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By Candace BarczykAfter the 2012-13 athletic year, Vermil-

ion High is a school without a league. Whatto do about it, however, is now going out tothe community. A meeting has been set forTuesday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Vermil-ion High School Auditorium to get somefeedback from the community as to the fu-ture of Vermilion’s sports league.

At the Monday, Oct. 22 special meetingof the Vermilion Board of Education, Supt.

Phil Pempin said VHS is currently in its lastyear in the West Shore Conference. He saidfor at least two years, Vermilion will be anindependent as far as football is concerned.“The driving distances are significant,” saidPempin. “We need to go out to the commu-nity, lay out the information, and the com-munity needs to be listened to.”

Vermilion jumped from the WSC to theNorth Ohio League. Pempin said the ad-ministration and board “decided it wasn’t

the best thing” after talking with parentsabout driving times. Getting back into theWest Shore Conference would require acommitment of seven years from the dis-trict. “We asked for three,” said Pempin.“However, the WSC is not willing to do that.They are still deliberating to take us back.”Pempin said there is a meeting of athleticdirectors and principals of the WSC on Nov.13 to decide if Vermilion is in or out.

When the district decided to leave the

NOL, Pempin said there was an opening inthe Patriot Athletic Conference (PAC).Pempin said it was decided that the confer-ence was “the best match” for Vermilion. Hesaid the administration and board were toldthat they were going to be accepted. “Theathletic directors all said yes. The principalsand superintendents said no. We were toldthe ADs made the decision.” Pempin said

Community meeting about athletic league status seeks public feedback

By Candace BarczykThe auction date has come and gone,

and the Vermilion Local School District re-ceived one bid of $5,000 for the vacantSouth Street Elementary School. TreasurerAmy Hendricks stated that a second localbidder had signed up to bid, but there wasno bid. Hendricks made the announcementat the Monday, Oct. 22 special meeting ofthe Vermilion Board of Education.

The lone bid came from Meadville,Missouri, from a gentleman who purchases

old school buildings for day care, headstart programs, martial arts, and music les-sons. The low bid was not what the boardwas looking for. Hendricks said that Mr.Jason Hamman of Howard Hannah is rep-resenting an out-of-state client who wishesto look at the building, as well as anothercustomer from the Cincinnati area. Hen-dricks stated she will inquire whetherthese are serious offers for the building.

The board fulfilled its legal obligationby holding the auction, and has the right to

approve or reject any offer. At Monday’smeeting, the board wanted to vote to rejectthe offer, but Supt. Phil Pempin and Hen-dricks said the board needs to go to its legalcounsel to have the proper wording for therejection. Hendricks said legal counsel hadadvised the district against deed restric-tions. She said counsel advised that theissue should be up to local planning andzoning laws.

Board member Dale Dawson askedabout how much it would cost to demo the

building. Board members had previouslydiscussed that the land could be worthmore if nothing was on it. Pempin saidonce all the numbers come in, the districthas to set a timeline. Dawson said the dis-trict cannot have vacant buildings sittingall over the place.

The board asked the superintendent toverify the legal language to reject the offerfor its Nov. 8 meeting, and to get quotesfor the demolition so the property can besold off.

Before autumn’s colors disappear from the trees, Vermilionresident and photographer Scott Dommin captured this fall’sscenic display at the Victory Park gazebo and along the Ver-milion Lagoons neighborhood. This week, residents are trulyenjoying an Indian Summer with temperatures climbing intothe mid-to-low 70’s, way above normal for this time of year.Enjoy the pleasant break as temperatures are expected toturn chilly by this Sunday.

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This is an exciting time for the Ver-milion Local Schools cafeterias as theystrive to provide the students of thisdistrict with the new school menu re-quirements for the National SchoolLunch and Breakfast program recentlyissued by the USDA. The cafeterias arecelebrating National School LunchWeek (NSLW) from October 15-19 in aneffort to promote the benefits of healthyschool lunches. The new USDA schoolmeal requirements are the first signifi-

cant changes in more than 15 years andthe Vermilion Local Schools are adher-ing to these changes by:

• Offering both fruits and vegetableswith every meal

• Substantially increasing offerings ofwhole grain rich foods

• providing only fat-free or low-fatmilk varieties

• ensuring proper portion sizes• reducing the amounts of saturated

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During the 2012 NSLW campaign,Vermilion will be teaming up with areaschool districts to feature an “All OhioDay.” On Wednesday, October 17, all ofthe area schools will be offering fooditems for purchase that were eithergrown or processed within the great stateof Ohio. The following represents a list-ing of the Ohio based companies we willbe using at Vermilion: JTM Food Group

(Harrison), Frito Lay (West Chester), Ver-milion Farm Market, Quarry Hill & Burn-ham’s Orchards, Toft’s Dairy (Sandusky)and Nickel’s Bakery (Lorain).

The food service departments at theVermilion Local Schools work very hardto not only meet but to exceed the Stateand Federal requirements. As your sonsand daughters nutritional providers, it isalways our goal to offer the best mealspossible to our students … our cus-tomers!

VLS cafeterias promote “All Ohio Day” during National School Lunch Week

The Vermilion High School Hall ofFame was created in 2004 to honor thoseAlumni who have gone on to significantsuccess in life or to honor other individu-als who have made outstanding contribu-tions to the Vermilion Local SchoolDistrict.

Nomination forms for 2012 candidatescan be printed from the Vermilion Schoolswebsite at www.vermilionschools.org, orforms are available at Vermilion High

School. Completed nomination formsshould be returned to Heidi Riddle, Prin-cipal, Vermilion High School, 1250 San-ford Street, Vermilion, OH 44089 no laterthan Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Theinduction ceremony for award winnerswill be held on Saturday, December 8,2012 at Vermilion High School.

Nominees must have graduated five (5)or more years before their consideration asa candidate for induction into the Hall of

Fame. A candidate who is not an alumnimust be an individual (i.e. teacher, ad-ministrator, coach, advisor, staff or volun-teer) who through personal endeavor,leadership and/or sacrifice over a periodof years, has made an extraordinary con-tribution to the success of Vermilion HighSchool or Vermilion Local Schools. Em-ployees will first be considered as candi-dates five years after ending service withVermilion Schools.

Criteria considered for selection of Hallof Fame candidates include secondary andpost-secondary achievements, professionalor lifetime accomplishments, recommen-dations and community involvement.While high school performance is impor-tant, it is not solely determinative. Thecommittee gives consideration to thosewho successfully unite noteworthy accom-plishments in school and life. We look for-ward to receiving your nomination.

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THURSDAYVCMA CONCERT BAND will be practicingThursdays at Sailorway Middle School from7:15 p.m. to 9 p.m. The VCMA needs trum-pets, percussionists and woodwinds andanyone else wanting to join the group. Formore information, contact George Harizal at967-8611, or Ken Hummel at 967-8566.

FRIDAYTERROR IN THE FIELD will be open fromdusk 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. every Friday and Sat-urday in October, and closed Sundays andHalloween. Terror in the Field is located atNovotny’s Farm Market, 1809 State Street,SR 60, Vermilion. Tickets are $10.00 foradults and children under 48” are $5.00.

SATURDAYLEGION LINGUINI AND CLAMS DIN-NER The American Legion will host a lin-guini and clams will be held Saturday, Oct.27 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the post homeon SR 60. Menu includes linguini andclams (or tomato sauce), homemade bread,salad, and dessert for $8 for adults, $5 forchildren 12 and under. Proceeds will ben-efit active duty membership costs. Theevent is open to the public. Advanced tick-ets encouraged, and tickets are available atthe post home.FAMILY FUN TRUNK OR TREAT will beheld at Trinity Lutheran Church, Satur-day, Oct. 27 from 2-3:30 p.m. in thechurch parking lot at 3747 Liberty Avenue. This event is open to all childrenof the community accompanied by a parent/guardian. Wear your costume forgames, candy and fun!ANNUAL BRATWURST DINNER is Sat-urday, Oct. 27 at 5-7 p.m., at St. MatthewLutheran Church, 15617 Mason Road, Ver-milion. Adults $10, children under 10, $5.Alternate children’s meal available for $2(hot dog, chips, dessert and beverage). Theadult dinner includes bratwurst, sauer-kraut, cabbage and noodles, German po-tato salad, homemade European dessertsand a beverage. Reservations required bySunday, Oct. 21. Call the church at (440)967-9886 and leave a message. Take-outavailable with reservation. All welcome.

SUNDAYPRO-LIFE PANCAKE AND SAUSAGEBREAKFAST sponsored by the Knights ofColumbus will be held Sunday, Oct. 28from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon at St. Mary’sParish Center. The cost is $6 for adults, $3for children under 8. There is a familymaximum of $25. All proceeds will begiven to local crisis pregnancy centers.

MONDAYWINDJAMMERS BIG BAND is now prac-ticing 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Lucy IdolCenter, 435 Nicholson Road in Vermilion.New members are welcome.VHS MARCHING BAND IN REVIEWConcert will be Monday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m.in the VHS Gymnasium. Admission is free.Tha band will feature all the songs per-formed at this year’s halftime shows andwill say goodbye to the class of 2013 seniormembers. It’s fun, loud, and it’s warm inthe VHS Gym! Enjoy this celebration of an-other successful season.

NEXT THURSDAYWOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS NETWORKmeets Thursday, Nov. 1 at Rubin’s Deli &Restaurant, 616 Leona St., Elyria at 6 p.m.The speaker will be Shelly A. Reddy, CLTC,LTCP on Issues and Answers of Long TermCare Planning. All women who own busi-nesses or are thinking of owning one arewelcome. Feel free to bring a friend. For in-formation and reservations, call Deb James440-989-2570, Karen Cheshire 440-986-3200 or e-mail [email protected].

SPECIAL EVENTSVHS DRAMA CLUB presents “DeadlyErnest” a comedy in three acts, on Friday,Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. in theVermilion High School Auditorium. Ticketsare $5 for general admission, and $3 for sen-ior citizens and students.COLLEGE CLUB OF VERMILION willpresent a lecture on border patrol. A super-visor border patrol agent will present “BP101,” an overview of their agency, respon-sibilities and answers to your questions onTuesday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at GraceMethodist Church, corner of West Lake andCoen roads, Vermilion. Join College Cluband bring a guest. Dessert and drinks willfollow. For more information, contact [email protected] or callDiane at (440) 967-4493.FALL CEMETERY CLEANUP will be heldNov. 1-15. All decorations must be removedprior to these days or they will be discarded.After these 15 days, the graves can be deco-rated again.VFW AUXILIARY BREAKFASTS & BAKESALE In conjunction with the regular mem-bers turkey shoots, the VFW Post 7576Ladies Auxiliary is serving breakfast everySaturday morning beginning at 8 a.m. at thepost home on Poorman Road. Open to thepublic, come join your friends for a greathome cooked breakfast. For informationplease call 967-5300. The ladies auxiliarywill once again have a bake sale on ElectionDay, November 6. The apple dumplings willbe available along with many other home-made goodies. The canteen will be open at 7a.m., and there will also be soup & sloppyjoes for lunch.ANNUAL TURKEY SUPPER at the FlorenceCongregational Church, State Rt. 113 in Flo-rence, OH will be held Saturday, Nov. 10from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Adults are $10, chil-dren ages 3 through 10 are $5. Served family-style or carry-out. Tickets sold at door or foradvance tickets, leave a voice message at thechurch, 440-965-5895, or email us at [email protected] LUNCHEON To honor all themen and women who fought for our coun-try, Vermilion High School’s Social StudiesDepartment is hosting the 14th Annual Vet-erans’ Luncheon on Friday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m.at the Vermilion Board of Education Office,1230 Beechview Dr. To RSVP, contact KristyEdmison at VHS by Tuesday, Nov. 4, (440)204-1701, ext. 317.LEGION AUXILIARY 90TH The AmericanLegion Auxiliary will be celebrating 90years on Monday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. at thepost home. All paid up members please joinin this celebration, which includes hordd’oeuvres, finger sandwiches, punch. Bringany memorabilia to share. For more infor-mation please call (440) 967-2919MILDRED EARLY SENIOR CENTER is lo-cated at 1230 Beechview Dr., in the back ofbuilding by the Vermilion Booster Bingo hall.The center now offers ceramics, oil painting

classes and a senior walking club in additionto exercise classes, all types of cards andgames. Hours are Monday -Thursday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. There isbingo every Thursday from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30p.m., sponsored by Kingston Residence withprizes, every third Thursday. Call SandyEakin @ 258-9014 or 967-6078 for directionsor more information.GED CLASSES Vermilion Adult Basic andLiteracy Education is holding GED classeson Tuesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8p.m. at the facility on 1230 BeechviewDrive. Those interested may call 967-7185and leave their name and number.GRACE’S KITCHEN serves dinner from5:30-7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.Everyone is welcome to join in a meal offriendship and food. Grace’s Kitchen is acollaborative community effort, located atTrinity Lutheran Church, 3747 Liberty Ave.(next to NAPA Auto Parts).

UPCOMINGBROWNHELM HISTORICAL ASSOCIA-

TION will meet Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7p.m. at the Carriage Barn at Mill Hollow.After the business meeting there will be aPowerpoint program given by James Leekfrom Oberlin, OH titled “The Pipe Organ:an inner look into the king of instruments.”This will be an informative program aboutorgans. Anyone who enjoys organ musicwill want to hear this program. This isopen to the public and refreshments willbe served. If any questions, contact Bon-nie Cutcher at 440-775-4095 or MarilynBrill at 988-4550.VERMILION ARCHIVAL SOCIETY willmeet Monday, Nov. 12 when the topic willbe “Growing up in VOL, Way Back When”in the Community Room of the Ritter Pub-lic Library at 7 p.m.HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW BOARDmeets Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. atthe Municipal Complex, 687 Decatur.Agenda: 5345 South St., Riddle FuneralHome - parking directional sign in right-of-way; 5848 South, D. & K. Fischer - siding(garage; Main Street Vermilion - historicmarker posts (recommendation to Plan-ning/Council).

