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THE VILLAGER | FRIDAY, November 3, 2017
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Newton Falls Community Backpack Program
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Windham - The WVFD Joint Fire District met for their regularly scheduled meeting on October 12, 2017 with one member unavailable for the meeting. The board members are as follows Ron Kilgore, Cheryl Taylor and Brian Miller. Cheryl Taylor represents the village’s interest while Brian Miller represents the township’s interest. Ron Kilgore is the at-large member, and Jayme Neikirk is the fiscal officer for the board. The September meeting was called to order. The minutes could not be approved due to absenteeism and will be presented at the November meeting. The expenditures and bank reconciliation were approved as presented. In the chief’s report, Rich Gano reported that he has been working on trying to simplify the schedule to make it more user-friendly. The iPads the board approved last month are in use and have improved communications with the hospital and have simplified doing patient reports that they are required to do. The $30,000 grant the department received was applied to the purchase of a life pak aka defibulator. The department now has two, one bought with grant and the other donated by University Hospital. Gano reported that discipline letters have gone out to those who are in violation of standard operating procedures. Violations are mostly not fulfilling their obligatory hour requirements each month. The board voted to terminate a firefighter for actions unbecoming of a firefighter, dereliction of duty and unfulfilled hours requirement. The termination will need to be approved by the board’s legal counsel. The new digital community sign has been ordered and will be installed by local contractors. The sign will be placed in front of the fire station. The chief said they struggle to get local folks to volunteer for the district and many of their medics come from other communities. When they are on duty, they need to stay at the station. He would like to raise the sleeping pay they give to those who are on call and sleeping when they get no calls. Once they go out on a call, they get paid their regular wage for working the run. The chief believes by raising the overnight sleeping pay, it would attract more volunteers. After some discussion, it was determined that they would need to increase revenue before this could be considered. (Note: although it is technically a volunteer fire district, EMT’s and medics receive a small hourly stipend when out on a run.) That brought them to the next item of business, what to do about placing an additional levy on the ballot. The board will hold a financial workshop to determine if they need a levy and how much. The information will be presented at the next meeting. Calls to date are 440, with 27 EMS calls and three were fire. There were also two false alarms, and one vehicle accident. Two overdoses were reported, eight treatments /non transports, one lift assistance, three mutual aids given, and zero received. The district had a 7 minute 17 second average response time and it was noted that in September, Saturday had the highest number of incidents reported. Currently there are 22 members on the roster. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The fire board meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7 pm at the fire station.
Newton Falls - As the 2017-2018 School is well underway the Newton Falls Community Backpack program will begin its 7th year serving the needs of our children at the Newton Falls Elementary and Middle School. The program was organized by local businesses on Make a Difference Day in 2010 to help bridge the gap over the weekend for those students on our free and reduced lunch program. We supply them with kid-friendly foods and snacks such as cereal, oatmeal packets, hot chocolate packets, cereal bars, raisins, cheese crackers, canned tuna, vegetables and soup, applesauce, fruit and pudding cups, fruit snacks, peanut butter, macaroni & cheese and etc. Each bag is packed with 10-15 items per week and delivered to around 40 students on a rotating basis. During the 2016-2017 school year we had 275 student who qualified for the program, selected by the school nurse We are asking the community for your help in sustaining the program by either making a donation of the items mentioned previously in the article at the following locations ( Healthy Treasures Broad St NFO), Newton falls United Methodist Church (Ridge Rd NFO) or Associated School Employees Credit Union (Canal St NFO). Monetary donations can also be made at the ASECU in the account named NF Community Backpack Program. Volunteers are also needed, so please contact our Backpack Coordinator Kathy Wujcik through the Kiwanis club website http://newtonfallskiwanisclub. webs.com Please watch your local paper for updates and news about our program and thank you for your consideration of making a donation. It takes a community to raise a child Program Co-founders David Forgacs and Cyndi Hogue Project Coordinator Kathy Wujick
R avenna - Portage APL invites you to attend PAWS TO TASTE 2017 on November 18, 2017! We are excited to announce a new location and date. The event will be held at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center from 6-9. This annual wine and beer tasting to benefit Portage Animal Protective League promises to be the best yet. The evening will include wine pairings with select wines and delicious hors d’ oeuvres, as well as some Great Lakes beer. A silent auction, live music, wine pull, lottery tree raffle and 50/50 raffle will add to the fun. Some wonderful APL animals will also be in attendance to say hello. “We are excited about the event this year” says, Chalan Lowry APL Executive Director. “The date is earlier so as not to interfere with holiday happenings and the space is quite large, so we’ll have room for more people! The more people who attend, the more money we raise to help our animals. We hope this is our largest year yet, so please come and enjoy.” Reservations are $55 per person. For more information or to make reservations please call the Portage APL at 330-296-4022 by November 10th. You can also register online at www.portageapl.org Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every time you went out for drinks or food, it made a positive impact on your community? Well, rest assured, Paws to Taste will meet that requirement! Portage APL is also looking for donated auction items like gift baskets, sports items, jewelry, spa items, gift certificates and more. Event sponsorships are also available. The Portage APL is a private, nonprofit organization and relies on the generosity and kindness of individuals and businesses to make our community a safer place for thousands of animals, who have no voice. We continue to rescue animals every day and the need is constant.
Denise Bly | Contributing Reporter
Past Commanders and Past Presidents Dinner
American Legion Post 236, Newton Falls held a Past Commanders and Presidents dinner Saturday Oct. 21, 2017. Pictured above (L-R) Past President Kim Shaulis Ball, Current President Kathy Christy, Past Commander Arden Baillie, Current Commander Joe Ball, Past Commanders Bob James and Robert Closs.
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