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generalize the strategies voluntarily to other settings.”

While DeWine has not called for the cancelation of religious services, Quade said the principles of social distancing apply as much in worship settings as they do anywhere else.

Quade asked all residents to adhere to DeWine’s ordered closures, and to expand upon them where possible.

He added, GPH hand-delivered a letter to all Geauga Amish schools See Case • Page 4

The Chesterland News has been receiving notifications of suspensions and cancellations of community events and programs due to the Coronavirus pandemic. We recommend calling the sponsors ahead to confirm whether or not an event is taking place. The Chesterland News office will be closed to walk-in customers until further notice. Instead, please contact us at ads@chesterlandnews.com or 440-729-7667, ext. 3.

County Officials, Departments Enact Plans to Deal with COVID-19 Pandemic

Geauga West Library will be closed to the public until at least April 6.

For more information, visit geaugalibrary.net or call 440-729-4250. The Geauga West Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale, scheduled for March 1821, has been cancelled.

By Amy Patterson amy@geaugamapleleaf.com

Geauga Public Health announced the county’s first positive case of COVID-19 March 15 at 11 p.m. GPH used the press release announcing the case to emphasize the importance of social distancing in protecting the community.

Geauga County Health Commissioner Tom Quade said Monday because of the nature of personal travel and the likelihood of working, shopping and socializing outside of our own local areas, information

regarding the specific location of the person who has tested positive has “limited value to the public at large” relative to medical privacy concerns.

“I hope it is enough for folks to realize we have evidence of active COVID-19 in the county,” Quade said.

Earlier Sunday, Gov. Mike DeWine announced an Ohio Department of Health order closing all restaurants and bars across the state to inhouse patrons, effective that night.

Restaurants with take-out and delivery options will still be able to oper-

ate those services, DeWine’s order said, even as their dining rooms are temporarily closed.

DeWine also ordered all K-12 schools in the state shuttered until April 3 at the earliest, and banned mass gatherings of 100 or more people.

Quade spoke in support of these measures.

“These strategies will save lives,” Quade said. “How many lives will be saved will depend on the degree to which all Ohioans adhere not only to these orders, but also the degree to which they are able to

Governor Orders Schools Closed, Bans Mass Gatherings, Closes Restaurants/Bars

By John Karlovec editor@geaugamapleleaf.com Geauga County leaders called an emergency meeting March 12 to discuss planning and preparation to combat the Coronavirus pandemic.

Earlier Gov. Mike DeWine announced a three-week spring break for Ohio K-12 schools beginning 3:30 p.m. March 16 through at least April 3 as a precaution against the spread of the virus. The order applies to public, private and charter schools.

“We are announcing today that children in the state will have an extended spring break. The spring break will be the duration of three weeks and we will review it at the end of that,” DeWine said.

The governor is encouraging daycare centers to remain open during the COVID-19 outbreak, but is asking parents to remove their children and find alternative care

because children could be potential carriers of the COVID-19 virus.

This action for K-12 schools is in addition to suspension or cancelation of in-person classes announced earlier by colleges and universities.

The governor also issued a directive last Thursday banning mass gatherings of 100 people or more.

Mass gatherings are defined as any event or convening that brings together 100 or more persons in a single room or single space at the same time such as an auditorium, stadium, arena, large conference room, meeting hall, theater or any other confined indoor or outdoor space.

This would include parades, fairs and festivals.

Mass gatherings does not include normal operations of airports, bus and train stations, medical facilities, libraries, shopping malls and centers, or other spaces where 100 or more persons may be in transit.

It also does not include typical office environments, schools, restaurants, factories or retail/grocery stores where large numbers of people are present, but it is unusual for them to be within arm’s length of one another.

The order will take effect immediately and will remain until DeW-

ine’s declared state of emergency has been rescinded or modified.

On Sunday, DeWine ordered all bars and restaurants in the state of Ohio to close beginning at 9 PM. Carry out orders will be an exception to that order.

As of 2 p.m. March 15, there are 37 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ohio and 361 persons under investigation.

“Since that has been ordered, other departments have done some things. The board of DD (Developmental Disabilities) and parks have See Plans • Page 2

West Geauga Senior Center will be closed until further notice. For more information or questions, call the Geauga County Department on Aging office at 440-279-2130.

A number of Geauga Park District programs and events have been cancelled. For a complete list, and more information on its response to the coronavirus, visit online at www. geaugaparkdistrict.org.

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from page 1 canceled all of their events, and the probate and juvenile court has issued a list of changes that they’re putting in place,” county Administrator Gerry Morgan said.