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7th Grade FootballThe Vermilion 7th grade football

team lost a tough game to Bay on Oct.10, 14-6. Scoring for Vermilion wasCaine Zanonni with one touchdown.

Boys SoccerVermilion-1, Elyria Catholic-1.

Halftime: 0-0 Goals: (V) J Rini, (EC)Medves. Assists: (V) Delaney. Shots onGoal: EC, 13-9. Corner Kicks: EC, 5-3,Saves: EC,Conroy (8); V,Spencer(12). Home: Vermilion 2-11-2, 0-6-1.JV Score: EC, 3-0

Archbold - 3, Vermilion-0. Half-time: 0-0 Goals: (A) Bontrager, (A)Nofziger, (A) Hernandez. Assists: (A)

Sevey. Shots on Goal: A, 13-4. CornerKicks: A, 11-3,Saves: A, Radabaugh(4); V,Spencer (10). Home: Vermilion2-12-2, 0-6-1. Away: Archbold 16-0-0.

Vermilion-3, Brooklyn-0. Halftime:V, 1-0 Goals: (V) J Rini, (V) Delaney,(V) Delaney. Assists: NA. Shots onGoal: V, 8-5. Corner Kicks: B, 2-1,Saves: V,Spencer (5); B,MoodyQasem (5). Home: Brooklyn 6-9-2;Away: Vermilion 3-12-2.

Fairview-2, Vermilion-0. Halftime:0-0 Goals: (F) Logan Johnston, (F) IvenChaqueco. Assists: (F) R Rizaj. Shotson Goal: F, 10-3. Corner Kicks: F, 8-1,Saves: V,Spencer (8); F,C Gibbons(3). Away: Vermilion 3-13-2, 0-6-1

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COMMENTARY&OPINION

Save our city!To the Editor:

We are at a watershed moment in Ver-milion’s history. As most of you know inthe past the town has not only sufferedthe loss of both Ford and Lithonia Down-lighting, which accounted for 2,500 well-paying jobs. But more recently our townhas also been hit with severe cuts in rev-enue from the State of Ohio as they tendto their own budget crisis.

Which brings us to this moment. ThisNovember the City of Vermilion hasplaced on the ballot an income tax in-crease of a half percent (.5%) for thoseworkers who work in town. This is an im-portant distinction as those workers whowork elsewhere have already seen theirtax rate increase a half a percent (.5%)through council’s repeal of a portion offorgiveness, and along with retirees, willnot be affected by the passage of thisissue. Let me say that again, out-of-townworkers and retirees will not be affectedby this increase.

What will be affected is things likeroads as half the income collected is des-ignated for road repair and improvementsby law. It will also help us restore thestaffing levels at the street departmentwhich have been cut to four personnel. Itwill allow us to repair snow plow trucksand keep them running. It will help thecity in many ways from fighting crimeand drug related activities to helping ourfiscal rating which lowers the rate atwhich we borrow money.

You have seen deep cuts, yet throughgrants and budget moves the city has keptmoving forward. We are at a point wherewe need help to keep moving in a positivedirection.

I don’t say this as a councilman, I saythis as your, neighbor help save our city.Vote yes on Issues 5 (Erie) and 19 (Lorain)

John Gabriel

Santa on fire truckTo the Editor:

On Saturday, Oct. 27, the VermilionFire Department will be out collecting do-nations for Santa on the fire truck. If youmiss us, you can stop by Station #1 onOhio Street, and Station #2 on Overlook,on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, or 7p.m. to 9 p.m. and make a donation. Youcan also make a donation to any fire-fighter.

Asst. Chief David CoenVermilion Fire Dept.

Yes on Issue 2To the Editor:

The United States Constitution re-quires a nation-wide census be takenevery ten years to determine the numberof U.S. House of Representatives memberseach state is entitled to. If a state’s popu-lation is small, only one seat is alloted.When a state’s population increases or de-creases the number of House seatschanges and the state’s Congressional Dis-tricts must be redrawn with each districtbeing required to be equal in population.Ohio has lost seats in the last two cen-suses requiring redistricting. The OhioGeneral Assembly (legislature) redrawsthe districts as well as the State’s GeneralAssembly districts. A U.S. Supreme Courtdecision requires each Ohio Senate andHouse of Representatives district be equalin population so adjustments are made.

Partisan politics has always been re-flected in these changes. It is no wonderthat both political parties oppose chang-ing the way in which these districts aredrawn. They have been drawn to satisfypolitical parties. Just take a look at thepresent districts or any past district mapto see. This has been going on for as longas I can remember. Our own 9th Districtis a string bean shape from Toledo toCleveland, one of the worst cases com-monly know as “gerrymandering”. Justlook at a map of the Ohio Districts andyou can see this very plainly both in theU.S. Congressional Districts as well as the

state’s legislative districts.A State Constitutional amendment has

been proposed to have an appointedpanel do redistricting. Yes, they will setthere own salaries, provide for there ownexpenses, and cannot be removed from of-fice to prevent political influence uponthem. This is to take politics out of the re-districting process.

I ask that you consider Issue 2 and votefor it to take politics out of redistricting.

Terry L. Smith

Vote on Nov. 6To the Editor:

We cannot forget that in this country,our government is “of the people, by thepeople and for the people.” It cannot sur-vive as a Democratic republic unless thepeople participate. This is our task. Elec-tions are an important public matter. Ascitizens of this great nation, it is our dutyand responsibility to exercise this right offranchise by casting our ballots on Elec-tion Day and to encourage others to do soas well. Today it is as important as it wasin elections past, all Americans need to bequalified voters. This is what many of ourforefathers fought and died for so that wewould have this right.

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Support your libraryTo the Editor, friends, neighbors & patrons of Ritter Public Library:

Despite our ever-increasing digitalworld, the need for libraries remainsstrong. They offer communities a place togather and they inspire patrons throughentertaining and educating about art, lit-erature and music. This is a place wherewe come to explore, interact and imagine,not just for checking out books andvideos. Libraries are an extension of ourschools and universities, a center for thearts, a place for our youth, and a reflectionof our local culture. This is where you cancome to get to know yourself through theservices you access. In an economy whereprices are always going up and state fund-ing has been reduced, the opportunitiesour library offers remain a tremendousbargain.

How have you used Ritter Public Li-brary over the past few years? Did youlearn how to use a computer or navigateyour way through the Internet? Did yourchild take the first steps toward reading abook on his/her own with the help ofearly literacy story times? How manybooks or videos did you check out foryour family’s entertainment? Did youenjoy at least one program on travel, localhistory or gardening?

Our library services are not free butthey are a value. The operating levy you’ll

find on the ballot November 6th asks thathomeowner pay $9.60 a year (for homesvalued at $50,000) to support and con-tinue delivering the services and pro-grams that we as patrons and acommunity expect. I encourage you tojoin me in voting YES.

Marilou SuszkoFormer Trustee, Ritter Public Library

Holiday spiritTo the Editor:

Thanks to the generosity of over 115people who attended the Vermilion inBloom Wine and Dine Event at PaperMoon, the city of Vermilion will be“decked” for the holidays.

Thank you to Dick and Sheryl Cawrsefor letting VIB use their beautiful wineryto host our guests. Greg, Michelle andAngie, thank you for attending to all thedetails and helping serve wine. John Bur-rows and Guy Leblanc, you two are in-credible! Thank you for sharing yourmusical talents to make the evening spe-cial.

VIB appreciated the help of many vol-unteers who planned the event, deco-rated, made or served food, andspearheaded the fundraising activities:Margie Fowler, Debbie Burrows, PattiTowner, Jennie McClendon, Reenie Rak,Jane Weaver, Linda Biscup, Sandy KishJordan, Tina Swinehart, Jihad, Sandra &Bryant Bitar, Krystina Bove, Peter andDana Corogin, Mary Moes, Patty Via, JanSharpnack, Carol Resovsky, Janet Ruh,Brenda Miklos, Molly Romp, TheresaArendt, Sharon Zeck, Staicey Scholtz,Patty Kishman, Sue Patterson, Chris Ruet-nik, Marcie Jaworski, Linda Wakefield,Janet Ford, Marilou Suszko, and PamReese.

Thank you to everyone who sponsoredChristmas decorations: Jane Weaver,Margie Fowler, Jack and Mary Hook,Diane Martin, Zack and Wendy Dolyk,Eileen Bulan, Patti Towner, Sandy KishJordan, Bill Votruba, Ed Yandek, HankHolst, Karen Seil, Thomas McCarthy, SuePatterson, Dawn Full, Phil Laurien, Bar-bara Cook, Nan Gregory, JoAnn Howley,Diana Taylor, Bill Bissell, and KarenBettcher.

Congratulations to Bill McCarthy onhis Chamber “Star Award” and for donat-ing the proceeds of the 50/50 raffle win-nings back to VIB! Thank you to CarolTarrier for contributing Ohio State footballtickets and to Linda Petrigan for purchas-ing them. VIB appreciated the help ofMain Street Vermilion, the Vermilion Pho-tojournal, VON, and the Chamber of Com-merce for promoting our event to make ita success and to all the businesses whodisplayed flyers.

Vermilion in Bloom Steering Com-mittee

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Continued on page 5

By Rich TarrantAmazing. As always I was wandering

around through a yesteryear (this time itwas 1920) and came across the followingpiece:

“In the old days shipbuilding flour-ished in Vermilion and with the exceptionof sails and rigging the complete outfit ofa vessel was made in the yards and some-times all but the sails. Ship carpenters re-ceived $3.50 per day, helpers $1.50, andforemen $4.50. Good white oak cost $20to $24 per thousand feet; fletch for frame$14; spikes $2.50 per hundred; round ironfor bolts $3 per one hundred pounds.Among the ship carpenters of the ’60s and’70s I call to mind John Sweeney, Eb Rose, John Still, Miles Thompson,Sandy Lutz, Henry Thompson, John Par-sons, Sidney Sherwood, William Cherry, James Wentworth, Henry Curtis, DennisDriscoll, James Lawless, Peter Minch,Thomas Sprowl, and Lawrence Walker.”

A fellow named Fredrick A. Ketchumwrote the article for The Vermilion Newsin March of 1920. Aside from takingsome folks on a walk down memory laneit probably didn’t mean a great deal to awhole lot of people back then. However,as ye can plainly see the information con-tained therein is historically significant.For there are to my knowledge few pub-lished lists of 19th century Vermilionship carpenters, not to mention howmuch they were paid as well as the costsof the materials they used.

Then, just for the heck of it, I decidedto see if I could find out something moreabout Mr. Ketchum. From the article hewrote it appeared that he had worked, orat least been, around Vermilion’s ship-building yards when he was a youngman. I discovered, however, that Mr.Ketchum was best known, locally, as aCivil War veteran who, at the age of 15had already become a sailor on the GreatLakes, and had seen and heard AbrahamLincoln speak at the famous RepublicanWigwam in Chicago in May 1860. In histwilight years he would proudly recall atime when (in 1860) he helped erect aRepublican flagpole that reached 140feet in the air and from which floated abanner, 45 feet long and 12 feet wide,which bore the words “Lincoln andHamlin,” the Republican national ticketfor that year. [NOTE: The “Wigwam” wasa convention center and meeting hallthat served as the site of the 1860 Re-publican National convention. It was lo-cated in Chicago, Illinois at Lake Streetand Market (later Wacker Drive) near theChicago River.] So what about his knowl-edge of shipbuilding?

Ketchum was born in Huron, Ohio onJuly 4, 1844 the second son of six chil-dren born to F.D. and Mary AnnKetchum. His father was a shipbuilder,and very likely helped build many of theearly vessels constructed in Vermilionand other ports along the lakes. (This, ofcourse, helps explain his knowledge ofshipbuilding in Vermilion.) Anyway, atthe tender age of 19 he enlisted andserved as a Private in the Union Army.Records show that from late December1863 to the third day of October 1865 he

was a member of Ohio’s Volunteer 24thInfantry Regiment. And though he onlyserved in the military for one year, 10months, and 22 days he was extremelyproud of his service, and would remainso for the rest of his days.

While he was not a native of Vermil-ion he spent much of his early lifearound the village. And for a short timelater in life he lived in the township. Buthis express knowledge of the local ship-building industry indicates that he knewa number of people about town (includ-ing News Editor Roscoe) and they, inturn, probably knew him quite well. It’salso worth noting that the story of hisdeath in late May 1933 at the tender ageof 89 years appeared on the front page ofthe (Sandusky, O.) Star Journal the morn-ing after he shuffled off this mortal coil.That certainly suggests his prominenceas an Erie County resident. Oddlyenough though, while he was one of thelast of the old time lake sailors, and hadworked as a carpenter in the area, therewas no mention of those things.

As indicated from the start I amamazed at where a rather insignificant in-side page article in a weekly newspaperof a yesteryear led me. The Star Journalcalled him “The Most Active Civil WarVeteran” at Sandusky’s Ohio Soldiers andSailors Home. It was also noted that hewould not be participating “in MemorialDay services (that) Tuesday as he hadplanned.” Methinks they were wrong.After all I met him while wanderingaround in the old days.

Ref: U.S. Census data; 1850 thru 1930;The Vermilion News 3/18/1920; San-dusky, Ohio Star Register 5/29-30/1933.

Vermilion resident Rich Tarrant hasagreed to share many of the photos andstories he has acquired from the formerVermilion News and other local sourceswith the readers of the Photojournal.Rich is the youngest son and a grand-son of the late proprietors of The Ver-milion News (1897-1964). Readers mayemail him at: [email protected]

IMPORTANT MEETING Please join us on Tuesday, October 30,

2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the VHS Auditoriumfor a Community Meeting to discuss theathletic conference affiliation for Vermil-ion Schools. Community members are in-vited to participate in the discussion andask questions about how this will affectour students.

EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTHFOR OCTOBER

Please join us in recognizing our Employees of the Month. You can learnmore about these exceptional employeesby visiting our website, www.vermil-ionschools.org VHS Teacher of the Month – Mr. Randy Cole

Mr. Randy Cole was educated atYoungstown State University, where hewas active in History Club, GeographyClub, the Muscular Dystrophy Associa-tion, many athletic activities and wasnamed Outstanding Student Teacher. Be-fore coming to Vermilion Mr. Cole taughtin Costa Rica and at the DePaul School inBroadview Heights. It was after seeing Mr.Cole in action at DePaul School that for-mer principal Phil Machcinski asked himto consider coming to Vermilion to teachat-risk students. He joined our staff in1990. However, Mr. Cole has a passion for

history and after 5 years requested a moveto history and social studies courses atSailorway.

Throughout his years in Vermilion Mr.Cole has been a teacher, a coach and a vol-unteer for many extra events. Currently heteaches history to students in Grade 8,and is Assistant Student Council Advisorfor the 8th grade class. He is also very ex-cited about planning the 8th grade trip toWashington D.C. this year, and would liketo encourage parents and the communityto support fundraising efforts for this trip.

Mr. Cole is known by his students ascompassionate, caring and dedicated totheir success. We are very fortunate thathe agreed to come to Vermilion to teachand coach our students.SMS Teacher of the Month – Mrs. Jennifer Bengele

A palpable buzz can be heard in the7th grade science classroom of Mrs. Ben-gele. Mrs. Bengele brought a dynamic ap-proach to SMS that has resonated withher students. Whether it is creating solargrills to measure temperature change orusing flashlights to better understand theEarth’s season, Mrs. Bengele’s love of sci-ence is rubbing off on her students.

Mrs. Bengele earned her Bachelor’s De-gree in Biology from Baldwin-WalllaceCollege. She had aspirations of being amarine biologist and working with dol-

phins. During high school and college,Mrs. Bengele’s mother kept prodding herto become a teacher. Her initial responsewas “No thanks, mom, teaching is the lastthing I want to do.” Ironically, when Mrs.Bengele graduated from B-W an old fam-ily friend, Mr. Dan Walther (VHS scienceteacher), mentioned there was to be ateaching opening at her alma mater, Lo-rain Catholic. She applied, got the job,and reluctantly discovered her love ofteaching. Being around young people andsharing her enthusiasm for science is Mrs.Bengele’s passion. VES October Teacher of the Month – Mr.Matt Malear

Learning is ubiquitous in Mr. Malear’sclassroom. It is a place where students arealways challenged to do their very best.Mr. Malear makes learning fun throughthe use of technology, projects, games andhis friendly, kind demeanor. Mr. Malearworks with a co-teacher to individualizeinstruction to meet the needs of diverselearners. The classroom is ever buzzingwith activity and students are highly en-gaged in their learning. Mr. Malear is cre-ative and hard working, always lookingfor that “spark” that will ignite learningin all of his students. In addition to hisrole as a teacher, Mr. Malear is the firstgrade team leader. His personal leader-ship skills allow him to effectively movethe first grade team forward in their questfor excellence.

Mr. Malear received his Bachelors andMasters degrees from BGSU and began histeaching career in Vermilion in 2003. Mr.Malear is also very active outside of theclassroom, attending PTO functions atVES regularly and organizing the MarketDay program. He is truly an asset to ourschool!

Classified Employee of the Month –Shawn Bergman

Technology Coordinator ShawnBergman is responsible for administrationof all of the technology used not only bythe students, but also by the teachers, prin-cipals and support staff. Shawn has donean exemplary job of embracing our newtechnology based on the new educationalplan and is very efficient with organizingdistribution of computers to students andstaff. In addition to installation and repairof the hardware, Shawn is responsible formaintaining a safe and secure network en-vironment and organizing accessibility toour many new software applications suchas ProgressBook and BrainHoney.

Shawn joined the Vermilion Schoolstechnology team in 2004 as a Support/In-formation Systems Specialist and wasnamed Technology Coordinator in 2010. Heattended Lorain County Community Col-lege and holds many certifications, includ-ing A+ Certified Professional, NetworkCabling Specialist Certification, Progress-Book Train-the-Trainer, and Apple CertifiedAssociate for Mac Integration.

Shawn is respected by his peers for hisconsistent dedication to customer service,and always going above and beyond to solveproblems. He directs a team of two assis-tants who are responsible for handling awide variety of technology questions andproblems, from classroom use to officeneeds. We are very fortunate to have thisdedicated group of technology specialists onour staff.

Vermilion Local School District Superin-tendent Phil Pempin will provide the com-munity with bi-monthly updates on schoolnews and events. The focus of this columnwill be to provide information that will havean impact in and around the community.


YESTERYEAR

Discouraging electionTo the Editor:

With Election Day less than two weeksaway, we the citizens of the United Statesof America are still hearing different cam-paign strategies to win that top seat in theoval office in Washington, D.C. The can-didates continue to talk about the lies andwrong doings of the other’s ‘so called’achievements.

The televised debates and projectedpercentages are very misleading and un-reliable. Just because one person canspeak well in front of the cameras, doesn’tmean that he can be the best leader of ourgreat country. It may take another fouryears to change as we move forward – re-alizing that we all need to work together

to make this happen.Maybe government regulations should

be in place so that campaigns can onlybegin a few months before that importantgeneral election day in November. I cringeto think of all of the costs of these cam-paigns that are very discouraging and con-fusing to the average middle class voter.Maybe a percentage of these costs shouldbe “earmarked” for the huge deficit thatgrips our great country!

It is also upsetting that the usual day,set aside for us, the voters, has beenchanged! Now, you can go to the mainelection office and make your selection,weeks ahead of that special day in No-vember. Other voters, very well and able,can vote as an absentee. Wasn’t this priv-

ilege offered to only our disabled seniorsor those selected because of other rea-sons? Those few needed a chance to casttheir ballots to be heard!

I will vote on that day in November,rain or shine, waiting in line at my localpolling place to select the person I feelwill be the next president, or senator andchoosing the issues for their betterment ofour community and country. Your choiceshould be what you believe in – not basedon those overwhelming comments alwaysapproved by those disturbing candidates.

Let’s hope that the election in 2016will be one that we are all proud of, hear-ing the good ideas that they are capable ofcompleting during their term in office.

Marilyn Brill

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Letters from page 4

By Judge Zack DolykThe general election this year is No-

vember 6, 2012. Understandably, mostelection coverage is focused on the pres-idential race. However, Issue 2, an im-portant constitutional amendment isalso on the ballot. Simply stated, itamends how Ohio redistricts it legisla-tive and congressional maps every 10years. I am not advocating any personalposition on this issue however; I feel itis important that citizens make an in-formed decision when they vote.

The Executive Committee of theOhio Judicial Conference (OJC), votedto recommend against passage of Issue2. The Ohio Judicial Conference was es-tablished nearly 50 years ago in order toexpress judicial perspective on legisla-tive and governmental matters that im-pact the courts and judges. The JudicialConference took a position on Issue 2after the Ohio Association of Court ofAppeals Judges voted to remain neutralon the issue in order to maintain itsnon-political, impartial role. The posi-tion of the Ohio State Bar Association

(OSBA) regarding this matter follows:This fall, Ohioans will be asked to

consider a constitutional amendment tochange the way the state draws legisla-tive and congressional district maps. Be-cause of the amendment’s direct impacton the Ohio judiciary, the Ohio State BarAssociation opposes passage of theamendment.

Currently, the Ohio Legislature andthe Apportionment Board redraw stateand congressional district maps every 10years to reflect population shifts. Theproposed measure would create a 12-per-son citizen commission consisting of reg-istered voters selected and vetted througha panel of appellate court judges. Further,the proposed amendment could force theSupreme Court of Ohio to select a planshould the commission be unable tocome to an agreement, and if a court bat-tle ensued over the proposed commis-sion’s plan, the proposal could force theSupreme Court of Ohio to choose be-tween possibly unconstitutional plans.

The OSBA stated that it has deep con-cerns about requiring judges of Ohio’sCourts of Appeal to vet and appoint com-mission members, and the proposedamendment’s attempt to force theSupreme Court of Ohio, or any court, toselect a proposed commission plan. Theproper role for the judiciary is not to de-velop any redistricting plan, but rather to

review such plans should they be chal-lenged in court.

According to the OSBA the proposedamendment:

• Undermines the important constitu-tional doctrine of the separation of pow-ers where each of the three co-equalbranches undertakes particular responsi-bilities. This proposal inappropriatelytakes executive and legislative appoint-ment authority and moves it to the judi-ciary. This politicizes the judicial branchof government, which must remain inde-pendent, fair and impartial.

• Involves the Chief Justice and theappellate judges in political activity un-befitting their offices because the pro-posal would not insulate these judgesfrom attempted political influence by in-terest groups in terms of commission ap-pointments and plan selection.

• Places these judges, and Ohio’s ju-dicial branch as a whole, in a potentialposition of conflict should the proposalbecome law and should a plan face judi-cial review.

Since this is a Constitutional Amend-ment, unlike a legislative proposal thatcan be subsequently modified it wouldbe difficult to change if it should pass. Infact, it would take another ConstitutionalAmendment to change it.

According to the OSBA this under-mines the importance of maintaining a

fair, impartial and independent judiciary-a sacred and fundamental principle ofour constitutional democracy.

For these reasons, it is the position ofthe OSBA that it is inappropriate for thejudiciary to be involved in the politicalprocess that initiates and proposes polit-ical boundaries and that the amendmentshould not be adopted.

By directly involving the judicialbranch of our Ohio government in themost political of activities, that is, redis-tricting, the proposed amendment attacksa most fundamental of constitutional safe-guards, the separation of powers. There-fore, the OSBA opposes this proposal.

Hopefully, this column will give yousome additional information to make aninformed decision on this issue. Again, Iam not advocating any position but pro-viding information from the Ohio Judi-cial Conference and Ohio State BarAssociation. Certainly, I encourage every-one to vote on November 6, 2012.

The Vermilion Photojournal ispleased to present a column for its read-ers offering information from the Ver-milion Police Department and theVermilion Municipal Court. Police ChiefChris Hartung and his officers, and JudgeZack Dolyk alternate to write columnsproviding some insight into the law aswell as the operations of the police de-partment and the court system.

Unbelievable were the results ofOhio State’s victory over Purdue. Pur-due was tremendous and led Ohio attimes in the 4th quarter. All of Ohiowas very proud of our Buckeyes. Brax-ton Miller was slammed to the groundafter a 35 yard run. His future status re-mains uncertain. He has been a great

player for the Buckeyes.We were all disappointed with the

Browns losing to the Colts, althoughthey only lost 17-13. Most of theirgames have only been lost by a fewpoints.

In college football Alabama is stillnumber one, but Mississippi State andLSU will be coming up next. Okla-homa, Oregon and Florida are comingon strong. The Ducks and Gators havetremendous speed.

As of Monday the Giants and Cardi-nals are tied 3 to 3 games each with thedeciding game in St. Louis. DetroitTigers are waiting for the winner. TheCardinals were a wild card team lastyear and won the series. Both teamshave pitchers that throw 98-99 mph.

Detroit’s third baseman, MiguelCabrera, won the Triple Crown thisyear. His teammate, Prince Fielder, is agreat power hitter. Verlander is the bestpitcher in baseball and was a Cy YoungAward winner last year. Detroit beatthe Yankees four straight to advance inthe playoffs.

Who would have thought that PennState would be a legitimate threat inBig Ten this year?

The wreck at Talladega was one ofthe worst in recent times. Thankfullythere were no severe injuries.

The USA is still licking its wounds

from the European comeback at theRyder Cup. Sometimes you just have totip your hat for some great golf.

(Special thanks go to my son, GuyEar Morton, for assisting with this arti-cle while I have been recovering in thehospital.)

The Vermilion Photojournal ispleased to present Guy Morton, Jr., pas-tor emeritus of Lakeview BaptistChurch and a former MLB catcher withthe Boston Red Sox. His father, GuyMorton, Sr. was a pennant-winningpitcher for the Cleveland Indians(1914-1924).

HITSby Guy

BY GUY MORTON


Judge Dolyk explains why judicial position opposes State Issue 2

FROM THE BEATTO THE BENCH

3x8Tom Ferrell

3x3Vermi Rotary

The Lorain County MetroParks areinto the fall programming season.Local programs are held at the Ver-milion River Reservation (CarriageBarn, Amphitheater, Benjamin BaconMuseum), 51211 N. Ridge Rd., Ver-milion; or Schoepfle Garden VisitorCenter, 11106 Market St., Birming-ham. For more information on theseprograms offered by the parks, or pro-grams offered at the other parks in thedistrict, contact the Park Office at 1-800-LCM-PARK or www.LorainCoun-tyMetroParks.com.

Cub Scouts: Geology, Saturday,Oct. 27, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Vermil-ion River Reservation, Shelter #3.Cub Scouts learn about geology andearn credits for their belt loop and ac-ademic pin. Awards not provided byLCMP. Easy hike. Preregister by10/25.

Garden Tour, Saturday, Oct. 27, 11a.m. to 12 noon, Schoepfle Garden Vis-itor Center. Tour the garden in searchof fall color. Hiking Level 1.

Pioneer Harvest, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Benjamin Bacon Mu-seum. Experience a pioneer harvest atthe Bacon Museum. Learn about fallharvest activities and taste some pio-neer recipes. Preregister by Oct. 26.

Garden Tram Ride, Sunday, Oct.28, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Schoepfle Garden.Take a ride around the garden to viewfall color.

Nature Buddies: Bats, Monday, Oct.29, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Carriage Barn.Preschoolers learn about bats throughcrafts, games and a hike! Easy hike.

