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Plans Finalized for 9-11 Memorial

The 13,000-pound, 18-foot-long beam is from the World Trade Center. campaign and email campaign, frankly without much success.”

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Jeff Clegg, of Toledo Memorial, with the 9/11 Memorial rendering.

BY MARY HELEN DARAH

A groundbreaking and dedication will be announced later this year for a memorial on the grounds of Toledo Memorial Park, located at 6382 Monroe St. in Sylvania. The memorial, called “9-11 First Responders Last Call Memorial,” is named in honor of first responders and will also pay homage to an important part of the service memorial of police and firefighters, known as “The Last Call.” The memorial will include a 13,000pound and 18-foot-long beam from the World Trade Center. The memorial will also include a slate dedication walk for those wanting to thank or memorialize a loved one.

Jeff Clegg, president of Toledo Memorial Park, began a letter-writing campaign to receive an artifact from Ground Zero. “My son had an internship in New York City in 2003,” Clegg recalls. “While visiting him there, we

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went to ground zero. At that time, they were still cleaning up the mess. It was a life changing moment. You look at a big hole in the ground and all the twisted steel and remember all the people who lost their lives in that spot. I have been here at Toledo Memorial Park since 2010. It just seemed natural that now that I’m in this business, to do something to honor first responders. We are known as the ‘veteran’s cemetery.’ I think it’s equally important to recognize the people who rush in when others are running away. This is what I came up with. The Port Authority of New York has a department dedicated to artifacts of the Twin Towers. I started a letter-writing

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Clegg’s lack of success in obtaining an artifact did not deter his enthusiasm for the project. “Back when I started this campaign, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur was in office,” states Clegg. “I sent all the correspondence to her along with a rendition of what we wanted to build. She wrote a very nice letter to the Port Authority of New York on our behalf.

Again, we heard nothing. After over threeand-a-half years, we finally received an email

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Jessica Carpenter of Over the Rainbow painted a design on the face of Eve Lindon.

Heritage Center Art Show Highland third grade student Darren Coburn showed his art work to his art teacher Liz Schooner.

Olander’s Easter Egg Hunt

Michael Gonzalez worked diligently to make his bunny ears for the the Easter egg hunt.

INDEX

Congratulations 2A Community Events 3-6A Community News 7-9, 15-17A Downtown News 12-14A Sylvania Then & Now 15A More details on 10B Business News 18-24A School News 1-5B Lourdes News 6B Sports News 7B Community Affairs 9-11B Obituaries 13B Real Estate 14B More details on 18-19A Classifieds 15B

Free Curb-Side Pick-Up Schedule A Week of April 18 Schedule B Week of April 25

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Anniversary

This month marks the first anniversary since ‘Super Kelsie’ Cousino had open heart surgery. The strong little miss is the daughter of McCord Junior High School special education teacher Jackie Cousino.

Kelsie, who has Williams Syndrome, has had numerous heart issues and surgeries since birth. Jackie, her husband Andy, and brother Cole are appreciative of their ‘little miracle’ and would like to thank the Sylvania community for their prayers and support. –by Mary Helen Darah

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Did you forget to do your homework?

Then join us for Funeral School!

When: April 27th and May 4th Where: Sylvania Senior Center, Willow Room Time: Class starts promptly at 10 a.m.; FREE lunch is served noon-1 p.m.

We will help you get your “homework� done and get the answers to your funeral pre-planning questions.

Do I want burial or cremation? What are my options?

What are my social security benefits and / or veterans benefits at the time of death? Can I still have a visitation if I choose cremation?

Receive your “diploma� following class and the peace of mind that you completed your homework on time.

To register for our Funeral School or if you would like more information, please call Mark Henderson at 419-902-0114 There is no charge for attending. 55 & over please.

Space is limited.

CONGRATULATIONS

100th Birthday Celebrated

Convent Park Senior Apartments property manager Shannon Loutzenhiser and Laura Hieber wished her grandmother Alice Graham Kille happy 100th birthday, as did her postal carrier Tammy Shaffer. Loutzenhiser and Shaffer planned the party on her actual birthday, March 17, for neighbors, family and friends. Earlier, on March 13, an open house to celebrate her birthday was held with approximately 50 relatives stopping by to visit and wish her a happy birthday. Now a resident of Sylvania, Kille was the fifth of nine children of Gertrude and Roy Graham. She and her five sisters and three brothers grew up on a farm outside of Maumee and she attended Maumee High School. In 1939, she married Forrest Kille and moved to a farm in Ottawa Lake, Mich. She worked along side of her husband on the farm driving a tractor, taking care of livestock and more until he passed away in 1957. Later, she drove a school bus for the Whiteford Agricultural Schools and then for Larc Lane Schools. After she retired, she worked at the former Seitz Bakery, now Brieschke’s Bakery, in downtown Sylvania. She loved to travel and even went white water rafting in West Virginia when she was in her early 80s. Kille continues to live independently, doing her own laundry and taking care of her apartment. She enjoys watching the Lawrence Welk Show and visiting with her family and neighbors. She keeps up with the news from watching television and reading the Sylvania AdVantage. She has four children, Betty Kille Hieber of Sylvania, Roger of Walbridge, Lee of Mesa, Ariz., and Dale of Okinawa, Japan. She has 11 grandchildren, including Laura, Diane, Karen (deceased) and Michael Hieber of Sylvania, and nine great-grandchildren.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Stefanie A. Gray, who recently joined the team at Toledo Memorial Park, located at 6832 Monroe St., as a family service advisor. Gray will assist families in making arrangements for their loved ones. She will also help families with pre-planning and designing monuments and markers. –by Mary Helen Darah

COMMUNITY EVENTS

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IN & AROUND SYLVANIA

Alzheimer’s Association An Alzheimer’s Association support group meets the second Tuesday of each month from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 9144 Lewis Ave., Temperance.

Contact Marie Ready at 800/272-3900 or mready@alz.org.

Aquatic Exercise for Survivors CPW and The Victory Center offer Aquatic Exercise for Survivors at CPW, 3130 Central Park West, on Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. Free to all survivors through a grant from The Rotary Club of Toledo.

Boomers Resource Network Boomers Resource Network meets every Thursday at Uncle John’s Restaurant, 11:30 a.m. to noon, followed by educational speakers from noon to 1 p.m. Call 419/865-8503 or visit boomersrn.com.

Cardio Drumming Elevate Nutrition, 6383 Monroe St., offers Cardio Drumming on Mondays and Thursdays at 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10:30 a.m.

Cardio Kickboxing Cardio Kickboxing/Circuit Training is offered on Wednesdays at 6:15 p.m. and Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. at Elevate Nutrition, 6383 Monroe St. Boxing gloves required.

Call 419/517-7080.

Food Addicts in Recovery Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous meets every Monday night at 7 p.m. at Epworth United Methodist Church, 4855 W. Central Ave., room 206. Call 419/699-1007, email jtreat@bex.net or visit foodaddicts.org.

God Works!

Crossroads Community Church, 6960 Sylvania-Petersburg Road, Ottawa Lake, Mich., offers God Works!, providing a warm meal to anyone in need each Thursday. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; meal is at 6 p.m.

Knit or Crochet for Charity Interested in learning to knit or crochet? Join the small group that meets every Thursday from 10 a.m. to Noon. If you know how, share your knowledge or we will teach you.

For more info, contact 419/882-3907 or grpyrlvr@yahoo.com.

Mothers’ Center of Greater Toledo Weekly meetings at McCord Road Christian Church, 4675 N. McCord Rd. in Sylvania.

In addition to meetings, the group offers

playdates and an Executive Mommas’ group for working mothers.

Nursing Mothers’ Group The nursing mothers’ group meets the first and third Tuesday of every month from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the new Ronald McDonald House. Call 419/291-5667.

Olivet Lutheran Church’s Free Community Meal Olivet hosts a free community meal each Wednesday in the Christian Life Center.

Enjoy food and fellowship at 5840 Monroe St. Call 419/882-2077 or visit olivetsylvania.org for info.

Pet Loss Support Group SylvaniaVet hosts a pet loss support group meeting at Christ Presbyterian Church, 4225 W. Sylvania Ave., 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month. For information, call 419/885-4421.

Prostate Cancer Support Group A Support Group meets the fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Cancer Center Library at St. Ann Hospital. Call Roger Augustyniak at 419/346-2753 or Tom Maidment at 419/490-4690.

Taizé Service A Taizé Service is held the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Sylvania United Church of Christ chapel, 7240 Erie St. 419/882-0048.

T.A.M.E. Meeting The Toledo Area Miniature Enthusiasts, meets the first Saturday of each month, 1 to 4 p.m. in the carriage house at the Sylvania Heritage Museum, 5717 Main St. Call 734/847-6366.

TOPS Meetings (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Three chapters of TOPS - 0640, 1961 and 1672 - meet at King of Glory Lutheran Church, 6715 Brint Road. Meetings are held Mondays from 9-10:30 a.m. and 5:30-7 p.m., and Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call 419/478-1103 or 419/841-6436 for info.

TOPS is not church affiliated.

Zion Lutheran LCMC Updated Hours Zion Lutheran LCMC Church, 8307 Memorial Hwy., Ottawa Lake, Mich., has updated their hours. Robin Blum will lead the Children’s Sunday school at 9 a.m.

Traditional service is 10:15 a.m. During Lent, a contemporary service is at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays with communion on the first and third Sunday of each month.

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Items for the Events Page must be submitted one week prior to publication and will be printed on a space-available basis.

Information can be faxed to 419/824-0112 or emailed to sylvaniaadvantage@gmail.com. A name and phone number must be included in case more information is needed.

Sylvania Senior Center Programs

The Senior Center hours of operation: Monday 8 am-5 pm, Tuesday 8 am-7:30 pm, Wednesday-Friday 8 am-5 pm Lunch is served from 11:45-12:15 p.m. Monday-Friday; suggested donation for persons who are 60+ is $2.50; non-senior is $5.62. Make reservation by noon the day before. Tuesday evening dinner is served from 4:30-5:15, $7 per person; make reservation by noon the Friday before.

Billiards: Monday-Friday open all day, weekly. Computer Lab open when classes are not in session. Open Gym: open when classes are not in session.

Quilting and Sewing: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 8-12 noon, weekly.

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Senior Chorus: Tue 9:45-11:15, weekly Tai Chi for Health: Tue 3-4, MarOct* Nat Geo: Engineering Egypt: 5:30, with Betty Dorcas Hatha Yoga: Tue evenings 6-7:15, weekly* Knitting & Crocheting: Wed 9-11 & Fri 2-4, weekly Strength/Balance: Wed 1-2, Fri 10:30-11:30, weekly* Restorative Yoga: Wed 2:30-4, weekly* Health Fair: 10-1, Free! and open to 55+ Spanish Club: 1st & 3rd Thu, 3-4, monthly Estate Planning Review: 2nd Friday, 10-12, monthly 55+ Line Dancing: Fridays 2:304, $3 at the door, weekly Jazzercise: Mon, Wed & Fri 9-10, Tue & Thu 8:30-9:30; weekly Strength Training: Mon & Thu 10-11, weekly* BP Clinic: 11-12:30 Body Recall: Mon, Tue & Thu 11:3012:30, weekly* Legal Outreach: 2nd Tue, by appointment, monthly Adult Coloring: 2nd & 4th Tue, 1-3, bring your own supplies!

Current Events Discussion Group: 2nd & 4th Tue 3-4:30, monthly Tai Chi for Health: Tue 3-4, weekly* SYL Fire Dept., Mike Ramm, Deputy Chief-Operations: 5:30 Medicare & You: 5:30-6:30, monthly Hatha Yoga: Tue evenings 6-7:15, Mar-Oct*

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Strength/Balance: Wed 1-2, Fri 10:30-11:30, weekly* Restorative Yoga: Wed 2:30-4, weekly* Blood Pressure/Glucose Clinic: 2nd Thu, 11-12:30, monthly Scrabble: Fridays 1:30-4:30, weekly Quilt Fan-Attics: Mon 9-11, weekly Jazzercise: Mon, Wed & Fri 9-10, Tue & Thu 8:30-9:30; weekly Strength Training: Mon & Thu 10-11, weekly* Blood Pressure Clinic: Tue 8:3011:30 Contract Bridge: Tue 12:30-3:30, weekly Tai Chi for Health: Tue 3-4, weekly* Welcome to Medicare: 6-8 p.m., for those turning 65 Movie Day: 3rd Wed. 1-3, please RSVP, monthly Strength/Balance: Wed 1-2, Fri 10:30-11:30, weekly* Restorative Yoga: Wed 2:30-4, weekly* Book Review Group: 3rd Thu 2-3, monthly Benefits Specialist: help w/ health insurance issues, by appointment, monthly 55+ Line Dancing: Fridays 2:304:00, $3 at the door, weekly Quilting & Sewing: Mon, Tue & Thu 8-12 noon, weekly Strength Training: Mon & Thu 10-11, weekly* BP Clinic: 11-12:30 Body Recall: Mon, Tue & Thu 11:3012:30, weekly*

*Call for fee and registration • For more info call: 419/885-3913 Sylvania Community Services, a nonprofit agency, manages the Sylvania Senior Center. For a complete listing of all Senior Center activities and programs, visit www.sylvaniaseniorcenter.org and click on Senior Center Newsletter.

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IN & AROUND SYLVANIA

Locations Franciscan Center, Lourdes University, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania Olander Park (Nederhouser and Gorman), 6930 W. Sylvania Ave. To register, 419/8828313, ext. 1013 or programs@olanderpark.com www.olanderpark.com Secor Metropark, 10001 W. Central, Berkey www.metroparkstoledo.com Sylvania Branch Library 6749 Monroe St., Sylvania 419/882-2089 Toledo Museum of Art 2445 Monroe St., Toledo www.toledomuseum.org Toledo Zoo 2 Hippo Way, Toledo www.toledozoo.org Valentine Theatre 410 Adams Street, Toledo www.valentinetheatre.com Wildwood Preserve Metropark (Manor House) 5100 W. Central Ave., Toledo www.metroparkstoledo.com

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• Through April 28

Toledo Women’s Art League Exhibition Toledo Artists’ Club in Toledo Botanical Garden 419/531-4079 All displayed art is for sale and may be seen during gallery hours: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from1 to 4 p.m.

• Through April 30 Photo Arts Club of Toledo’s Photography Exhibit National Center for Nature Photography Secor Park West Central Avenue six miles west of I/475/US23 The Photo Arts Club of Toledo, in conjunction with the Metroparks of the Toledo area, will hold its 30th annual photography exhibit, open on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are six divisions including Flora (individual and groups of plants and plant life), Fauna (animals), People, Monochrome ( black and white or monotone, no selective color added), Places (landscapes,vistas, and locations are the main focus) and an Open division. Photographers under age 15 have submitted photos in a Youth division.

• Through May 8 Indigenous Beauty: Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection Toledo Museum of Art Canaday Gallery Drawn from Native American art collected

by Charles and Valerie Diker, this exhibit features more than 100 masterworks representing tribes across the North American continent. Free admission.

• April 5 Scandia String Quartet, 3 p.m.

Epworth United Methodist Church 4855 W. Central Ave. 419/531-4236 Epworth.com Part of the Epworth Artist Series, the Scandia String Quartet, featuring Cecilia Johnson and Dana Mader, violins, Alice Neff Petersen, viola, and James Anderson, cello, will perform chamber and classical music. A free will offering will benefit FOCUS. Twinkle Little Star, PreK, 10 a.m.

Olander Gorman Join ECO Discovery! for a story about the stars and make a starfinder to take home.

Register.

• April 7 Eco-Friendly Crafts, Terracotta Herb Garden, Adults, 6-7:30 p.m.

Olander Gorman TOPS’ Casey McDonald will help create a sustainable and decorative piece for your home.

Intro to eBooks for iPad, 2-3 p.m.

Sylvania Branch Library 6749 Monroe St. 419/882-2089 web2.toledolibrary.org Learn how to download eBooks and eAudiobooks on your iPad. Bring your Apple ID and password, email address, and library card information. First time attendees should arrive 15 minutes early to have their iPads set up by a librarian. Registration.

• April 8

Women’s Connection West 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m.

Highland Meadows Golf Club 7455 Erie St. ‘Fashion Splash’ with Ajun Gokyigit and a

fashion show by White House/Black Market will be featured at the monthly luncheon.

‘Surviving the Winds of Life and Still Laughing,’ is the title of the talk by Sherry Gray from New Carlisle, Ohio. $13.

Gene Zenz & The Quality Control Band, 7–11 p.m.

Joseph W. Diehn American Legion 468 5580 Centennial Rd. The event is open to the public. There is a cover charge is $7. Call 419/882-9080.

Rain, Rain Go Away, Pre K, 10 a.m.

Olander Gorman Mary Leugers and her mascot, Rags, will introduce you to the joys of rain with stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts. Register.

• April 9 12th Annual Spring Craft Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Hope United Methodist Church 4069 W. Sylvania Ave. (Across from Franklin Park Mall) This annual show features crafters from Ohio and Michigan offering an excellent variety of crafts for men, women, children, and even pets. Get your mom a handcrafted gift for Mother’s Day. Lunch available from 11 a.m.2 p.m., and there is an all-day bake sale.

• April 9, 16, 23 Back To The Moon For Good, 7:30 p.m.

Appold Planetarium-Lourdes University 6832 Convent Blvd.

419/517-8897 planetarium@lourdes.edu An exciting, educational fulldome show narrated by award-winning actor Tim Allen highlights the history of the moon’s exploration. Admission is $5 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Reservations are recommended.

Your Go-To Event: Fourth Annual Tree City Film Festival

• Through May 15 The American West: Photographs of a New Frontier Toledo Museum of Art Works on Paper Gallery This exhibit offers a portrait of the landscape of the Western United States. Ansel Adams, Timothy O’Sullivan and Carlton Emmens Watkins are a few of the photographers represented by the approximately 70 works on display. Free admission.

• Through May 25 (Wednesdays) Come Dance With Me, All Ages 6:30-8 p.m.

Olander Nederhouser Learn to line dance with Mary Leugers. $5 per person per class. Register.

BY MARISA MERCURIO he fourth annual Tree City Film Festival will be held at the Sylvania Historical Village Train Barn from April 22 to 24. The Sylvania Community Arts Commission hosts the three-day event. Participation in the film festival is open to both new filmmakers and professionals. The public is invited to attend the viewing of the films.

Each evening a different film genre is presented. Friday, the Oscar-nominated Shorts will be shown, Saturday will feature Sylvania’s 50-Hour Film Challenge, and

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Sunday, the Shorties, created by Sylvania youth, will be highlighted.

