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Around Town

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Church Chat

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Library,

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The Huron Fire Department responded to two working fi res in the last week. Although both incidents resulted in damage to the pri-mary structures, fl ames were contained to a limited area and no injuries or fatalities oc-curred. These incidents represent a major impact to the affected families, but could have been catastrophic.

The fi rst fi re on Dec. 10 involved exterior hol-iday decorations, extension cords and limited structural components of a porch roof. This fi re is a reminder to all to use the following pre-cautions during the holiday:

• Follow manufacturers recommendations when hanging decorative lights;

• Use outdoor lights outside and indoor lights inside;

• Never connect more than three strands to-gether unless otherwise stated in the instruc-tions;

• Check for damaged or frayed wires;• Turn off lights before going to bed or leav-

ing the house;• Use automatic timers and ground fault cir-

cuit interrupter plugs if possible.

A house fi re on Dec. 13 in the Rye Beach neighborhood resulted in signifi cant structural and contents damage sparked from an unat-tended burning candle. The Fire Department received the call and was toned out at 4:18 p.m. Fire Chief Steve Osterling arrived on scene at 4:25 p.m., and the fi rst due fi re engine was on scene 3 minutes after that. First arriving units performed an aggressive interior attack on the fi re which, had already spread throughout the second fl oor. Luckily all occupants vacated the structure prior to fi re department arrival. No working smoke detectors were in the home.

This fi re should serve as a reminder to resi-dents to have working smoke detectors on each fl oor of a home and to never leave candles or other open fl ames unattended, fi re offi cials said. At 2 a.m. in the morning, smoke detec-tors are everyone’s defense against succumbing to the toxic gases produced by fi re while sleep-ing.

The Huron Fire Department is a fully com-bined emergency service department. It has a scheduled daily staffi ng of four full-time members. Between Labor Day and Memorial Day the department is at minimum staffi ng of three personnel between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on some days due to sick, injury or vacation absences. In years past, whenever a full-time member was off, a part-time member fi lled the vacancy. However, due to cut-backs in expense this minimum staffi ng level was implemented.

Using the Rye Beach fi re as an example: Two on-duty personnel were at the hospital in San-dusky on an ambulance call, which left one personnel on station. When the tone dropped for the fi re, 15 off-duty fi refi ghters responded from home to the station. The fi rst due fi re engine did not leave the station for 5 minutes. This is unacceptable, but a reality that could

occur again. This staffi ng level has and will affect response time when multiple incidents happen. Questions can be directed to Fire Chief Steve Osterling at 419-433-3544 or City Manager Andrew White @ 419-433-5000.

The department would like to thank the community for its strong support now and in the future and want the community to know that the department is committed to providing the best service available. However, the level of manpower and our response time is only part of a successful public service delivery, said Chef Osterling. In order to maximize community wide effectiveness the public’s partnership is essential. By actively participating in recom-mended fi re safety programs and understand-ing when incidents do occur the department’s best efforts will be put forward based on the resources and staffi ng the department is pro-vided, he said.

Santa Claus visited with more than 250 kids last Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Huron Boat Basin. Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived at the basin at 4 p.m. riding in a Fire Truck from the Huron Fire Department and escorted through town by the Huron Police Department. In addition to visiting Santa, kids and their families enjoyed horse-drawn carriage rides, crafts and the chance to feed a live reindeer.

The Huron Parks and Recreation Department, which hosted the event, would like to thank all of the sponsors who allowed them to provide the community event: Berardi’s Restaurant; Family Eye Care Center; Dairy Queen; Hartung and Associates; Arby’s; First Merit Bank; Huron Chamber of Commerce and the Just Like Home Child Care and Learning Center.

On Monday, Dec. 7, the inaugural class of the Huron Police Depart-ment Citizen Police Academy graduated. The class started in October and featured classes that met once a week for three hours over an eight-week period. The classes included instruction in basic police functions, as well as special classes that were taught in fi rearms, marine patrol, crime scene investigation, computer crimes and more. The students were given demonstrations on local police canine units and shadowed Huron police offi cers and dispatchers in a ride-along program.

This year’s graduating class members were: Daniel Clayman, LaClaire Evans, Richard Gehring, Mara Gogolewski, Barb Gudaitis, Paul Han-ny, Teri Hanny, RaeAnne Helmkamp, Betty Munafo, Paul Rasmussen, Brendan Sheridan, Sally Sprunk and Douglas Studer.

“We are meeting our goal by bringing the police department closer to the community. We hope to continue this trend in 2010,” said Police Chief John Majoy. “The class of 2009 was a tremendous group of indi-viduals who were interested in learning more about their police depart-

ment.”Majoy also commended the offi cers and dispatchers who

volunteered their time to teach the classes.“The offi cers and dispatchers who volunteered their time

did a great job in their presentations and helped make the program a success” he said.