Garden Tour, Wednesday, Oct. 31,11 a.m. to 12 noon, Schoepfle GardenVisitor Center. Tour the garden insearch of fall color. Hiking Level 1.

Fall into Vermilion River Reservation,Schoepfle Garden autumn programs

Rotary Club Of Vermilion“Service Above Self”

Meetings every Wednesday @ NoonGerman’s Villa 3330 Liberty Avenue

For membership information, contact President Sue Hunt at [email protected] or Secretary Suzanne Zadell at [email protected] or send a message via our Facebook

page at Vermilion Rotary Club (www.facebook.com/pages/Vermilion-Rotary-Club)

Rotary Fact: Rotary International is the world’s first

service club organization (founded in 1905 in Chicago).

Rotary International has over 1.2 million members worldwide.

Fall Tree Planting TipsFall is one of the ideal times for new

tree planting. October, November, andearly December is a time when roots arebecoming inactive for the winter monthsand are storing nutrient reserves for thenext growing season. The soil is warmernow than in spring, and there’s still timefor roots to get established before thesnow and cold weather sets in. Also,water requirements are generally muchless during the winter months. As Ver-milion’s weather has been mild andsomewhat wet this fall, the next 4 weeksor so is a very good time to put in newtrees. To help residents with their plant-ing, the Vermilion Tree Commission ispassing on some of the latest tips fromarborists for planting.

1. Site and tree selection – This first

step is one of the most critical as this de-termines how well the mature tree willdevelop in a designated site. Questionsshould be asked when surveying the site.Are there underground cables, utilities,drains or sewers? Is the site too close towalks, patios, buildings, buildings, orother structures? Will a mature tree con-flict with other trees or plants? Are thereoverhead power lines or other wires?Does the tree need a protected site? Todetermine the height of tree and width ofthe canopy, read the tag on the proposedtree which will give these dimensions atmaturity and will answer questionsabout the site.

2. Identification of the trunk or rootflare – The root flare or trunk flare is thesection of the tree where the solid, upright trunk meets the root ball where the

roots are “flaring” out. When the tree isplanted in the hole, the root collar at topof root ball should even with, or slightlyabove, the soil. This position allowsmaximum root spread from the plantedroot ball and prevents root girdling.This is another important step that iscommonly overlooked.

3. Digging the hole to the properwidth and depth – The new rule in treeplanting is to dig the hole three timeswider than the root ball, but not anydeeper than the root ball. The theory isthat the roots should be resting on solidground to support the weight of the tree.Do not fertilize or put compost into thehole as it is being filled as this will giveunneeded nutrients to the roots overwinter.

4. Straightening the tree – Beforebackfilling, have someone view the treefrom various directions to confirm thatit is straight and root flair is at properheight. It is easier to do this when thehole is empty than trying to remedyproblems later.

5. Mulching – Mulch the tree basewith a 2-4 inch layer of mulch, extend-ing out to the ends of the largestbranches. Do not pile the mulch in a

pyramid shape (aka “volcanomulching”) around the tree. Instead,leave a 1-2 inch bare ring around thebase of the tree and mound the mulchin a circle around this. Mulch aroundthe base causes bark decay and invitesinsect and disease problems.

6. Watering – Keep soil moist by wa-tering at least once a week until theground freezes. Watering newly plantedtrees regularly during any season is an-other vital step to ensuring goodgrowth.

Follow these updated proceduresthis fall and watch your tree leaf outand grow correctly next summer! Fu-ture “Tree Tips” columns will addressmore about tree selection, planting andmaintenance.

Do you have a question about tree se-lection, planting, or any other tree ques-tion? Feel free to contact the VermilionTree Commission by contacting AnneMaiden at the Mayor’s Office at [email protected] or at 440-204-2402. You are also cordially invited toattend our upcoming monthly meetings,usually at 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd Wednes-day of the month at the Ritter Public Li-brary (Endowment Room)

By the Vermilion Tree Commission


By Karen CorneliusThe Lorain County Metro Parks has

been conducting community meetings atvarious locations throughout LorainCounty to receive input from residents onwhat they would like to include in thepark district’s future ten-year plan. At a re-cent meeting in Vermilion, several resi-dents jumped on the idea to involve theMetro Parks in the city’s future plans forthe Inland Seas Maritime Museum prop-erty at the foot of Main Street on LakeErie’s shores.

On Tuesday, October 23, Lorain CountyMetro Parks director James Ziemnik re-called this meeting at Ritter Public Libraryon September 20, and said the suggestionreally caught him out of the blue. He con-firmed residents wanted to gauge his in-terest, and his first thought was theproperty is located in Erie County whichis across the Metro Parks county line.However, one-half of Vermilion’s popula-tion is located in Lorain County and thiscould be a way of serving Vermilion resi-dents. Ziemnik said he is familiar withthis property and has visited the site.“We’re thinking about it, but it would haveto be a unique and carefully structuredpartnership.”

He continued that if the Metro Parkswere interested, they would need city sup-port and a fundraising component. Rightnow, he’s not clear about the property’sownership details. He said the MetroParks could not take ownership. Whilethere could be various scenerios, onewould be if the city owns the property,they could invite Lorain County MetroParks in to manage and administer it andmake some improvements. “Certainly,there are possibilities.”

Ziemnik related there are similar part-nerships that are working such as Lake-view Park. He said the city of Lorain ownsthe park, but Metro Parks leases it and op-erates and maintains it. There’s the Ober-

lin Splash Zone where the Parks built thebuilding and leased the land. CascadePark in Elyria is another example whereElyria owns the property and invited Lo-rain County Metro Parks in. “We couldnever own the museum property, but wecould operate and function at the site likea Metro Park.”

The director stated, “We definitelyhave an interest, but it’s something to bestudied.” He said he mentioned this sug-gestion to his board and their first reactionconcerned crossing county lines, but itwould serve the residents. It was notedVermilion is part of the water trail to Lo-rain, and the museum property could be-come a big launching point for kayaks andcanoes giving people another opportunityto enjoy the lake.

What was really crazy to Ziemnik washis visit to Rochester Township just lastweek for feedback and comments. Thepark there is known for its wetlands andalso small game hunting. He said onetownship gentleman asked about the mu-seum in Vermilion. The man said everytime they visited Vermilion this museumwas closed. So, he asked Ziemnik why theLorain County Metro Parks just didn’t takethis property over. Ziemnik, extremely sur-prised, then related that he had just heardthose comments in a Vermilion meeting.

As far as other Vermilion interests,Ziemnik said there were some inquiriesinto soccer fields at Mill Hollow and en-tering into a partnership with the Vermil-ion Soccer participants. He said the MetroParks have such an arrangement inGrafton with the Midview Soccer Associ-ation who comes in and mows the fields.The Metro Parks also operates SchoepfleGarden in Birmingham, but there are nomajor plans on the horizon there exceptkeeping this site up-to-date. He said if ad-jacent parcels become available, theywould consider expansion.

The director is additionally aware of

the Ken Cassell Reservation near TheWoodlands in Vermilion where 30-40acres were donated to the Lorain CountyMetro Parks. He stated that if the bridge onHighbridge Road were ever replaced thenthere might be some interest in connect-ing this property down to a fishing area toMill Hollow. “That’s long-term thinking.”Ziemnik said there are a lot of variableswith roads and bridges and they keep aneye out to see if anything fits into their bigscale master plan.

The Metro Parks have scheduled 18 dif-ferent meetings with communities throughthe end of November. So far, people’s atti-tude toward the benefit of parks is verypositive. “Parks are extremely important tothem. They are tickled to death to com-ment,” said Ziemnik. He said by and large,people are expressing a need for more trailsand enlarging public park property or con-necting properties. “They want connec-tions to trails and paths so they can bike,walk, run, hike, and walk their dogs. Peo-ple really like trails. It’s all about wellnessand fitness.” He is also getting a lot of ques-tions on Cascade Park and believes this bigproject will eventually happen.

The director has been with the LorainCounty Metro Parks for seven years and inApril of 2012 took over for retiring direc-tor Dan Martin, a Vermilion resident. “Danis my mentor. We talk once a week to keepa level of consistency,” said Ziemnik. He

has mentioned the museum property toMartin who agrees there is a lot of poten-tial, but it does cross county lines andthere would have to be a unique relation-ship. The director said Martin knows thehistory of this property and probablywould be willing to help if anything evermaterialized.

Ziemnik is very much enjoying his newjob and credits the Metro Parks success toa great staff, great benefactors, and a dedi-cated board. He said all the current part-nerships have built a trust in the MetroParks because everyone knows they willget the job done and usable for all. “Wetake that trust seriously. It helps drive usand makes us better.”

Mayor Eileen Bulan stated she attendedthe Metro Parks meeting last month, and isexcited about their potential interest in themuseum property. “We are definitely in-terested in a partnership with the LorainCounty Metro Parks, and we would bemore than happy to invite them.” Rightnow, the mayor is finalizing a grant appli-cation to the Ohio Public Works Commis-sion for financial assistance under theClean Ohio Green Space ConservationProgram. She said the maximum awardwould pay for 75 percent of the museumproperty’s purchase. Vermilion City Coun-cil on Monday, October 22, adopted theresolution to authorize the city to apply forthis grant.

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the PAC made a change, with Firelands andFairview coming into that league. Now, asan independent, he said that status “opensthe door” for Vermilion.

Athletic director Phil Brickner, who wasin attendance at Monday’s meeting, said thelandscape has changed around Vermilion,as the district’s enrollment numbers areshown going from the current 160 to 120 inthe next seven years. He said neighboringPerkins, on the other hand, now has morestudents than ever since it has open enroll-ment with everyone. “They are getting kidsfrom Sandusky and everywhere else.They’ve won 70 conference championshipsin the last 10 years.”

Board member Dale Dawson said, “Theclimate is starting to boil where I think wecan find a happy home.” Board memberShelly Innes asked about the costs of goingindependent. Board member Dave Ricesaid as far as football is concerned, “It’s notgoing to break us.” Brickner said afterroughly a month of work, he was able toschedule the same 10 teams for football,two years in a row. Brickner also said thereare teams as far as basetball and other sportsthat have said they will play Vermilion,even if it is not reinstated in the WSC. “Ican’t guarantee all of them,” he said.

Treasurer Amy Hendricks stated thatall sports plus marching band accountfor 251 bus trips, and $12,000 in costs.Dawson said, “None of that is going tobreak us.” Dawson argued that if Vermil-ion can drive to Mansfield and win agame and be competitive, that would bebetter than staying home and losing.

Board member Dave Rice said, “Didwe make a mistake when we pulled outof the NOL because we were going intothe PAC? I don’t know.” Pempin said itwas strengthening the athletic outlookfor VHS, and all the players were goingon the best information they had at thetime.

If Vermilion does get reinstated intothe WSC and wants to leave before itscontract is up, he said it would be costly.He said the district would lose about$87,000 total. He said the district wouldpay a $10,000 penalty for leaving, plusannual dues to the league, plus a set “persport” fee.

Board president Sid Jordan said, “Ifeel guilty I, we, listened to bad informa-tion. We jumped too quickly.” Pempinsaid he called all the superintendents in

the WSC and advised he was going tobring a letter to the WSC. Pempin said,“The reality of the WSC is that all theteams are bigger than us.” Dawson said,“The only reason to go back is for stabil-ity.” Pempin said, “We are choosing be-tween a rock and a hard place. The WSCis the rock, and being independent is thehard place.”

Pempin added that Vermilion’s de-mographics define it. Dawson said VHSis split between the NE and the NW dis-trict. Pempin said, “We’re landlocked.

We’re in a tough location.”Brickner said, “If we end up inde-

pendent, we end up independent. Butthe middle school will be the same.”Brickner said he was able to arrange thatthe middle school athletes would playtheir current schedules.

The board and administration invitethe community to the Tuesday, Oct. 30meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the VHS Audito-rium to give feedback. The board will layout how the district got to this point, andwill seek community comments on whatto do for Vermilion’s sports future.

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By Candace BarczykA year after winning his third term on

the Vermilion Board of Education, boardmember Tim Rini turned in his resignation,which was submitted on Thursday, Oct. 18,and approved by the board on Monday, Oct.29. As a result, the board is seeking inter-ested community members to serve in theposition through Dec. 31, 2013. Those wish-ing to be considered should provide a writ-ten notice of interest, prior to 4 p.m. onMonday, Oct. 29, to the superintendent’s of-fice.

Rini said his resignation “comes from adecision to focus on my career and otherbusiness opportunities going forward. Nev-ertheless, it is my hope that I can continueto contribute to the Vermilion Schools andsupport our kids as an interested commu-nity member and as someone who caresdeeply about the district. Hopefully, ourpaths will cross in the future.”

Rini said in his resignation letter, “Ithank the board, administration, and com-munity for all of the support and confidence

you have given to me over the past 9 years.I am very proud of the accomplishments wehave been able to achieve together.”

Board member Dale Dawson said, “Timadded a lot of expertise to the board.” Boardpresident Sid Jordan stated, “We are going tomiss him.”

As a result of Rini’s resignation, the per-son who would replace him would servefrom the date of appointment through Dec.31, 2013. Then, there would be an election,in which the seats of Jordan and boardmember Dave Rice would be voted on, inaddition to the remaining two years of Rini’sterm.

Those who wish to be considered shouldprovide a written notice of their interest,prior to 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, to:Philip M. Pempin, superintendent, Vermil-ion Local Schools, 1230 Beechview Drive,Vermilion, OH 44089. All applicants will beinterviewed beginning at 7 p.m. on Monday,Oct. 29 at the Administration Office, 1230Beechview Drive, at a special meeting of theboard of education.

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By Karen CorneliusVermilion City Council had some

special guests on Monday night, Octo-ber 22. Vermilion Police Corporal ScottHolmes and his canine companion,Nero, gave a presentation to the city in-cluding a demonstration of the dog’stalent for sniffing out drugs.