The Oscar night features Academy Award-nominated short films. The 50-Hour Film Challenge evening presents the productions of the 16 teams of filmmakers who had exactly 50 hours to write, direct, and star in a short film. The Shorties Showcase is made up of area student films from grades K12, including the films made at the SCAC Shorties U workshop earlier this year.

As a part of the Tree Film Festival, the kickoff to the 50-hour challenge was held at Sodbuster Bar where the groups were given several requirements for their films. These included the use of the name “Robin Chandler” for a character (a nod to the Red Bird Art District and the Sylvania Chandler family), a Sylvania brand light bulb, the location of Heritage Burr Oak, and a few others. Additionally, each group was given an individual genre, which ranged from “mystery” to “documentary.”

Each evening of the Festival will conclude with an awards ceremony for first- and second-place film, which are judged by a panel of professionals in California.

Additional awards, such as the Spirit of Sylvania award and the Audience Choice, give the festival its personal flare. The Spirit of Sylvania, in particular, awards the film that best embodies a positive message, tells a unique story, and uses Sylvania’s downtown to its best advantage.

Student films can be submitted until April 12. More information, including tickets, can be found at www.sylvaniaarts.org.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

• April 10

IN & AROUND SYLVANIA

Bead for Life Sale, 9 a.m.-Noon Sylvania United Church of Christ 7240 Erie St. 419/882-0048.

Beautiful jewelry created by Ugandan women who use this income for food, medicine, school fees and hope.

Epworth Health Fair 2016, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Epworth United Methodist Church 4855 W. Central Avenue 419/531-4236 www.Epworth.com Experience ‘Wellness Across the Spectrum’ at the health fair geared for children through seniors in the Family Life Center at Epworth.

Information and activities can be found for all ages including bone scans, dyslexia simulation, strokes, assisted and independent living, child safety, nutrition and fitness.

Night Flyers, PreK, 10 a.m.

Olander Gorman Join ECO Discovery! to learn about birds, bugs and bats that fly at night. Share a story, find daytime roosting spots, make a finger puppet to take home to fly after dark.

• April 11 Monday Morning Bird Walk, Families, 10 a.m.

Sylvan Prairie Park Take a leisurely walk around the park observing the local bird life. Bring binoculars. Register.

Maze Madness, K-5 Grade,10-11 a.m.

Sylvania Branch Library 6749 Monroe St. 419/882-2089 web2.toledolibrary.org In honor of National Library Week’s theme, ‘Libraries Transform,’ learn to navigate different mazes, create ramps and obstacles to guide a marble through your Lego maze.

Sit Stay Read, 7-7:15 p.m., 7:20-7:35 p.m., 7:40-7:55 p.m.

Sylvania Branch Library 6749 Monroe St. 419/882-2089 web2.toledolibrary.org Books and dogs make a great combination.

Register once for a weekly 15-minute session to improve your reading skills while reading to a gentle, friendly therapy dog. Additional sessions April 18, April 25, May 2, May 9.

Intimacy and Cancer, 6-8 p.m.

The Victory Center 5532 W. Central Ave., Suite B. 419/531-7600

Featured speakers are Dr. Andrew Croak, from The Center for Urogynecology and Women’s Health in Maumee, social worker Rene Barrat-Gordon from the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, and Tina Kerr, RN, MSN, and breast cancer survivor.

This program, for women only, is free to cancer survivors but requires preregistration.

• April 12 IEP Training, 6-8 p.m.

Lucas Co. Board of Developmental Disabilities 1155 Larc Lane Sandy Brickner, OCECD Information Specialist/Trainer, offers training for parents.

Parents and professionals register for free training by calling 419/214-3066 or wsmenner@esclakeeriewest.org.

SYLVANIA ADVANTAGE | FIRST APRIL 2016 | 5A • April 22 It’s Earth Day! PreK, 10 a.m.

Olander Gorman Celebrate Earth Day with ECO Discovery!

Look at what’s around, hear a story about the earth and make something to remind us to care for our planet. Earth-friendly snacks add to the fun. Register.

• April 23 26th Annual Kid’s Trout Derby, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Olander Nederhouser The Ohio Department of Natural Resources stocks Lake Olander with over 2,000 trout.

Each child receives a door prize and is eligible for a raffle with over 100 prizes donated by area businesses. Bring your own fishing poles. Bait and small tackle available. Register from 8:30 a.m. to Noon.

Spring Rummage Sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sylvania United Church of Christ 7240 Erie St. 419/882-0048 Gently used household items and clothing will be available. All proceeds will benefit the church’s outreach to the Sylvania community and beyond. ‘Clothing Bag’ for $3 from 8 a.m.-noon. ‘Fill a Bag’ for $2 (or 3 for $5) from noon-2 p.m.

Early Bird Migrants through NW Ohio, 9 a.m.-Noon Lourdes Education Center for the Environment Join this informational get-together to learn about the NW Chapter of Ohio Young Birders followed by a walk through the wooded areas of Lourdes. Register at programs@olanderpark.com.

Birthday Celebrated With Pedi Party

• April 14 Woodcock Walk, Adults, 7:30 p.m.

Sylvan Prairie Park Every spring the male woodcock puts on an aerial display to impress a female woodcock. Come watch the amazing flight.

Register.

• April 15 Amazing Worms, PreK 10 a.m.

Olander Gorman Join Joyce Davis and learn about worms, gather their castings, find tunnels and even a worm or two. Have fun with puppets, songs and stories. Register.

Star Party, Adults, 8:30 p.m.

Sylvan Prairie Park Join Toledo Area Astronomers for an evening of star watching. TAA members set up telescopes so you can look at stars, moon and other astronomical sites. Bring your own scope, too. Canceled if cloudy or raining.

Register.

• April 17 Restoring Wildlife Habitat, 1-4 p.m.

Olander Maintenance Building Join the National Resources Team to restore wildlife habitat in Sylvania. Explore and improve the many local parks and learn about the wildlife. Be prepared to weed, plant, clear brush, etc. Wear long pants and bring gloves. Volunteers will need transportation to worksite. Register.

• April 19 April Showers and Flowers, 10 a.m.

Olander Gorman Join ECO Discovery! to look for seeds and signs of flowers. Share a book about Ohio’s wildflowers and make a trillium, Ohio’s state wildflower, to take home. Register.

Lisa’s Nail Spa technicians Alexia Rupe, Shelly Pitzen, Nikki Haughn and Lisa Rupe provide pedicure services for Lauren Andrews, Alex Parquette, Kristin Andrews and Sally Micsko, who celebrated her 18th birthday with a pedi party.

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L-R: Dr. Neeraj Kanwal, president of ProMedica Flower Hospital, and wife Susan enjoyed catching up with Dave and Cathy Hunter at the Chocolate and Wine Affair held at Sylvania Area Family Services.

L-R: Bob Forcht and Gary and Molly Fitzpatrick said ‘cheers’ to an evening of fun that included a silent auction, mystery bags, lottery tree and 50/50 auction.

Candy Sturtz and Melan Forcht enjoyed perusing the silent auction tables that included donated items from many local businesses.

Sarah Lamb and Crystal Ruby attended the ‘Chocolate and Wine Affair’ on March 19.

Chocolate and Wine Affair Raises Funds for SAFS

—by Mary Helen Darah

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Andy’s Army Promotes Pet Wellness

Back row, L-R: Via Giovannucci, Patti Reitz, the Easter Bunny aka Sue Bechtel, Diane Giveins and front row, L-R: Kae Heil, Gary Heil and Mark Giveins were volunteers at the ‘Pet Photos with the Easter Bunny’ event, March 12, at Petco, 5027 Monroe St. All proceeds benefited canine cancer research through Andy’s Army, whose mission is to promote pet wellness and canine cancer awareness and fund canine cancer research.

Bethany and Ryan Liedel, of ‘Toledo’s Pet Bull Project,’ brought adoptable dogs to the event in hopes of finding them forever homes.

The Easter Bunny, Sue Bechtel, of ‘Andy’s Army K-9 Cancer Project,’ bonded with 2-1/2 year-old Rocky, who is available for adoption through ‘Toledo’s Pet Bull Project.’–by Mary Helen Darah

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Local artist wheels his way across the canvas to create work For the fourth year, local art teacher Ani Geha and Jeremy Bigelow have created a series of artwork to be sold online and at fundraisers for Team Bigelow. “I am also planning to display and sell some of my work at a Red Bird Art Walk and other venues in Sylvania and the Toledo area,” Bigelow said.

Team Bigelow is a large group of family members and friends who have come together to support Bigelow, who was paralyzed from the shoulders down as a result of an auto accident in 2010. The team came together to raise funds to help with medical expenses and physical therapy that insurance does not cover.

Four years ago, Geha learned of Team Bigelow and of Bigelow’s situation. She wanted to involve her students in an art project to help and Bigelow was most eager to participate.

“In my younger days while I was at Northview, I always loved getting into artwork.

I felt I was pretty good at it but in college I pursued a business degree. When the accident happened, I was bombarded with ideas and suggestions of what others in my situation have done. Artwork was a big one! Some painted with limited hand or arm function, some with their mouth, but I had never really seen much done using a chair. One day, I was outside and happened to run over a few puddles on the pavement. The tread of my chair began to lay some pretty cool patterns all over the pavement. From then on, I knew that there could be some fun art projects doing this on canvas. When Ani suggested an art project, there was no hesitation on my part to take full advantage of that offer,” Bigelow remembered.

“We have been very fortunate to have support of many people in the community. Bill Goodyear of American Frame has generously donated gesso-coated canvas for us to use.

Also, all of our paint has been donated,” Geha reported. Acrylic house paint is used for the base coats on the canvas and tempera washable paint is used for the wheels.

When the two get ready to create, Geha applies paint to the tires of his chair and Bigelow drives over a prepared canvas making designs with his tracks. “He has come up with some spectacular pieces,” Geha noted. This year, a new twist has been added. Bigelow’s father, Brad, developed a small wooden platform complete with pipefittings that attaches to Bigelow’s wheelchair footplate.

Various implements, including a large brush, broom, sponges and more, are configured with appropriate fittings, providing Bigelow with additional devices to lay down paint on the prepared canvas. “It is really exciting to have some additional options,” he said.

Earlier in the year, Geha’s students painted a blue-, yellow-, purple- and almond-colored canvas for Bigelow. “I let each child paint a section so each has a part of the overall work,” she said. “After the canvases were painted, Jeremy came to school and put his mark on the

David Osmond to perform at Walk MS

Walk MS will be held on Sunday, April 10, at the University of Toledo’s Health Education Building, 2801 Bancroft St. Singer/songwriter David Osmond, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 10 years ago when he was 26 years old, will be featured and will sing his new song called, “I Can Do This.” The Walk MS premier national sponsor, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, is bringing Osmond to Toledo Walk MS event as part of the “Our Voice in Song” campaign to raise awareness about multiple sclerosis and to raise funds.

The Ohio Buckeye Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is hosting Walk MS to raise funds for local programs, services and medical research For more information about multiple sclerosis or the Walk MS event, visit MSohiowalk.org or call 855/372-1331.

work.”

“Painting is always a great time and I look forward to seeing what awesome creations we can come up with! The best part is that there is no right or wrong answer. We can paint however or whatever we want, and the possibilities are endless,” Bigelow stated.

“When I roll across the canvas, I never know what is going to be created. The one thing I do know that it’s not going to be perfect and whatever paint is laid down will come together to be something amazing. I think it’s a great representation of what is happened in my life,” Bigelow related. “Sure, since the accident, I’m unable to move or do anything from the shoulders down, but painting gives me a sense of independence –something that I’m battling every day to regain.”

“After my accident, my life was put in a much different perspective and I had to come to the understanding that I had no control over the things that were going to happen to me. I think that the paintings represent just that.

Each painted tread shows a different direction that life has taken me and each speck of blown paint can represent all of the good and bad that happens along the way. At first I may not like exactly what has been painted, but I know that with the great support group around to help me, it will come out to be something pretty spectacular. The moral of the story is that you cannot plan what happens in life, but know that God has a plan, and if you keep moving forward in a positive direction things will all come together. In other words, believe,” Bigelow affirmed.

Through hard work, faith, and maintaining a positive attitude, Bigelow has overcome many obstacles and continues to show improvement every day. Throughout his recovery, Bigelow has learned that he can still do everything he used to do–it’s just different now. Despite the odds, he believes he will regain use of his arms again, and even walk again. He continually reminds himself that “Slow and steady wins the race.” Bigelow has learned how to direct his personal care to stay healthy and strong even when there are setbacks.

Bigelow attributes his positive attitude and recovery progress to the support of his family and friends who formed Team Bigelow. “To this day, I don’t allow my injury to define me or dictate what my future holds. Since day one of the accident, my support group, Team Bigelow, stands tall in believing this injury is not permanent and one day those of us with SCI will defy the odds. There’s nothing more important than coming together as a team and working towards a common goal. We pick each other up when we are down and push each other forward when the brakes are on. Thank you, Team Bigelow, for keeping the momentum going and never slowing down.”

Bigelow’s artwork can be viewed at www.Jeremy-Bigelow.com.

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MONTHLY SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAM AND LUNCHEON THURSDAY, APRIL 7 AT 10:30 A.M. Emmanuel Baptist Church, 4207 Laskey Rd. Toledo, OH This month’s speaker is Angie Goodnight of the Ability Center.

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Whiteford art teacher Ani Geha, right, applies paint to the wheels on Jeremy Bigelow’s motorized chair to create the works of art.

After paint has been applied, the canvas is cut into smaller, framable size works, which are available for purchase.

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Mayberry University is in session every Thursday morning

L-R: Bob Mohr, Jerry Benore, Bob Dietsch and Gene Paul meet every Thursday morning to swap stories.

TOPS takes proactive approach to manage geese The Olander Park System contracted with Ohio Geese Control to help manage geese at Olander Park. The firm started bringing trained dogs to the park starting March 21 and will continue for 10 weeks to discourage geese from settling and nesting along the shoreline.

To be effective, dogs must be deployed one to three times a day, every day, to deter geese. The National Humane Society and the Ohio Division of Wildlife recommend this humane and effective tactic. TOPS has had consistent issues with its Canada goose population in the past few years, especially during spring nesting time. Geese get particularly territorial and aggressive when they have eggs on the nest, and while the park district is in the process of implementing some other deterrents, like

letting shoreline vegetation grow longer, the safety of the park’s visitors is a priority. The geese are not harmed in this process, and other species of migrating waterfowl that use Lake Olander as a stop-over will not be impacted, as they do not access the shoreline when they visit. As a result, visitors should not be surprised if they see dogs off leash at Olander Park during the next ten weeks. TOPS has not changed the no pets policy at this park͞ they are attempting to manage the goose population, and the use of dogs is a temporary, seasonal measure.

For additional information, call Erika Buri at eburi@olanderpark.com or 419/882-8313, ext. 1001.

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Four friends, who happen to be WWII war veterans as well, have been meeting for breakfast every Thursday morning at Mayberry Diner for the past several years.

They include Jerry Benore, 90, Bob Dietsch, 91, Bob Mohr, 85, and Gene Paul, 91. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is where we all trade lies,â&#x20AC;? laughed Dietsch, who was drafted into the Army at age 18 and served in Africa and Italy during the war. He is the keeper of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mayberry University in Sessionâ&#x20AC;? sign, which hovers over the table on a weekly basis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is amazing to find others who understand what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about,â&#x20AC;? he added.

All of the diners agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I talk to my grandchildren and they have no idea what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m saying,â&#x20AC;? Paul said.

Dietsch and Paul have been friends since they first met in the fourth grade at Maplewood School. They shared many school memories, including their vocational experiences at Burnham High School, along with other experiences they have had over the years.

Paul enlisted at age 17 and served in the South Pacific with the Navy during World War II, and remembers walking around Tokyo before the war was over. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was quite an experience,â&#x20AC;? he remembered.

Not to be outdone, his friend Dietsch said he happened to be in Rome on June 4, 1944, the day it fell. He was a combat engineer and worked on bridges and roads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was first drafted I was asked if I would be interested in officer candidate school. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know how to be a soldier, let alone an officer,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Benore also enlisted at age 17. He served as an ambulance driver in the Air Corps during WWII and was stationed at five

different air bases in the United Stares.

The youngster in the group, Mohr, also grew up in Sylvania, attended Maplewood School, and graduated from Burnham High School. He spent two-and-a-half years in the Air Force working on B29s in Okinawa during the Korean conflict.

After returning from their respective tours of duty, Benore returned to his family home in north Toledo where he owned and operated gasoline stations and served as a flying instructor at the Wagon Wheel Airport. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somewhere along the line, the Sylvania guys adopted me,â&#x20AC;? he reported.

Dietsch moved to Swanton where he was a successful tool and die maker, owning several shops through the years.

Mohr and Paul returned to Sylvania after their tours of duty were over. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I came back home after the war, I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure what to do. I just knew I did not want to be on relief,â&#x20AC;? Paul noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, I built a house and it sold. Then I built another and another and at last count, there are 100 or more homes.â&#x20AC;? Paul said he also constructed five Toledo Home Federal Banks and two shopping centers, Haymarket Square and Southbriar.

Mohr joined a friend who was doing concrete work after he came back to Sylvania, which led to the formation of his own business, the RL Mohr Concrete Co. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did a lot of concrete work for Gene through the years,â&#x20AC;? Mohr recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153; I knew Bob Dietsch from Swanton and I met Jerry when we began meeting at Mayberry on Thursday mornings,.

And, for now, the group of friends continues to meet and enjoy swapping their (tall) tales over coffee and breakfast at the diner.

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Wellness marathon planned The Sylvania Franciscan Village presents a day-long wellness marathon on April 7, which is free and open to the public. Events scheduled include:

Keynote Address, 11 a.m.

Dr. Kevin Anderson’s address is entitled “Joy Management: A scientifically supported new approach to stress, optimal health and living your best life,” in the Ebeid Student Center, Lourdes University. Dr. Anderson is a psychologist with over 30 years of experience helping students, couples, families, and individuals with a variety of life challenges.

Friendly Triathlon Competition, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Using a treadmill, stationary bike and a rower, Lourdes students, faculty and staff, the Sisters, and their employees and other residents will team up in groups of three according to determined categories (e.g. athletes, women, seniors) to compete for bragging rights and prizes.

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Wheelchair Walk, 10 a.m.

Residents at Rosary Care Center and Our Lady of Grace Assisted Living, with assistance from students at Lourdes and other volunteers, will walk the campus.

Health and Wellness Interactive Exhibits and Activities, Noon-2 p.m.

Exhibits in five areas of wellness: Social, Emotional, Spiritual, Physical and Environmental, offer hands-on activities, resources, fun and information. This holistic event has something for everyone. Learn about the 10 best foods to eat, assess your balance or range of motion, have your blood pressure checked, discover places of solitude on campus, challenge some long-held myths about achieving health and longevity and much more.

