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Homecoming car Over 20 years ago, Bill Otto, of Tipp City, Ohio, began restoring a 1921 Model T Ford that he found in a barn in Phoneton, Ohio. After scraping off the paint, he found the words “The Claus Grocery - Genoa, Ohio” Otto’s dream was to return the car to Genoa which he did in time to display it at the Genoa Cruise In. At left, Otto’s wife Sandy with an original photo of the car. Bottom left, Dwight Claus, grandson of George Claus, owner of Claus Grocery, Joe Clement of JC Financial Services, and Bill Otto. The grocery store was located at 615 Main St. where Clement’s business now resides. Bottom right, a Claus grocery store ad found by Jennifer Fording, Elmore Library. (Press photos by Ken Grosjean)
By Cynthia L. Jacoby Special to The Press news@presspublications.com Four Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies lost pay, were suspended and kicked off marine patrol duty for the remainder of the year for crossing into Canadian waters last month. “What they did was absolutely a bad decision,” Ottawa County Sheriff Steve Levorchick said. “It was inappropriate. They knew it.” Levorchick’s chief deputy, Jeff Hickman, received the most severe penalty – a 20-day suspension. Detective Joel Barton was off the job for 15 days. The other two deputies, Don St. Clair and Ross Glovinsky, landed three day suspensions. Hickman, the highest ranking of the deputies, earns $28.15 an hour, according to Ottawa County Auditor Larry Hartlaub. He retired from the sheriff’s office in 2009 and was later rehired. The disciplinary action did not affect his retirement pay. Barton makes $25.01 an hour. Hickman acknowledged that it was wrong and took full responsibility, the sheriff said. All four men also lost pay for that day (July 18) and had to pay back $400 worth of gas divided evenly among them, the sheriff said. That money was paid directly to the gasoline vendor used by the marine patrol. “The estimated amount was probably less than what a daily trip would cost. But I would rather error on the side of caution. This trip did not cost the taxpayers any money,” Levorchick said. The marine patrol was not on duty in U.S. waters on a crystal clear Saturday when Lake Erie was like a sheet of glass and boaters, jet skiers and other marine enthusiasts were out in force. Instead, the four deputies drove two boats to ports on Pelee Island and Lemington, Ontario. The foursome’s trip was revealed to the sheriff in a Sunday night telephone call from a Northern Border Initiative official who had spotted them during the venture. The federally funded organization works closely and shares information with the sheriff’s office. One of the two boats used that day
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The epicenter for studying Lake Erie By J. Patrick Eaken Press Staff Writer news@presspublications.com One of the biggest players actively involved in keeping Lake Erie healthy can be found on a 6.5 acre island easily accessible from downtown Put-In-Bay. Gibraltar Island used to be a lookout point for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry in the fight against the British during the War of 1812. Now, it’s a lookout for keeping the world’s most recreationally-used freshwater lake environmentally healthy and its billion-dollar tourism industry thriving. The Ohio State University’s F.T. Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island is 120 years old and has been Ohio’s Lake Erie laboratory since 1895. It is the oldest freshwater biological field station in the country and is part of Ohio Sea Grant. If you have ever been curious about the
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Solutions Lake Erie science that takes place at Stone Lab, or want to take a peek inside the Civil War-era Cooke Castle, or peer down from Perry’s Lookout, the opportunity presents itself at the 17th Annual Friends of Stone Lab open house from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 12. For two days last week, 20 journalists from around the country got that chance, and they were updated about ongoing Lake Erie research during the Sixth Annual Lake Erie Workshop for Science and Outdoor Writers and Reporters at Stone Lab, courtesy of the Joyce Foundation, the OSU Sea Grant
Program, and the Friends of Stone Lab. They were told about how Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab are bringing together farmers, fertilizer companies, scientists, and management agencies to find ways to prevent harmful algal blooms through new management practices and public outreach, and just in time. This year, total and dissolved phosphorous loading into Lake Erie is at an alltime high, which scientists attribute to record-setting rainfall in June. However, the amount of toxin produced by microcystis — the cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that feed off phosphorous and nitrogen, is not as high, which puzzles scientists. More than harmful algae research The first thing you realize when you reach Gibraltar Island and Stone Lab is Continued on page 2
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