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Index
Conneaut/Jefferson
Alumni Football
Game is July 2
--- see page 3A
Full Parking May
Return to Pearl Street
---see page 4A
Conneaut Arts Center
Summer Arts Camp in
Full Swing
---- see page 8A
“Early One Evening
At Rainbow Bar &
Grille” Opens June 27
-see page 13A
B-Section:
GOTL Convention and
Visitors Bureau puts on
tour of new attractions
on the lake - 1B
Police Reports - 6-7B
Antique Engine Club
Annual Big Show
Schedule - Pages 1114B
C-Section
Sports: Pages 1-8C
D-Section
Annual Big Show of
the Ashtabula County
Antique Engine Club
to be held - Page 1D
Front Porch Swing - 6
Obituaries - 10-11
Legals - 12-16
Classifieds - 17-19
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Jeff Ryan Found Guilty Of Murder
by MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
JEFFERSON – Jeffrey Ryan
of Conneaut will spend the next
33 years behind bars following
sentencing Tuesday afternoon in
Ashtabula County Common Pleas
Court.
Ryan, 39, was found guilty of one
count of aggravated (pre-meditated)
murder, two counts of murder and
one count of felonious assault, with
firearm specifications, for the May
6, 2015, shooting of his father, Tom
Ryan, in the living room of their
home at 466 Benjamin Street.
A jury of six men and six women
produced a verdict at 10:45 a.m.,
deliberating a little over two hours
following six days of testimony in
the courtroom of Ashtabula County
Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas Harris.
The prosecution, led by Ashtabula County Prosecutor Nicholas
Iarocci and his Chief Assistant,
Cecilia Cooper, and the defense,
led by attorney David Per Due,
agreed on one key point before the
trial began on June 14: that then
38-year-old Ryan pulled the trigger of the .380 caliber Beretta that
killed his 66-year-old father after
placing the loaded gun that morning on an antique table beside Jeff’s
living room recliner.
But why the loaded gun was
placed within arm's reach the afternoon that Tom Ryan returned
to the home to pick up remaining
belongings following a dissolution
of his decades-old marriage was the
question at the heart of the trial.
Was the murder pre-meditated,
as the prosecution alleged, or,
according to the defense, an unintended consequence of a father/
son scuffle initiated by the father’s
attempt to retrieve a matchstick
ship that was to have remained
with Jeff’s mother, Sandy?
Arrested by Conneaut police
shortly after the 4:15 p.m. shooting,
Ryan confessed, later bound over
to the Ashtabula County Grand
Jury, and charged with four counts:
aggravated murder, two counts of
murder and felonious assault.
He pleaded not guilty.
Iarocci and Cooper maintained
that the shooting was pre-meditat-
PHOTOS BY MARTHA SOROHAN
Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Deputy Geary Mason (right) leads Jeff Ryan, of Conneaut, out of the court
room after Ryan was found guilty of aggravated murder, murder and felonious assault Tuesday morning
in the Ashtabula County Common Pleas Courtroom of Judge Thomas Harris.
ed, that Ryan's earlier statements
and actions showed a carefully
crafted means of removing his father from his life.
Financial advisor Robert A.
Stroud, Jr., of Erie, Pa., met Tom
Ryan in 2008 after Ryan sought
legal advice following the termination of his pension. Stroud met with
Sandy and Jeff Ryan on April 23,
2015, after Sandy and Tom signed
divorce papers, to discuss the divided assets and Sandy’s monthly
income.
"Jeff did a lot of 'Tom-bashing,'"
Stroud testified for the prosecution.
"I was a little bit alarmed. I tuned
it out to get things on track, but he
said if Tom tried to get back in the
house after the divorce, 'I'll shoot
him.' Sandy slapped him in the arm
after he said that.”
Recalling Jeff Ryan's words,
Stroud called Conneaut police immediately after learning of Tom
Ryan's death two weeks later.
Ryan’s cousin Grant Bennett,
Jr., of Madison Street in Conneaut,
visited the Ryan home on May 4,
See RYAN pg 15A
Drowning Victim
Remembered in Candlelight Vigil
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Two of the 16 bright red balloons danced in the wind and rain
at a candlelight vigil June 16 at Township Park. Each balloon
commemorated a year of 16-year-old Jakub Hess’ life. The Hiram
teen drowned June 12 while swimming at Township Park. Read more
on page 3A
Ladies Day At Northeast Ohio Ohio Box Derby
by ALLAN MONONEN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT – It was ladies’ day
at Saturday’s Northeast Ohio Soap
Box Derby.
Girls took the top spots in the
Stock, Super Stock and Masters
divisions and are headed to the
International Soap Box Derby in
Akron in mid-July.
In the beginners’ Stock division,
Mikayla Thompson of Conneaut was
the winner, beating Madison Irish in
the final heat.
In the final competition between
Super Stock finalists, were Jenna
Wolfe of North Kingsville defeated
Charlotte Keller.
In the final Masters heat among
most-experienced Derby drivers,
Reilly DeCato of Ashtabula defeated
Jordan Welton.
A Father’s Day weekend tradition, the Northeast Ohio Soap Box
Derby ran under clear, sunny skies
and warm temperatures.