The Huron Police Department will be holding another class beginning in September 2010 and will begin accept-ing applications in late July 2010. Those interested in be-ing placed on the list for applications should contact the police department at 419- 433-4114 or e-mail to [email protected].

Please note: Huron High School will be dismissing at 1:25 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 18, for Christmas break.

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Around Town

The Huron based USCG Auxiliary Flotilla held its Change of the Watch ceremony on Saturday Dec. 12 at the Huron Yacht Club. This annual event marks the start of the new term for the offi cers of this Flotilla, as well as acknowledges the accomplishments of the unit and its members for the previous year.

Being sworn in for a second term of Flotilla Commander was Jim (JT) Tremelling; and assisting him in 2010 will be

Vice Flotilla Commander Dr. Baird Pfahl. Great apprecia-tion was extended to George Poulos as the outgoing Vice Flotilla Commander.

Many Certifi cates of Appreciation were extended to this very active group. Three members have taken the initia-tive to offer their assistance standing watch at Coast Guard Station Marblehead. Jeff Broski of Sandusky, volunteered more than 300 hours at the Marblehead Station this past year. Harry Stevenson of Stow and Kirk Wilson of Hu-ron, also volunteer their time at the Station, which allows “Coasties” time to fulfi ll other station duties.

This Flotilla has 14 members who have become Quali-fi ed Vessel Examiners. This troop provides courtesy vessel safety exams to any boater interested. Leading the group in this endeavor was John Slife of Lakewood, completing over 30 safety checks this past year.

Safe boating education is one of the cornerstones of the Auxiliary’s purpose. To that end, this group now has fi ve Certifi ed Safe Boating Instructors in its ranks. Randy and Christine Crawford, Jim Tremelling, Rollie Unkrich and Dr. Baird Pfahl all have completed their training to instruct safe boating courses. The Flotilla will be holding a 12-week safe boating course beginning in February 2010. More in-formation on this course can be obtained from EHOVE or by contacting the local fl otilla.

The Flotilla welcomes new members and meets the sec-ond Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Huron Yacht Club. For more information on this active group, contact Jim Tremelling at [email protected].

Firelands Habitat for Humanity is in need of land and partner families in the Huron area, and is hosting a meet-ing for those interested in learning more about it. The in-formational meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at the Huron Public Library in Meeting Room B. Please call the Habitat offi ce at 419-433-2609 to RSVP to this meeting.

Firelands Habitat is a Christian house building ministry that serves low-income families in Erie and Huron Coun-

ties, including the Bellevue area. Individuals or families are chosen for the program based on three main things: Need, ability to pay, and willingness to partner.

Need may be defi ned as inadequate or unsafe housing, or being ineligible for conventional fi nancing. Ability to Pay is based on 30 to 60 percent of HUD median income guide-lines (i.e. $19,000-$38,000 for a family of four). Willingness to partner is a participation in the ministry by contribut-ing 400 to 500 “sweat equity” hours into helping build the homes of others, as well as their own. In the end, the homes

are sold to the partner families at cost with a zero-percent interest mortgage for no greater than 25 years.

In order to keep the costs of the homes affordable, Firelands Habitat depends on the ac-quisition of low cost or do-nated property on which to build the homes. Contri-butions to Habitat are also welcome in this form by calling 419-433-2609.

Habitat to Host Informational Meeting

For more information about Habitat for Humanity, go to www.fi relandshabitat.org.

Coast Guard HoldsChange of Watch Ceremony

Div Captain Bob Young installs Jim Tremelleing and Dr. Baird Pfahl as the Flotilla Commander and Vice Flotilla Commander, respectively, at the swearing-in ceremony Dec. 12.

Bowling Green State University’s Fire-lands College, Huron, announces that it has successfully completed a fi ve-year, $1 mil-lion campaign for student scholarships. At the same time, the college says good-bye to one of the college’s key fund-raising lead-ers, who is retiring at the end of the month.

The campaign goal, established in 2004 by the college’s development board, focused on increasing the number of endowed and annually funded scholarships for BGSU Firelands students. The new scholarships – as well as additional contributions by sev-eral donors to their endowed scholarships – will provide much-needed fi nancial sup-port to students during challenging eco-nomic times.

“The students here at Firelands are lucky to have such generous benefactors who contribute to our scholarship funds,” said Debbie Chase of Monroeville. Chase is a Sally DeForest Scholarship recipient who will receive her Associate of Science degree this month. She plans to pursue a second

associate degree in radiologic technology.Added Noah Sutter, a junior from Nor-

walk in liberal studies: “I simply could not maintain the Dean’s List, make the grades for further scholarship awards or fulfi ll my academic goals without the aid of the Clar-issa Ann Givens Memorial Scholarship.”

