatest
pollinators in our area,
allowing our agriculture
to thrive, and giving us
honey in the process,
and the students were
enchanted
by
the
beeswax and the seethrough hive.
Unfortunately, bees
have also been hard
hit
by
malnutrition,
parasites, and the recent
severe winter. Mr. Myers
said that the biggest
issue,
malnutrition,
has been brought about
by farming practices
and other things like
lawn care. People like
immaculate
lawns,
he said, so we have
malnutrition due to a lack
of flowers. Pesticides
are another problem, he
said. Not just farmers,
but orchards, roadsides,
creeksspraying
for
mosquitoes.
Lucas
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county for mosquitoes
on demand. It doesnt
help us.
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on all the pollinators,
but Mr. Myers gave a
detailed timeline of the
decline. Last winter
was very hard on them,
he said. Our problem
with the bees started
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raining
in
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through August and into
the fall. Rain washes the
nectar out of the flowers,
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careers, some teasing can eventually turn into bullying.
The National Education Association estimates that
160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students.
Bullying can take many forms, and learning the warning signs as a parent can help prevent harassment and
potentially dangerous situations.
Verbal: If your child reports being called names, being
the recipient of racist, sexist or homophobic jokes, or being spoken to in an offensive or suggestive way, this can
be a form of verbal bullying.
Cyber: Social media, email, and text messaging has
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or photos.
Physical: Some bullies engage in physical attacks, including hitting, kicking, spitting, or other forms of physical confrontation. Destroying personal property also is
considered physical bullying.
Indirect: Gossiping and spreading nasty rumors about
a person is another form of bullying.
sleeping or experience changes in appetite, and bullied

youngsters academic performance may suffer. Also, parents may notice that children return from school missing
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Parents may not want to imagine their children bullying other students, but bullies do exist. Children who
bully other kids have strong needs for power and negative
dominance. Some signs that your child may be a bully
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easily becoming violent with others
having friends who bully others
blaming others quickly
comes home with belongings that do not belong to
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in trouble with teachers or school administrators
picking on siblings
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and of all ages, came out to support many charitable organizations including
Hands of Grace Faith in Action, 104 Monroe St, Delta, all receiving a portion of the
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participant at the Hands of Grace Adult Day Center, Sharon Morr, a Hands of Grace
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GREATLY APPRECIATED ... Janell DeBacker, Board Treasurer for Hands of Grace
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Hands of Grace as their charitable recipient with presenting a check totaling
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Archbold, OH Sauder Village guests will

certainly be smiling on October 4 & 5 as they
watch tiny trains travel round the tracks,
through tunnels, and pasty tiny homes and
community buildings. Whether you are an
avid train collector or just a kid at heart,
the All Aboard Train Event will certainly
provide a fun-filled and memorable way to
celebrate fall at Sauder Village!
Again this year, the Swanton Area
Railroad and Model Club will have a variety
of model trains set-up in the Festival Barn.
There will also be a garden-scale train
display in the Museum Building. Guests of
all ages will enjoy looking at these detailed
displays, visiting with the train club
members and watching the trains travel
round the tracks.
Throughout the weekend guests will also
have the opportunity to learn more about
train and car safety. Operation Lifesaver, a
non-profit group from Montpelier, will be on
hand to share important safety information
with guests.
A visit to Sauder Village would not
be complete without a ride on the Erie
Express. The Erie Express is the 24-gauge
big boy train that replaced the small train
that was in the Historic Village since 1976.
A replica of the C.P. Huntington, the Erie
Express has five train cars, including one
car that is wheelchair accessible. Guests
can ride the train not only for fun but also
as a way to travel to Pioneer Settlement, the
new 5-acre addition to Sauder Village. With
a train stop at Pioneer Settlement, guests
can get off the train at this new area to visit
historic homes, the log school, church, jail
and more!
Guests can also register for a chance to
be a guest conductor on the Erie Express
train. There will be drawings held each day
for both youth and adult guest conductors.
There are many fall activities planned at
Historic Sauder Village through the end of
October. Some of the special events include
Fall on the Farm and Scout Day October
11, Community Health Day October 18 and
Woodcarvers Show & Sale October 25 and
26.
Also coming yet this fall is the final
program in the free Agricultural Lecture
Series.
Thanks to the support of the
Ohio Humanities Council all programs in
the series have been free and open to the
public. The final evening lecture will be
held at the Sauder Heritage Inn at 7:30
p.m. on Monday, October 6. Joe Anderson
from Mount Royal University in Alberta,
Canada will present The Vacant Chair on
the Farm: Understanding Marriage, Farm
Management, and Soldiering in the Midwest
during the American Civil War.
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their inventory, and they also buy, sell
and trade firearms. They also offer all
firearm accessories including: ammunition,
holsters, optics, cleaning supplies, targets,
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Agriculture Lecture October 6
Archbold, OH Sauder Village is hosting