Nero is the new canine replacingAndy who died in a tragic training ac-cident. Nero is actually the brother ofAndy with both sharing the samemother. Corporal Holmes told councilthat Nero is a dual-purpose dog withthe K-9 Unit’s main goal to locate nar-cotics. He related that Nero, a GermanShepherd, is trained to have a passiveresponse when identifying drugs. Thatmeans he sits and stares at the placewhere drugs are found. Andy wastrained to be aggressive at locatingdrugs by scratching and barking. Eachmethod has its pro’s and con’s, butthere were a lot of scratched cars in thepast. While there were complaintsabout the scratches, the lesson is not tohave drugs in vehicles.

Corporal Holmes added that Nero isalso trained as a tracking canine tofind lost persons, the children and eld-erly. He is also a patrol dog trained todo building searches and to protect hishandler during criminal apprehensionwhere he can bite and hold the sub-ject. Holmes said he and the dogtrained from July 19 through October6 at the M&M Canine Boarding Kennelin Sandusky. Nero passed all his test-ing and is now certified by the state ofOhio. He said certification is done ona yearly basis.

The police officer said the commu-nity support has been unbelievable andall the funding for Nero has come fromarea businesses and individuals. Hesaid Nero is a valuable tool for the po-lice department, a deterrent, and hehopes they can make a difference.Holmes said the vaste majority of thebreak-ins, burglaries, shoplifting, andmore are a result of people looking fordrugs or money to buy drugs. He saidTV’s they steal go to their dope men.Trying to rid Vermilion of drugs wouldmake a dent in all the property crimes.“That’s our goal,” said Holmes. “Thedrugs are out there.” He further notedthat a lot of subjects have switchedfrom pills to heroin, and that heroin isnow an epidemic.

The police department has statisticson its K-9 Unit since April 1, 2011 withcombined assistance from K-9 Andyand K-9 Nero. The calls for service in-clude: burglaries, 11; prowlers, 11; rob-beries, 2; traffic stop searches, 38;school narcotics sweeps, 38; K-9demonstrations, 25; domestic violence,5; alarms, 10; assist to other agencies,38; public appearances, 21; drugsearches, 10; and warrant service, 3. As

far as K-9 seizures, they include: mari-juana, 280 grams, all personal use;heroin, 47 grams; crack, 4 grams; drugparaphernalia, 45 items; illegal pills,110 pills; bath salts, 4 grams; and drugrelated currency, $17,560. Holmes saidthe drug money was found in Huron,but Vermilion receives 10 percent forassisting.

More statistics show 32 K-9 foot pa-trols; 23 patrol duties; 12 area searches;21 building searches; 248 total vehiclesearches; 21 tracking; 7 tracking witharrests/suspect ID. The total number ofsuspects arrested by K-9 Andy was 8.

Holmes elaborated that school nar-cotics sweeps are a priority with chiefof police Chris Hartung. He said they gointo the Vermilion Local Schools twicea month at will with no notice. They doa sweep of cars as well as go to Vermil-ion High School, Vermilion Academy,Sailorway, and once in awhile the ele-mentary school. Going into the schoolsat random rather than students know-ing set dates has made a difference, ac-cording to Holmes. While Nero can’tsearch every locker, they choose at leastone-third at random and about a dozencars on the Vermilion High parking lot.He said he is a member of the Drug TaskForce the Vermilion Local Schools hasestablished which is open to parentsand students. “The point is to keep ourschools drug-free.”

Since the K-9 Unit works nights,there are also foot patrols taken inneighborhoods to deter vehicle break-ins. Vehicle searches in public accessareas are fair game for the K-9 Unit, andNero can do the sniffing. The team hasbeen at the skatepark and Main StreetBeach as well as the city’s other parks,and there have been arrests.

Corporal Holmes then had multiple,identical blue bins lined up in thecouncil chambers with one containingthe smell of narcotics. He asked Neroto find the “druggies.” Nero walkedaround and then sat quietly down infront of one bin and just stared at it,not moving. Holmes had a button de-vice that popped a ball from the binbecause Nero was correct. Holmes saidNero is “ball crazy.” When he sees aball, he knows it’s time to play, andthat’s his reward. Nero also feeds offcompliments such as “good boy” and“super guy.”

Holmes said he also has a button de-vice on his belt, and if Nero’s in the carand Holmes needs help, he can pressthis button and release the dog from thepatrol car. “It’s for the handler’s protec-tion.”

“We appreciate the support of citycouncil and all the citizens,” saidHolmes, ending the presentation. “Wewill try to make a difference.” Councilpresident John Gabriel thanked Holmesfor introducing Nero to them.

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By Candace BarczykNow that the financing has been ap-

proved for the $20 million school con-solidation project, the board, in thenear future, will be discussing having aconstruction manager on the project.The board made no decisions at its spe-cial meeting held Monday, but Supt.Phil Pempin came to the meeting withsome information for board members toconsider as the project moves forward.

Pempin said, per the board, that heunderstood it wanted a constructionmanager, as that individual would workfor the board. “It is important to havepeople in place to see what is in thebest interests of the community andcosts.”

What is the cost? Pempin said a con-struction manager would cost roughly5-6% of the total project, or between$800,000 to $1.2 million. He said an ar-chitect could be hired as the construc-tion manager at roughly one percent ofthe cost, or $200,000. Board presidentSid Jordan said in dealing with compa-nies, “There is a fixed mentality of howto do business with schools. We needto play hardball.”

Pempin said, “Who does the con-

struction manager answer to? You did-n’t hire me to be a construction man-ager. You hired me to be aninstructional leader.” Pempin sug-gested a third option - that the boardhire a third party. He said it wouldlikely be best to have a third party per-son not affiliated with the constructioncompany or the architect, as that per-son would be the “board’s person.”Pempin said, “It would be an economi-cal and effective way to handle this,and we could get someone for about$110,000.”

Pempin said he did not expect boardmembers to have an answer at the meet-ing, but said he wanted them to havethe knowledge to move forward.

A preliminary schedule of the Sailor-way Middle School addition calls forprogramming and design through theend of 2012; construction documentsbeging completed January - April 2013,with the bidding and awarding of thebid in May 2013; with the construc-tion/move-in taking place June 2013 -August 2014. The board also passed aresolution to approve Standard Form ofAgreement between owner and archi-tect with Lesko Associates.

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By Karen CorneliusErie County Health appointment: Ver-

milion City Council met on Mondaynight, October 22. Clerk of Council GwenFisher read a letter from Mayor EileenBulan asking city council to approve theappointment of Dr. Dina Bauer to the ErieCounty Board of Health to fill the unex-pired term of Dr. Charles Adams who hasretired after 32 years of service to thisboard. Dr. Bauer is a Vermilion residentand the physician and owner of Harbour-town Foot and Ankle Clinic of Vermilion.She holds a bachelor of science degreefrom Heidelberg College and a doctorateof podiatric medicine from the Ohio Col-lege of Podiatric Medicine of Cleveland,Ohio. The term ends on August 31, 2013.In the letter, Mayor Bulan thanked Dr.Adams for serving and representing Ver-milion for so many years. Later in themeeting under new business, councilunanimously approved this appointment.

City correspondence: The clerk ofcouncil also read a letter addressed to themayor and city council from James Huff-man of Huron Street who suggested thatthe city purchase the South Street Ele-mentary School building for a city center.He pointed out the property is largeenough for the administration, the police,the court, and a new fire station. Therewould be plenty of storage space forrecords and a lot of off-street parking. Heestimated the South Street building val-ued at one time at $4 million could be hadfor $400,000. The writer speculated thatif the city sold off its present buildings itcould swing this purchase.

President’s report/city income taxissue: Council president John Gabriel

wanted to remind people of the city issueon the November 6 ballot that would in-crease the city income tax for workers in-side the city one-half percent for a total ofone and one-half percent. He said workerswho go out-of-town do not pay this in-crease nor do retirees. Gabriel talkedabout the severe state financial cuts andthe reduced size of the Streets Departmentfrom a dozen to four employees covering75 miles of roads. He said the newest po-lice car already has 70,000 miles, and thepolice department has a lot of needs, notjust the city. He pointed out the seriousheroin problem and said the city needs re-sources to curb such problems. He saidthere has not been a city income tax in-crease since 1968. Additionally, 50 per-cent of the increase will go to the city’sroads which are in sore need of help.When voting, the issue is #5 in ErieCounty and #19 in Lorain County.

Mayor’s report/recycling grant:Mayor Bulan thanked the 175th birthdaycommittee for raising over $26,000which was donated to the Western Re-serve Land Conservancy toward the pur-chase of the museum property. She saidthey worked really hard all year and shethanked them for their efforts. The mayoralso congratulated police chief ChrisHartung for completing the FBI Law En-forcement Executive Development Asso-ciation Program he attended last week.She reminded everyone that citywidetrick-or-treat was Wednesday, October31, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. People partici-pating should turn their porch lights on.

The mayor announced that LorainCounty Solid Waste was providing recy-cling grants this year and the city has beenawarded $25,197.10. She said the moneyhas to be spent by November 2. The city ispurchasing recyclable items for the streetdepartment such as cones and signs, of-fice supplies, chairs and tables for the city

pool, and reclaimed and recycled brickfor the clearwell retaining wall.

Mayor Bulan asked council to pass aresolution that evening for the CleanOhio Green Space grant for the museumproperty that is due by November 2.Under the reading of the ordinances,council later suspended the rules on thefirst reading of this resolution andadopted it by emergency.

Lastly, the mayor asked for an execu-tive session to discuss property acquisi-tion. Council voted to go into executivesession after the reading of the ordi-nances.

Service director’s update: Service di-rector Robert Kurtz stated that a stormsewer manhole in the Mapleview/RollingMeadows intersection collapsed on Mon-day, October 22. He said crews placed asteel plate and barrels over the hole andthey are in the process of getting quotes tohave the manhole rebuilt. He said thatstreet department personnel will also beinspecting the other manholes on RollingMeadows to check their condition sincethey were all installed at the same time.

On Friday, October 19, Erie Countyhad a watermain break on State Route 60near Trinter Road and there was a boilalert over the weekend. The service di-rector said the boil alert was for ErieCounty water users and no one on Ver-milion City Water was affected. Kurtz alsorequested “traffic sign retro-reflectivity re-quirements” be added to the next StreetsCommittee agenda.

Councilman Craig Fortner asked Kurtzabout the low water pressure problems onthe eastside of the city, and if normal pres-sure had returned. The service directorsaid the system is working great now, butthey did find a split in a watermain undera ditch that was causing the problem. He

applauded the road crew for finding theleak which was hidden in the overgrowthoff Sunnyside Road.

Councilwoman Barb Brady askedabout seeing the numbers from JohnsonControls and why the system to detectsuch water problems installed by Johnsonwasn’t working. She said the city neededa payback. Kurtz agreed they were not get-ting readings and the computer wentdown, but now everything is back up andshould work. The topic will go to the Util-ities Committee for discussion.

Finance director’s report/levy facts:Finance director Keri Angney said shewould like to encourage people to vote forthe city levy and wanted to add some ad-ditional facts. The one-half percent in-crease in the city income tax would onlybe for people working inside the city andthere is no impact to people working out-side the city. She said without the passageof this levy the general fund and permis-sive use for roads would be in deficit by2014. The income tax increase wouldbring in $509,000 per year with one-halfgoing to the road capital fund. Currently,permissive use receives $220,000 per yearand this would be gone by 2014. A familymaking $50,000 per year would be paying$4.80 per week to maintain the currentservices and increase funds for road re-pairs.

Street resurfacing projects:City engi-neer Lynn Miggins reported on the resur-facing projects that are underway now.She said Cummings, Aldrich, Lorain, andElyria are being paved and paid for 100percent through a neighborhood revital-ization grant awarded to Vermilion-On-The-Lake. The road work was started onFriday, October 19, by Precision Paving.


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Paving Grand Street was started on Mon-day, October 22, with $37,000 from aCommunity Development Block Grant.Miggins expected all the roads to be com-plete by the end of October, but the con-tractor really has until the end of the year.

Miggins also reported on the ElbertaBeach Pump Station Overflow project.She said the city has recently received adirective from the Ohio EPA to addition-ally construct an emergency overflow outof the detention basin at Elberta Beach.However, CT Consultants talked to thechief engineer at the EPA who appearednot to agree with this directive from oth-ers at his agency. The city engineer saidCT would work on getting this disagree-ment resolved.

Elberta Beach engineering fees: Coun-cilwoman Brady wanted to mention whathad happened to two ordinances origi-nally created for the Elberta Beach project.These ordinances were for engineeringcosts from CT and KS Associates whichtotaled $205,000. She said council was notcomfortable with the numbers and tabledthe two ordinances. There was a specialcouncil meeting on October 9 with CTcoming back with new, lower numbersstating the first were too conservative. Thefees went down to $146,680 with CT’s ad-ministrative work at $89,000 and KS’swork in the field at $57,680. Brady said itis important to note that council was pay-ing attention, the fees were too high, andthey did save the city money. On October9, there was one ordinance passed for the$156,680 instead. Gabriel agreed there wasa major difference in positions, but every-one worked together.

Romp’s pump station project: Undernew business, council passed a motion togo forward with CT Consultants and do aPhase II Study for the Romp’s pump sta-tion improvements mandated by the OhioEPA. The vote was 6-1 with councilmanFortner opposing. This phase would haveCT study the best of several options forpreventing overflow from this lift stationinto the river. Councilwoman Brady saidRomp’s is a separate project and perhapsthey should be going out for engineeringqualifications rather than going forward

with CT Consultants. Council presidentGabriel said he didn’t think they had timeto go out for qualifications and get it doneby the start of the project in the fall of2013. He said CT is already involved inthe EPA paperwork. However, he wouldconsider bringing other firms in to seeabout implementing the project and doingthe inspection. Councilman Steve Holo-vacs said CT has already done a lot ofwork and did the Phase I study so theyjust need more information. He agreedwith Gabriel that once the project is sentout to bid they can let others work on in-spection. He said the city would be goingbackwards if they go out for quotes now.Councilwoman Brady said they wereburned once on Elberta Beach and theywould have to negotiate prices.