The success of the fund-raising campaign was due largely to George Mayer, who is re-tiring from his position as college develop-ment associate on Dec. 31, after nearly 10 years at BGSU Firelands.

“George Mayer has been the key to our fund-raising success,” said Dr. William Balzer, dean of the college. “For nearly a decade, he has worked tirelessly with our development board, foundations, business and industry and local citizens to make the $1 million dream come true for our stu-dents.”

Mayer was an integral part of the Com-mittee on Educational Development com-munity fund-raising campaign that found-ed Firelands in the 1960s. He was also the

original general chair of the effort that raised $2.5 mil-lion in private funds to con-struct the Cedar Point Cen-ter on the Huron campus. After a brief hiatus from his college fund-raising du-ties to establish Buckeye Community Bank in Lo-rain County, he returned to Firelands to raise funds for scholarships and other projects that link the college with the residents of Erie, Huron and Ottawa coun-ties.

“I am delighted that the goal was achieved before year-end 2009. It is a great way to end my career and move into retirement,” said Mayer, who was honored by the college at a Dec. 8 recep-tion. “I want to thank all the individual and foundation donors, the development board and our fundraising event guests for making this happen.”

A committee has been formed to begin the search for Mayer’s successor.

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Church ChatI was minding my own business, driving

home after church on a clear, sunny Sun-day afternoon. As I got over into the right turn lane, I noticed a car sitting at the side street. Then, without warning (or look-ing), he drove right toward me, plowed straight into the center of my passenger door as if I had painted a target on it.

Fortunately nobody got hurt, no air-bags exploded, the police responded and our insurance companies worked it out, sending me to Law Brothers for repair work. I even had time to get home, pick up our dog Greta and get to the Confi rmation Class Halloween party at the Wilson residence.

But the next day, I began to feel aches and pains, as well as “all shook up” and disoriented. Not to mention paranoid and jumpy that I would be hit again. I’ve heard from folks who were involved in major accidents that it’s much worse for them.

Other events do the same to us, don’t they? Moving; divorce; military service; making new friends in a new school or neighborhood; job loss; illness; losing a spouse, close friend or even a long-time pet companion; becom-ing an empty nester; taking care of a parent, adult child or grandchild ... I’m sure you have your own example of being thrown for a loop.

Which is why this time of year is so important to savor, pause and let it all sink in – from All Saints Day to Thanks-giving, through Advent, Christmas, and on into the New Year. Whatever it takes, don’t let anyone or anything distract you from the spiritual disciplines necessary to “stay in love with God” – who fi rst loved us, as John Wesley puts it.

No car wrecks, losses or distresses are big enough to keep us from our prayer time; devotional time; study and wor-ship time; faith community time. Because that is what we do for ourselves so that we can give God’s love away and show those around us that God cares.

In order to go on into 2010, we have to let go of the past

wrecks, disappointments and regrets. “It’s like swinging on a trapeze. Once you have gained the courage to swing, you never want to let go. And then without warning, you look up and see another trapeze swinging toward you, perfectly timed to meet you, and you realize that you are being asked to let go and grab onto the other trapeze.

“You have to release your grip. You have to reach out. You have to experience the glorious terror of in-between-ness as you disconnect from one and reach out for the other. This past year has been a time of letting go, one fi nger at a time,” says Pastor Mike Yaconelli. Maybe it is for you as well.

“Weightlessness, a paralyzing stretch for the unknown … I haven’t reached that other bar yet, but my heart is fi lled with exhilaration. An anxious anticipation that just as I get to the other bar I will not grasp it, but I will instead be grasped by the hand of Jesus. I can hardly wait.”

May God be with you in unexpectedly beautiful ways as you reach out into the New Year.

Rev. Roger Encourages Others to Reach Out

Christ Episcopal Church120 Ohio St., Huron419-433-4701Sunday—9 a.m. and Adult

Sunday School 10:30 a.m.www.christchurchhuron.com

First Presbyterian Church225 Williams St., Huron419-433-50188:30 Early Service9:30 Sunday School10:45 Late Service

Grace Orthodox Presbyte-rian Church

Kalahari Resort, Nia Con-vention Center

Rt. 250, [email protected]—Sunday 4:00 p.m.

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

1608 St. Rt. 113, Milan;419-499-3683Rev. Dr. John C. JordanWorship and Holy Commu-

nion—Sunday, 10:30 a.m.

Huron United Methodist Church

338 Williams St., Huron419-433-3984www.huronumc.orgOn Sundays:8 a.m. - Praise Service/Soul

Anchors Praise Band9 a.m. - Sunday School

-Kindergarten thru Adult10 a.m. - Celebration Ser-

vice/pipe organ and choir6:30 p.m. - Junior High

Confi rmation Class6:30 p.m. - Senior High

HYMRefreshments and Nurs-

ery are available all Sunday morning.