a free Agricultural Lecture Series at the
Heritage Inn this season in conjunction
with the renovation of the historic Grist
Mill. Joe Anderson from Mount Royal
University in Alberta, Canada will present
the final lecture in the series on Monday,
October 6 entitled The Vacant Chair
on the Farm: Understanding Marriage,
Farm Management, and Soldiering in the
Midwest during the American Civil War.
It is an honor to have Joe Anderson
joining us for our Agricultural Lecture
Series, shared Kim Krieger, PR/Media
Relations. Thanks to the support of
the Ohio Humanities Council all of the
programs in this series have been free
and open to the public a great way for
us to help share the social, economic and
cultural history of Northwest Ohio, how
that ties in with the agricultural history,
and its importance in the development of
our state.
Joe Andersons evening lecture will
be held at the Sauder Heritage Inn at
7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 6. Mr.
Anderson will present The Vacant Chair
on the Farm: Understanding Marriage,
Farm Management, and Soldiering in the
Midwest during the American Civil War.
Mr. Anderson will share how the departure
of husbands for the warfront created
numerous problems for farm families.
His study, based on an examination of
wartime correspondence between wives
and husbands, is an examination of the

day-to-day existence and coping strategies
that couples devised to endure the war.
There was not a one-size-fits-all solution
to the problem of the vacant chair. Instead,
couples played to their strengths, relying
on kinship networks to persevere and
preserve the most valuable family asset,
the family farm. Historians have studied
the experiences of wartime urban and
middle class women in depth, increasing
our understanding of the ways the war
opened or closed doors for women.
We are pleased to be presenting this
lecture series in conjunction with the
Grist Mill renovation we unveiled early this
season, Krieger added. Our guests have
appreciated the updates to the exterior of
the building as well as the rearrangement
of interior furnishings and new displays
that help share the important stories
associated with the Grist Mill. The Grain:
From Field to Flour Exhibit has also
provided guests with an in-depth look
at grains and some hands-on learning
opportunities.
Historic Sauder Village is open through
the end of October. Other upcoming
Sauder Village events include All
Aboard Train Event October 4 & 5, Fall
on the Farm/Scout Day October 11 and
Community Health Day on October 18.
For a complete schedule of special events
visit www.saudervillage.org
A free class for parents, grandparents,

or other caregivers of children and
adolescents with emotional, behavioral,
or mental health issues will be offered in
October by NAMI Four County.
The six-week class will be held Saturday
mornings from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
starting October 11 at the Four County
ADAMhs Board office, T-761 State Route
66 south of Archbold. The class, called
NAMI Basics, was professionally developed
by the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
It has three goals for participants.
To give the parent or caregiver the
basic information necessary to provide
the best care possible of their child, their
family and themselves.
To help the parent or caregiver cope
with the impact that mental illness has
on the child living with the illness and the
entire family, and
To provide tools for the parent or
caregiver to use after completing the
program that will help them make the best
decisions possible for the care of the child.
During the six weeks, the following
topics and more will be covered: the
emotional stages that the family goes
through (crisis, shock, denial, grief and
acceptance), help to understand what
the child or teenager is going through,
and current information about as well as
the best practice treatment options for
illnesses such as attention deficit disorder,
major depression, bipolar disorder,
conduct disorder, anxiety disorders and
substance abuse.
Some classes will help the parent

with problem-solving, listening and
communication skills, while others will
focus on strategies that can be helpful
when dealing with challenging behaviors
of their child. The class will also help the
parent or caregiver understand how to
seek help from the school system as well
as the mental health system. Time will be
spent on planning for crisis management
and relapse.
Both the class leader, Lisa Holley,
and her assistant, Kathi Yevtich, have
completed training to teach the class and
are parents of children with emotional,
behavioral or mental health issues.
Participants will be given a binder for
the numerous hand-outs that they will
receive at each class.
Although the class is free, preregistration is necessary so the appropriate
number of hand-outs can be printed. To
register or get more information about the
class, please call Lisa Holley at 419/4387384 or Kathi Yevtich at 419/822-5212 by
October 6.
NAMI Four County is an affiliate of the
National Alliance on Mental Illness, the
nations largest advocacy and educational
organization for mental health. However,
the public is welcome to participate in
any classes offered by the local chapter
whether they are a member or not at no
cost. NAMI Four County meets the first
Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the
ADAMhs Board office.
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Located at 104 West Mulberry Street in Stryker,
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CHURCH & SPIRITUAL NEWS
Devotional Thought / Fellowship of Christian Athletes