Reading the city ordinances: Councilgave a second reading to an ordinance toamend the city’s traffic control map to cre-ate a handicap parking space at the MainStreet Beach. They gave a second readingto a change order for Bay Mechanical andElectrical of Lorain for the primary clari-fier improvements at the sewer plant. Theadditional cost was for $1,391. A secondreading was given for another changeorder to increase Bay Mechanical’s con-tract for the clarifier improvements at$1,284.

A first reading was given to an ordi-nance to amend the traffic map by modi-fying the Brownhelm Station Road andHighbridge Road intersection by placingstop signs and stop bars on both High-bridge Road approaches and removing thestop signs from the Brownhelm StationRoad approaches. Vehicles on Highbridgewould stop before proceeding through theintersection. A first reading was given toan ordinance to pay CT Consultants$10,500 for additional design services forthe Elberta Beach sanitary sewer overflowelimination project.

Council’s schedule: Vermilion citycouncil will meet again on Monday, No-vember 5, at 7 p.m. There will be no meet-ings on November 12, Veterans Day. OnMonday, November 19, at 7 p.m., all fivecommittees will meet along with a specialcity council meeting.

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Join the Knights of Columbus on Dec.14, 2012 at the Croatian Lodge Ballroomfor a delicious Christmas dinner in East-lake, OH followed by an evening of en-tertainment by the Lettermen. TonyButala, Donovan Tea and Bobby Paytonsing the hits you grew up with and theholiday tunes you treasure. The lettersweaters may only make a brief appear-ance at each Lettermen performance,but the harmony is non-stop from theirfirst hits in the 1960’s including “PutYour Head On My Shoulder,” “When IFall In Love,” “Theme From A Sum-mer’s Place,” “Smile” and the most re-quested hit “Going Out Of My Head/Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” thesongs are just as you remember them!

After the show, the K of C willdrive past the new casino and checkout the lights on Public Square beforereturning home to Vermilion.

Christmas With The Lettermen anddinner is $80.00 per seat (taxes andmeal gratuity included). Only 42 seatsare available and reservations andchecks must be in by November 2,2012 to gaurantee a seat to this greatholiday event. Make checks payable to“K of C #4539” and send to NormFelix, 1094 Arrowhead Drive, Vermil-ion, Ohio, 44089. If you have anyquestions or concerns please callNorm @ 440-935-8026.

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Moody’s, a worldwide leader in fi-nancial research and analysis, has is-sued a strong “Aa2” credit rating forVermilion Schools due to the district’scommitment to strong fiscal manage-ment and its stable and diverse taxbase. Vermilion Schools are in theprocess of obtaining Certificates ofParticipation, a lease purchasing fi-nance option that is much like tradi-tional bond financing, to fund theupcoming facilities project.

“We welcome this report fromMoody’s and hope the taxpayers knowour board of education and schoolleaders are committed to being as effi-cient as possible with their dollars,”stated Superintendent Philip Pempin.“With this strong credit rating, we cantake advantage of extremely low inter-est rates and that translates into sig-nificant long-term savings fortaxpayers.”

The citizens of Vermilion helpedshape this project, which will providemuch-needed new and updated class-

room space for students. The DistrictFacilities Commission and FinancialTask Force, composed of volunteermembers of the community, have ded-icated many hours of review, prepara-tion, and planning to help shape thiscost effective plan.

“This plan makes sense,” addedlocal business owner and Commissionmember Richard Zanglin. “It providesstudents with 21st Century classroomsand it’s being done without asking foradditional money from taxpayers.”

Next steps on the facilities projectinclude completing the financing anddesign work. It is possible that workcan begin in May, 2013, with studentsstarting school in a new elementarywing in the fall of 2014.

“We have a lot to celebrate in Ver-milion,” added Treasurer Amy Hen-dricks. “Our students are gettingupdated facilities for optimal learningand our taxpayers can be assured thatit’s being accomplished in an eco-nomical way.”

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Vermilion Lions Club President Dr.Bill Hendricks is pleased to announcethat Lindsay Dalzell has been selectedas the Lions Student of the Month forSeptember.

Lindsay attends Vermilion HighSchool. She is posting a 3.86 GPAwhile enrolled in Honors, PSEO, andGeneral classes. Lindsay received theLamp of Leaning and is a member ofboth the National and Spanish HonorSociety. She received an Academic Var-sity Letter for the past three years.

In the VHS Marching Band, Lindsayis a squad and section leader. As amember of the Speech and DebateTeam in 2011, she finished in fourthplace, and her performance was re-warded with the Novice State distinc-tion. Outside the classroom, Lindsay isan equestrian competitor named GrandChampion Valley City and placed sec-

ond overall in Saddle Club. She volun-teers in the Mane Stride program for fu-ture riders. Other community serviceexperience includes the VermilionFood Pantry and Salvation Army.

Staff at Vermilion High School char-acterizes Lindsay as compassionate,patient, and excessively wordy.

Along with her award, Lindsay wasplaced in the running for the Lions Stu-dent of the Year Scholarship. Lindsay’sparents, Brad and Lori Dalzell, receivedthe Lions Parent Award as the Lionsfeel that behind every successful stu-dent stand encouraging parents.

Lions President Hendricks and Stu-dent of the Month Program Chairper-son Marty Plas wish to thank theprincipals and staff at VHS and EHOVECareer Center, and The Vermilion Pho-tojournal for participating in this fineprogram.

Vermilion Lions Club September Student of the Month Lindsay Dalzell (second fromright) is pictured with her parents, Brad and Lori Dalzell, and Vermilion Lions PresidentDr. Bill Hendricks.

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Pastor Richard J. Leseganich, a newresident of Vermilion, will begin his min-istry as pastor of Trinity LutheranChurch on Oct. 24, 2012, after havingserved three other congregations withinthe Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod ofthe Evangelical Lutheran Church inAmerica.

He has served in both solo and teamministry settings. Pastor Leseganich, anative of Youngstown, OH, earned his

bachelor’s degree at Thiel College inGreenville, PA. He went on to earn hisMaster of Divinity degree from theLutheran Theological Seminary at Get-tysburg in Gettysburg, PA, and was or-dained in 2000. He completed a chaplainresidency at the York Hospital in York,PA, through the Association of ClinicalPastoral Education and served for a yearas pastoral associate at FriedensLutheran Church in Myerstown, Penn-

sylvania.He is a member of the Association of

Professional Chaplains and the ELCAYouth Ministry Network. PastorLeseganich is committed to “relationalministry”, a term that describes how pas-tors build relationships with churchmembers through pastoral visits, coun-seling, spiritual guidance, intergenera-tional ministry and administrativeduties.

The community is invited to attendthe Service of Installation for PastorLeseganich on Sunday, Nov. 4 at 4 p.m.Representing the Northeastern OhioSynod of the Evangelical LutheranChurch in America at the worship serv-ice will be The Rev. Laurie A. Miller, as-sistant to the bishop for vocation andeducation. Trinity Lutheran Church is lo-cated at 3747 Liberty Ave., next to theNAPA building.

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By Gayle ReevesIn deciding on a topic for this month’s

Mature Lifestyles, I thought about what myclients talk to me about the most. For sen-iors it is “I want to stay in my home no mat-ter what.” For the children of seniors it is“I know mom and dad want to stay in theirhome, but it scares the heck out of me be-cause I don’t think they are safe.”

Is there a way to satisfy the desires of theseniors and the concerns of the children?The answer is yes, provided the senior issafe in the home. The best way to approachsafety is to do a self assessment to see if youneed some assistance to stay in your home.Some questions you might want to askyourself are: “Is my house dirty because Ican no longer run the vacuum cleaner?”

“Have I stopped cooking because it is toomuch trouble to cook for just one or twopeople?” “Am I feeling lonely and de-pressed because I don’t get out of the houseas much as I used to?”

If the answer is “yes” it is time to look atwhat can be changed in your home to meetyour needs and to make sure you are safe.The alternative is to look at housing optionsthat will meet your needs, yet provide youwith independence and control over yourlife. It is best to look at all of your optionsto not only decide what is best for you now,but to put a plan in place for the future. Byseniors and their children working together,a suitable arrangement can be made thatwill satisfy both their needs.

To help seniors and their children ex-

plore the ability of the senior to safely stayin their home, I will be presenting a semi-nar, entitled “Home is Where I Want toStay,” to introduce the signs that a personmay need help to stay in her home, how toget help, to learn how to make your homesafe as you get older, and to discover yourhousing options if you can no longer re-main in your home. Finally, we will talkabout how to initiate and continue the con-versation between seniors and their lovedones with each respecting the other’s pointof view.

Whether you are a mother whose chil-dren want you to move out of your home,

or a child who is fearful that dad will falland there won’t be anyone to help him, thisprogram is for you.

Please join me on Thursday, November15, 2012 at Ritter Public Library, 5680 Lib-erty Avenue, Vermilion, OH 44089 to par-ticipate in this informative presentation.The program will be offered at 2 p.m. andagain at 7 p.m. to accommodate everyone’sschedule. For planning purposes, please letus know that you are coming by calling440-967-6565.

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Scouts work with Seniors Helping SeniorsLocal Girl Scout troops and teammembers of SHS recently de-scended on Admirals Pointe, ErieCounty Care Facility, Lutheran Me-morial Home, Parkvue HealthcareCenter, Providence Care Center, andthe Commons of Providence to assistseniors with painting pumpkins. Later,Girl Scouts and team members fromSeniors Helping Seniors will helpseniors decorate and paint pumpkinsat Concord Care Center on October27, “Make a Difference Day.” Pic-tured, Betty Powers gets help fromAlyssa Wentworth. If your scout troopor organization would like to help outwith future events that are beingplanned by Seniors Helping Seniors,log on to www.ohioinhomecare.comor call 419-366-4915.

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Vermilion resident, Suzanne Harten-feld, age 74, joined 24 other womenthroughout Erie and Huron County to help56 less fortunate senior citizens. All posedin front of the camera for Serving Our Sen-iors’ “2013 Calendar Girls SMILES Calen-dar.” It’s a fun and sassy calendar to makeyou smile or laugh, so others may smiletoo!! This calendar was created to benefitthe Serving Our Seniors dental project.Suzanne appears in the calendar threetimes with other volunteer models.

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from the movie, which was based on a truestory, called “Calendar Girls.” It was abouta group of senior citizen women in Eng-land who posed nude to raise money forcancer. In this case, the SMILES calendaris raising money for Serving Our SeniorsDental Project to address the 56 ErieCounty senior citizen residents who need,but cannot afford general dental care totreat or prevent their oral maladies.

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Renee Claycomb, volunteer coordina-tor at Serving Our Seniors recruited 25mwomen to pose in the calendar, which

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SCHOOL BOARDBRIEFSBy Candace Barczyk

The Vermilion Board of Education helda special meeting on Monday, Oct. 22 withall members in attendance.

Goals: Superintendent Phil Pempin andTreasurer Amy Hendricks gave the boardtheir goals. Hendricks turned in the follow-ing three major goals, with various actionsteps to achieve those goals: increase pres-entation of information to the communityand staff to provide greater understandingof school finance topics; continue to play anactive role with the community task forceto help lead the district to financial and pro-gram stability for the future; and continueupdate of student fundraising and proce-dures for athletics and extracurricular ac-tivities.

Pempin turned in the following fivegoals, also with action steps to achieve thosegoals: achieve academic excellence in eachclassroom, building; increase graduationrate to 100% of all high school seniors; cre-ate goals for principals and supervisors thatreflect the district and superintendent goals;administer substance abuse policy; and in-vestigate the addition of a human resourcescompany.

Contracts: The board awarded addi-tional duties contracts to Jacob Baker, asst.boys basketball, Brett Colahan, asst. boysbasketball, and Kristina Edmison, girls in-tramurals; and awarded one-year limitedsupplementals to: Craig Bennett, head grade7 boys basketball; George Buckosh, headbowling coach; Colin Irish, boys intramu-rals; and Jason Sockel, asst. boys basketball.Supt. Pempin noted the addition of intra-murals coaches, saying the district is tryingto offer more activities to students.

VHS grading: Board members Dave Riceand Dale Dawson brought up that VHS isnow having grades be ongoing, instead ofstopping at the nine weeks and startingover. They both said students are not gettingmid-terms. Pempin said he would investi-gate the issue. He shared an e-mail fromVHS Principal Heidi Riddle about the issue,but said he needs to do more research.

Upcoming meetings: The board willmeet Monday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. for the pur-pose of interviewing prospective boardmembers; Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. is thenext regular meeting; and the board regularmeeting schedule for 2012 will end Mon-day, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m.


Your Family TreeDon’t miss the fun family history project

at Ritter Public Library this Saturday. Joinus at 10 a.m. in the computer lab to put to-gether your family history research andphotos in an attractive, scrapbook-type proj-ect you’ll love to share. Familiarity with Mi-crosoft Office programs required. Call967-3798 to let us know you’re coming orsign up on the online calendar at ritterpub-liclibrary.org.

Come back on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 6:30p.m. to hear Becky Hill, head librarian of theRutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center inFremont, talk about genealogy basics, howto get started and where to find help. Call967-3798 to register or sign up online.

New Special StorytimeRitter is starting up a new storytime spe-

cially designed for families with childrenwho have different needs such as autism,Downs Syndrome, sensory-processing dis-order and speech or language delays. Thefirst one meets this Saturday, Oct. 27 at10:30 a.m. All ages are welcome and therewill be time immediately afterward for so-cializing. Please let us know you’re comingby calling 967-3798.