Lifepoint539 Cleveland Rd. W., Huron419-433-4156Sunday—10 a.m., and

nursery available.Sunday school—10 a.m. for

K-6th grade.“Grounded” youth group

for grades 6-12—Sundays,

6:30-8:00 p.m.3-5 grade Boys Youth

Group—Sundays, 6-7:30 p.m.3-5 grade Girls Youth

Group—Sundays, 6-7:30 p.m. “The Biggest Loser” cam-

paign drive focuses on weight loss, new visitors and faith-fulness in attendance. Call Pastor Brenton for more in-formation.

Lighthouse Assembly of God Church

820 Cleveland Rd. E., Huron419-433-8889www.lighthouseagc.orgSunday service—10:30 a.m.Sunday school—9:30 a.m.Adult Bible Study--6 p.m.

Sunday.Youth Group—6 p.m.

SundayFood Pantry—9 a.m.-3

p.m. Wednesdays; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays.

Salvation Army Service Unit—10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Thursdays, by appointment only.

St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church

15617 Mason Rd., VermilionRev. Dr. Karl Fry, Pastor440-967-9886www.lutheransonline.com/

stmattvermlcmsSunday School/ Bible Study

9:30Ladies Bible Fellowship 9:15Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

St. Peter’s Catholic Church430 Main St., Huron419-433-5725 Saturday—5 p.m.Sunday—8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

The Chapel4444 Galloway Rd., Sandusky419-627-0208www.chapel-sandusky.orgSaturday service--5:00 p.m.Sunday service—9:00 and

11:00 a.m.Jr. High Youth Group—

Sundays 5-6:30 p.m.Sr. High Youth Group—

Sundays 7-9:00 p.m.Latitude group ages 18-

29—Thursdays, 7:00 p.m.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

4511 Galloway Rd., Huron

419-626-9860Bishop: Bill ReelSacrament service—9:30

a.m. SundaysFamily History Center Wed.

10 am-2pm, Thur. 9am-9pm, 1st & 3rd Sat. 9am-5pm

Zion Lutheran Church930 Main St., Huron419-433-4711www.zionhuron.orgSunday–Traditional 8:00 &

10:30 amContemporary 9:15am

Services Directory

The birthof Jesus

A Christmas Eve service especially designed for younger families will be held at 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary of Huron’s First Presbyterian Church, and will include music and readings of the season.

An 11 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, will cele-brate the solemnity and peacefulness and hope of the night when the Prince of Peace was born to the world. “O Holy Night, Bring Peace on Earth” – the theme for the service – will include choral and congregational music, instrumen-tal music, ‘the Christmas Story” in scripture reading and tableau, other Christmas-themed readings, and will con-clude with the traditional congregational candle-lighting service and the singing of “Silent Night.”

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“Worship Through Music”at Huron Presbyterian Church

Christmas EveServices Held at First Presbyterian Church

A special “Worship Through Music” service will be held in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church on Williams Street in Huron, on Sunday, Dec. 20 at the 10:45 a.m. wor-ship hour. The service will include musical offerings from the Chancel Choir and guest singers from: the Handbell Choir, the Brass Ensemble, the Strings Ensemble, harpist and organist and will feature music of John Rutter, Craig

Courtney, Joseph Martin, Handel and Bach, As well as oth-ers. Liturgical dance, congregational singing and seasonal Scripture readings will also be a part of worship service.

The public is invited to attend and join in this celebration of the Fourth Sunday in Advent with the special emphasis on seasonal music. A fellowship time with light refresh-ments follows the service.

Keep us up-to-date!Please keep us up to date on all of your church services and

events. We may not know about your events unless you tell us! Email [email protected].

The LOGOS program at the Huron United Methodist Church is scheduled to begin on Wednesday afternoons in mid-January, 2010. Mrs. Jackie Hamilton has been hired by the church to manage this after-school program, which serves students from 12th grade thru kindergarten. With degrees from the University of Toledo, she is pursuing studies at the Ashland Theological Seminary, and is pres-ently Substitute Teaching and is currently completing the Leadership Erie County program. She has experience as

a teacher in the public schools, Sunday school, and safety town, as well as, teaching child assault prevention. She en-joys mentoring students from around the world. Jackie and her husband, Mark, have two children Allie and Joe. They reside in Huron.

More information about LOGOS will be available at the local schools when classes resume in January. Please call Jackie at (419) 433-4063 if you would like to contribute your talents in this wonderful community program.

HUMC Hires LOGOS Director

St. Peter Preschool stu-dents learned about the birth of Jesus recently as they dressed in the roles of the angels, shepherds, Mary and Joseph.


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Parks & RecAll Huron Parks and Recreation Programs require Pre-

Registration unless otherwise noted. Registration forms are available on the website or at our offi ce. Please sign up early to avoid cancellation of programs due to low enroll-ment! Call our offi ce for information or visit our website for details on programs.