BY: REX STUMP - LIFES OXYMORONS
Therefore, since we
are surrounded by such
a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let
us strip off every weight
that slows us down, especially the sin that so
easily trips us up. And
let us run with patience
(endurance) the race
God has set before us.
Hebrews 12:1.
Run with patience! Run with patience? Run suggests to me an absence of patience. Run gives me a
picture of being eager to reach a goal. Patience, on
the other hand gives me a picture of going for a walk,
lying down and just chilling out. So the phrase run
with patience sounds to me like an oxymoron. You
know, a combination of contradictory terms. We
hear them all the time - Jumbo Shrimp, Mud bath,
Least favorite, Make history, Group Selfie, etc.
But when you look at those words and their Greek
meaning we discover the following: Run; like a race
course, haste, strive hard, spend your strength! Patience; steadfast waiting for, persevering, enduring.
So what is the author trying to help compel us to
do? I believe we are being encouraged to not abandon our course of following God when it feels like
God isnt there. We must continue to move forward
in following and obeying God, when we dont see results or when times are tough. In other words, never give up! Keep running with an enduring attitude!
Every athlete needs to hear this. Every parent
needs to hear this. Every person who breathes and
daily faces hurdles, potholes, and other obstacles
needs to hear this!

The Greek word used here for patience means
to keep a position, to resolve to maintain your territory that has been gained. In other words you are
saying, this is my spot and Im not moving! Its a
250 pound offensive lineman blocking and taking
territory and not letting the defense push him back!
And although great forces are coming against you,
the attitude must be to continue to strive hard (run)
and keep moving forward as you dont give up the
ground you have already taken.
Never give up! Be patient, but keep it on! Run
with patience!
Can we do this? Absolutely! Because the God we
worship is patient with us, we can develop the fruit
of His Spirit within us as well. It says in 2 Peter 3:9,
The Lord isnt really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient
for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
God is patient with us! He doesnt want anyone
to perish in hell, He wants everyone to repent. So He
holds His ground, moves forward, enduring the sin
of humanity, waiting for us to obediently surrender.
He is not soft on sin, He hates sin! Remember He
is Holy and Awesome, but He is patient with our
weakness, drawing us back to Him, not driving us.
I heard someone say, Patience is the desire and
ability to wait for people to change, while loving
them enough to accept them even they dont. God
is patient! - God is patient with us! Because God is
patient and patient with us, we can learn and develop the ability to be patient as well!
For more reading, check out; Isaiah 30:18, Psalm
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Rob Mills Family To Sing At

North Dover United Methodist Church
The Rob Mills Family, a family Gospel music group,
will be presenting a concert at the North Dover United
Methodist Church on Sunday, October 5. The concert
will start at 4:30 PM. The church is located north of
Wauseon, OH on State Rt. 108, 2 miles north of Ohio
Turnpike Exit 34 and the Fulton County Fairgrounds.
The Rob Mills Family is a music ministry that seeks
to see people come to the life changing touch of Jesus Christ. Rob and Angie were married in 1992 and
have three children, Levi, Jacob, and Emily. Rob is
celebrating his 27th year of sharing the gospel in song
and he now has the thrill of having his family involved
in the ministry. In just two short years they have traveled thousands of miles singing at churches, concert
halls, fairs and camp meetings across the country.
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Winning The Battle