Morgan told the county commissioners he wanted to call an emergency meeting to discuss how officials wanted to treat county employees affected by the governor’s orders.

“Under normal circumstances with school closing for a holiday or teacher-in-service days, or snow days, we would require them to utilize their vacation time, but this being a mandate from the state for three weeks — a lot of our employees only get two weeks of vacation — how do we want to handle that?”

Morgan asked. “Do we want to allow them to use sick time for that time or if we want to have — currently we do not have a personal day — or some other form of day off where they would get paid, kind of like a vacation day or sick day, but not put them in a detriment that they have to use vacation time or sick time because of the state order?”

Morgan added if the state were to order all government offices to shut down, the commissioners would need to decide how to provide residents with the essential services they would need.

Commissioner Tim Lennon asked what commissioners were allowed to do as far as compensating employees.

“If a parent has to be gone for weeks on end, we don’t want them to have to use up their vacation time or sick time, obviously,” he said. “I would guess there are probably lots of parents in this county that both work, so this is going to be an issue for us.”

Morgan suggested the commissioners could allow additional personal days to cover the 15 work days, but such a provision is not currently included in the county’s personnel policy.

He added the county also would need to enact some type of verification process to ensure an affected employee has children impacted by the governor’s order.

“This is just an unusual situation that we’ve never had to deal with before,” Commissioner Ralph Spidalieri said. “I feel we definitely need to take care of our employees in this situation.”

Geauga County Prosecutor Jim Flaiz explained any action would pertain only to those employees under the commissioners’ hiring authority. He added these are public employees, many of whom are needed to perform essential services.

“The reason government exists is because we perform services that private industry can’t or won’t,” he said, suggesting some type of application process might be appropriate whereby a supervisor would approve the paid time off benefit. “We are going to have to maintain minimal staffing in certain areas.”

Geauga Health District Director Thomas Quade said the county health district would be notified if anyone tests positive for

COVID-19 or is a person under investigation and voluntarily quarantined.

County Maintenance Director Glen Vernick said his department has “stepped it up” in terms of cleaning public counters, doorknobs and handrails.

“They’re getting wiped down daily,” he said.

Quade explained the coronavirus is a “fairly fragile” virus. He said employees need to have access to wipes and hand-sanitizers. At counters, public pens should be wiped down regularly and employees should use their own pens.

“We have not lived long enough with this novel virus. It’s a virus that we’re familiar with — coronavirus has caused lots of things we’ve had — this is the first time this particular one has occupied human bodies,” Quade explained. “So, we don’t know what that epidemic curve is going to be; it means we don’t know how long it’s going to last.”

He added the government has been trying to slow it down so as to not overburden the healthcare system.

“But in slowing it down, it also stretches it out,” said Quade.

Depending on how long the crisis last, Vernick said the county has adequate supplies on hand.

“We have been trying for the last two to three days ordering and ordering,” he said.

“When we can, we get it in. We’re trying to stock it up.”

Geauga County Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand explained dispatchers are trained to ask a series of questions for anyone calling 9-1-1 with symptoms of coronavirus so the information can be relayed to EMS crews.

He added rescue squads are only sending one person into a home, keeping the driver separated in order to lessen any possible exposure.

“The danger for us and the EMS personnel is that if you get a bunch of people who are going to be quarantined, we’re going to run out of people to come out and help you,” Hildenbrand said.

Board of Elections Director Pete Zeigler said the March 17 primary election is still proceeding as planned. He added all residential senior centers are excluded as voting locations.

Zeigler did note the board of elections is being impacted with poll worker cancelations.

“Our poll worker population tends to be older than the general population and there is fear,” he said.

Department on Aging Executive Director Jessica Boalt said effective Monday, March 16, all senior centers in the county and adult daycare programs will be closed until further notice.

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Chester Government Update The Chester Township Board of Trustees regular meeting on Feb. 27 began at 5:30 p.m. with a motion to enter into executive session concerning legal matters. The trustees, Geauga County Assistant Prosecutor Sheila Salem and Mr. Martinowski, architect for Osborne Capital Group, and Mr. Keating, attorney for Osborne Capital Group, were invited into the executive session to discuss their 8491 Mayfield Road (aka “Buckstop”) proposal. No actions resulted from the meeting.

In regular business, bids for supplying the township with aggregate and asphalt were opened and forwarded to service director Joe Fornaro for review.