Indoor Soccer - The Huron Parks and Recreation depart-ment and the Huron High School soccer programs have teamed up to bring an exciting new soccer program “in-doors” this year. The program will offer kids the oppor-tunity to work on their skills, play small sided games and most importantly, have fun. Sign up now – sessions are

fi lling fast. For additional information, call 419-433-8487. Location: Shawnee Elementary Grades: K-6th gradesDays: Tuesdays & Thursdays Time: 5 – 8 p.m. K - 2nd grades – 5 p.m. – 5:45p.m.3rd - 4th grades – 6 p.m. – 6:50 p.m.5th - 6th grades – 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.Cost: $40/per session. Session II - January 12 – February 11Session III - February 23 – April 1 Winter Aerobics Tuesdays & Thursdays 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. at Woodlands El-

ementary.Cost: Residents $45 / non-Residents $50 per session. ($10 discount if you sign up for more than one session)

Pre-registration required using the general Program Reg-istration form.

Session I- January 12 – Feb 11Session II- Feb 23 – March 25Spring Session- April 13 – May 13

Summer planning begins now… Although the weather outside tells us winter is around the corner, Huron Parks and Recreation is thinking summer! In fact, the summer 2010 Boat Basin Brochure planning is well under way. These brochures contain all the summer events at the Am-phitheater: Boppin’ on the Basin, Movies by the River, and Arts at the Amphitheater. Many business sponsors have al-ready confi rmed their return for 2010 and at this time we are looking to add a few.

The Boat Basin Brochure is a great way to advertise a business, as these brochures are mailed to residents, dis-tributed at boat shows, and are available at local tourist destinations. Those looking for ways to market a business or are just interested in supporting these events within the community shouldn’t delay as these brochures go to print in the near future. If interested, contact Doug Steinwart, Facility Manager of the Huron Boat Basin at 419-433-4848 as soon as possible.

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The Board of Trustees of the Huron Public Library is accepting applications for open Board positions. Service on the Board of Trustees is voluntary. Trustee application forms and job descriptions can be obtained at the circula-tion desk of the Huron Public Library or on the library’s Web site at www.huronlibrary.org. Completed applica-tions are due at the library by Friday, Jan. 15.

The Board of Trustees is composed of seven members residing in the Huron City School district. The board cur-rently meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. The duties of the board include determining the an-nual budget of the library; establishing library policy; ad-vocating for the library in the community; planning for the future of the library; and securing funds needed to operate the library. The trustees take an oath to perform their du-ties as defi ned by the Ohio Revised Code.

Candidates must have a strong interest in the welfare of the library and a belief in intellectual freedom. They must have the time and energy to devote to the library. All can-didates must be at least 18 years of age. Trustees are chosen to represent the diversity of the community, including a balance of experience and/or skills in a variety of fi elds.

For more information on the Huron Public Library and its Board of Trustees, contact Anne Hinton, Library Direc-tor, at 419-433-5009.

Last minute shopping ideas from the Huron Public Li-brary

Adopt-a-Magazine as a gift. Just choose a title from our list at the Circulation Desk or online at www.huronlibrary.org/Adoptmag.htm and complete the form.

Purchase an item from one of our Amazon.com wish lists. Select from our Adult, Teen, Tween, Children’s or DVD lists and be the fi rst to check it out. Ask at the Desk or visit www.huronlibrary.org for more details.

Honor that person “who has everything” with a tax de-ductible donation to the Huron Public Library. Ask at the desk or visit www.huronlibrary.org for more details.

“Shop” at the Friends book sale display for gently used best sellers in hard cover and “wrap” them in an environ-mentally friendly Huron Public Library book bag.

Shopping for a device on which to listen to audio books or read an epub book? Visit http://www.overdrive.com/re-sources/drc/ to see which devices are compatible for down-loading from the CLEVNET eMedia Collection.

Open Play Chess for all ages at the Huron Public Library is on Saturdays, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Chess boards are available, so bring a friend and play.

The Huron Public Library will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24 through Sunday, Dec. 27 and Thursday, Dec. 31 through Sunday, Jan. 3. No library materials will be due, but the drop boxes will remain open.

Did you know? … There are more public libraries than McDonald’s in the U.S. – a total of 16,604, including branches?

Huron Public Library HoursMon. & Tue. 10 AM - 6 PMWed. & Thur. 10 AM - 8 PM

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Christmas is near, and it’s time to de-cide how to take care of your lovely poin-settia you already have, or will have soon. Whether it is red, pink or even blue, the care is pretty much the same.

First of all remember that your poinset-tia needs six hours of light a day for ideal growth. Place it in indirect light, but be sure to keep the plant from touching cold windows. Also keep them away from warm or cold drafts from radiators, air registers or open doors and windows.