For A Generation
AM I GUILTY OF DOING THINGS MY WAY?
One song that was made famous by entertainer
Frank Sinatra that sums up a philosophy of life that
many have chosen to adopt is revealed in the words
I did it my way. There are far too many examples of
what happens when we live by that way of thinking.
For example, Raphael Minder of the New York Times
reports in the August 23, 2012 piece, Despite Good
Intentions, a Fresco in Spain Is Ruined.
For nearly a hundred years a beautiful mural of
Jesus had held pride of place in the Sanctuary of
Mercy Church in Borja, Spain. The Ecce Homo
(Behold the Man) style-painting, was completed by
Elias Garcia Martinez in the 1930s.
But in August of 2012, an 80-year-old church
member named Cecilia Gimenez took it upon herself
to touch up the painting. She was right about one
thing: the painting needed some work. After decades
of moisture buildup, the painting had started to
deteriorate, and the colors had started to fade. So
Cecilia initiated her do-it-yourself restoration project.
Despite her good intentions, it didnt turn out
well. The New York Times said that it was probably
the worst art restoration project of all time. A
Spanish blog called it the restoration that turned
into destruction. And a BBC article said, The
delicate brushstrokes by Elias Garcia Martinez have
been buried under a haphazard splattering of paint.
The once-dignified portrait [of Jesus] now resembles
a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an illfitting tunic.
In later interviews, Ms. Gimenez defended her
decision. At some points, she blamed the parish
priest, claiming that he had initiated the project.
But on other occasions she took responsibility for
her attempt to fix the painting. Weve always fixed
everything ourselves in this church, she said. We
saw everything was falling down, and we fixed it.
The town council will bring in experts to try to
repair her work, but since the painting was originally
done in oils directly onto a church wall, they face a
nearly impossible task.
Its a good reminder that some projects in life
like restoring your own soul or fixing other people
just arent good do-it-yourself projects. Proverbs
16:25 (NIV), sums it up for us this way, 25 There
is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it
leads to death.
Rick Jones, was former Executive Director of
Defiance Area Youth for Christ and serves
as a pastor of an area local church.
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artists like The Booth Brothers, Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, Jeff and Sherry Easter and more. In
addition, Rob has written songs for some of todays top
Gospel artists like Gold City, Mercys Mark, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Mark Trammel Quartet and many
others.
Come at 4:30 PM, Sunday, October 5, to be blessed
with their music. For an extra special blessing, come
at 4:00 PM and hear Darlene Miller at the piano for a
half hour prior to the main concert. There is no admission charge. A freewill offering will be taken. For more
information, please call (419) 867-1528.
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Defiance Church Hosting 15th Annual Candlelight Vigil For Mental Health
The 15th annual Candlelight Vigil
for Mental Health will be held Sunday
evening, October 5 starting at 6 p.m.
at St. John United Church of Christ,
950 Webster St., Defiance.
Sponsored by NAMI Four County,
the event serves as the kick-off to
Mental Health Awareness Week,
October 5 through 11.
Since one in four adults have
symptoms of a diagnosable mental
illness, brain disorders are among the
most common, but least treated health
problems in America today, said Ron
Hofacker, candlelight vigil coordinator.
And, while some illnesses are more
likely to occur because of lifestyle
choices, depression and other mood
disorders as well as schizophrenia are
not the result of any choice the person
made.
Based on the most recent county
health assessments in Defiance,
Fulton, Henry and Williams counties,
about one in ten adults report
symptoms typical of depression.
Among youth, the number is one in
five.
However, only about one-third
of those with symptoms ever seek
medical treatment that in most cases
would help them get better. Depending
on the illness, treatment success rates

for mental health problems range
from 70 to 90 percent.
Hofacker
explained
that
the
purpose of the candlelight vigil is to
help the community understand that
mental illnesses are more common
than cancer and heart disease.
Further, mental illnesses are
medical illnesses affecting the brain
much like cardiovascular diseases
affect the heart, he said. Both have
a cause and a treatment.
Our goal is to encourage people
to think of brain health the same way
they do heart health and recognize
that when symptoms occur they need
to seek medical help. The problems
wont go away on their own, Hofacker
said.
Mood disorders such as depression
are the most common mental
illnesses. Symptoms that are typical
of depression include:
Persistent sad or irritable mood,
Noticeable changes in sleep,
appetite and energy,
Difficulty thinking, concentrating
or remembering,
Lack of interest in or pleasure from
activities that were once enjoyed,
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness,
hopelessness and emptiness,

Persistent physical symptoms such
as headaches, digestive disorders and
chronic pain that do not respond to
treatment, and
Re-occurring thoughts of death or
suicide.
If three or more of these symptoms
occur, last more than two weeks and
interfere with ordinary functioning, it
is recommended that the person seek
medical help.
We especially want individuals and
families to know that help is available,
many times starting with their family
doctor, Hofacker said. And, for those
with Medicaid or high insurance
deductibles and on a limited income,
help is available through the ADAMhs
Board system.
For information about where to get
help, simply call 2-1-1.
Speakers for this years candlelight
vigil
program
include
Janet
Hitchcock, who has family members
with mental illness; Melinda Siebert,
who participates in a NAMI-sponsored
support group; Pastor Erich Christman
from St. Johns Christian Church
in Archbold; and Dr. Warren Morris
with Health Partners of Western Ohio.
Music will be provided by Ed Clinker
and Rosie Laker.

After the program, a short,
candlelight walk across the Defiance
College campus is planned with
refreshments and fellowship afterward
in the church fellowship hall.
Persons who are unable to attend
Sundays event can watch it on TV26 later in the week and throughout
October. Last years candlelight
program will be re-broadcast on TV26 at 9 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 29;
Wednesday, October 1; and Saturday,
October 4.
This years event will be broadcast
at 9 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays starting October 8 and
continuing through October 25.
NAMI Four County is an affiliate of
the National Alliance on Mental Illness,
the nations largest organization of
family members and friends of persons
recovering from a mental illness. The
local chapter meets the first Tuesday
of the month at 7 p.m. at the ADAMhs
Board office, T-761 State Route 66
south of Archbold.
All meetings are open to the public.
However, there will be no meeting in
October. For more information about
the local chapter, call Katie Beck, the
president, at 567-239-5477.

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