Next, Chester Zoning Commission (ZC) Chair Cathy Cotman, who in a prior meeting had presented a series of draft proposed changes to the zoning resolution, requested feedback from the trustees. Most changes were to make the township’s rules consistent with the Ohio Revised Code or to clarify some language. Most of the discussion revolved around the issue of residential garage sales. Currently, garage sales are prohibited and the ZC proposed to add them to the list of permitted uses without regulation, other than defining them as being temporary and occasional. One trustee concurred with the ZCs proposal, another favored adding regulations to limit the number of sales that would be allowed per year, and the third requested that further research be conducted.

The next set of proposed zoning resolution changes involved clarifying the township’s authority over agriculture on lots less than five acres, amending the licensing requirement for day spas and changes to water management and sediment control rules, essentially proposing to remove the rules because they fall under the authority of the Geauga Country Soil and Water Conservation District.

The board appreciates the diligent work the zoning commission is doing to help improve the quality and content of Chester’s Zoning Resolution.

Anthony Nastasi, chair of the Chester Planning Committee (CPC), gave a brief historical review of the efforts of the CPC over the past nearly two years. The board unanimously approved forwarding the questionnaire to Cleveland State University. There was some discussion regarding privacy laws, demographics and public records, which will be addressed prior to mailing the survey to the public. Trustees thank the CPC for their dedication and hard work on this important project.

Because the CPC live streams their meetings on Facebook, a question regarding records retention of this media form was raised. The township will evaluate how to manage this “public record” and incorporate it into its record retention policy. Regarding live streaming, residents have also requested the trustees consider livestreaming the public meetings. Trustee Claypool will investigate and evaluate options.

A memorandum of understanding was passed regarding Chester’s Phase 2 Stormwater Management program, essentially using the services of the County Engineer and Geauga County Soil and Water to help manage the program for a small fee.

The NOPEC Energized Community Grant Program was also passed, enabling the township to receive money for implementing energy conservation programs.

Linda Palchik was re-appointed to a position on the West Geauga Community Joint Recreational District and trustees thank her for many years of service to the organization.

Motions were approved for the purchase of diesel fuel, and to auction or scrap various obsolete/outdated items in the Chester Road Department. The items will be auctioned on GovDeals.com The purchase of flowers for hanging baskets in the amount of $2,000 from Mulberry Creek Greenhouse was approved. Those who wish to donate to support the beautification program may email mlflorentine@chestertwp.org.

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teer drivers, staff would deliver meals.

All staff will report to work as scheduled, added Boalt, and they will be calling all seniors who participate in programs to perform welfare checks.

Quade explained if the state is closing the schools — children being a less vulnerable population — it makes sense to close the senior centers, thereby avoiding “high risks.”

“Those folks are dying at a rate that’s actually 10 times higher than the flu, and we know that they’re susceptible to the flu,” he said.

Added Quade, “We can either close something early, we can close something at the exact right time or we can close something after somebody gets sick and dies. Of those three, the only thing that’s acceptable is to close early, which is where we are.”

Spidalieri cautioned, however, the last thing anyone wants to do is instill panic, because that is when people start to make bad decisions.

“I know that we’re all trying to be proactive, but what we don’t want to have is panic,” he said.

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the vulnerable population in all capacities through our senior centers,” she said. “We do feel at this time it would be in the best interest of our clients as well as our staff to close our senior centers, as well as to close our face-to-face appointments with clients in our office and at-home visits at this time.”

Home-delivered meals will continue and the department’s call line, 440-279-2130, will remain open. If there is a shortage of volun-

Campus News Dean Nard, former resident of Chester Township, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Cincinnati.

Preston Melkerson, a 2018 West Geauga High School graduate, is an honor graduate with the United States Air Force. He is an airman first class stationed at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix, Ariz. He is the son of Laura Melkerson and Eric Melkerson, both of Russell Township.

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from page 1 March 13, the day after the DeWine ordered schools closed. He added GPH is meeting with the Amish school board March 16.

“I am confident that they will see the importance of keeping everyone safe by participating in the social distancing. GPH also outlined three assumptions the public can make regarding the virus,” Quade said.

He said the number of confirmed reported cases of COVID-19 continues to rise sharply in Ohio, leading to three assumptions the public can make regarding the virus.

“First, models suggest there are more people in Geauga County who are already infected and contagious, but who are experiencing such mild symptoms that they have not sought medical care and have not been

pantries, West Geauga local schools, Geauga Job and Family Services and Geauga Veterans programs to assist local families in need.