Ideally, poinsettias require daytime room temperatures of between 60 and 70 degrees F, and night-time temperatures of 55 de-grees F. High temperatures will shorten the plants life, so if possible move the plant to a cooler room at night.

Check the soil daily, and be sure that wa-ter runs out the bottom of the pot. If water doesn’t run out, poke holes down through the soil to allow the soil to drain. Allow the water to drain out into a saucer and then be sure to discard the excess water. Remember that wilted plants drop bracts sooner.

Fertilize the poinsettia if you keep it past the holiday season. Apply a houseplant fertilizer once a month to the Poinsettia. However, do not fertilize when the plant is in bloom.

If your plant survives, you have other op-tions. You can always keep it as a ‘regular house-plant’, or you could actually plant it in your mostly shade garden. I do this each year, and really try to use it as a fi ll-in foliage plant for the remainder of the summer. If you want to try to keep it for next season, plant the poinsettia pot and all into the soil. When nighttime tem-peratures go down to 50 degrees, move it back inside, being sure it gets six hours of indirect light a day. If all works out well for you, the poinsettia will form more red bracts, and you can enjoy it another season. In all honesty, I leave my poinsettia in the garden, and don’t bother trying to keep them. It’s always fun to try another color for the next year. Regardless what you de-cide to do, happy gardening.

If you have any questions, call OSU Ex-tension at 419-627-7631.

Caring for Your Holiday Poinsettia

The City of Sandusky Community Greenhouse held a Christmas Open House on Sunday.

The event, sponsored by the Friends of the Greenhouse, was an opportunity to welcome the community to visit the Greenhouse to see the wonderful changes that have taken place this year, and to see it all “dressed up” for the holi-days. In addition to beautiful Christmas greenery, a model train set was on display, plus other surprises as well.

Members of the Friends of the Greenhouse organization, Greenhouse staff and volunteers, and City staff, were on hand to show visitors some of the projects that have been completed or are in process of completion.

Also, from Dec. 1-17, the Friends of the Greenhouse are collecting new and gently-used winter scarves, hats, mit-tens and gloves, for both adults and children, to share with local charities.

Collection boxes are located at the City of Sandusky Greenhouse (Monday-Friday, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.), and at Customer Service on the fi rst fl oor at City Hall, 222 Meigs St. (Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

Parking at the Greenhouse is available on Franklin Street and visitors are asked to enter the Greenhouse through the new entrance on Franklin Street.

The City of Sandusky is grateful to the many organiza-tions and community members for their support through-out the year and hopes that the community will stop by to share a few hours during this season of gratitude and cel-ebration. For additional information, visit the city’s Web site at www.cityofsandusky.com or call 419-627-5879.

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The Kindergarten class at St. Peter School, led by teacher Debbie Erne, recently got in the spirit of giving this Christmas season by making a dona-tion of toys to Care and Share, for distribution to area children in need. The idea was sparked by one of Erne’s 5-year-old students who realized that, together, the class could make a dif-ference by opening their hearts to those less fortu-nate.

Each of the 21 kindergar-teners were asked to bring in one gently-used toy, and several students contrib-uted many more. Direc-tor of Care and Share Dan Ward personally came to the class to accept the do-nation from the students

and talk about the importance of compassion.“This was a wonderful experience for the children;

their joy of giving was an inspiration,” said Erne. “They would each get so excited about bringing in one of their toys knowing it was going to a child who would really treasure it.”

The mission of St. Peter School is to foster a Catholic faith community, while providing a safe environment which emphasizes Christian moral values, academic ex-cellence, social awareness, physical development and a cultural appreciation. For more information, call 419-433-4640.

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Debbie Erne’s Kindergarten class collected gently used toys and donated them to Care and Share of Erie County.

Devon Grendow, daughter of Jon and Karen Grendow, attends Huron High School.

Major accomplishments: Volleyball State Champion, four time SBC Cham-pion in Volleyball, CARD committee member, three year starter for basketball, French Club member for one year, SADD member for one year.

Devon will be attending BGSU Fire-lands then transferring to the main cam-pus to pursue a career in education.

Jennifer Fialka, daughter of Jim and Cindy Fialka, attends Huron High School.

Major accomplishments: Varsity cheerleader, Chorale for two years, over 100 hours of community ser-vice, Musical since sophmore year, Merit Roll student.

Jennifer will be attending college to pursue a career in education.

Colleen Machovina, daughter of Greg and Susan Machovina, at-tends Huron High School.

Major accomplishments: Var-sity cheerleading, St. Peter’s Youth Group and Youth Team, Over 80 hours of community service, CARD, Chorale, Huron High School Musicals.

Colleen will be attending college to pursue a career in nursing.

Abbey Cook, daughter of Mike and Connie Cook, attends Huron High School.