Prediction Walk/Run, 2:30 p.m.

Guess the time it will take to walk/run the course. The one closest to the exact time wins.

Tree City Playhouse and Lourdes University Drama Society offers Festival of One Acts Tree City Playhouse, a new community theatre program of the Sylvania Community Arts Commission, will hold its inaugural production in collaboration with Lourdes University Drama Society. The groups will present a Festival of One Acts consisting of 10 “10-minute” plays featuring original works by the winners of the Drama Society’s 2015 One Act Playwriting Competition.

Performances will be held April 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. and April 10 at 2 p.m. in the Franciscan Center Theatre of Lourdes University, 6832 Convent Blvd., in Sylvania. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for seniors and students. Tickets can be purchased in advance online at www.sylvaniaarts.org or by calling 419/517-0118 or at the door.

This year’s competition received over 120 submissions from across the U.S., as well as Canada and New Zealand. Dan Borengasser of Springdale, Ariz., was awarded first-place for his short comedy, “Losing Proposition.”

Second-place playwright Laura Londagin of Chewelah, Wash., submitted “Chipotle,” in which the customers at a popular new eatery will do just about anything as they vie for a good spot in line just before opening. “La Vie en Rose” by Allan Provost of Miami, Fla., captured third place and is about former lovers who reminisce about their failed relationship only to discover fate has played a cruel trick on them.

Keith Ramsdell, former Drama Society advisor and artistic director for Tree City Playhouse, noted this is the ninth year for the Festival of One Acts and he’s excited the groups are working together to continue the tradition. He’s also grateful for the support of the Sylvania Community Arts Commission.

“Our vision is to bring accessible, educational, and family-friendly theatre to the Sylvania community and our affiliation with SCAC will help us accomplish that goal.”

The “Talk is (NOT) Cheap” Parent-toParent event will be held Wednesday, April 13 at 7 p.m. at the Sylvania Senior Center, 7140 Sylvania Ave. The forum will offer a discussion on children and mental health issues covering anxiety, body image issues, depression, anger and rage, stress and isolation and is designed to allow parents to share and interact with other parents working to meet the mental health needs of their children.

The Parent-to-Parent event will consist of

an explanation of the need for this program, a parent’s perspective, and a mental health professional providing valuable information in the parental assessment, the steps to take in obtaining help, and the treatment of mental health in children. The goal is for parents to receive valuable information and to leave feeling empowered to advocate for their children. There will also be several mental health organizations and resources available that evening.

Read for Literacy’s Amazing Race, Dinner and Auction, presented by United HealthCare Community Plan, is Saturday, April 9 at 4 p.m. Registrations for teams of four are being accepted to join in the hunt, which starts and finishes at The Pinnacle, 1772 Indian Wood Circle, Maumee.

Teams will drive around town taking photos of clues, earn points and return to The Pinnacle for a buffet dinner, raffle, live and silent auctions.

For $160, teams of four are treated to dinner, dessert, coffee stations and a take-home bag of goodies from local vendors.

According to Event Chair Bonnie Berland, “The Amazing Race is a wonderful way for people to come together for a fun evening and at the same time support literacy programs in our community. All of the funds raised will allow ‘Read for Literacy’ to serve more students with books, training materials

and other items that make them successful in the classroom and in life!”

Read for Literacy works to provide a range of literacy services and trainings that enable children, adults and families the opportunity to achieve success. In Lucas, Wood and Seneca counties over 39,000 families read at or below the basic fourth grade reading level.

The goal is to provide quality programming, appropriate reading material and books to help students gain literacy knowledge.

Parent-to-Parent meeting scheduled

The Amazing Race Scavenger Hunt, Dinner and Auction planned

Vintage 223 to open

A monthly market, Vintage 223, will be open April 15 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and April 17 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 14200 U.S. 223, Riga, Mich.

Hosted by Patina and Vintage Finds & Redesign, the new market features re-loved vintage, re-styled furnishings and re-purposed junk.

BTT Presents ‘Beauty and the Beast’

L-R: Hannah Gerken, Drew Kiss, Larissa Huffman, Evan Long (Sylvania) Johanna Alexander, Sheldon Young and Jacqueline Weaner (Sylvania).

The story unfolds from both Beauty and the Beast to create an appealing story that love is not just attraction, but the love of someone’s inner self and true personality. Performances are 7 p.m. Friday, April 22, and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24, at Trinity Episcopal Church. Tickets are $15-20. For more information or to purchase tickets call 419/861-0895.

Mobile Meals Chili Cookoff Judges Take a Break

Chili judge Pam Wierauch held Rory Barnaby while his big brother Reece and big sister Drew looked on with their mother, chili judge Melissa Andrews after the judging the Mobile Meals’ Chili Cookoff on March 19.

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Biomedical Visualization Graduate Student

Molly Hunter

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Molly Huttner and her medical illustrations.

BY MARISA MERCURIO

Northview 2010 graduate Molly Huttner attends graduate school at University of Illinois at Chicago where she studies biomedical visualization, more commonly known as medical illustration.

What exactly is medical illustration?

Simply, it’s the way that we communicate medical science to an audience, whether it’s students, the general public, or doctors. It’s science through art.

What are your artistic roots?

I remember watching “Bambi” on VHS and at the end of the credits they showed how movie was made. There were artists sitting in a studio painting Bambi and flipping the pages to make him move. After that I couldn’t stop drawing.

In middle school I began taking classes at For the Love of Art and continued to attend through high school and into college. And, of course, I took art at Northview.

I also taught myself a lot of anatomy outside of school. I was obsessed with drawing my own people and figuring out how anatomy worked.

Where there any ‘aha’ moments?

I mostly abandoned art in college, but around my junior year an acquaintance

mentioned biomedical illustration and it sounded amazing. It combined medicine and art. I had been studying kinesiology and health. During school breaks I kept looking into it and I finally got in contact with a medical illustrator at The University of Toledo and asked to see a day in the life of someone with that career. He offered me an internship and I’ve been working towards it since.

What is your favorite medium/style?

In biomedical visualization, we do a lot of digital illustration. That can be 3D modeling on a computer, where we sculpt and mold objects on a computer, which can be a stomach to a blood cell to a medical instrument for a procedure.

I also paint a lot with acrylics, but that’s mostly for fun.

Future plans?

I want to be a medical illustrator and specialize in 3D modeling. I’d like to work at a studio with a medical animation team, as well as freelance my illustrations.

Any advice for blossoming artists?

It’s never too late to figure it all out just because your degree doesn’t say you’re an artist; there are a lot of careers that involve art. You have to really want it, but there are a lot of options. Explore them.

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Sylvania Sizzle Simmer Sauté

Whether you pronounce them erbs or herbs, the benefits of having the fresh plants at your fingertips are many. For starters, fresh herbs provide an extra layer of flavor to your cooking, their aroma freshens the air in your home, and they are just plain nice to look at.

Even if you don’t have a green thumb or space to grow herbs outdoors, just a few pots full and a sunny windowsill can supply you with enough to use year-round.

Gail Zeisloft, the gardener for Element 112 at 5735 N. Main St. in Sylvania, said that there are many advantages to growing your own herbs. “It’s the ability to have it absolutely fresh - it doesn’t get any fresher than picking it two minutes before you use it.” Zeisloft, an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist and a Master Gardener Volunteer, began growing herbs, micro greens and garnishes in an indoor garden at the restaurant in March 2015. “When you grow your own herbs, you know what’s gone into the process. It’s particularly good for those who need to know what’s in their food.”

“Cost is a big factor too. Herbs are expensive,” said Zeisloft. Growing them yourself is more cost-effective and you can choose to grow only what you want to eat. “There’s no sense in growing something that you’ll never cook with,” she added.

Be patient though. “Basil is popular, but it’s very picky on temperature,” said Zeisloft.

“Some herbs are fussier than others.” She suggested trying parsley, chives and thyme which are a bit easier to grow indoors.

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Growing an indoor herb garden

BY JENNIFER RUPLE

Interested in creating your own indoor culinary herb garden? Here are Zeisloft’s top tips to help you get growing.

• Start with a very sunny window. Herbs need a minimum of six hours of light a day.

• Use pots and soil with good drainage.

• Use potting soil for planting rather than soil scooped from the garden which may contain pests that you probably don’t want in your home.

• If you use tap water to water your plants, allow it to sit for a day before you use it.

There are beneficial soil microbes that will be killed by the chlorine in tap water. Letting the water sit overnight will ensure that the chlorine evaporates.

• Use very diluted coffee or tea to water your plants - diluted to the point that it looks like slightly colored water. Coffee and tea contain tiny bits of nutrients that plants can use. And they also contain a little acidity which plants like.

• Make eggshell tea. Boil water and then add eggshells to it and let it steep. When the water is cool, use it to water your herbs. The water will contain calcium, a nutrient plants need and is critical for cell formation.

• If you choose to move your plants outside, do it on a cloudy day or wait until later in the day when there is only a couple of hours of sunlight left. Delicate herbs can get a sunburn or go into shock when they are not used to the light.

• Herbs don’t like a lot of water, so don’t overdo it. They’ll do fine even with a little neglect.

Girl Scouts Find Spot for Cookie Sale

L-R: Olander Park Girl Scout troop #16022 members Kamryn Ferrer, Stranahan kindergartner, Mikayla Richardson, Chrissy Elementary first grader, and Madison Ferrer, Stranahan second grader, sold Girl Scout cookies in front of Little Caesar’s on Monroe Street.

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April 1 Art Walk Featured the Red Bird Wearing a Coat of Blue

Charlie Taylor stopped to admire Geoff the Minion, in front of Choconotes during the April Art Walk.

Pat Stefanoni talked with artist Lee Stedcke, whose paintings were on display at Brieschkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bakery.

Artist Gini Behrendt helped Alana Frederick select inks for the tile she was going to pain at Earth to Oven.

Artist Matt Taylor talked with Jeff Clay about his work on display at Interrupt Marketing.

John Bolster and David Livingston, Ph.D., president of Lourdes University, enjoyed the tunes of Lourdes student Elijah â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Walters at Executive Diner.

Artist Jesse Oswanski, second from left, chatted with his uncle and aunt Charlie and Robin Oswanski and his parents, Nick and Marty, at Harmony in Life.

Shanna Richie, center, of Shared Lives Studio, spoke with Larry Golba, left, and his wife, Lynne, right, about the art on display at Chic Happens.

Erik Russell, center, of Frogtown Computers, talked about the clay creations on display from Little Bent Creek Farm with Toni Davis, Marian Honeywell, Maria Thomas and Keith Zoski.

Owner Pat Myer, Robin Shrader, and Char Boyd of Lily Whitestone welcomed silver jewelry designer Michelle Delong, third from left.

Lourdes art student Lydia Everly talked with Jerry and Emmy Jakes about her work on display at the Sylvania AdVantage office.

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Celebrating the Art of Laughter Spreading the Happy on April Foolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night

David Garner, Ph.D., of the River Centre Gallery, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;dealt a handâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to artist Dave Wisniewski at the blackjack table.

Angela Christensen of Angelaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angels welcomed artists Rex and Teri Hamilton, with his ceramic masks and bowls and her ceramics.

L-R: Dawn Kingman, Sara Hoffman, Amy Self, Jeremy Natter, Ryan Randolph, Monica Hiris, Stephan Mizer, Kay-Lynne Schaller, Mark Hollyday, Krista Schneider, Michelle Atkinson, Mary Rust, Dana Andujar and Nick Morgan, members of the Unfiltered Improv Troupe, performed at Chandler CafĂŠ for the April 1 Red Bird Art Walk.

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Barbara Hudson of Hudson Gallery offered a Red Bird-turned Blue Bird decorated cookie to Lillian Mason and her father, Alejandro Mitchell.

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April Red Bird Art Walk Celebrated The Art of Laughter

Rob and Shanon Solt learned about turning bike arts into works of art from Erik Bang whose work was on display at Reve Salon & Spa.

Alex Parks and Julie Shanks were welcomed to the ‘Under the Brim’ opening reception at the River Centre Gallery by Dani Fuller.

Kyle Brieschke and Rita Betz enjoyed the sounds of The Skittle Bots who performed at the Sodbuster Bar.

Kelly LaRoy of K & L Monogram & Embroidery and Lori Nistel welcomed Corey and Kelley Bern to Sheffield Road.

Jonathan Rodebough of V Collection showed a Barbour classic waxed jacket to Brooke Schaaf who stopped in the store to admire the paintings by artist Michael Goettner.

Brian and Joyce Donahue stopped

by SpaceBar and learned about the film ‘Dead Dixie California’ by Chris Wegman directed by Zach Ferguson.

Artist Carli Cavanaugh created a stylized ‘Red Bird’ logo for photographer Kyle Talkington of Studio419.

Michelle D’Emilio of Younique Natural Cosmetics explained her products to Debbie Young at T.K. Lane’s Boutique.

Singer/songwriter Vaughn Penn and Michael Gramza performed at Choconotes.

Kathy Johnson and Barb Dickey purchased art from Shared Lives Studio on display at Chic Happens.

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Sylvania–Then & Now: The second bank robbery in downtown Sylvania

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BY GAYLEEN GINDY LOOKING BACK

Throughout the 1930s, which were known as the Depression years, Sylvania residents experienced three bank robberies between the two banks located in the downtown district. The first was the one I wrote about in my last article and happened in February 1930 when Pretty Boy Floyd and his gang robbed the Farmers & Merchants Bank. The second one happened in 1932, and this time it was the Sylvania Savings Bank that was robbed, which at that time was located in the building on the southeast corner of Main Street and Maplewood Avenue (where Kevin Charles Hair Artistry is located today).

The details of this particular robbery are sketchy, but it obviously did happen because the Sylvania Police Department has in its possession a 12 gauge “Topper M48 Shotgun” with an evidence tag attached to it. It has been in the property room for more than 85 years. The tag says that the gun had been left in the bank, behind the teller’s counter after a holdup on Sept. 1, 1932, and was signed by Police Chief D.W.

Robbers hid in the belfry of this church on Summit Street.

Schunight. Since Chief Schunight did not start working as the village marshal until 1948 we can assume that the tag was placed on this gun years after the event occurred. A search of the Toledo

The shotgun used in the robbery is in the Sylvania Police property room.

Bethany House Celebrity Wait Night planned Bethany House, a long-term transitional shelter for victims of domestic violence, is holding its seventh annual Celebrity Wait Night from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, April 11 at the Real Seafood Company on the Docks overlooking downtown Toledo.

Proceeds will benefit Bethany House’s mission of providing safe shelter for victims of domestic violence, giving them the necessary time to heal emotionally, physically and financially.

In 2015 alone, Bethany House provided 11,202 nights of safe shelter to the area’s most vulnerable victims.

Deidra Lashley, executive director, describes Bethany House as, “a very special place that of-

fers life-saving and life-transforming services during a very dangerous and vulnerable time for victims of domestic violence and their children.”

For those wishing to attend, email execdirector@bethanyhousetoledo.org.

Bethany House is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio, and is a member of Northwest Ohio Community Shares. Since 1984 they have provided over 200,000 nights of safe shelter to more than 1,100 victims – restoring strength, dignity and hope. Every dollar invested in Bethany House saves the community $65.43 in social costs by avoided police enforcement, lost work productivity, the justice system, and mental health services.

The Sylvania Historical Village, a nonprofit historical museum and education center, is now taking registrations for its annual Historic ArtVentures Art Camp, June 20-24. The camp runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

The weeklong camp gives children in grades three through six the opportunity to put their imagination to use as they work on a variety of art activities.

“The campers explore a variety of different types of art from different countries and differ-

ent time periods while they work on really unique projects. By the end of the week, they have many completed treasures to take home,” noted Village Executive Director Andi Erbskorn.

The cost is $140 which includes all supplies.

Campers bring their own lunches each day.

Camp registrations are due by June 3. Campers can now register securely online.

For more information, contact the village at info@sylvaniahistoricalvillage.org or visit www.sylvaniahistoricalvillage.org.

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Symphony League holds ‘Savior Faire’

“Savoir” - to know how; and “Faire” - to do it. That’s the theme behind a fund-raising effort by the Toledo Symphony League, as it holds a “Food Party of Note” on April 28, at the home of Don and Venice Michel, 6543 Wayne Ct., Maumee, from 4 to 7 p.m.

Marty Kokotaylo, who has 30 years as a cooking teacher, eight years as a local store chef and has won numerous awards for his cooking, will lead the combined cooking class and heavy grazing event. He will be assisted by Christine Wilson, French chef and former owner of Gourmet Curiosities.

The cost is $45 per person with a maximum of 50 people. For more information or reservations, contact chair Marlene Uhler, maruhler@hotmail.com; 419/666-3038; or 419/260-3872.

All proceeds help the Toledo Symphony League financially support both the Toledo Symphony and the young musicians efforts.

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The bank, where 1932 robbery took place, is a hair salon and J&G Pizza today.

Blade on, before and after the Sept. 1, 1932 date did not reveal an article written about this event.

Also, a search of the available Sylvania Sentinel newspapers on, before and after that date, revealed nothing. So, all we have are the residents of Sylvania who documented what they remembered of this event.

Our first resident who recalled memories of this event was James Armstrong. His father was Dr. Edwin Armstrong, a longtime doctor in Sylvania, who lived just a short distance from the bank that was robbed. Here’s what he said happened one evening: “There was an alarm on the Sylvania Savings Bank, corner of Main and Maplewood. When this went off, five men were automatically deputized. They were to call “Stop or I’ll shoot. Among these was Dr. Armstrong.

The doctor’s rifle was always beside the door.

Once the alarm rang Dr. Armstrong went forth.

There was confusion at the corner; lanterns burning, voices yelling “the bank is robbed.” A ‘bong” was heard from the bell in the tower of the Congregational Church on Summit Street.

Someone shot in that direction and two men came down. This happened in the 1930s.”

Then, Maynard Cosgrove, another bornand-raised Sylvania resident, added this regarding the bank robbery in a letter that he wrote to Sylvania historian Kathryn Keller: “Since you have only garbled stories about the bank robberies, I can only add to the brew. The robbers took off to the old Congregational Church on Summit Street with their loot. It didn’t take the local gendarmes long to hunt down the villains.

By a combination of 20/20 eye sight and a keen sense of deduction, they soon found the infidels hiding up in the church loft. It seems that a trail of pennies led them straightaway.” Cosgrove also wrote the following in a history book titled, “A History of Sylvania For The First Hundred Years – 1933:”

“There were the two burglars who, having robbed one of our banks, concealed themselves in the attic of the Congregational Church.”