West Geauga Kiwanis thanks all the volunteers from Kiwanis, Andrew’s Spirit of Hope, the Boys and Girls Scouts and numerous community members. A special thanks to Word of Grace Church, Chester Fire Chief John Wargelin and the local Chester firefighters union for their support. Kiwanis would also like to thank its corporate sponsors: American Asphalt & Sealcoating, Bremec Garden Centers, Chester McDonalds, Heinen’s and NCR family of restaurants Cedar Creek Grille and Lindey’s Lake House for their generous support of the project. tested,” GPH said.

Second, the number of confirmed cases will increase moving forward.

We are on the front end of this public health threat, GPH said, and should expect our routines to change significantly in the months to come.

Third, because there is no COVID-19 vaccine, GPH said the only effective public health strategies to combat the spread of the illness depend on everyone changing their normal behaviors such as practicing social distancing.

Social distancing, GPH added, is most effective when used pre-emptively, before you begin to show symptoms.

Quade acknowledged the challenges and sacrifices a “new normal” — one of closed schools and empty restaurants — will entail, but reminded the public we are all working together to save lives.

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Pacifico Heading to Washington, D.C. After winning the West Geauga Middle School and district spelling bees, Parker Pacifico went on to spell better than the best of Geauga County. The stage was then set for the Tri-County Bee held at the Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve. Parker competed with the winners

of the Lake and Ashtabula county spelling bees. After many rounds of difficult competition, Parker became champion. He will now compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., in May, where he will face some of the best spellers in the country.

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Parker celebrates his victory with his parents, Tony and Kim Pacifico and West Geauga Middle School Principal Ron Dahlhofer.

JFS Offers Summer Camp and Enrichment Program Horseback riding, overnight camp, swimming lessons, day camp, gymnastics, music, art, hiking, baseball and exploring nature are some of the activities foster children and low-income children in Geauga County can enjoy thanks to donations to Geauga County Job and Family Services Summer Camp and Enrichment Program.

Families must complete an application

and provide verification of their income. For more information, or to request an application, contact Sara Shininger at 440-285-9141, ext. 1263.

To make a donation to the Summer Camp and Enrichment Program, send a check payable to “Special Services� to Geauga County Job and Family Services, 12480 Ravenwood Drive, Chardon, OH 44024.

Center for Amish Teens Seeks Funds Sunshine Training Center in Middlefield is a new workshop for special needs Amish children 16 years and older.

As the center starts the new venture, it is running behind in funds to operate and is accepting monetary donations. Please make checks payable to Sunshine Training Center and send to: Middlefield Banking Co., PO Box 35, Middlefield, OH 44062.

Any and all donations are greatly appreciated by the special needs children and their parents.

For a 501(c)(3) form, call Mervin Miller at 440-632-1889.

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The cast and crew of “Let it Glow” performed five shows at Westwood Elementary School March 5-7, marking the 21st year of musicals at the school.

Hocevar Named MVP

Athena Hocevar has been awarded Most Valuable Player of the Chagrin Valley Conference and third team all-Ohio honors. Athena led the West Geauga Wolverines to the CVC championship, sectional championship and concluded the season as district runner-up. She is a junior at West Geauga High School and Athena Hocevar looks forward to playing together with her sister, Alexa, for one more year.

Congratulations also go to coach Bob Beutel. He was awarded CVC Coach of the Year for the season.

Students ‘Let it Glow’

Students at Westwood Elementary School performed “Let it Glow” at five shows beginning with a production before students and staff. Over 150 students participated in the musical directed by fifth-grade teacher Dan Reich. It the 21st year that Mr. Reich has directed the show.

No Place for Hate Program

The Student Leadership Team taught classes about tolerance at West Geauga Middle School. The students asked Principal Ron Dahlhofer if they could teach lessons as a part of the school’s No Place for Hate initiative. The students hope that their presentations will have maximum impact on all the students at the middle school.

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West Geauga Middle School Student Leadership Team members (l to r) Nick Res, Myles Foushee, Ellie Furst, Lilah Beukemann, Dalton Zappia, Eli Milnar and Quinn Misterka teach a lesson as a part of the school’s “No Place for Hate” program.

The lessons are used in addition to the school’s existing OLWEUS antibullying program, which began in 2012. Students participate in class meetings every two weeks throughout the school year.

Academic Decathlon Success

West Geauga High School Academic Decathlon Team finished fourth in the state competition. Special recognition belongs to sophomore Noah Carty who had the highest score for the team. Junior Sofya Goncharenko won a gold medal in interview and had one of the top scores in the state for interview.

Senior Hannah Barker, in addition to winning two medals, is also the school’s first

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four-year team member. She has earned medals in every one of the eight state-level competitions in which she competed. Hanna has been an extraordinary leader for this team.