Major accomplishments: Won SBC gold in 2008 and went to state, Second place SBC golf in 2009 and went to state, Made fi rst team all SBC for golf in 2009, Lettered three years in a row for varsity softball, A part of CARD com-mittee junior year, Youth Group team leader for St. Peter’s church.

Abbey will be attending The University of Toledo to major in business and pre-law. She may enroll in law school but, plans on pursu-ing a career in a business related area of law.

Faith Johnson, daughter of Elizabeth Johnson and Eric Johnson, attends Hu-ron High School.

Major accomplishments: Varsity Cheerleader, CARD coordinator, Huron High School Corale member, Member at St. Peters Church/Youth Group, Over 75 hours of community service.

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SportsThe Tigers entertained a talented Vermilion Sailors at

home last weekend. The previous night saw Huron get new head coach Bobby James his fi rst victory. There was no letdown in the Tigers as they came out fast to an 11-1 lead following a three-pointer then a fast break lay-in by senior Eric Volz. The Sailors go on their own 9-4 run and force James to call time. Vermilion tries to impose a press that Huron’s guard tear to shreds. At the end of the fi rst quarter, the Tigers had a 19-11 cushion led by Volz’s nine points. But as good as Huron’s offense looked thus far, it disappeared during the second quarter. The Sailors out-scored the Tigers 14 to 4 to take over the lead going into halftime, 25-23.

The third quarter went back and forth with neither team establishing a clear superiority. The Tigers’ backcourt and fast-break ability looked strong, while Vermilion dominat-ed the interior of the key. At the start of the fi nal period, Huron hit a three to regain the lead, 38-37. A Volz lay-up with seven minutes left made it 40-39. But that would be the last lead the Tigers would enjoy. Over the next fi ve and a half minutes, the Sailor would mount a 14-5 run and take a 54-45 lead. During the fi nal minute and a half, thanks to good time management by James and poor Vermilion free throw shooting, Huron was able to get within three points with just 30 seconds left. But the visitors were able to fi nally put things away, 59-53.

Seniors Eric Volz and Derek Dowell led the way for the home team with 17 and 16 points, respectively. The boys’ next game is Saturday night at St. Mary’s Central Catholic in Sandusky.

When you are a coach and you have a team that is try-ing to learn how to win, the last way you want to start your season is by facing a better team with three wins already under their belt. Combine that with play-ing at St. Mary’s tiny gym and you have all the mak-ings of getting off to a slow start. SMCC was picked by the SBC coaches to fi nish second in the conference, and they came out in the most recent Lady Tigers game fi ring on all cylinders. The Panthers looked fast and strong inside in taking a 10-0 lead three minutes into the contest. With two minutes left in the opening quarter, the Tigers trailed 14-2 and looked on their way to getting blown out.

While moral victories don’t help your win-loss record, over the next 26 minutes there were only three points separating the two teams’ play. It was after halftime where Huron fi nally lost that deer in the head-lights look and settled in. The Tigers actually outscored the Panthers by one point over the last two quarters. The

Lady Tigers come out of the locker room moving the ball well, playing ag-gressive defense, and went on a 16 to 10 run that was capped off by an unexpect-ed post-up move by Lau-ren Volz. Also during that time, sophomores point guard Caroline Estel and back-up post, Sierra Ward, contributed mightily. With 1:33 left in the third period, SMCC called time out up by 10 points, 40-30. They reclaimed momentum by putting on a press that pro-duced four unanswered point to close the quarter 44-30.

Huron was never to regain that momentum to make another real run during the fi nal period, and the Pan-thers posted their second conference win, 56-41. For the Tigers, Lauren Volz led the way with 15 points and 11 rebounds while Caroline Estel chipped in with 13 points and 5 boards. Junior

Devon Koenig muscled and hustled her way to nine re-bounds. Up next for the ladies is Perkins at home on Fri-day night, which also happens to be Parents’ Night.

Tigers fall short to Sailors, 58-53

Pictured at right Senior Eric Volz (11) drives into the key for two of his 17 points on the night.

Panthers’ Quick StrikeTakes Down Tigers

Gina Munafo gives the Tigers a lift coming off the bench.

The US Open Racquetball Tournament, Memphis, Tenn., was held Oct. 21-25. This tournament is played in conjunc-tion with St. Jude’s Children Hospital in Memphis. Tourna-ment raises a huge amount through various fund-raisers and charity matches. There were 673 entrants from 43 states – including Hawaii – and 14 countries. There were a total of 1,177 racquetball matches played during this tournament.

Tracy Schaefer of Sandusky and Jackie Wray, of Huron, brought home the gold medal for winning the Women’s C doubles. They defeated Becca Brinkman and Raelene Ost-berg of Minnesota, 15-4 and 15-14, to take the crown.