Finally one more resident, Worthy Chandler, who grew up and lived in Sylvania his entire life, said this in a written interview: “Once there were thieves who had escaped from Adrian where they were wanted for a crime. After robbing one of our local banks they hid in the belfry of the Congregational Church. Dr. Armstrong thought he heard someone talking. He finally thought there must be someone in the belfry. Harley Holt from Blissfield, Mich., an officer at the time, helped get them down.”

That’s all I know about this 1932 bank robbery as of right now. In the next issue, I will tell you about Sylvania’s third bank robbery, which happened in 1934.

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Olander Park...How did it come about?

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A Sylvania Star

Ashlynn Farmer and her grandfather Bill Gust were eager to learn about maple sugaring on March 19 at one of the many family-based programs held at Olander Park.

Casey McDonald explained the maple sugaring process to Caleb Lawrence, Jeanette, Brandy and Ashlyn Lawrence at one of the seven stations around Lake Olander.

Vita and Athena Berakis and their parents, Anna and Mike, learned about the Native American sugaring process.

Bob Schell and Steve Bechstein explained modern day maple syrup making to Kathy Kusz and Judy Cook.

This is the first in a series about one of Sylvania’s Stars, The Olander Park System

In the mid 1950s, the Sylvania Township Trustees had the good judgment and foresight to establish a park district for the community.

Milton M. Olander, John Callahan and Catherine Frye were appointed by the Lucas County Probate Court to serve as the first commissioners and were deeded a small 2.8 acre plot of land to create Whetstone, the district’s first park at Roan Road and McGregor Lane.

But those three commissioners didn’t stop there.

Road contractor S.J. Groves & Sons had purchased a 60-acre tract of land on Sylvania Avenue to have ready fill dirt for the U.S. 23/I475 overpasses under construction from 1961 to 1963 at Sylvania and Central avenues. A 30acre lake was created by the excavation of that dirt.

Olander saw beyond the wild, undeveloped parcel and realized that the pastoral setting would be an ideal site as a park for leisure activities. He and the other commissioners entered into negotiations with the contractor but unfortunately, Olander did not live to see the purchase finalized in February of 1963.

Nevertheless, his vision for a park came to fruition and his name lives on as the hallmark of the park district when the board of commissioners named the new park in his honor.

Funds to purchase the land and to develop and maintain the park were made available thanks to the generosity of the Sylvania Township Trustees who granted the park district a portion of its unused inside millage funds.

Orval “Red” Nederhouser, the park’s first superintendent, actually designed the park as it now appears and provided the expertise necessary to manage the facility in an aesthetic and sound fiscal manner until his death in July, 1978. In dedication to his contributions, the Board of Directors named the community building constructed by Sylvania carpentry classes after him in 1978. The Nederhouser Community Building is a fully enclosed community hall available for rent

which features a fireplace, kitchen and alcove for musical groups and seats up to 160 people. The back patio facing Lake Olander can be used as well, weather permitting.

In addition, the management under the board’s direction, continued to embellish Nederhouser’s plan of providing a safe and tranquil oasis for residents in the Sylvania School District. There are picnic tables and grills set in open grasslands and two open air shelters, each of which accommodates up to 100 people available for rental. The park operates the only natural lake swimming area in the community with 125 yards of sandy beach.

In addition to swimming and boating, Lake Olander is stocked with lake perch, pike, catfish, large mouth bass and other game fish by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

In 1986, the park board determined that it would be essential to augment the district’s revenue and placed a 0.3 mill, five-year levy on the ballot, which passed with overwhelming support. Subsequent levies have also been renewed by voters to continue the maintenance of the park system.

The transformation of the wild and overgrown parcel into a picturesque setting along with of its amenities can be credited to the stewardship of the many Sylvania residents who have served as trustees of the district.

Those include Milton Olander (deceased), 1959-61; Catherine Frye (deceased), 1959-65 and John Callahan(deceased), 1959-65; Andrew Mortemore (deceased), 1962-70; Peter Handwork, 1967; Don Stambaugh, 1967-75; Nina R. Brow, 1966-75; Carl Stafford, 1970; Michael Briley, 1971-74; Albert Rotsinger, 1968-74; James F. White, Jr., 1974-77; James C. Bucholtz, 1975-78; Clyde E. Schafer, 197678; Charles Hunt, 1978-84; Gerene Ingham (deceased), 1978-83; Richard Flasck, 1978-80; Don MacRitchie, 1981-89; Robert Mohr, 1983-90; David Huey, 1985-90; Sandra Brown, 1990-95; Hal McElmurry, 1990-current; Larry Morrison, 1991-96; Gail Abood, 1996-2015; John Zeitler 1997-current; and Connie Feldstein, 2015-current.

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The Women’s Entrepreneurial Network, WEN, will be hosting a fundraiser, “Toledo (Businesses) Have Talent,” on May 12 at 6 p.m. at the Maumee Indoor Theater.

“Toledo is filled with so many talented people, both in their day jobs and in their free time. We want to give those ‘hidden talents’ a place to shine,” says Event Coordinator Cindy Ursell. The event is open to any who would like to perform. Businesses are encouraged to sponsor an act, and will receive recognition before and after each performance. The performance fee is $25 and can be submitted by visiting the WEN website at www.wen-usa.com. Cash prizes will be awarded the top three performers, as voted by the audience. The event is family friendly.

Sponsorships and raffle items are needed for the success of this event. Those wishing to donate raffle items can email Director@wenusa.com, and sponsorships can be submitted online at www.wen-usa.com/upcomingevents. Tickets to the event are also available at www.wen-usa.com and are $12 for adults, $5 for children. Light refreshments are included in the price of admission.

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offering multiple meeting times, places, and styles. The organization offers tools to help grow local businesses, contribute to charities, and promote nonprofits in the area.

Toledo Ballet presents ‘Wizard of Oz’

The Toledo Ballet celebrates Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s classic “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” on April 30 and May 1 at the Valentine Theatre, 400 N. Superior St. Call 419/242-2787 or visit valentinetheatre.com for ticket information.

‘Roméo et Juliette’ to be performed

Toledo Opera will celebrate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death with performances of Charles Gounod’s opera “Roméo et Juliette” at the Valentine Theatre on April 8 and 10. Soprano Marie Eve Munger and tenor Brian Arreola will appear as the star-crossed lovers, and Sara Jobin, Toledo Opera’s associate conductor, will lead the cast, the Toledo Opera Chorus, and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra.

WOW event planned

The Women of Waterford are planning a “Night of Inspiration” on May 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Premier on Heatherdowns Boulevard. Proceeds will benefit the Northwest Ohio Scholarship Foundation.

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The Savvy Sylvanian asks: ‘How Does Your Garden Grow?’

BY MARY HELEN DARAH

A Visit to Creque’s Greenhouse

Creque’s Greenhouse, located at 9700 W. Sylvania Ave., celebrates its 30th year of operation in 2016. Owners Jeff and Eileen Creque have truly put the “family” in “family-owned business.” The couple have tended to their greenhouse and offspring since marrying in 1976 and have watched both continue to bloom and grow.

The first 10 years of marriage found the couple and their four children living with Creque’s grandmother. “I had always prayed and dreamed for a home of our own,” recalls Eileen Creque. “In 1985, Jeff came home and said the man across the street was retiring and selling his farm, a house and greenhouse operation. A sale was negotiated and we became owners of 28 greenhouses. I quickly learned that you better be careful what you pray for. I prayed for a house and got 28 of them.”

The couple hired the previous owner’s daughter and son-in-law to show them what to grow, how to water and what to plant. They also attended numerous seminars to expand their knowledge. “We loved the camaraderie of it all,” Eileen Creque said. “People in the horti-

Where are they now?

culture business are so helpful.”

In 30 years the business has gone from just bedding plants to offering baskets, herbs, perennials, tropicals, and most recently bushes and shrubs.

The Creques also keep up to date with the latest gardening trends. “We stay current with what is going on in the gardening world,” she noted. “Many of our clients are into growing their own food. We therefore offer more patio pots with vegetables and herbs. We also have a huge greenhouse devoted to just vegetable plants and herbs.”

Another current trend is the extremely popular fairy garden or miniature garden. Creque’s has a nice assortment of mini houses, cottages, fairies, bridges, and benches to add a bit of magic to any garden.

This novice gardener appreciated the huge variety of plants shown in nice, wide aisles.

Creque’s also has sun and shade sections to help growers determine what to plant for the most success. The Creque family visits many trail gardens to see what does best in the hot, summer climate in Ohio.

The Creques and the greenhouse staff spend a great deal of time doing combination baskets and pots. “We want our customers to love their choices all summer long,” Eileen Creque stated.

In addition to offering group tours, the family offers potting workshops for people like me

who need a bit of guidance in the “thrill, fill and spill” of planting the perfect pot.

The Creque family and its greenhouse continue to blossom three decades after Eileen Creque first prayed for a house. Of their four children, their two boys, Brian and Tom, are part of the greenhouse and farming operation.

“Brian is in charge of maintenance, spraying, watering and mulch,” noted Eileen Creque.

“Tom is in charge of seeding, watering and retail set-up and selling. His wife, Lauren, helps with seeding, watering, planting and designing containers. She is also a big help in retail. We are blessed to have strawberries in June and Tom is in charge of that part of the business.

He also sells fruits, vegetables and pumpkins at his stand in front of his house. It truly is a fam-

ily affair.”

It’s funny how history has a way of repeating itself. Tom and Lauren Creque currently live in the “grandma” house where the family began its story. This Savvy Sylvanian wonders what Lauren Creque is praying for. Hopefully, she desires a beautiful spring, bountiful planting season and the continued growth of one of Sylvania’s true family businesses.

Creque’s Greenhouse is open daily in April from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and in May, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. They may be contacted by calling 419/829-2941 or by visiting crequesgreenhouse.com.

Northview graduate — Yianni Papadimos

Eileen Creque can be found in one of the many greenhouses on the Creque farm.

L-R: Yianni Papadimos talked with composer Ben Chavez and Orchestrator Jordon Weinhold of ‘The Cobalteans.’

BY MARISA MERCURIO

In the past year the dramatic arts have both garnered national accolades and enjoyed increasing local attention on Sylvania’s budding theatrical communities. Connecting the dots between New York and Ohio is Yianni Papadimos, playwright and 2011 Sylvania Northview graduate.

Papadimos recalls he was attending Ohio’s annual State Thespian Conference with Northview’s Drama Club the weekend he was admitted to the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Five years later, with several original plays and musicals under his belt, degrees in drama and English literature, and critical acclaim for his most recent musical “The Cobalteans,” Papadimos continues to write his way to the top. Now residing in New York City, Papadimos finds his hometown cropping up in much of his writing. “The Cobalteans,” which won the New York Musical Theatre Festival awards for Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Book, follows a group of friends reunited in Ohio for an unexpected funeral.

His new project “Elysium,” also centering on a family from Ohio, was recently accepted as a developmental series for which Papadimos will

spend a week on a writer’s retreat for musical theatre.

While playwriting is Papadimos’ primary interest, acting remains in his purview. In an almost allegorical aside, he mentions that his audition monologue for Washington D.C.’s Folger Theatre’s upcoming season was the same he gave on Northview’s stage as Bottom from Shakespeare “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 2010. Indeed, he describes his formative years performing for Northview Theatre as a time that fostered his creativity and prepared him for the professional world. “The arts were really appreciated,” he says of Northview, “I’ve met students at NYU who didn’t have big theatre programs in high school.” He credits much of this to Northview Theatre director Don Wachowiak. “Mr. Wachowiak led a preprofessional setting,” he continues, “There were expectations.” He describes one of his favorite moments as “christening” the first production on Northview’s Performing Arts Center.

Of his many projects, aspirations, and achievements, Papadimos is still hesitant to call his a success story. Both humble and enthusiastic, he doesn’t want to take any of it for granted. “I love storytelling,” he says. “I’m going to keep doing it for as along as possible.”

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We Love Small Business Campaign...

Angela’s Angels joins two other locally owned small businesses Congratulations to all of the businesses that were nominated for the We Love Small Business Campaign!

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GenoaBank and Sylvania AdVantage are partnering to recognize outstanding Sylvania-area small businesses and the contribution they make to the community.

The finalists are Angela’s Angels, Hafner Florist and Earth to Oven Bakery. Vote for your favorite and give them a chance to win an advertising package with the Sylvania AdVantage worth over $2,900 and a $250 Visa gift card from GenoaBank.

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Angela Christensen is accompanied by her dog Drago.

Angela’s Angels 5774 Main Street, Sylvania angelasangelsgifts.com Owner: Angela Christensen Year established: 2004

Angela’s Angels specializes in angel-inspired gifts and memorials for home and garden with the desire that they bring hope and joy to their recipients as well as comfort during times of loss and healing. In addition, the store hosts book signings, angel readings and grief support programs and carries spiritual tools to help people through the process of not just loss, but with life.

What makes your business unique?

“It’s unique because, of course, it’s angels. It’s a spiritual store, and we do a lot things people don’t want to think about like funerals,” said Christensen. “We help those living here and in the next world, and we supply people with gifts to express their feelings because sometimes people are inadequate in telling their feelings.”

Who or what inspired you to create your business?

For Christensen, the death of her 19-year-old

son and the angels are what inspired her to open her gift shop. “I was led to do it. It was very clear to me that it was what I had to do,” she said. “I went into this not knowing, but I just trusted that I knew what I had to do.”

What is your definition of success?

“To create something that you love and waking up every day wanting to go there, work there, or be part of it. And going to sleep at night being happy about what you do,” said Christensen. “If you do anything with a pure intention, you will be successful. Knowing you are helping others whether it is all of humanity or one single person.”

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Earth to Oven Bakery and Hafner Florist in inaugural contest

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Earth to Oven Bakery 5758 N. Main St., Sylvania Owners: Lori and Veronica Vincent Year established: 2011

With a passion for baking and a commitment to using local and organic ingredients, the mother-daughter team of Lori and Veronica Vincent began selling their pies and baked goods at farmers markets in 2011. Two years ago, the opportunity to open a bakery presented itself and brought them to their current location.

What makes your business unique?

The team receives many special orders for things like sugar-free birthday cakes, and they go out of their way to come up with solutions to accommodate those requests, for example substituting alternative ingredients like carrots and applesauce for the sugar. “We tend to get more custom orders from people who have special dietary needs. We really try to go the extra mile for our customers, and we like

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to do special things for people,” said Veronica Vincent.

“We strive to make things fresh by special ordering our ingredients like plant-based food dyes and by driving and hour to pick up flour from our miller,” said Lori Vincent.

Who or what inspired you to create this business?

For Lori Vincent it was the desire to utilize her mom’s recipes. “It was like getting a special treat when she’d cook for you.” For Veronica Vincent, it was her love of local food ingredients and the experience she gained from attending cooking school and working in the food business. “I gained a real appreciation for making things that take time,” she said.

What is your definition of success?

“Success to me is when I run into someone I have never met, and somehow, they already know of the bakery and the products we produce. The word’s out and we’re here, and we hope to continue to grow,” said Lori Vincent.

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5139 S. Main Street, Sylvania hafnerflorist.com Owners: Dan and Beth Hafner Year established: 1992

Who or what inspired you to create your business? another business.”

For 24 years, the family-owned business of Hafner Florist has specialized in distinctive funeral arrangements, one-of-a-kind wedding work as well as unique floral designs for birthdays and anniversaries.

“We both had great mentors, Bob and Rowena Lydy of Lydy’s Florist on Monroe Street and Ken Cappeletty of Ken’s Flowers.

They taught us a lot; you could really look up to them as role models,” said Dan Hafner. After working in and managing flower shops for 10 years, the couple decided it was time to make a go of it on their own.

“We strive to never say no to people. There’s always a way to do something, even if it’s last minute,” Dan Hafner said.

“We have a very talented staff. Everyone who works for us wants to be here and they are passionate about what they do,” said Beth Hafner. “We treat our business like a family business, and we employ people of all ages from high schoolers to seniors. We always try to give back to the community that supports us whether it’s a donation or partnering with

“I do a lot of funerals and wait on a lot of families. Flowers are an emotional purchase, and it’s important to get it right,” said Dan Hafner. “It’s so rewarding when a customer comes back from a funeral and thanks us for doing a good job.”

For Beth Hafner, success means being content with what we are doing. “It’s not just work.

It’s a good feeling when you make someone’s day – like when you see a bride cry because she is so happy.”

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Local family business ranked as ‘Best of the Best’

Gary Walker, CEO, and his son Keith, president and managing director of Walker Funeral Homes, reported that Walker Funeral Homes was rated among the “Best of the Best” for the 2015 calendar year by Houston-based Funeral Service Research Group. Walker Funeral Homes has locations in Sylvania, Maumee, Genoa, Oak Harbor and Port Clinton.

Funeral Service Research Group surveys more than 80,000 individuals annually who experience the loss of a loved one throughout the United States and Canada. Walker ranked near the top of the more than 95 elite-rated funeral homes by families who were surveyed during the calendar year 2015. Walker earned “excellent” ratings for Overall Satisfaction from 97.25 percent of the customers that responded to the survey. This ranked Walker Number 2 of all the firms surveyed by FSRG. “Receiving 97.25 percent excellent Overall Satisfaction is quite an achievement and dis-

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plays the compassion and attention that Walker provides to each family that they serve,” stated Terrie Groeneman, Director of Funeral Service Research Group. “In fact, Walker was ranked at the top in nearly every category that we surveyed during this time period. It is obvious that they strive to exceed the expectations of each and every family that they serve.

Keith Walker and his entire staff should be very proud of their very high level of customer service.”

“We strive to serve families in a way that we would like our own families to be treated.

Every one of our employees is committed to delivering a memorable and meaningful service to all of our client families. We pay attention to the details, which we know are important to our families. We care about their experience and focus on exceeding their expectations,” said Walker. “Delivering excellent service is truly a team effort. All of our staff members

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work together to make a real difference.”

“The feedback we receive from the families on the surveys is very important to us. We survey every family we serve in an effort to learn from their experiences. Their input pinpoints areas where we are doing well along with areas we can improve upon. We truly appreciate the

honest feedback from our client families,” Walker explained.

Founded in 1980, Funeral Service Research Group has surveyed hundreds of thousands of families. Their research has led to groundbreaking improvements in funeral service.

Scott Rozanski Home Instead Senior Care has been a source of affordable in-home companionship and domestic care for the last 16 years.

Local owner, Scott Rozanski, started the business as a response to finding care for a family member. “I was disappointed in the limited resources available for seniors,” Rozanski said. “Statistically, seniors prefer to remain in their homes, and I make it a priority to meet those demands.”

The company’s services include companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, errands, transportation and a variety of nonmedical tasks that allow an aging person to remain at home.

“Many of our clients have children living outside of the state, or their schedules don’t allow them the time to get mom or dad to their

Lisa Rozanski appointments,” Rozanski said. “Home Instead takes pride in the quality service we provide, from updating guardians on medical conditions, to filling those long hours with companionship and joy.”