Touch a Truck!Delight your little ones and teach them

about fire safety when Vermilion’s firefight-ing team brings a truck to the library park-ing lot Saturday, Nov. 3 at 10 a.m.

Meet RustyStop in the children’s department from

10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 to meet ourfriend Rusty the Reading Dog. He’s specially

trained to listen while children practice theirreading skills. Call 967-3798 to reserve a 10-minute time slot for your little reader.

Knitting BasicsNow’s a great time of year to pick up a

new hobby. Enjoy knitting during the coldevenings ahead, or create a handmade giftfor the holidays! A new session of our pop-ular basic knitting classes begins Saturday,Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. The series of four classeswill teach you basic knit and purl stitches asyou create a simple project. To knit a facecloth or dish cloth, bring size 8 plastic orbamboo needles and a skein of dishcloth-weight cotton yarn such as “Sugar andCream” brand. For a scarf, bring your choiceof yarn and the size needles required by theyarn label. Reserve your spot today. Call 967-3798 or go to the calendar at ritterpublicli-brary.org.

Tecumseh’s WarHear the fascinating tale of Tecumseh, the

Shawnee leader who fought for the future ofhis people against William Henry Harrisonin the War of 1812, at a special programMonday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. Speaker Dr. GeorgeVourlojianis, chair of the history departmentat Lorain County Community College, is theauthor of two books about Ohio’s militaryhistory.

Tecumseh and his brother, the ShawneeProphet, had allies in the British, who hopedto create a large “neutral” Indian state thatwould cover much of Ohio, Indiana andMichigan. But America’s key victories onLake Erie ended British control and brokeup the coalition of tribes who’d once madetheir homes along its shores.

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HolcombMarine Corps Pvt. Tyler A. Holcomb, son

of Kelly Holcomb of Lorain, Ohio and EddieHolcomb, of Vermilion, Ohio, earned the title ofUnited States Marine after graduating from re-cruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot,Parris Island, SC.

For 13 weeks, Holcomb stayed committedduring some of the world’s most demandingentry-level military training in order to be trans-formed from civilian to Marine instilled withpride, discipline and the core values of honor,

courage and commitment. Training subjectsincluded close-order drill, marksmanship withan M-16A4 rifle, physical fitness, martial arts,swimming, military history, customs and cour-tesies.

One week prior to graduation, Holcombendured The Crucible, a 54-hour final test ofrecruits’ minds and bodies. Upon completion,recruits are presented the Marine Corps em-blem and called Marines for the first time.

Holcomb is a 2012 graduate of VermilionHigh School of Vermilion, Ohio.

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VERMILION TOWNSHIPBRIEFS

The following are the unofficial min-utes of the Vermilion Township Board ofTrustees meeting of Wednesday, Oct. 17.All trustees were in attendance.

Bills: Trustees approved and paid war-rants 17916 through 17933. Warrants to-taled $22,445.15.

Open to the audience: Resident ChrisKsenich inquired about the grant for theRecycling Center by the Erie County SolidWaste Management. Mr. Simon stated itwas determined the project was ineligiblefor the grant; therefore, no further actionwas taken.

Erie County Sheriff: Sheriff Paul A.Sigsworth, Erie County Sheriff’s Office,newly appointed since June 1, 2012 wasin attendance making communityrounds to serve the public, giving up-dates and answering any questions orconcerns. Sheriff Sigsworth gave thefollowing updates: The Dispatch Logand Accident Reports (once approved)can now be accessed on their websitewww.eriecounty.oh.gov/sheriff. Theywould also like to place the Warrant Listonline in the future and are in the processof working to get a video arraignment sys-tem in place. He discussed recent changesby the court regarding posting of bonds.The Erie County Sheriff’s Departmenttries to maintain the most visible patrol aspossible and the substation located in theVermilion Township Office Building(1907 State Road) is greatly appreciated. Itreduces response time especially duringshift changes. Mr. John Wisnieski askedwhat type of communication the ErieCounty Sheriff Department has with theCity of Vermilion and the Lorain CountySheriff Department, and gave an exampleof a recent home robbery. SheriffSigsworth reported they have very goodcommunication and are working towardsa consolidated records management sys-tem in the future. In regards to break-ins,the sheriff would like Vermilion Town-ship residents to please call the depart-ment if they see something out of place orout of the ordinary going on in theirneighborhoods. Trustee Chris Deckerthanked Sheriff Sigsworth for being sovisible in the township.

Fire report: Chief Frank Triana re-ported: Fire Runs between 10/3/12 -10/16/12. Odor Investigation - 1; EMS As-sist - 2; MVA - 2; YTD: 127.

The chief thanked all those who at-tended the fire association’s pancakebreakfast, as well as the association for ajob well done. It took a considerable ef-fort for the many activities that weregoing on simultaneously throughout theday. Roughly 160 people attended thebreakfast. The bloodmobile was lookingfor 20 donors and met that goal. Activi-ties for the day included the smokehouse, fire extinguisher training, Life-flight, automobile extrication demo, andthe fire board & fire hose for the kids toput out the flame. The associationthanked Rich’s Towing for providing thevehicles for the extrication demo.

The department, in support of Na-tional Breast Cancer Awareness Month,wore VTFD pink logo shirts for the break-fast. Vermilion Township Fire Depart-ment (VTFD) Association will makeshirts available for anyone who wouldlike to purchase one. Contact the stationat 440-967-1017 and leave contact infor-mation and the department will get backto the caller with more information. Allproceeds are slated to be donated to can-cer research.

Landscape project for the south end ofthe property is complete. The chief is re-questing another 3 yards of mulch, which

will be placed at the north end to givethat area a uniform look with the rest offacility.

Maintenance of the fire apparatustook place October 17, 18, and pump test-ing on Oct 19.

Fire levy: The Vermilion TownshipFire Department was founded to pro-vide the best protection for the livesand homes of residents of the township.Fire levy dollars will be used to providethe best equipment and training possi-ble and will continue to cover the dayto day expenses of the Department.Goals include the purchase of a newtanker which will help us lower the ISORating and possibly insurance premi-ums for township residents. (Thistanker is on order and will be deliveredin early November). Vermilion Town-ship Fire Department staff will alwayspursue grant offers. In 2007, the depart-ment received a $132,000.00 federalgrant to purchase new SCBA’s and anair - fill station, and over the past 5years it has been recipient of 7 differentgrants totaling $10,500.00 for trainingand EMS equipment.

Gas heat estimates: AdministratorRichard Simon presented three (3) esti-mates for gas heat to be installed to theVermilion Township Office Building andFire Station which is currently all elec-tric: Gross Brothers, Inc. Plumbing, Heat-ing & Air Conditioning, $24,849.00; RayGidich Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.,$24,972.00; Raymond Plumbing & Heat-ing, Inc., $20,132.58. Simon stated thisproject can be completed this year. Co-lumbia Gas will inspect all lines prior toimplementation. Tri-Power Electric inVermilion will complete the electric.Trustees approved a resolution to enteran agreement with Raymond Plumbing &Heating, Inc., as well as authorizingGarth Grob, Tri-Power Electric, to com-plete electrical installation work for gasfurnaces (included in budget).

Old business: Trustee Ron Dickelstated the volunteers that completed thelandscaping project in front of the Ver-milion Township Office Building did avery nice job. Trustees authorized thepurchase of three (3) yards of mulch toplace at the north end of the VermilionTownship/Fire Department Building togive that area a uniform look with the restof the facility.

Trustee Dickel presented quote fromKelling Equipment Repair in Wellington,Ohio for repair of the leaking right frontaxle seal to the township’s John DeereBack Hoe at a cost of $1,348.36 and$85.00 per hour. They will also pick upand return the back hoe. Trustees ap-proved the repair.

Serving Our Seniors rep needed:Trustee Charles Trinter reported anyoneinterested in being a representative fromVermilion Township to serve on the Serv-ing Our Seniors board should be referredto Ms. Nancy Sayler, Florence Township.

New business: Trustee Dickel reportedall road stripping is complete.

Trustees discussed the possibilities ofselling the township’s three (3) snowplows: 10 foot side plow with standardhitch; 11 foot plow with quick hitch; andv-plow. The trustees will investigateprices to determine the value of the snowplows.

Personnel: Trustees went into execu-tive session for personnel reasons. Backin regular session. trustees authorized thefiscal officer to correct Mr. Richard D.Simon, Administrator/Zoning Inspector,vacation and sick time hours due to con-tract and miscalculations.

Follow the Fish art campaign set for 2013A 2013 summer public-art campaign

celebrating nature, sustainability, and Lo-rain County business and tourism waslaunched in June 2012 with the installationof an outdoor dancing-fish sculpture at the46th Lorain International Festival andBazaar at the Black River Landing. In Ver-milion, the project is being coordinated byThe Friends of Harbour Town 1837, whosechairperson for this exciting event is CharGable, owner of The Encore ConsignmentShoppe in downtown Vermilion. Gable en-courages artists, those involved in traveland tourism, and business owners to joinin the excitement of the Art and AdventureTrail promoting the Rt. 6 corridor fromCuyahoga County to Vermilion. ContactChar Gable if you would like to know howto obtain a fish, be a sponsor, a volunteer,or would like to know more about this great“Follow the Fish Campaign” at [email protected], or (440) 967-6972.

Follow the Fish Art and Adventure Trailswill bring together artists, businesses, events,and community members in an outdoor artproject that lines SR 6 with hundreds of ki-netic fish sculptures. Participating entities theCity of Avon Lake, Lorain, Sheffield Lake,Vermilion, Avon Lake City Schools, LorainCity Schools, the Lorain County CommunityCollege FabLab, the Lorain Port Authority,the Lorain Growth Corporation, Stocker Arts

Center at LCCC, the Cleveland Aquarium,and The Friends of Harbour Town 1837 ofVermilion. The art was designed by NorthRidgeville resident Jim Gundlach.

Follow the Fish Art and AdventureTrails will be in full force from May throughSeptember 2013. The July 22 installation ofthe major Lorain sculpture is a prototypefor sculptures designed to anchor the proj-ect in each of the participating communi-ties. The dancing-fish centerpieces eachfeature 18 moveable fish perched atop ninepoles in a metal base.

The centerpiece sculptures representsjust one way Follow the Fish Art and Ad-venture Trails will highlight Lorain Countyas a tourist destination. Other fish sculp-tures, some designed by artists, some deco-rated by students and volunteers, will linethe lakefront communities, encouragingvisitors toward a deep exploration localshops and events. Educational programswill underscore the importance of increas-ing sustainable living.

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Delaney attends FindlayRichard Delaney II, abusiness major, has en-rolled as a freshman atthe University of Findlayfor the 2012-13 academicyear. Delaney, a 2012graduate of VermilionHigh School, is the son ofShelley Delaney of Ver-milion, and Richard De-laney of Stoney Ridge.He was active in soccer.Delaney was awardedthe dean’s scholarshipfrom the university.

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Robert MillsRobert Lee Mills, 79, of Vermilion, died

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at New Life Hos-pice Center of St. Joseph after a short illness.

Robert was born April 4, 1933 in MountClare, WV and had been a Vermilion resi-dent for the past 57 years.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serv-ing during the Korean War.

Robert worked for Ford Motor Co. for 30years in the paint department retiring in1990. He also served as the pastor of Sun-shine Baptist Church, Lorain from 1979 to1995 when he retired.

He was a member of the First BaptistChurch, Vermilion where he served as aDeacon. He enjoyed woodworking andwatching westerns on TV.

He is survived by his daughters, Diana(Tim) Thomas of Nashville, TN, Rebecca(Tom) Bausum of Rembert, SC, Tressa (Jeff)Hart of Millersburg, and Robin (Brian)Butcher of Vermilion; 20 grandchildren; 19great grandchildren; and sister, VirginiaWard of Berlin Heights.

He was preceded in death by his wife,Georgia (nee Turner) Mills in 2009; parents,Raphel & Elizabeth (nee Donnelan) Mills,sisters, Louise Tangari, and Roberta Cup-ples; and brothers, Charles & Steven Mills.

The family received friends on Thurs-day, Oct. 18, 2012 at the Riddle FuneralHome, 5345 South Street, Vermilion, OH.Funeral services were Friday, Oct. 19, 2012at the First Baptist Church, 6716 West RiverRd., Vermilion. The Reverend DonaldResecker officiated. Interment followed atMaple Grove Cemetery, Vermilion wherethe Vermilion Veterans Council conductedmilitary honors.

Online condolences may be made atwww.riddlefuneralhome.com.

Larnia YatesLarnia G.Yates (nee Deel), 76, of Vermil-

ion, died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at NewLife Hospice of St. Joseph, Lorain after alengthy illness.

She was born July 27, 1936 in Harman,

VA, and had been a Vermilion resident forthe past 52 years moving from Virginia.

Larnia had been the manager of Lawson,Vermilion for 10 years.

She was a member of First BaptistChurch, Vermilion and enjoyed sewing,quilting, and cooking.

She is survived by her husband of 59years, Whitten Yates; sons, Russell (Vicki)Yates of Berlin Hts. and Robert (Ruth) Yatesof Berlin Hts.; daughters, Jennifer (Donald)Kurth of Vermilion and Susan (Anthony)White of Vermilion; grandchildren: Justin,Rachel, Ashley, Wesley, Nicholas, Mason,Crystal, and Brooke; great-grandchildren:Gavin, Aidan, Presley, Miley, and Payton;sisters, Kathy Ashby of Hiddenite, NC,Grace Jones of Maxi, VA, Doris Ann Rice ofGrundy, VA, and Reba Smith of Fairfax, VA;brothers, Otis Deel of Summerton, SC andJesse Deel of Amherst;; Uncle Clyde andbest friend, Aunt Mary Deel of Vermilionand Aunt and Uncle Myrtle and Ed Mc-Glothlin of Vermilion.