The big medal winners were Matthew Wray, a sophomore at Huron High School who partnered with Spencer Shoe-maker, a seventh-grader from Findlay, Ohio, to take second place in the Men’s B doubles. They upset the No. 1 seed, Dan Scott and Mike Pearl of Missouri, 5-15, 15-8 and 11-4 to get to the fi nals, where they were defeated by Mike Cook

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Matthew Wray, the sophomore from Huron High School, teamed with Spencer Shoemaker, the 7th grader from Findlay to win the Men’s B doubles crown. They again performed an upset of Brett Baumeister of Piqua and Bill Hodges of Huron 7-15, 15-8, 11-10, to take the gold medals.

Bill and Nancy Hodges of Huron took second place in the Mixed B doubles and Tracy Schaefer of Sandusky teamed with Deryk Wray, a seventh grader at McCormick Middle School in Huron to take 2nd place in the Men’s D division. All of the above players are sponsored by Baywinds Athletic Club.

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Health & Wellness Firelands Regional Medical Center will be having a vac-

cination clinic for H1N1 infl uenza and seasonal infl uenza from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17 in the Mylander Conference Center at Firelands Main Campus, 1111 Hayes Ave., Sandusky. This is a walk-in clinic, and is while sup-plies last.

The H1N1 vaccine is free. Because of the H1N1 vaccine restrictions being lifted by the Ohio Department of Health, Firelands will be offering the H1N1 vaccine to anyone six months or older. Any children 9 years and younger that received their fi rst dose of H1N1 at the vaccine clinic held at Firelands on Nov. 18 can attend the clinic on Thursday, Dec. 17 for the required second dose.

Registration is required to receive the H1N1 vaccine. Registration is available upon arrival at the vaccination clinic, or for quicker processing, pre-registration is avail-able through an online registration system set up by the Ohio Department of Health. The pre-registration form can be accessed through the Ohio Department of Health website at www.odh.ohio.gov and clicking on H1N1; or https://h1n1vaccine.odh.ohio.gov Those who pre-register should bring the complete form to the clinic for quicker processing.

Seasonal fl u vaccine will be offered to those 18 years or older. The cost for the seasonal fl u vaccine is $20, and cash or check will be accepted. Those who are allergic to eggs should not receive the vaccine. Anyone who is pregnant should consult with a physician. Firelands will accept Medicare Cards that are brought with them to the clinic – Medicaid or private insurance will not be accepted.

The Pneumococcal vaccine will be available for $40. CDC guidelines for pneumococcal vaccines are as follows: One injection before age 65 and one injection after age 65 with a minimum span of fi ve years between doses. A per-son must have a physician’s order for any additional pneu-mococcal vaccines.

There are other steps community members can do to protect themselves and their loved ones during fl u season, such as washing your hands and getting the seasonal fl u vaccine. Like seasonal fl u, the H1N1 virus is mainly trans-mitted from person to person when infected people sneeze or cough. If a cough is not covered, the larger droplets can be propelled 3-6 feet, landing on a surface. Those who cover their coughs with a bare hand and don’t wash can transfer the virus to any touched surfaces. Flu viruses can survive on surfaces for up to eight hours. Keeping sur-faces washed down regularly with an antimicrobial cleaner will also help to lessen contact with fl u viruses. Additional good respiratory etiquette and hygiene habits include:

• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze and then throw the tissue away.

• If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow or upper sleeve.

• Wash your hands often with soap and water – especially after you cough or sneeze – or use the restroom and before eating. If you are not near soap and water, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

• Try not to touch your eyes, nose or mouth as germs of-ten spread this way.

• Stay away from people who are sick.

• If you get sick, stay home from work or school.For more information about seasonal fl u and the H1N1

virus, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at www.cdc.gov, the Ohio Department of Health at www.odh.ohio.gov or contact the local health department. Visit www.fi relands.com for information about the seasonal fl u and the H1N1 fl u.

Firelands To Provide Vaccines This Thursday

FRMC Also Offering Seasonal Flu VaccineFirelands Regional Medical Center will be having a Seasonal

Flu vaccination clinic from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 30, while supplies last. The clinic will be held in the Community Resource Room at Firelands South Campus, 1912 Hayes Ave., Sandusky.

Cost for the seasonal infl uenza vaccine is $20 and a pneu-monia vaccine is $40. Anyone receiving the vaccine must be 18 years or older. Firelands will be accepting cash or check only. Medicare Cards will also be accepted, however, Medic-aid or private insurance will not be accepted.

CDC guidelines for pneumococcal vaccines are as follows: One injection before age 65 and one injection after age 65. A person must have physician’s order for any additional pneu-mococcal vaccines.

For questions about the seasonal fl u vaccine clinic, call Diane Harder at 419-557-5506 or Mary Bauer at 419-557-7784.


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