One-on-one services to clients are performed by CAREGivers who are screened, bonded and insured. Special attention is given to matching CAREGivers with clients to achieve the utmost compatibility, and getting service started as soon as a client returns home from the hospital.

“Elder care has become the top concern in our society as it replaces childcare as the number one issue for people in today’s work force.

People are spending more time caring for their elderly parents than they did caring for their own children,” Rozanski said.

Health care agency celebrates anniversary

Pet Wants franchise opens in the area Adria Pugh loves spending time with her two dogs and she’d rather be walking or snuggling with them than cooking their food. So when she found Pet Wants, a fresh, nutritious kibble her dogs loved and she could feel great giving them, she knew it was something special. Now she has brought that pet food to her community through her own business, Pet Wants of Perrysburg. The new company delivers to Sylvania and Sylvania Township along with other northwestern Ohio suburbs.

Pet Wants’ carefully developed proprietary pet food is slow-cooked with fresh, all-natural ingredients. The company has their distributor in Lisbon, Ohio, and makes the dog and cat food in small batches once per month so every kibble is guaranteed to be fresh and packed with nutrition.

In addition to being made fresh monthly, Pet Wants only sources the best salmon, chicken, lamb, brown rice and other ingredients available. There’s no sugar added, no fillers and no animal by-products. And, since Pet Wants never uses corn, wheat, soy or dyes, the food is a great fit for pets with allergies.

Pet Wants of Perrysburg is a franchise of the Pet Wants Franchising System. Pet Wants originally launched in Cincinnati in 2010. Owned

by Michele Hobbs, the business was built to provide proprietary crafted, fresh, slow-cooked, all-

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Adria Pugh and her two dogs, Millie and Conner. natural pet food delivered to customers through a retail store and a convenient home-delivery service. Hobbs, now the company founder, turned the business into a franchise in 2015 with the help of Franchise Funding Group, an investment and franchise-development company designed to help entrepreneurs scale their companies nationally as franchise systems.

New law practice formed

Mike Zychowicz and his nephew Mark Skeldon have formed a law partnership, Zychowicz Skeldon, Ltd. The office is located at 6591 W. Central Avenue, where Zychowicz has been practicing personal injury law for over 20 years. Skeldon, a 2010 cum laude graduate from The University of Toledo College of Law, has been practicing law for the last five years.

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Each year, the Sylvania Area Community Improvement Corporation selects a group of businesses that have had a positive impact on the economy of the Sylvania community in the previous year. The majority of those businesses recognized are new to the area, but some have increased employee numbers, expanded physically, or added new facilities.

Categories for consideration included Medical and Elderly Care, Retail/Service, Office, Institutional, Industrial/Warehouse and Quality of Life Recognition.

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Erika Buri, SACIC board president and co-chair of the awards committee, said, “Each year we enjoy recognizing those businesses who help strengthen local economic development.” She went on to explain, “These businesses and organizations play a large role in making Sylvania the area’s best place to both live and work.”

Awardees will be recognized at the upcoming SACIC Board of Trustees meeting, April 13, at noon in the conference center at ProMedica Flower Hospital. Each awardee will receive a one-year membership to the SACIC.

Eidi Properties launches small business challenge to support entrepreneurs

Ramy Eidi, CEO of Eidi Properties, a privately owned commercial real estate company, announced the launch of the “Eidi Properties’ $100,000 Small Business Challenge” designed to inspire and support entrepreneurs throughout northwest Ohio and award a talented visionary with funding of up to $100,000* to start or grow a small business.

To participate in the contest, entrepreneurs will upload a three-minute elevator pitch video highlighting their idea, strategy, and plan to YouTube, using the title “Eidi PropertiesSmallBiz Challenge.”

Production values, such as music, special effects, etc., are not part of the evaluation criteria. The deadline for uploading videos is April 28 at 5 p.m.

All videos will be posted to Eidi Properties’ Facebook page, and will undergo three rounds of elimination. Judging in each round will be based on a mix of “Likes,” comments, and evaluation by a jury comprised of Eidi Properties executives. The winner will be announced in April, and will receive: • Infrastructure and funding valued at up to $100,000 • Assistance from Eidi Properties in locating space within one of its 28 shopping centers • Personal mentoring from Eidi Properties chief executive Ramy Eidi “One of the fundamental values of our

company has always been to invest in people, because it is not buildings and properties that drive economic growth, create quality jobs and strengthen communities, it is ideas, talent, passion and leadership,” commented Eidi, whose company is one of the fastestgrowing commercial real estate companies throughout northwest Ohio, southwest Ohio, and southeast Michigan. “And now we are taking this commitment in a new direction with our $100,000 Small Business Challenge.

This contest gives entrepreneurs from this part of the county the opportunity to shine under a national and international spotlight, and a chance to turn their small business dream into a reality!”

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Local room makeovers part of international design competition

Interior Designer Carolyn Beyersdorf, IIDA, owner of Decorating Den Interiors of Holland, Ohio, has a number of room makeovers that were selected for inclusion that will be judged online by people throughout the United States and Canada in an International Dream Room competition.

“If you enjoy looking through interior design magazines, this is for you,” said Beyersdorf. “You can be part of the online judging. Last year, we had more than 25,000 votes from around the world.”

The voting site, which is open through April 13, is www.drvoting.decoratingden.com. There are before and after photos with brief descriptions of each makeover. The categories are bathrooms, bedrooms, children’s rooms, commercial, dining rooms, family rooms, home offices, kitchens, living rooms, window treatments, outdoor spaces and miscellaneous.

Visitors to the site can vote in any or all of the categories.

“The rooms I designed are in the Dining Room, Family Room and Window Treatment categories,” explained Beyersdorf. “My entries are as follows: Family Room Entry #0607; Dining Room Entry #0510; and Window

Treatment Entries #1106, #1107 and #1108.”

“These are real rooms for real people with real budgets,” added Beyersdorf. “This is a great opportunity for people to get some inspiration and ideas for a decorating project they’ve been considering for their own home. The three rooms with the highest number of votes will get People’s Choice Awards at our company’s national conference to be held in San Antonio in May. You’ll see some of these rooms in national magazines in the months ahead.”

The room makeovers have been designed and furnished by design professionals from Decorating Den Interiors, North America’s largest home furnishing and Interior Design Franchise Company.

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The Chamber Champions, L-R: John Larimer, Stage-It Productions, Volunteer of the Year; Janeen and Tony Esterson, Eston’s Bakery, Small Business; Melodee Pollock, Cumulus Broadcasting, Media; Jeff Boersma, Chamber Chairman; Rachel Presnell, the YMCA/JCC; Leah McLaren, Wingate Hotel, Large Business; Jeff Stansley, Stansley Industries, Former Chamber Chairman Award; Christy Gordon and Choya Flowers, YMCA/JCC, Nonprofit; and Bobby Jorgenson, Kistler Ford, Business Leader. Not pictured, Steve Weaver, Charlie’s Pizza, Retail/Service Business.

The custom-designed awards by artist Homer Yarrito were given to the Chamber Champions at the 2016 Business Expo, Showcase Sylvania preparty on March 18.

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Ashley Brushaber of SCS Child Care talked with Amber, Emma and Jacob Payne.

Karen Commet, left, and Cindy Findlay, right, talked about various strategies with Bob Ruckman of All About You Investment Solutions.

Tony Federicci stopped by to chat with George Cordray of Budget Blinds.

Dawn Mominee of Arnold’s Home Improvements helped Daisy Crum fill out a request for an estimate.

Wendy Marie of Everdry Waterproofing explained the company’s services to Chris Soto.

Denise Benton of Imaging Central talked with Brittany and John Werder.

Carolyn Beyersdorf, IIDA, of Decorating Den explained the services she offers to Nancy Poling and Shirley Cable.

Kenzi Godfrey played the Arrow Print and Copy coin toss while owner Jan Tidd offered encouragement.

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Dr. Clint Keifer of Great Lakes Audiology looked on as Deanne Wise helped Sandy Ventresca participate in the game offered at their booth.

Karen Andryk, center, filled cones while her husband, Terry Andryk of Walker Funeral Homes offered ice cream to Kate Ambogi.

Christina Richmond, Tara Siebert and Amanda Vitek of GenoaBank talked about the bank with DanaRene Chafin and Alex Jones.

Ron Shnider learned about the Sylvania Senior Center from Lois and Myron Ford.

Nicole Dively and Tabitha Walker of SylvaniaVet talked with Eileen and Eugene Posadny.

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Four Sylvania Schools’ Science Olympiad Teams Head to State Competition

Arbor Hillls students Emily Thielen, Cheyenne Schick, Grace Fisher, Lauren Loss, Manhattan Ethington, Cecile Schreidah, Olivia Blodgett, Marilyn Bourell, Jackson Seal-Roth, Michael Spinelli, Ariba Fatima, Elena Stoycheva, David Dubiel, Mateo Roth and Justin Haun coached by Anna Drake-Kotz.

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Bowling Green State University was the sight for the Regional Science Olympiad Tournament on Saturday, March 19. Schools from 17 counties in Northwest Ohio took part in Region 8’s competition.

Teams from Arbor Hills, McCord (two teams), and Timberstone junior high schools and Northview and Southview high school took part in the competition. Numerous individual and team medals and trophies were won by each school.

McCord’s Science Olympiad Red Team placed first and Arbor Hills’ team placed second in Division B in the Regional Science

Olympiad Tournament March 19 at Bowling Green State University. Northview placed first and Southview second in Division C in the Region 8 competition. The four teams will travel to Columbus for the state competition on April 9. Teams from Arbor Hills, McCord (two teams), and Timberstone junior high schools and Northview and Southview high school took part in the competition.

Numerous individual and team medals and trophies were won by each school.

Schools from 17 counties in northwest Ohio took part in Region 8’s competition.

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Southview Science Goes National

L-R: Southview students, back row, L-R: Aru Goel, Leon Casale, Brenden Anderson, Arman Serpen, Julian Liber; front row L-R: Lark Yan, Shruti Dixit, Alan Fong, Maggie Bohmer, (not pictured: Alec Morrissey and Valentina Carr) competed in the Ohio Junior Science and Humanities Symposium on March 16 at Bowling Green State University. Alan Fong, who won first alternate in the paper presentations, will be attending National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium and will present his research as a poster at nationals, Alexander (Arman) Serpen who won Honorable Mention in the poster competition for grades 9-10 and Arukshita (Aru) Goel who won Best in Show in the poster competition for grades 9-12, all placed in the State Competition.

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Nicholas Goodman placed third in advanced Word processing.

William McIntyre placed second in Extemporaneous Speech.

There were 21 students from Northview and Southview qualified for and competed in the Ohio Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference in Columbus on March 17-18.

The following students placed in the top three, qualifying them for the National Leadership Conference: Nicholas Goodman, Advanced Word Processing, third place; William McIntyre, Extemporaneous Speech, second. Austin Nemire, Andrew Summers and George McCray, Global Marketing Team, second, which qualifyed for Nationals and earned them scholarships.

Finishing in the top 10 of their events were: Abby Rowland, Advanced Spreadsheet; Ryan Czernakowski, Justin Netry, Patrick Sawrius and Parker Hoag, Small Business Management Team; Alexa Below, Administrative Support Research Project; Katie Chung and Allyson Nguyen, Economic Research Team.

The National Leadership Conference will be held in Boston on May 5-9, 2016.

For more information on the Business Professionals of America, go to Ohio BPA and the National organization.

Central Trail students win at state championship

Three students from Central Trail Elementary School distinguished themselves at the 2016 Ohio Elementary Chess Championship held near Cleveland. Over 230 players from 83 schools competed in this event.

In the K-6 Championship section, it was Kevin Chou placing fifth in the state of Ohio by winning four out of five games. In the Under 700 section, Kaylee Chu won seventh place also winning 4 out of 5 games and in the Under-300 Section, Leo Chow placed 12th with a record of three wins and one draw.

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NV Presents ‘A Murder is Announced’

Northview’s cast and crew is preparing for Agatha Christie’s ‘A Murder Is Announced,’ which runs April 21-23 at 7:30 p.m. and April 24 at 2:30 p.m at Northview’s Peforming Arts Center. Tickets available at showtix4u.com.

–—by Marisa Mercurio

NV Musicians of the Week

Senior Ken Hurley is the Northview High School Musician of the Week. He has been an outstanding member of the Wildcat Band all four years of high school. He is a member of the Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Cats and Jazz Band, and Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to music, he also is involved in the AP curriculum. He plans to attend Michigan State University this Fall. He is the son of Amy and Kevin Hurley.

The Northview Musician of the Week is senior Hannah Watt, daughter of Diana and Keith Watt. She sings alto in the Northview A Cappella Choir and Harmony Road Show. She is also an active member in the Northview Theatre Department.

She has portrayed the roles of Dragon in the ‘Shrek; The Musical’ and Elsa Schraeder in ‘The Sound of Music.’ In addition to her musical activities, she is an active member of her church’s praise band. After graduation she plans to move to Tennessee and work as a performer at Dollywood.

The students in the photo above competed at regionals in Family, Career and Community Leaders of America students competed at regionals: Bridgette Froelich, Job Interview received Gold; Michelle Notestine, Language & Literacy, Silver; Hoda Jarouche, Language & Literacy, Silver; Ellen Wood, Curriculum Unit, Silver; Andrew Nickoli, Teacher Resource Assessment Kit, rSilver; Michael Hildebrandt, Early Childhood STAR, Silver; Meredith Oblizajek, Job Interview, Bronze. Froelich and Hildebrandt will advance to state competition in April.

SV to Perform ‘Seussical’

The cast of ‘Seussical,’ Southview High School’s spring musical, performed two songs at Showcase Sylvania Expo at Tam-O-Shanter on March 19. The cast also hosted a story time for children at the Expo. Seussical runs April 14 to 16 at 7:30 p.m. and April 17 at 2:30 p.m. at Southview. To purchase tickets, visit www.showtix4u.com.

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Inducted into Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame

L-R: Eric Brown, Southview High School Class of 1988, Professor/ Department Chair of Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., Olivia Shay Byrne, Sylvania High School Class of 1975, law partner with Reed Smith in Washington, D.C., Brenda Wright, Sylvania High School Class of 1975, Vice President, Policy & Legal Strategies for Demos in Boston, Mass., and Ramy Eidi, Northview High School Class of 1988, business entrepreneur/ philanthropist with EIDI Properties and the Mehdi Eidi in Toledo were inducted into the 25th annual Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame and were honored at a banquet on March 18 at the Sylvania Country Club. The event was sponsored by the Sylvania Academic Excellence Foundation.

Safety Township planned Safety Township enrollment is now underway for 2016. The program is for children entering kindergarten this fall and living in the city or township of Sylvania or enrolled in any Sylvania school. The program is comprised of a two and one-half hour session each day for five consecutive days. Sylvania teachers, Sylvania Township Firefighters, members of the Sylvania Township Police Department, and special guests will interact with the children daily. The program will take place at Central Trail Elementary School, 4321 Mitchaw Road. Each child will receive instruction concerning personal safety issues such as stranger danger, pedestrian safety, fire safety, railroad safety, water safety, and bus safety. All material will be presented in a fun and age-appropriate manner.

Safety Township will be held the week of

June 13 to 17. The morning session will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. each day and the afternoon session will be held from 12:30 to 3 p.m. each day. Children will attend either the morning or the afternoon session each day.

The fee for the program is $30 per child.

Registrations can be picked up at the Sylvania Township Police Department or visit www.sylvaniatownship.com/Police_Safety_T ownship.aspx.

All registrations must be received by May 27. Participants will be notified by mail by June 6 of a child’s session and classroom assignment. Register early as enrollment is limited. Call Officer Dan Krajicek at 419/882-7878 or dkrajicek@sylvaniatownshippolice.com for more information.

St. Ursula Academy hosted the second annual Third World Family Feast on March 16.

The interactive dinner is a social experiment designed to start a dialogue about world hunger and poverty – and why we should care.

A group of St. Ursula students organized the event with the hope of raising awareness for hunger issues on the global and local levels.

“We wanted to organize this event because we realized that, though most people know that hunger is an issue, they don’t realize the extent that it affects our own community and the impact it has on people’s everyday lives,” said event organizer, sophomore Katie Karban. “It’s one thing to talk about hunger, but it’s entirely different to actually experience it, to see how the poorest of the poor eat in our world. This event gives people that opportunity.”

All funds raised by the students will go to help pay for food at this year’s 1Matters Tent City event, set for Oct. 21-23.

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Highland Students’ Art Work on Exhibit

Johnna Croy looked on as her son George signed in during the open house for Highland School at the Sylvania Hertage Center Museum's Student Art Exhibit.

SUA Junior Academy girls have fun with their dads

Abigail Flores and her dad, John, chose snow cone desserts.

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Can your dad limbo? Junior Academy students at St. Ursula Academy put their dads to the test at their Father-Daughter dance, “Just an Old-Fashioned BBQ,” on March 20. The girls also got their dads to try sack races, a three-legged race, and a wheelbarrow race, with movie tickets as prizes. There was dancing and a “firefly vault,” where the girls caught as many paper fireflies as possible in 30 seconds.

All this activity required a lot of fuel, and Shorty’s provided it—pulled pork, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, chopped salad, watermelon, and lemonade. Girls and dads could enjoy dessert at the make-it-yourself s’more station, the snow cone machine, or at the ice cream cart. An old-fashioned photo

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It was a fun night for Elianna Scigliano and her dad, G. James. booth provided photo strips as mementos for the 107 girls and dads who attended.

Honored

Sylvania resident Mark Lewandowski and freshman at The University of Toledo, has accepted membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He has a double major in mathematics and economics and is the son of Doug and Patti Lewandowski. NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first-year and second-year college students.

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Two months ago my friend Katie invited me and our fellow "color run" planning crew to a "Third World Family Feast" she and a group of students at St. Ursula Libby Stupica Academy were hosting.

The goal was to heighten awareness for world hunger, poverty, and social injustice. I was intrigued, not knowing exactly what the night would entail, and when she told us that all donations made will benefit Tent City 2016 (a weekend-long event that provides medical and employment services, clothing, and food to the unhoused, and is run entirely by volunteers), I was all in!

On the night of the “Feast,” my sister (home from college) and I arrived at St. Ursula and headed up to the gym, where we were greeted by Katie and other students who had planned the dinner. Upon arrival, Schuyler and I were handed nametag. Mine was the generic “Hello, my name is...” kind and Schuyler's had a blue border. It didn't occur to me then that the difference in nametags would be of any significance, but when the dinner began, we were told to split up into three groups. “Those with the teal borders on their name tags are the upper class, and will sit at that table,” Katie said, referencing a long table, adorned with a fancy tablecloth and flowers. She then proceeded to explain that everyone with the blue borders on their name tags were the middle class, and would sit at average popup tables and that those given the “Hi, my name is...” tags represented the lower class, who could find a spot on the floor to sit. I watched as my sister went to sit with her fellow middle class citizens as I situated myself on the ground.