She was preceded in death by her par-ents, Fines and Mary (nee Stiltner) Deel;brother, Edgar Deel; and sisters, Mary Eliza-

beth Paker and twin sister, Betty Keisman.The family received friends on Tuesday,

Oct. 23, 2012 at the Riddle Funeral Home,5345 South Street, Vermilion, OH. Funeralservices were Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 atthe funeral home. The Reverend DonaldResecker officiated. Interment followed atMaple Grove Cemtery, Vermilion.

The family suggests memorial contribu-tions to New Life Hospice of St. Joseph,3700 Kolbe Road, Lorain, OH 44053


Eula LucasEula J. Lucas (nee Zeller), 94, of Vermil-

ion, died Saturday, October 20, 2012 at MillManor Nursing Home after a short illness.

She was born March 3, 1918 in Berry-burg, WV, and had lived in Elberta Beach,Vermilion for over 60 years, moving fromElyria.

During WWII, Eula worked at thePfaudler Foundry, Elyria. She then becamean LPN at Elyria Memorial Hospital, work-ing in the Children’s Ward and later workedas a nurses aide at Riverview, Vermilion,

and Amherst Manor. She finished her work-ing career in private elder care.

She was a member of First BaptistChurch, Vermilion and loved gardening,needlework, sewing, cooking for her family,and pampering her pets.

She is survived by her daughters, Shirley(Richard) Witteborg of Defiance, Patricia(Michael) D’Aveta of Lakewood, and PamelaLucas Hartle of Vermilion; and grandchil-dren, Caitlin Witteborg (Nathan) Bird andTristan Arthur (Jennifer) D’Aveta.

She was preceded in death by her hus-band, Arthur in 2006, parents, Charles andSusanna (nee Kalman) Zeller; sister, Rose(Bernard) Becker; brothers, Charles (Cecelia)Zeller, John (Marge) Zeller, and Elmer(Ethel) Zeller.

Private services were held.The family suggests memorial contribu-

tions to the Humane Society of Erie County,1911 Superior Street, Sandusky, Ohio 44870or the Animal Protective League of LorainCounty, Inc., 8303 Murray Ridge Road,Elyria, Ohio 44035.


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This home is just waiting to show off itslovely 4 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, along withits formal living, dining, and family room.The kitchen has oak cabinets and all theappliances will be staying. The basementhas been partially finished. The back yardhas some lovely trees and a cedar fence,which will give your family some privacy and a safe place for the children andpets to play. Priced at only $157,500, which is lower than the county auditor hasit, it is A STEAL for you and your family.

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Corner unit w/sunroom, lots of natural light.Cathedral ceiling in liv rm. Nice walk-in clos-et off master. Heat pump, carpeting, kitchentile, new front window and painted all withinthe last year. Attic access for extra storage.Extra deep garage w/overhead storage.Former executive home. Close to Lake Erie,shopping, major highways and Cedar Point.Centrally located between Sandusky and Cleveland.

Visit our web site at www.harbourhomes.homestead.com

for more listings.

Thinking of selling?

List your home with our office;

we do NOT charge processing fees!

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HONDA ACCORD LXP 2009 4-doorsedan, 33,600 miles. $12,900.Clean. 440-967-3350

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Shrink Wrap

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FURNITURE& HOMEDÉCOR

25044 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted

440-471-0183

OPEN TUES-SAT, NOON-8PM

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Resale ShoppeA place to find your treasures!

CHELSEA’SConsignment for the Home26443 Center Ridge Road

Westlake, OHGreat upscale consignment shopping.

Join in the fun. New arrivals daily. Now accepting Furniture, fur coats,

accessories, pictures & jewelry.chelseasconsignments.com

440-892-1850

“A Resale Shop”Recognized as a “shopping destination” and

consistently voted in top 5

as best resale/vintage in Northeast Ohio.

The Red Geranium

Offering high quality home décor, decorative

home accents, gift items, vintage clothing, designer handbags,

vintage and estate jewelry, antiques and collectibles and

household accessories.

13803 Ridge Road, North Royalton, Ohio440-237-2000 www.redgeranium.net

Hours: M W F Sat. 10-4:30; T Th 11-7

10% OFF purchase with this ad. One per customer

Mention

this ad

for an

additional

15% OFFone single

item.

19347 Detroit Road

Rocky River, Oh 44116

[email protected]

Apple Core - a quality consignment store selling

stylish name brand and designer clothing and

fashion accessories for women.

Now accepting fall fashions and accessories.

Nice selection of furniture arriving weekly.

Now open on

Thursdays

12 Noon-7 pm

BUY RESALE NOT RETAIL AND SAVE! ALL AT A FRACTION OF RETAIL

•Mon.-Fri. 10am-8pm•Sat. 10am-7pm•Sun. 12-6pm

For ALL women

sizes 0-26 &

maternity.

We pay you

CASH for your

in-style fashions.

25373 Lorain Rd.,North Olmsted, OH 44070

near the corner of Great Northern Blvd. & Lorain Rd.440-617-6013

[email protected]/northolmsted

NOW BUYING FALL GENTLY USED ITEMS

25955 Detroit Rd, Westlake, OH 44145

440-899-8035

Huge selection of beautiful pre-ownedFurs 50% OFFregularly marked prices

Always accepting quality items of consignment.

Christmas is around the corner!

Our store is full of great gift items

at fantastic savings.

Layaway now. Pay for by Christmas

Hours:

Tuesday thru

Saturday 10-5.

Closed Sunday

& Monday

Gently Used Buyers’ GuideAdvertise your shop today!

Call 888-346-6603

King James Plaza, East of Columbia

25046 Center Ridge Rd, Westlake

440-871-1601 Hours: Tue-Sat. 11am-5pm

CLASSICCLOSET

DESIGNER

PURSES

AND

SHOES

Smallto

PLUS

SIZES

MOTHER

OF THE

BRIDE &

GROOM

Westlake’s

Only Women’s

Upscale Resale/Consignment

Shop

CELEBRATING OUR 20TH YEARTHANK YOU FOR

SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS

TAKE 20% OFFSTOREWIDE Exp. 11/30/12

SECOND-HAND PRICES . . . FIRST-RATE SELECTION

Sun/Mon Closed; Tue/Wed 10-5pm;Thurs/Fri/Sat 10-6pm

FURNITURE, JEWELRY,HOUSEHOLD, CLOTHING, & MORE.

Upscale Resale44881 US Hwy 20

(1 mile East of Rt 58 on US Hwy 20)

Oberlin 440-774-6970

8th Annual Christmas OpenHouse November 23, 24, 25 Somewhere

N Timehas merged with theBlue Barn Shops

Both ShopsNow

acceptingVisa &

MasterCard

New Fall HoursWed-Sat, 11-5

Sunday Noon- 4pm

33060 Center Ridge RdNorth Ridgeville440-821-0058

NEW VENDORS/NEW LOOK IN THE BARN/BOTH RESALE

SPOOKTACULORSPECIALS

for the rest of October10%-50% OFF

selected items in both shops

32674 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville 440-327-0608

$5.00 OFFyour $25 purchase with a

copy of this adExpires November 30, 2012

Check out www.curvyconsignments.com

for informationWed.-Fri. 11-7, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 11-4

Curvy Consignments

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BEDS QUEEN 13” thick, orthopedicpillow-top mattress, brand-new still inplastic w/warranty. Retail $599/sell$199. Full/$175, King/$299. 440-503-9220

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CABINETS GLAZED maple, solidwood, soft close, full extension,dove-tailed drawers, never installed.Cost $7,900/sell $1699. Can deliver.216-288-1808

Dish Network/Directv/Cable/HighSpeed Internet/Starting @$14.95/mo. Call Now 866-418-4935.New Customers Only 1st. 100 Cus-tomers Receive $25.00 Visa Card!866-418-4935

HOT TUB 2011. 6-person w/lounge,fully loaded. Stainless jets, stonecabinet, energy efficient, never in-stalled. Cost $6499/sell $3199. 440-336-7184

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Factory Direct from North Carolina

40-70% OFF RETAILMAJOR NAME BRAND MATTRESS SALE

Full Mattress Sets — $129

Queen Mattress Sets — $199

King Mattress Sets — $299

Bedroom Sets Starting at $699

3321 W. 140th

Street

Cleveland

CALL ALEX OR

MARK

216-780-5750

A-1 MATTRESSES &

BEDROOM FURNITURE

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VERMILION 3925 Edgewater Drive.Sun. Oct 28, 9am-? Lots of goodstuff.

VERMILION 7804 Barnes Rd, be-tween Darrow and Lake Rd, Fri/Sat,10/26-10/27, 9am-5pm. Antiques,household items. No clothes.

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Golden Delicious ApplesGrown Locally½ Peck $6.50

Peck $8.75Vermilion Call 330-231-6166

or 440-967-4787

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Airlines Are Hiring - Train for handson Aviation Career. FAA approvedprogram. Financial aid if qualified -Job Placement assistance. Call Avi-ation Institute of Maintenance. 1-877-676-3836

Attend College Online from Home.Medical, Business, Criminal Justice,Hospitality. Job Placement Assis-tance. Computer Available. Finan-cial Aid if Qualified. SCHEV autho-rized. 1-877-295-1667. www.CenturaOnline.com

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LITCHFIELD 4590 Beat Rd. Sun.Oct. 28, 8am-4pm. Huge movingsale. Indoor heated building. Furni-ture, collectibles, tools, camping,much more.

NORTH OLMSTED 4716 CarstenLane. Sat. Oct. 27, 9:30am-3pm.Household items, adult woman'sclothing, knick-knacks, Christmasitems.

New&

UsedItems

WELCOME HOME

Donations accepted in Support of Wounded WarriorsW-Th-Fri. 11-6; Sat. 9-5; Sun. 11-4

440-865-699436040 SR 82 (west of 83)

Over20

shops

NewVendorsWelcome

FB

Avon

3072 Jaycox Thu/Fri/Sat 9-5

32678 Detroit Rd. Sat 10-4

Avon Lake

117 Ashwood Thu 9-2

31847/31854 Hazlewood Lane Wed 3-7, Thu 8-2

410 Lear Rd. Thu 9-3 Holy Spirit Parish Hall

Grafton

11793 Island Rd. Fri/Sat 9-4

Litchfield

4590 Beat Rd. Sun 8-4

North Olmsted

4716 Carsten Lane Sat 9:30-3

Vermilion

7804 Barnes Rd. Fri/Sat 9-5

GARAGE SALE

Call 1-888-346-6603 for Details

QUICK CLIPPER

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GraftonMOVES MADE EASIER SALE

Everything must go! 11793 Island Rd, Grafton

(just north of Rt.82) Friday, October 26, 9-4

Saturday, October 27, 9-4DIY paradise! Craftsman 22HPlawn tractor, garden cultivator,chipper/shredder, push mower,weed eater, snowthrower, 16ftextension ladder, Bowflex homegym, 2 chain saws, 2 drills, 2buffer/sander/polisher, jig saw,table grinder, table saw,electricians tools, electric oven,bedroom & living room furni-ture, TVs, picnic table, fishinggear, much more!

HURON Awesome sale at GreyHouse next to 1215 Mariner Drive.Sat. 7am-2pm, Sun 9am-noon. Likenew home/holiday décor. If you likeTJ Maxx this sale is for you. All high-quality items, yet nothing priced over$10. Great bargains, don't delay!

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Call Mark

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SPECIALIZING IN ON-SITE REPAIRS

GREENE CONCRETELEVELING

35 Years in businessUnmatched 10-Year Warranty

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Graham CustomServices

440-476-0125All your ELECTRICAL needsat one number. Lights, fans,

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SERVICE DIRECTORY

Landscaping

For a free quote, call me first.

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• BOATS • MOTORCYCLES

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[email protected]

VERMILION

CALL 440-963-7278OVER 25 YEARSEXPERIENCE

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Tear-Offs & Single-Ply Rubber Flat Roofs

Call (440)967-1366Toll Free - 866-967-1366

Licensed • Bonded • InsuredIn Business Since 1974

Lawn Care

Excavating

Roofing

Sandstone Excavating, LLC

Residential • Commercial

• Underground Utilities

• Concrete Construction

• Demolition • Foundations

• Waterproofing

• Site Development • Fill Dirt

• Topsoil • Grading

440.984.0001 Chris Varouh

Concrete

Tree Service

Moving / Storage

MOVING?

MOVING & STORAGE, Inc.

Local & Long

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Call for a FREE ESTIMATE!

440-986-3200

800-637-0100

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(Watches Too!)Not battery operated

WE COME TOYOU!!!

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WE WILL

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Commercial and Residential

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CALL LOCALLY 440-653-6790NATHAN BEVAQUE, OWNER

• Mowing & Lawn Maintenance

• Mulching & Pruning

• Landscaping/Lawn & Bed Installation

SPECIALIZING IN Fall Clean-ups and Snow Plowing

Tree & ExcavatingFully Insured

•Tree Removal

•Stump Grinding

•Trimming

•Planting

[email protected]

•Topsoil•Mulch

•Ponds•Driveways

•Firewood

•Snow Removal

Local Owner/Operator

Vermilion Resident

Environmentally

Friendly

Senior Citizen

Discount Available

All Types of Concrete

Jim Campana Inc.440-960-0944

45 Years ExperienceStamped Concrete Now Available

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Call us!3469 Liberty Ave., Vermilion

Call 440-967-9192

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Hot Water Heaters, Furnaces,Vehicles, Swing Sets and More.

440-986-1113

FREE PICK UP OF SCRAP METALS

Recycling

Boats

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•Residential

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— Insured —35 Years Experience440-284-0500

YOUR ONE CALL FOR

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ALL PHASES OF BUILDING & REMODELING

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