“Mommy, why do we have to sit on the

SOPHIA YAKUMITHIS S O U T H V I E W S AY S

After a long five months, my academic extracurricular has reached an end and I can finally eat, shower and sleep like a regular human being.

Academic extra-curriculars are often overlooked by sports and the arts. While I have participated in all three, I find academics to be the most demanding. Aside from having to be mentally alert all the time, physically, it’s critical to apply survival skills to various challenges. If you’re tired or sick, you have to keep moving forward because it’s so easy to forget information or procrastinate, especially procrastinate. Mock Trial is specifically exhausting because it requires so much preparation.

The Southview Mock Trial season reaped nothing but success this year. Three out of four teams qualified on a regional level, and one team qualified for the state competition in our state’s capitol.

March 10 and 11, we endured four trials in various Columbus judicial buildings. Two of my teammates, sophomore Lark Yan and

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floor? We’re rich!” Sitting next to me, two little kids struggled to understand the simulation. Their mom began to explain that the dinner was a learning experience when another announcement was made over the mic. It was time for dinner. I looked to the gym doors, where St. Ursula students walked out, pulling food trays. “The upper class will enjoy a dinner of salad, salmon and butternut squash from Mancy’s Bluewater Grille. The middle class will be eating pizza,” Katie said as more students came out with pizza boxes in tow. I anxiously awaited my fate. “And the lower class can get a bowl of rice,” Katie referenced a crock pot with styrofoam bowls next to it. At that moment, the little girl sitting next to me burst into tears. Although her mother did a beautiful job explaining how people all over the world live with hunger each day, the little girl and her brother had trouble grasping the concept.

After eating my rice, I went to fill up my cup with water and noticed that the pitcher that the lower-class had been using now had trash and rice mixed in the water. Despite my slight disappointment at being denied the opportunity to quench my thirst, my thoughts immediately flickered to the current water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and to every place in the world that struggles with a lack of safe and clean water every day. It even brought back memories from two summers ago, when all of Toledo struggled to obtain clean drinking water for a couple days. This exercise made me much more conscious of just how difficult it is for people who constantly lack access to simple daily necessities.

Near the end of the evening, everyone in the lower-class was offered pizza to enjoy when the simulation was over. I chose to decline that offer, because I truly wanted to get the full experience the night offered. As I walked out with my sister, despite my slightly empty and grumbling stomach, I was not bitter or upset.

Instead, I left with a new perspective and awareness on the importance of access to food and clean water for everyone, along with a deep sense of gratitude for all of the blessings I regrettably take for granted each day. junior Billy Jiang and I won individual witness and attorney roles.

Overall, Southview was awarded fifth place out of over 350 Ohio teams, including the 37 teams that competed in Columbus.

Along with Mock Trial, Speech and Debate requires a great deal of focus, dedication and cooperation from competitors. I compete in Public Forum debate, so I have a partner. That means I am not alone in this energy-guzzling activity.

Southview did exceptionally well at the Notre Dame-hosted National Qualifying tournament held Feb. 19 and 20. With five students qualifying for nationals, senior Sara Young and juniors Angie Bittar and Omair Hasan, were in speech events and my partner Nathan Podolsky and I, were in Public Forum debate.

At Nat Quals, we sacrificed both our Friday night from 4-10 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. In between debates, debaters try to stay awake and sharp.

While I do recognize the hard work that is put into sports and arts, I think that academic extracurriculars deserve more limelight and credit than they get.

SUA teachers fix lunches for food bank

BY CHRISTINE HOLLIDAY

Teachers and staff members at St. Ursula worked their last day before their Easter break preparing food for local food banks.

Each volunteered to bring a part of the makings of a delicious lunch (lunch meat, chips, fruit, candy, juice boxes and/or the bags to pack them) and put together an assembly line to make more nearly 300

bagged lunches for clients at the Helping Hands food bank at St. Louis Church in East Toledo. The group also made and boxed 50 pizzas for Helping Hands. Campus Minister Kevin Shannon noted that the project is a traditional part of the last teacher and staff work day before the spring break. “At this holy time, this is a great way for us to live our faith,” he said. “We enjoy it and we know those who receive the meals are grateful.

NASA researcher visits SUA

BY CHRISTINE HOLLIDAY

With the return of astronaut Scott Kelly from nearly a year in the Space Station, Americans are paying attention to the work of the National Space and Aeronautics Administration. Students in Jackie Kane’s honors physics class at St. Ursula Academy learned about the role of women in the space program when NASA research scientist Dennis Stocker visited her class. He also conducted several “what would happen if I did this?” experiments to introduce the girls to the world of NASA science from their own classroom— using falling water, popping balloons and experiment models for the space station.

As a follow up to Stocker’s visit, the students will participate in the NASA 2016 Poetry Activity. The activity invites students in grades 4-12 to choose a photograph from the Women of the International Space Station Facebook page and write a short original poem or haiku to go with the photo. NASA will share selected poems through the Facebook page. The activity marks the 15th anniversary of astronaut Susan Helms becoming the first female crew member to serve on the International Space Station.

Students will also develop their own experiment that will be constructed and run in the Portland State University microgravity lab as part of the NASA/PSU Capillary Effects on Liquids Exploratory Research Experiments program. In this program, students study the behavior of liquids in capillary channels in a microgravity environment created here on Earth in a two-second, six-story drop tower.

Junior Maggie Finn enjoyed the presentation. She said, “Learning about

NASA scientist Dennis Stocker asks, ‘Will the black balloon attached on the top beam pop on the tack, which is attached to the bottom beam?’ as he lets the elastic joint fall. women astronauts overcoming the gender boundaries and achieving their goals was utterly inspiring. Women today have even more opportunities than back then, and it truly makes me believe that I can achieve anything.”

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Artwork of Sisters of St. Francis Honored

Front row, L-R: Sisters Ruth Marie Kachelek, Margaret Hall, Sharon Havelak, Jane Mary Sorosiak, Magdala Davlin and Janet Snyder. Back row, L-R: Erin Palmer Szavuly, MFA, Chair, Lourdes University Department of Art and George and Vicky Brymer. On March 20, the sixth installation of the Sister Jane Mary Sorosiak Lecture Series was held at the Franciscan Center on the campus of Lourdes University and the Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania. The art lecture series is sponsored by Lourdes alumnus and Board of Trustee member George Brymer and his wife, Vicky, and the Lourdes University Department of Art. In honor of the Sylvania Franciscans celebrating their 100th year in northwest Ohio, this year’s lecture centered around the artwork of 10 Sisters.

LOURDES

Lourdes Ninth Annual WAVE Festival Held

Stephenie Alkire, talks about her business, Scarves by Steph, with Mary McGowan at the annual show held in the Franciscan Center lobby on March 19.

Michele Ross of Photography by Michele, was at the event and had her tile coasters available for sale at the annual Celebration of Women Festival.

Christi Meredith, owner of Studio Z, creator of original artwork, pottery, painted roof slates, jewelry, fairy garden and sports themes, and hand painted treasures.

Marjory Wilki of Liberate for Dolls, which creates period and contemporary clothing for American Girl Dolls, had her items on display at the annual show.

–by Marisa Mercurio

S.A.V.E. lecture planned Science Alliance for Valuing the Environment will hold its latest lecture on Tuesday, April 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Franciscan Center of Lourdes University, 6832 Convent Blvd., in Sylvania. The lecture titled “A Creative Bent While Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail,” is free and open to the public.

Featured speaker Cheryl McCormick has lived in the outdoors continuously for six months. The dynamic orator will share with the audience the spiritual and natural world on

the trail. While on the Appalachian Trail, she used haiku poetry to express much of her experience, trying to pull out her creative side.

Ms. McCormick owns and operates her own water garden business, and is a retired respiratory therapist and former Metroparks of Toledo employee.

For further information on S.A.V.E. or upcoming lectures, contact Sr. Rosine Sobczak, OSF, by email at rsobczak@lourdes.edu or by calling 419/824-3691.

Lourdes academic programs named among “50 Most Affordable” Lourdes University Provost Geoffrey J. Grubb, Ph.D., announced that the institution has received national recognition for two of its College of Business and Leadership programs through Human Resources MBA. The Lourdes Master of Organizational Leadership program placed 13th among its national peers ranking it in the top 50 of the Most Affordable Masters in Organizational Behavior Degree Program in 2016. In addition, The Lourdes Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management program ranked 22nd among its national peers ranking it in the top 50 for the Most Affordable Small Colleges for a Human Resources Degree in 2016.

Human Resources MBA

Human Resources MBA’s mission is to provide high-quality, well-researched rankings and other resources for individuals considering a career in human resource management. In determining the top 50 in each category, Human Resources MBA gathered the latest data from NCES College Navigator, as well as school websites.

The initial pool of 192 universities and colleges consisted of regionally and nationally accredited institutions, which offered a bachelor’s degree in human resources or related program; and schools with an enrollment of 3,000 or fewer undergraduate students. From that original pool, Human Resources MBA then narrowed the list to the 50 institutions with the lowest published 2016 tuition and fees. Rankings in the top 50 are in order of affordability, with the least expensive school earning a #1 position.

Visit www.humanresourcesmba.net/ to learn more.

Master of Organizational Leadership

The Lourdes MOL program in the College

of Business and Leadership is fully accredited by the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education, and is offered to candidates seeking leadership development.

Today’s leaders must be persons of integrity who embrace innovation and change, approach problems creatively, respect diversity and work in partnership with others. The Lourdes MOL program prepares individuals to creatively problem solve, lead with intent and vision and empower others to do and be their best.

Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management

The Lourdes University Human Resource Management program is fully accredited by the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education, and provides graduates with valuable internship experience and the skills and knowledge needed to properly practice and manage the HR department in today’s business world.

Justice education conference to be held

Lourdes University and the Department of Sociology and Justice Studies will host the 2016 Ohio Council of Criminal Justice Education Conference on Friday, April 15. Dr. Dale Lanigan, Chair of the Lourdes University Department of Sociology and Justice Studies, is OCCJE president. Keynote speaker for the conference is Lucas County Sheriff John Tharpe.

Students from a number of schools will present on a variety of research topics.

Institutions represented include Bowling Green State University, Cedarville University, Defiance College, Lourdes University, Notre Dame College, Ohio Northern University, Tiffin University, the University of Akron, and Youngstown State University.

SPORTS NEWS

Sylvania Schools coach to enter hall of fame

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Longtime Sylvania Northview girls’ basketball coach, Jerry Sigler, will be inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame on May 21. He will join such greats as Toledo’s Bob Nichols, BGSU’s Fran Voll and Nate Thurmond, Cincinnati’s Bobby Huggins and Oscar Robinson, Michigan’s Campy Russell, Ohio State’s Clark Kellogg, Bob Knight, Jerry Lucas and Katie Smith and many other names in Ohio basketball history. Sigler is the first northwest Ohio high school coach to receive this honor.

Over his 37 years as a varsity coach, Sigler’s teams amassed 675 wins and 177 losses, which makes him the third winningest coach in the history of Ohio girls’ basketball. His legacy includes 37

varsity winning seasons with never a losing season. During his career at Northview, Sigler had over 20 of his players go on to play at the college level, which includes four AllOhio First Team players: Anne Armstrong, 1979, Julie Hoehing, 1980, Megan Baie, 2000 and Niki McCoy, 2005.

His teams of 1977-78, 2003-04 and 200405 participated in the State Final Four in Columbus.

During his years at Northview, Coach Sigler’s teams won 18 league titles and he was named Ohio Coach of the Year twice in 1978-79 and 2003-04 by the Associated Press and twice in 1997-98 and 2003-2004 by the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association.

Division 4, 70-pound weight class, and his younger brother Loagan, who placed third in the Division 1, 40-pound weight class, held at the district tournament at Clay High School back in January.

There are eight district tournaments that take place all across Ohio with the top four in each weight class in each district advancing to the State tournament. At the state tournament, the 32-man brackets are wrestled out with only the top eight placing and earning state All Ohio wrestling status.

Cole McKinley went 2 and 2 at the State tournament ranking him in the top 16 in the State. He ends his grade school wrestling career

a two-time District Champ and a four-time OAC State qualifier with a record of 151-37, he will continue wrestling next year at McCord Junior High School.

Loagan McKinley became the first-ever state place winner for the Sylvania Biddy Wrestling program, pinning his way through the 32-man bracket, only falling short in the finals, 6-3, becoming the State Runner-up and earning him Ohio All American Status. Loagan ends his season with 39 wins and only three losses.

The Sylvania Biddy Wrestling Program was started by Sylvania Recreation in 1991. The program runs November through February.

For more information about the program visit www.playsylvania.com.

In addition to being part of the Sylvania Biddy Program, both boys also train and wrestle at Foxfire Wrestling Club (www.foxfirewrestling.com.)

Sigler was inducted into Eastwood’s Eagle Way Hall of Fame and the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2015 and the Sylvania Athletic Foundation’s Hall of Fame in 2014. The Sylvania Northview basketball floor has been named “Jerry Sigler Court.”

Since retiring from Northview, Sigler has been assisting the Onsted Michigan High School varsity boys team. This year, the team was ranked Number 1 in Michigan Class B, eventually losing in the Regional Finals with a season record of 23-1.

Sylvania kindergartner makes wrestling history as State Runner-Up Jerry Sigler

Since the inception of the Ohio Athletic Committee Grade School State Wrestling tournament in 2005, no member of the Sylvania Biddy Wrestling Club has ever reached the awards podium, until now.

Loagan McKinley, a kindergartner at Highland Elementary School, made history this weekend by becoming Sylvania’s first-ever state placer at the Grade School State Wrestling Championships held in Youngstown on March 19-20.

The Sylvania Biddy Wrestling Club had two wrestlers who qualified for the State tournament, McCord sixth-grader Cole McKinley, who was a District Champion in the

Early Morning Tennis at Central Trail

L-R: Kristiana Gonzales, second grade and Ryan Berrie, first grade, learn how to play tennis at Central Trail Elementary School. They are two of over 140 students who arrive early, eager and ready to learn play tennis. So before the bell, the nets go up and students are taught the basics of the game and practice their stance, pivots and swings. ‘The goal is to introduce the kids to a healthy sport that they can continue to play for a lifetime,’ stated Mark Faber, USPTA, and coordinator of the morning program.

Northview Athlete of the Week

Austin Rodgers —photo by John Crisman, Assetware

Senior Austin Rodgers has been a member of the boys varsity basketball team for three years. This past winter, he averaged 11 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, while shooting 40 percent from the three point line. He made 49 three-point field goals on the 17-8 season for the Wildcats and leaves Northview as the school's all-time leader in blocked shots with 55 for his career.

He was also chosen to participate in the District 7 All Star Game on March 30 at Rossford High School and the prestigious Ohio vs. Indiana All Star game at St. Francis University in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Loagan McKinley

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TAM-O-SHANTER•SYLVANIA SPORTS & EXHIBITION CENTER• SYLVANIA RECREATION

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

CRAIG STOUGH MAYOR’S MESSAGE

2016 Capital Improvement Projects

The days are getting longer and the temperatures will soon be getting Mayor Craig warmer. That means the Stough 2016 construction season is upon us. The city of Sylvania has several capital improvement projects planned for 2016.

Some are being financed in part by state of Ohio grant funds. All will be publicly bid or utilize state of Ohio pre-bid term prices to take advantage of the competitive prices available.

No tax increases or property owner assessments will be made. All of these projects will improve Sylvania and help keep our community one of the best places to live and work in northwest Ohio.

Residential Street Microsurfacing

Sylvania will continue its microsurfacing improvements using the Ohio Department of Transportation Cooperative Program to provide pavement rehabilitation on approximately 3.4 miles of residential streets with a budget of $180,000. Microsurfacing consists of applying a polymer-modified asphalt emulsion based resurfacing material to the existing pavement surface. This application will provide a hard wearing surface on structurally sound pavements with the primary goal of extending pavement life by covering cracks, stoping unraveling, reducing water infiltration and oxidation deterioration. Suitable streets in the Trenton Place, Sleepy Hollow, Country Club Estates and Highland Terrace neighborhoods will be microsurfaced this year.

King Road Widening/Resurfacing

Add a right turn lane on northbound King Road at Sylvania Avenue and resurface all pavement between Sylvania Avenue and Cougar Lane.

Harroun Road Resurfacing

Resurfaces all pavement between Monroe Street and Ten Mile Creek bridge.

Northbrook Court

Full depth reconstruction of the street.

Removes existing concrete pavement and replaces with asphalt.

Alexis/Acres Roads Signal Improvement

This signal is currently in the same timing sequence as the Monroe/Acres roads signal and does not allow the signal timing to be adjusted for Alexis Road traffic. This project will allow such adjustments. It will still be coordinated with the Monroe Street/Alexis Road and Monroe Street/Acres road signals.

Sanitary Sewer Lining

A resin-saturated felt tube typically made of fiberglass cloth will be inverted and pulled into a damaged pipe. Little to no digging is involved in this trenchless process, making for a more cost-effective and less disruptive method than traditional “dig and replace” pipe repair methods. Hot water, UV light, or steam is used to cure the resin and form a tight-fitting, jointless and corrosion-resistant replacement pipe.

Service laterals are restored internally with robotically controlled cutting devices.

Work will be done on Erie Street, Garden Park Drive, Main Street, and Sylvanwood Drive.

Ground Level Storage Tank

Burnham Park Elevated Tank

Exterior painting and minor improvements

Municipal Lot Resurfacing

Exterior painting and minor improvements

Asphalt resurface the remaining two aisles of the lot.

Sidewalk Replacements

Several areas in town, concentrated in the Trenton Place development where trees have caused damage to the existing sidewalks, $16,000.

River Trail Phase 2

After learning of the sudden death of Patrick Sobeski, the former mayor of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, and Sylvania’s Sister City, Sylvania Mayor Craig Stough had several thoughts to share. “He was a trusted friend,” noted Mayor Stough.

“Despite being in different countries, we faced many of the same leadership demands and stresses. We learned from each other. We shared challenges and experiences. We were able to help support each other,” he said.

“The last time we were together was in the fall when Barbara and I met him and his fiancée, Judi, in Stratford,” he recalled.

“Pat was a great supporter of the Sister City relationship. He visited Sylvania many times and joined us for the Sister Cities dinner we hosted the night before the Sister Cities’ Fall Festival parade. We also rode together in the parade for several years,” Mayor Stough recalled.

MIKE JONES

TOWNSHIP TOPICS

Restriction Eases Proposed

A proposal to ease some restrictions on what are known as monument signs has been sent by Sylvania Township to the Lucas County Planning Commission for its review and recommendation.

Daryl Graus, township manager of planning and zoning, told township trustees that the township has some of the more restrictive monument-sign regulations in the area.

Monument signs are lower to the ground as opposed to pole signs, which are mounted to a tall post.

Currently, monument signs in Sylvania Township must be placed 15 feet from the public right-of-way and may not be higher than five feet.

The proposal sent to the county office would allow for signs to be five feet from the right-of-way and still no more than five feet high. A monument sign placed 10 feet from the right-of-way could be as high as eight feet and the scale would continue on with the allowable height of the sign increasing the further the sign is from the right-of-way.

The scale ends with allowing for a 12-foot high monument sign if it is 30 or more feet from the right of way.

Graus noted that the proposed change in regulations was prompted in part by the number of requests for conditional use permits to the board of zoning appeals for nonconforming monument signs.

After the county commission makes a recommendation, the township zoning commission will consider the changes and then make a recommendation to Sylvania Township trustees, who will make the final

Leaves and Brush Collection decision on any changes.

Sylvania Township’s annual collection of brush and leaves will begin for township property owners April 11. It is suggested that all residents have items at the roadside the night before to ensure they are not missed.

An exact schedule cannot be determined, because differing levels of demand in some areas, the weather, and other potential factors can alter collection. Township crews will make a one-time sweep of all roadways to collect the brush and leaves.

Residents are reminded to keep brush and leaves at the curb but not in the street. Limbs and branches should not be more than six feet long and must be kept separate from leaves. Do not place leaves in plastic bags.

Roundabout Construction

Not only will motorists in western Sylvania Township soon have to avoid the intersection of Sylvania Avenue and Centennial Road, but the construction of a roundabout there will also hamper fire equipment coming from the station on Sylvania Avenue just east of the intersection.

Deputy Chief Mike Ramm said plans call for most responses to areas west of the intersection to come from firefighters and apparatus stationed at either the fire house at Monroe and Main streets or on McCord Road just south of Central Avenue.

The chief said dispatching decisions will be made on a case by case basis depending on which station can respond most quickly to a fire or a medical issue.

Construction of the roundabout is expected to take two months, with the intersection reopening to traffic June 1. Mitchaw, Herr and King roads will be posted as north-south alternate routes, with Central Avenue and Brint Road to be used for east-west travel.

Sisters of St. Francis Celebrated

Extending existing River Trail from Harroun Road to Monroe Street will be bid and construction started later this year.

Minor improvements will be made to the ground level storage tank.

In Rememberance...

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“I remember that Pat made a special trip to Sylvania one summer to promote the Sister Cities concept to our City Council,” Mayor Stough said. During another visit to the area, Mayor Stough and Mayor Sobeski met at a Mud Hens game when the Toronto Blue Jay’s farm team, the Buffalo Bison, was in town.

Mayor Sobieski was also very involved with Sister Cities’ activities in Woodstock.

“He was a big part of the Woodstock Santa parade. We always spent time together during that event. He also was at the field when the Sylvania Black Swamp Base Ball team traveled to Woodstock to play,” he said.

Sobieski had been elected mayor of Woodstock in 2010 and served through 2014. He had also been a city councilor in Woodstock.

Woodstock, Ontario, Canada and Sylvania became Sister Cities on Oct. 22, 1992.

L-R: Sister Rachel Nijakowski, councilor, Sister Theresa Darga, assistant congregational minister, Sister Pat Gardner, congregational treasurer/councilor, Sister Mary Jon Wagner, congregational minister, who comprise the leadership team for the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, received a proclamation to commemorate their 100th anniversary year by Sylvania Mayor Craig Stough at the Sylvania City Council meeting on March 21.

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JANIS WEBER

THE MOUSE TRAP

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Talk About The Laptop Battery

Inside your laptop is a battery that runs your entire computer. It is pretty big and is on the bottom of your laptop in the back. It probably has two releases that allow Janis Weber you to remove and/or replace it at some point. The battery has a life span just like any other rechargeable battery that you use on other equipment. This particular one lasts for about three to five years.

After that it will probably no longer charge or if it does it will not last very long. At that point you will leave the computer plugged in.

In the meantime, you want it to charge to 100 percent initially and have it last for many hours. If you treat it right you will get the maximum usage. There are some guidelines to follow if you want it to last. First of all, like your muscles, if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use them, you lose them. A battery works the same way. You really must unplug your laptop and let it run down to about 50 percent. If you ask ten people how low you should take it, you will get ten different answers. This is because different manufacturers have better batteries than others. If you want to buy a laptop with the strongest battery, consider the Lenovo ThinkPad (extended battery), followed by the Acer One Cloud, Toshiba Portege, Apple MacBook Air, Dell Chromebook and the Surface Book. These are the current ratings.

The variations are not very vast but some people are fussier.

If you not driven by the longevity of the battery then choose your computer by other specs, knowing that at some point the bat-

tery will lose its power anyway. They all work just fine out of the box but if you are going to depend on the battery quite often then choose from the above. The rest of us will be fine.

From day one you should follow these suggestions. Keep the entire laptop as cool as possible by raising it off a solid surface, allowing air to circulate. There are cooling pads or I just use four pieces of plastic or wooden blocks to keep it up. Your lap is the worst place to use it. You are warm and it overheats even faster. If you have minimum RAM (Random Access Memory) in your computer, the battery has to work harder, so install more or use fewer programs at a time while unplugged. Dust is dangerous too. It just cannot breathe well so get a can of air and blow out the vents to clean things up.

Oh, and turn down the brightness when you are using it on battery. These settings are in the Power Options in the Control Panel.

You may have heard old tips about charging your battery to only 80 percent, and not leaving it on the charger all the time, but most of that advice is outdated, and applies to older nickel metal hydride batteries but not the lithium-ion and lithium-polymer batteries used today. While modern laptop batteries donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require you to be as conscientious about how and when you charge your battery, you should occasionally take the opportunity to let the battery drain completely through normal use. Thanks, Joe, for discussing this with me.

In conclusion, use your battery on a regular basis. Allow it to run down at least half way or all the way if you are feeling brave and modern. Please do not leave it plugged in all the time. That is doom and gloom for every type battery.

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9-11 Memorial planned

in October that we had been accepted and awarded to receive a piece of the World Trade Tower.â&#x20AC;? Clegg is unsure of the origin of the piece but gained insight from the architect on the project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our architect has visited ground zero and the museum. The upright beams, similar to ours, traveled the outside of the building. There were no interior posts. When he saw our piece he assumes they were from one of the upper floors. That is all the information we could attain. All the steel is usually numbered but either from the fire or other circumstances, the numbers had been destroyed,â&#x20AC;? explains Clegg.

Currently, architect Scott J. Heacock is finalizing plans and hopes to break ground in midApril. A dedication will happen in late summer to early fall. The memorial will be located in the northeast corner of the cemetery in an undeveloped, 1.5-acre area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be anchored right in the center,â&#x20AC;? states Clegg.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;That whole section will be dedicated to burial options for first responders and their families.â&#x20AC;?

Clegg believes that the memorial sight will be a meaningful destination for individuals to pay their respects. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would like to have signage on the expressway and have this be a destination for anyone to come and see the 9-11 artifact,â&#x20AC;? Clegg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is going to be quite impressive and meaningful. We have one of the biggest pieces out there. We have also spoken to some of the police and fire chiefs in the area and they want to be involved in the ceremony.

We are known for our community involvement and try to be good corporate citizens.

Toledo Memorial Park has budgeted $200,000 for this project. Our board is committed to making this one of the finest 9-11 tributes in the area. That is phenomenal especially for a small little cemetery like us. It is a great thing to honor the first responders that take care of us every day.â&#x20AC;?

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Call 419/ 530-8570 to register. Private tutoring and repairs are just a phone call or email away.

Shred Day scheduled for Sylvania residents

The city of Sylvania, in an effort to increase awareness about how to safeguard personal documents from identity theft, has partnered with AccuShred to promote the proper disposal and destruction of personal information.

Residents can bring boxed or bagged documents to the Sylvania Municipal Court parking lot, 6700 Monroe St., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 23. AccuShred will offer on-site destruction for up to 50 pounds of personal documents, or approximately three banker boxes, free of charge. Additional documents will be destroyed for a fee of $3 per container. Residents will be able to unload the material that is shredded on site.

For the second year, electronic recycling is also available. Computers, CPUs and laptops,

mainframes, servers, peripherals, computer cables and any wire, telephones, cell phones and telephone systems, fax machines and central office equipment, printers and copiers, banking and financial equipment, electronic circuit boards and components, small appliances, VCR, DVD and CD players, stereo equipment, games and PDAs are accepted. Computer monitors can be recycled for a $5 fee. Televisions will not be accepted.

The efforts of Sylvania residents and Shred Day have accounted for 66,820 pounds of recycled paper in just the last four years.

For more information call city of Sylvania Zoning office at 419/885-8948 or visit www.cityofsylvania.com.

The city of Sylvania will resume its regular schedule yard waste pick up program the week of April 4 for Schedule A and the week of April 11 for Schedule B. Please refer to the Country Journal or the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, www.cityofsylvania.com, for your area schedule.

A free curb-side yard waste pick up will take place the week of April 18 for Schedule A and the week of April 25 for Schedule B. Residents wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to buy an official green yard waste

bag because on those days waste may be placed in a garbage can container or other suitable container with the lid off. Paper grocery bags or cardboard boxes can also be used for these special green waste pick ups. Branches should be cut into four-foot lengths with a diameter of 18 to 24 inches and bundled securely with string. Bags, containers, or bundles cannot weigh more than 50 pounds each. No plastic bags can be accepted.

Sylvania to resume yard waste pick up

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Clem Vascik and Ron Weber enjoy the omelets prepared by the Glendale Assisted Living facility.

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Sun in Aries until April 19 Time for New Starts

This upcoming transit of Sun in Aries is intense as it creates a huge square to transiting Pluto, conjunct transiting Uranus. There is a toss-up between individuality vs. relationships. Is it all about me, or is it all about us? In addition, the conflict between transiting Pluto and the Sun in Aries is all about breaking down barriers. A time in which we reexamine our course of actions, and keep ourselves on track.

New Moon in Aries - The Energizer Bunny at its Best

Prepare to be energized by the New Moon in Aries on April 7. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about motivation, new ideas and increased physical activity.

Impatience can be an issue, so take a step back before taking on too much. Generally the effects of a New Moon begin a week before, and can last up to a week after. This is generally a great time to rid ourselves of bad habits, start fresh, and re-invent ourselves if need be. Those born under the sign of Aries will feel energized while those born under Libra are affected through partners. Cancer and Capricorn will feel a sense of restlessness in home and/or work similar to that of a Full Moon. Nonetheless, wherever the New Moon falls in your birth chart is an indicator of where the influence is.

Full Moon in Scorpio - Break Down Old Barriers - While Emotions Flare

Full Moon in Scorpio April 22. When the Full Moon occurs, the gravitational pull between Moon, Earth and Sun have a huge effect on our bodies, mind and spirit. You may begin to feel this influence as early as a week prior, lasting two weeks depending on where it falls in your birth chart, and on how powerful the Moon influence is with regard to other planets. Sometimes things become more clear and intense under the illumination of the Full Moon - emotions ignite, egos are inflated and, though we are deeply energized by the Full Moon, we need to take care when dealing with others. This particular Full Moon centers around our deepest fears - financial insecurity, job related issues, and even love relationships that may go array.

Those born under Taurus will no doubt feel the significance of this Full Moon as partnerships, both work and play, are exposed.

Those born under Leo and Aquarius may find themselves in a tailspin where work and home are concerned. Nonetheless, wherever it falls into your chart depends on your time of birth, indicating the intensity of this Full Moonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effect.

Mars Turns Retrograde - Revisit, Rethink, and Re-Invent

Mars turns retrograde in Sagittarius, moving back into Scorpio on April 18 through June 28 - The dreaded Mars retrograde! Anytime Mars turns retrograde we feel a HUGE shift in the cosmos, as it affects everything we do. Since Mars expresses itself through energy, actions, efforts and work, we find ourselves feeling fired up emotionally, overwhelmed, intense and feeling either totally out of control or basically low energy.

Sometimes this transit moving from Sagittarius into Scorpio can be like beacon of light as it opens a path into our higher awareness. Mars retrograde gives a nod to introspection and self-assessment.

Saturn in retrograde in Sagittarius

Sometimes when we look into the cosmos, the planets appear to go backwards.

This optical illusion is called a retrograde.

With Saturn, the planet of structure, in ret-

SYLVANIA ADVANTAGE | FIRST APRIL 2016 | 11B rograde in the happy sign of Sagittarius, we may feel restricted; there could be issues with co-workers or those in authority. Also a retrograde Saturn may force us to take a look at ourselves in a more philosophical, psychological way. Where it is located in our own charts will determine its affect. However, those born under Sagittarius, Gemini, Pisces and Virgo are directly affected/influenced.

Jupiter Continues in Virgo

Ruled by Sagittarius, and in its detriment with transiting Virgo, due to the fact that Jupiter likes to spread its wings, to cover all angles, to explore and discover. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like restriction. On the flip side, Jupiter in Virgo will allow us to pay attention to things we need to pay attention to. Details perhaps? As it conflicts with transiting Saturn, (and Saturn is now transiting in its ruling sign of Sagittarius), we find ourselves feeling torn between independence/freedom and coloring inside the lines. Those born under Virgo, Pisces, Gemini and Sagittarius are most affected. Saturn in Sagittarius

Venus, in Aries April 6 through April 29

Be aware that Venus in Aries can be costly if you are not aware of your finances. Not a good time to go spending as the fire influence may cause your money to itch in your pockets. Also, romance can be unpredictable, as a love connection may not have much longevity. Again, depending on the situation does count for something. However, easy come easy go is the motto here. So be aware, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rush in.

SIGNS ARIES (March 20-April 19)

You are in a great place this month as the planets playfully frolic in your own sign. Just know that this intense vortex of influence can be great; however, a little bit of fire warms the house but too much can burn it down. So be aware of your limitations. In addition to this, Mars retrograde can be testy, as you may find yourself stretched beyond words. When in doubt, pull back.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

This is the time in which you see yourself more introspective, aware of your surroundings, and more importantly craving answers to lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mysteries. Strange but true. This can be a period where you seek out only to receive. However, with the influence of the retrograde taking place from your money house, better to be safe than sorry when dealing with major expenses. If anything, hold off until after June 28. Also, your work situation may temper down a bit as you find yourself feeling more confidant.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

As always with Geminiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about communication and getting your point out, only to be heard. Paying attention to work related matters is essential. Personal partnerships may be in a tailspin as Mars retrogrades in Sagittarius, triggering your area of partners. Keeping a low profile may be a better bet then to jump into unsafe waters.

However, as always with most Geminis, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about timing.

CANCER (June 21-July 20)

As the planets hover over the zenith part of your chart, in your career you may find yourself feeling overworked and under-paid.

This can and will be a temporary phase of life. Also, know that much can be said about your tendency to take on more than you can handle. However, as with most Cancers, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about working it and trusting in the process. In addition, with transiting Mars now in a retrograde motion, health can be a factor. If in doubt, check it out.

LEO (July 22-Aug 22)

As with most Leos, fun and games is the

key; however, at this time you may find yourself more observant, more in tune and ready to take everything and everyone on. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a grand cycle for change for the better, specifically where personal interests are concerned.

Also, your money situation may begin to slowly come around. However, speculation is not your answer as Mars in retrograde may not be in your best interest as it tests the scales of balance.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

As with most Virgos, it is all about doing well financially, and making sure you are dotting your Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and crossing your Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

However, at this time, with planetary influences taking place in your money house, security is the key factor here. In addition, with transiting Mars taking place in your area of home, emotions and actions may run amuck. Not the best time to make any changes, or create unnecessary unrest. Better to lay low then to disturb the nest.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

As with most Libras, it is always about peace and balance. This month, as most of the influences occur in Aries, you may find yourself seeking out through friends and partners. In addition, your work and financial situation should be in a positive stance.

However, though you test your words carefully before speaking, this transit with Mars in retrograde may be causing you to speak out of line. Silence can be golden at this time!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Slow down and take it easy for a while.

Stressful activities should be rescheduled.

Marriage and committed relationships are tested. Unresolved issues come up for cleansing. Good relationships will survive, but flawed ones can end. Be patient with loved ones. Also make sure your money situation is tied up and secure before making any big changes. Mars retrograde may cause you to act out of character by jumping in before you need to. A penny earned is a penny saved.

ers. A good strong period for healing, taking stock of most things around you. Your job looks favorable. Emotions may run high.

Also, a strong cycle, with Mars in retrograde, for you to take stock of health and fitness.

Better to be safe than sorry.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Before jumping in to unsafe waters, take heed in knowing that whatever you do from this point on is a reflection. Also, know that by most accounts family and friends have your back. However, with Mars in retrograde, your trust issues can be less than zero.

Also, your money situation may be in a flux, and your instincts, though they may run high, can help you in the long run. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to you to set whatever pace you choose.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 19)

As your creative juices are brewing, you may see yourself finally coming out of your shell and moving into a more productive one. As it is, no matter what, you always seem to do well in the end. Also personal matters, specifically love-related may be a bit testy; however, it is up to you to clear the air before making any major decisions. Also with Mars retrograding your work and home, you would do well to pay attention and not move back into your inner thoughts.

Janet Amid is a columnist who writes an astrology column, The Stars Speak, for Sylvania AdVantage, as well as Grazing With The Stars, an astrological food column. Janet can also be heard on 92.5 KISS FM Monday mornings between 8:15 and 8:45 AM. She can reached at 419/882-5510 or by e-mail at JanetAmid@aol.com. Check out her web site at www.JanetAmid.com

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 20)

Time to take stock of yourself as well as with others. This is your month to get yourself back in gear. Enough procrastination!

Time to move forward in anything and everything you do. Also, expect an unexpected windfall within the next few weeks.

However, with Mars retrograding in your own sign, if there are secrets, be prepared for a tell-all. This cycle is all about unearthing, forcing situations to the top. You can run but you cannot hide.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-Jan. 19)

Your heart and mind may be working overtime as you see yourself trying desperately to compromise with yourself and oth-

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Barbara Jean Rose

Barbara Jean Rose passed away March 18, 2016, at Ebeid Hospice Residence in Sylvania.

Barbara was born in Toledo on April 17, 1936, to the late Glen and Mary Agnes Pontsler. She was a 1954 graduate of Central Catholic High School. Barbara began working as a secretary for Ohio Belting then moved to Owens-Illinois where she was secretary to the vice-president of manufacturing. She later became a successful saleswoman for Fay Swafford Handbags then Park Lane Jewelers winning several national awards. Barbara was a founding member of Central Catholic High School Alumni Association and was an early member of Heartbeat of Toledo.

She is survived by her loving husband of 52 years, James Edward Rose; sons James Edward, Jr., R. Turtle, and Rev. William John Rose; brother John David (Niki) Pontsler; adopted sisters Mary Pontsler James and Mary Falter Savage; and two very special girls who are her granddaughters Abigail Elizabeth and Caroline Faith Rose, daughters of James, Jr. She was preceded in death by her brothers Bernard Gary (1944), William John (1962), James Richard Pontsler (1981) as well as her brother in birth in 1928.

The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation to the staffs of Ebeid Hospice Residence and St. Anneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital for the wonderful care they provided. Memorial contributions may be made to the Old Newsboys, Christ the King Parish, or Ebeid Hospice Residence.

Francis Pizza

Francis R. Pizza, age 90, of Sylvania, Ohio, passed away peacefully March 6, 2016, in Mercy St. Anneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born October 3, 1925, in Toledo to Toby and Philomena (Ricciulli) Pizza. He attended St. Charles Elementary School and graduated from Libbey High School in 1943. Francis enlisted in the Army in 1944 and served in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns in France, Germany and Austria during WWII in the field artillery division. Francis was honorably discharged in 1946 and earned his B.B.A. from the University of Toledo in 1949. Francis married Betty Bodenstedt in 1958 and had 6 children, 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Francis began his career as an agent for the Internal Revenue Service from 1949 to 1960 and then established Pizza and Pizza, a public accounting practice specializing in the affairs of small business clients. His son Anthony joined the firm in 1992 and Francis retired in 2014. He was a life member of the Ohio CPA Society and St. Jude Council of the

Knights of Columbus, a member of Sigma Beta Phi at the University of Toledo, American Legion Post #355, and was treasurer of the Italian American Sports Club for 29 years. He enjoyed swimming and golf and had a holein-one not once but twice at Ottawa Park, both in league play.

Surviving is his wife Betty; children Mark, Anthony (Kelly), Andrew (Peggy), Francis (Tracy) and Kim Pizza and Amy (Ben) Pugliesi; grandchildren Zak (Cleia), Joe (Martha), Katie, Jake, Natalie, Ella, Dominic, and Grace Pizza and Bianca Pugliesi; and great-grandchildren Anthony and Noah Pizza.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Anthony G. Pizza. The family suggests memorials to the charity of the donorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice.

Condolences may be shared with the family at walkerfuneralhomes.com.

Luanna Foradas

Luanna M. Foradas, 89, of Sylvania Township, Ohio, passed away March 16, 2016, at Sunset Village. She was born Jan. 22, 1927, in Toledo to parents Leo and Alice (Olson) Managhan.

Luanna was a graduate of Woodward High School and a former member of Messiah and Olivet Lutheran Churches.

In 1947, she married William â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billâ&#x20AC;?

Foradas, who she met at the Friendly Center in North Toledo. Together they started Apex Metal Fabrication Company. Luanna was an avid golfer. She and Bill enjoyed playing together at Sylvania Country Club as well as Isla Del Sol Country Club, St. Petersburg, Fla., when they visited their condominium. Luanna also enjoyed playing golf in many summer leagues. Additionally, she enjoyed photography, crafts and gardening.

Left to cherish her memory are her dedicated daughters Susan Foradas, Nancy (Mike) Petree, Sally (Patrick) Copeland, Lori (John) Mauntler, and Pam Foradas; grandchildren Valerie (Greg), Shannyn (Scott), Ryan (Dawn), Christopher, Allyson, Meghan, and Kristin; great-grandchildren Nathan, Ryleigh, Aubry, Miranda, and Myles; sister Shirley Travis; and many nieces and nephews. Luanna was preceded in death by her brothers Harold and Howard Managhan; sisters Betty Burns, Elaine King, and June Parkinson. After 61 years of marriage Bill preceded Luanna in death in 2008.

Private funeral services were held at the Reeb Funeral Home, Sylvania, Ohio. Luannaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family would like to thank the staff of Sunset Village for their loving care and support.

Those wishing to offer memorials in Luannaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory, are asked to consider, in lieu of flowers, Camp Courageous or the Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association.

Mary Herzberg

Mary J. Herzberg, 62, of Toledo, Ohio, passed away March 15, 2016. She was born May 21, 1953, in Toledo to parents Hubert and

SYLVANIA ADVANTAGE | FIRST APRIL 2016 | 13B Shirley (DeLaRonde) Herzberg. She was a 1971 graduate of Devilbiss High School, and received an associate degree in accounting.

Mary loved to dance.

She was a competitive ballroom dancer and teacher. She owned and operated an Arthur Murray Franchise in Toledo for many years.

Mary was happiest when she was with her family. She cherished the time spent with them at their Round Lake Cottage. She enjoyed sunbathing, boating, water skiing and playing games.

Mary is survived by her daughters Tiffany (Chuck) Semple, Tatum Grana-Knaggs, and Cassandra Garrett; son Travis Knoke; grandchildren Cadence, Macilyn, Lucas, Owen, Drew, and Brandon; mother Shirley Herzberg; and sisters Patricia Ann (Chick) Bouvier and Sue (Tom) Hall; nieces and nephews; and faithful K-9 companion Molly. She was preceded in death by her father. Those wishing to offer memorials in Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory are asked to consider the Paws and Whiskers Cat Shelter.

Family and friends are invited to view Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tribute Video at www.reebfuneralhome.com.

Sameer Khoury

Sameer W. Khoury, 43, of Toledo, Ohio, passed from this life on March 18, 2016. A passionate and loving person, Sam earned his chef certification in Napa Valley and served in that capacity at Bybloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant. Sam graduated from Bowsher High School where he was a football player and an All-City baseball player. He then attended Columbus State University before embarking on his career.

Initially he was a successful music promoter in Southern California where he forged many lifelong friendships with musicians including Tom Petty, Ray Orbison, Jr., Counting Crows and many others. He also brought the Malibu Inn on Pacific Coast highway back to life with his personality and keen sense of music promotion. Sam was a passionate Pittsburgh Steelers fan and a talented artist. Sam was very protective of his family and friends and he and his brother, Tony, were inseparable their entire lives.

Sam is survived by his parents Wafeek and Mariam Khoury, brother Tony Khoury (April); sisters Tania Mancinotti (Mark) and Lisa Hajjar (Ziad); longtime love Sarah Lewis and her daughter Lucy, nieces and nephews Marisa (Godchild), Joe, Jacob, Alexander, Gabriel, Naseem (Godchild), George, Leila and Boulos. Those planning a memorial contribution are asked to consider St. George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral.

Arrangements by Walker Funeral Home.

James Kohli

James W. Kohli, 74, of Holland, Ohio, passed away March 12, 2016. Jim was born in Toledo, Ohio, May 24, 1941, to parents Ora and Leulla (Peters) Kohli.

He was employed for more than 33 years with ADT, before retiring in 2003. Jim was proud to

have served with the United States Army.

He is survived by his daughter Leslie Kohli; son David Kohli; and granddaughter Samantha Kohli; sisters Virginia Fey, Kathy Willis, and Ann Dausey; brother Roy (Ann) Kohli; and stepfather Paul Englehart. Jim was preceded in death by his loving wife, Dolores Kohli; mother, Luella Englehart and father, Ora Kohli, sister Judy Gentry; and brother David Kohli.

Jim will be laid to rest with military honors beside Dolores, at Springfield Township Cemetery. Those wishing to offer memorials in Jimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory are asked to consider St. Ursula Academy for a Nicaragua Mission trip for his granddaughter Samantha and team or WPOS Christian Radio Station. Family and friends are invited to view Jimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tribute at www.reebfuneralhome.com.

Martha Spangler

Martha M. Spangler, age 96, passed away March 12, 2016, at Cambrian assisted living.

The daughter of John and Anna Koehnke, she was born Sept. 27, 1919, in Germany. Martha married Marion Spangler on Oct. 24, 1937, in Deshler, Ohio. She was a member of St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lutheran Church. She enjoyed camping with her husband, baking cookies, garage sales and playing cards.

Martha volunteered at Lutheran Home for over 45 years.

She is survived by her son Rick (Lorie) Spangler; grandchildren Jason (Lisa) Spangler, Rachel (Austin) Spangler, Steve (Mandi) Spangler; great grandchildren Ethan, Brody, Hunter and Peyton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marion, and sister Wilma Rosebrook. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lutheran Church Radio ministry, Hospice of Lenawee County 1903 Wolf Creek Hwy. Adrian, Mich. 49221 or Lutheran Home 2519 Seaman St., Oregon, Ohio 43605.

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Bcharah, R.

Donaldson, S.

6622 Kingsbridge Dr.

43560

$

125,000

American International

Marlow, S. & C.

5936 Colonial Ct.

43560

$

184,000

Hays, J. & S. Trustees

Dozer, P.

5060 Main St.

43560

$

136,250

Wesley, P.

Klein, K.

5679 Monroe St.

43560

$

105,500

Smothers, E. & S.

Jakeway, D. Etal

4717 Woodland Ln.

43560

$

192,800

Jacobs, M.

Otaibi, W. & M.

4813 Westcliffe Ct.

43560

$

222,900

Davis, J. Trustee

Gindin, V. & D.

5161 Turnberry Ln.

43560

$

229,900

Stansley, R. & D.

McCartney, J. & A.

6160 Winterhaven Dr.

43560

$

260,000

Parseghian, G.

Khurshid, N. & Z.

7249 Forest Brook Dr.

43560

$

560,000

Midland Agency of NWO

SABA Home Builders LLC

9631 Rolexia Ct.

43560

$

49,300

Nowak, W. & D.

Puri, N. & K.

7705 Sylvan Oaks Way.

43560

$

208,000

Stonecrest Acquisitions LLC

Irving, W. Etal

6006 Cushman Rd.

43560

$

64,000

IFlip Properties LLC

Walz, T. & J.

7760 Kings Run Rd.

43560

$

267,700

Smith, A. Etal

Stetler, P. Etal

3703 Wild Pheasant Ln.

43560

$

205,000

Kollars, P. & H.

Smith, A.

9352 St. Angelas Way

43560

$

278,500

Pomeroy, B. & D.

Smith, B. & T.

6017 Thomasville Ct.

43560

$

215,000

Bucher, D. & J.

Harmon, E.

5735 Dellbrook Dr.

43560

$

75,500

Johnson, N. Etal

Clendenin, R. & K.

6554 Charlesgate Rd.

43560

$

110,000

Williams, D. Trustee

Miller, J. & C.

5439 Olde Post Rd.

43560

$

175,000

Farrell, J.

Garrett, M.

1187 Hidden Ridge Rd.

43560

$

91,600

Knapik, I.

Thebeau, M. & C.

6556 W. Bancroft St.

43615

$

87,000

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Cuprys, D.

5605 Westowne Ct.

43615

$

70,000

Hugg, J.

Greer, D.

2421 Cherry Hill Rd.

43615

$

104,900

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Mather, A.

4524 Penridge Rd.

43615

$

198,850

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Miller, J. & A.

6142 Applegate St.

43615

$

103,000

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Griffin, R.

5412 Elmer Dr.

43615

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100,000

Hamel, P. & L.

Henry, P.

7028 Shooters Hill Rd.

43617

$

198,500

Curran, A. Trustee

Epstein, H. & C.

6823 Pine Creek Dr.

43617

$

185,000

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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT BUILDINGS FOR RENT Sylvania Historical Village has two retails spaces for rent. Ideal locations with off street parking just a block from historic downtown. One building is roughly 231 square feet with one room. Other building is roughly 240 square feet between two rooms. Ideal for small retail space, studio or office.

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Olander Park Was a Hopping Place During the Easter Egg Hunt

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Simone Smith celebrated her fifth birthday hunting Easter eggs at Olander Park on Saturday morning, March 26.

Anthony Haynam showed his dad, Ben, the chocolate Easter bunny he received from Olander Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Executive Director Erika Buri.

Alicia Steele, center, helped her children Allister and Donovan find one of each colored egg during the hunt.

Amelia Hackney gave a purple egg to her dad Sam to finish filling her basket. Eggs were turned in for candy at the Nederhouser Center

Sean and Easton Hill showed their dad, Adam, all the eggs they found at the annual Easter Egg Hunt.

Kaira and Mark Torbey and their dod, Zein, stopped to chat with the Easter Bunny who hopped to a sunny spot near Lake Olander to talk with children.

Michelle Wernert gave her son Lucas a hand to finish his bunny ears while her daughter Hannah worked on her project under the watchful eye of her dad, Sam, and her youngest brother Grant.

Reginae Watkins, Mackenzie Laclair and Alex Slowinski were quite pleased with the eggs they found.

Children were encouraged to find one egg of each color.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Wellness marathon planned The Sylvania Franciscan Village presents a day-long wellness marathon on April 7, which is free and open to the public. Events scheduled include:

Keynote Address, 11 a.m.

Dr. Kevin Anderson’s address is entitled “Joy Management: A scientifically supported new approach to stress, optimal health and living your best life,” in the Ebeid Student Center, Lourdes University. Dr. Anderson is a psychologist with over 30 years of experience helping students, couples, families, and individuals with a variety of life challenges.

Friendly Triathlon Competition, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Using a treadmill, stationary bike and a rower, Lourdes students, faculty and staff, the Sisters, and their employees and other residents will team up in groups of three according to determined categories (e.g. athletes, women, seniors) to compete for bragging rights and prizes.

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Wheelchair Walk, 10 a.m.

Residents at Rosary Care Center and Our Lady of Grace Assisted Living, with assistance from students at Lourdes and other volunteers, will walk the campus.

Health and Wellness Interactive Exhibits and Activities, Noon-2 p.m.

Exhibits in five areas of wellness: Social, Emotional, Spiritual, Physical and Environmental, offer hands-on activities, resources, fun and information. This holistic event has something for everyone. Learn about the 10 best foods to eat, assess your balance or range of motion, have your blood pressure checked, discover places of solitude on campus, challenge some long-held myths about achieving health and longevity and much more.

Prediction Walk/Run, 2:30 p.m.

Guess the time it will take to walk/run the course. The one closest to the exact time wins.

Tree City Playhouse and Lourdes University Drama Society offers Festival of One Acts Tree City Playhouse, a new community theatre program of the Sylvania Community Arts Commission, will hold its inaugural production in collaboration with Lourdes University Drama Society. The groups will present a Festival of One Acts consisting of 10 “10-minute” plays featuring original works by the winners of the Drama Society’s 2015 One Act Playwriting Competition.

Performances will be held April 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. and April 10 at 2 p.m. in the Franciscan Center Theatre of Lourdes University, 6832 Convent Blvd., in Sylvania. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for seniors and students. Tickets can be purchased in advance online at www.sylvaniaarts.org or by calling 419/517-0118 or at the door.

This year’s competition received over 120 submissions from across the U.S., as well as Canada and New Zealand. Dan Borengasser of Springdale, Ariz., was awarded first-place for his short comedy, “Losing Proposition.”

Second-place playwright Laura Londagin of Chewelah, Wash., submitted “Chipotle,” in which the customers at a popular new eatery will do just about anything as they vie for a good spot in line just before opening. “La Vie en Rose” by Allan Provost of Miami, Fla., captured third place and is about former lovers who reminisce about their failed relationship only to discover fate has played a cruel trick on them.

Keith Ramsdell, former Drama Society advisor and artistic director for Tree City Playhouse, noted this is the ninth year for the Festival of One Acts and he’s excited the groups are working together to continue the tradition. He’s also grateful for the support of the Sylvania Community Arts Commission.

“Our vision is to bring accessible, educational, and family-friendly theatre to the Sylvania community and our affiliation with SCAC will help us accomplish that goal.”

The “Talk is (NOT) Cheap” Parent-toParent event will be held Wednesday, April 13 at 7 p.m. at the Sylvania Senior Center, 7140 Sylvania Ave. The forum will offer a discussion on children and mental health issues covering anxiety, body image issues, depression, anger and rage, stress and isolation and is designed to allow parents to share and interact with other parents working to meet the mental health needs of their children.

The Parent-to-Parent event will consist of

an explanation of the need for this program, a parent’s perspective, and a mental health professional providing valuable information in the parental assessment, the steps to take in obtaining help, and the treatment of mental health in children. The goal is for parents to receive valuable information and to leave feeling empowered to advocate for their children. There will also be several mental health organizations and resources available that evening.

Read for Literacy’s Amazing Race, Dinner and Auction, presented by United HealthCare Community Plan, is Saturday, April 9 at 4 p.m. Registrations for teams of four are being accepted to join in the hunt, which starts and finishes at The Pinnacle, 1772 Indian Wood Circle, Maumee.

Teams will drive around town taking photos of clues, earn points and return to The Pinnacle for a buffet dinner, raffle, live and silent auctions.

For $160, teams of four are treated to dinner, dessert, coffee stations and a takehome bag of goodies from local vendors.

According to Event Chair Bonnie Berland, “The Amazing Race is a wonderful way for people to come together for a fun evening and at the same time support literacy programs in our community. All of the funds raised will allow ‘Read for Literacy’ to serve more students with books, training

materials and other items that make them successful in the classroom and in life!”

Read for Literacy works to provide a range of literacy services and trainings that enable children, adults and families the opportunity to achieve success. In Lucas, Wood and Seneca counties over 39,000 families read at or below the basic fourth grade reading level.

The goal is to provide quality programming, appropriate reading material and books to help students gain literacy knowledge.

Parent-to-Parent meeting scheduled

The Amazing Race Scavenger Hunt, Dinner and Auction planned

Vintage 223 to open

A monthly market, Vintage 223, will be open April 15 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and April 17 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 14200 U.S. 223, Riga, Mich.

Hosted by Patina and Vintage Finds & Redesign, the new market features re-loved vintage, re-styled furnishings and repurposed junk.

BTT Presents ‘Beauty and the Beast’

L-R: Hannah Gerken, Drew Kiss, Larissa Huffman, Evan Long (Sylvania) Johanna Alexander, Sheldon Young and Jacqueline Weaner (Sylvania).

The story unfolds from both Beauty and the Beast to create an appealing story that love is not just attraction, but the love of someone’s inner self and true personality. Performances are 7 p.m. Friday, April 22, and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24, at Trinity Episcopal Church. Tickets are $15-20. For more information or to purchase tickets call 419/861-0895.

Mobile Meals Chili Cookoff Judges Take a Break

Chili judge Pam Wierauch held Rory Barnaby while his big brother Reece and big sister Drew looked on with their mother, chili judge Melissa Andrews after the judging the Mobile Meals’ Chili Cookoff on March 19.