Twelve youngsters were vying in
each of the Stock and Super Stock
divisions, including Conneaut’s Ben
Penniman, Max Gleason, and Zaydn
Nesbitt in the Stock Division, along
with Brian Abbott, Luke Loveland,
Lauren McVoy, Michael Otto, Zoey
Sheesley, Bobby Shinault and
Dezarion Triplin.
Competing in Super Stock were
Gavin Nesbitt, Maddie Blenman,
Nicholas Cermelj, Colton Irish,
Lauren Laveck, Brandon Maylish, Taylor Sheesley, Chloe Stiles,
Danny Thompson, Julia Welton and
Ben Wolfe.
Masters had four competitors.
In addition to finalists DeCato and
Welton were Richie Picard and
Nicholas Hall.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Saturday’s Northeast Ohio Soap Box Derby winners were Mikayla
Thompson, of Conneaut, Super Stock; Jenna Wolfe, North Kingsville,
Stock; and Reilly DeCato, Ashtabula, Masters Division. The event took
place on Broad Street hill.
First through fifth-place division
winners took home big prizes.
The competition was followed by
an awards banquet.
The Northeast Ohio Soap Box
Derby is headed by director/presi-
dent Tracy Welton; Vice-President
Rick Wolfe, Secretary Alexis Rhodes
and Treasurer Kelly Welton.
Trustees are Rod Eldred, Brian
Estock, John Hogan, Mike Stoneman and Bryan Welton.
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TOWN TALK
Third Annual CHS Alumni
Football Game is July 2
Persons interested in succeeding Penny Armeni as
executive director of the Conneaut Arts Center are invited By MARTHA SOROHAN
to contact CAC board president Jim Greenfield. Armeni is Gazette Newspapers
retiring as of September 1. Contact Greenfield at Conneaut
Savings Bank (440-599-8121) or jgreenfield@conneautsavCONNEAUT – The third
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annual Conneaut High School
alumni football game takes
Gail Connors is back as clerk for the Conneaut Rec place this year 7 p.m. SatBoard. Connors had submitted her resignation before head- urday, July 2, at Conneaut
ing to Florida over the winter. “But when I came back, they Municipal Stadium.
had not hired anyone, so they rehired me,” she said. The
Conneaut High School
Conneaut Rec Board is busy co-sponsoring the Summer alumni will compete against
Recess Program underway 8:30 a.m. to noon at Lakeshore Jefferson High School alumni.
Primary School for students entering third through eighth
Buying advance tickets is
grades, Monday through Thursdays through July 20, and important, according to local
the Tennis Camp at Liberty Street Park July 11 to 15 for organizer Chris Brecht, bekids entering fourth through eighth grades.
cause the local Care For Kids
Committee, raising money
“Early One Evening At the Rainbow Bar & Grille” since 2008 for the Conneaut
opens 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Arlene’s Broadway on Area City Schools’ SPARC
Buffalo, 236 Buffalo Street. The show continues 7:30 p.m. (Social Place for Athletics,
June 25, 26, July 1 and 2. Word is that directors have cre- Recreation and Community),
ated a set resembling the Rainbow on Main Street. Tickets receives proceeds from adare $10.
vance ticket sales only.
Gate sales for the event
A Bluegrass Tea Party with Southern-style treats and go to Alumni Football USA,
Mint Julep will be held 1 p.m. June 25 at 6852 Graham Road which puts on the annual
to benefit the Ashtabula County Humane Society. $25 per alumni game.
person. Call 577-1113.
Based on information from the Ashtabula County
Historical Society, The Courier stated last week that
Lulu Falls no longer exists. The Courier reporter Joy Cobb
states otherwise. “The falls are still there, just a fraction
of the size they used to be due to erosion and filling, etc.,
but you can find the falls by going to the end of Kingsbury
Road. There's a small trail to the right and you can see
four-wheeler tracks going back there. The falls don't look
anywhere as big as they did in old historical photos, but
they exist!” she says.
Conneaut City Councilmen joked Monday evening
that perhaps City Manager Jim Hockaday should go on
vacation more often. Not only did they not receive a thick
stack of papers and documents at their work session, but
the meeting was over in under 30 minutes.
“It is very important that
people buy their tickets in
advance of the game,” Brecht
said.
Again this year, Chris Stiltner is organizing the players
and acting as a player/coach.
The Conneaut High School
cheerleaders will offer minicamp the week leading up to
the game, and the campers
will provide the half-time
show.
Conneaut Music Boosters
will provide concessions for
the game. Dave Simpson will
provide play-by-play.
A big draw of the game in
addition to the athletic competition is a Chinese Auction.
Over 54 items will be up
for bid, including footballs
autographed by Bernie Kosar, Greg Little, Phil Dawson, Eric Mangini, Montario
See FOOTBALL pg 12A
Biscotti’s Participating
in UW’s “Empty Plate”
CONNEAUT – Persons
interested in supporting the
“Empty Plate” fund-raiser
sponsored by United Way of
Ashtabula County may stop
in at Biscotti’s Restaurant,
186 Park Avenue.
The fund-raiser asks
patrons at participating
Ashtabula County restaurants to add $5 to their bill.
The $5 goes toward the
Ashtabula County Food
Bank, which provides food
to local food banks across the
county, including Conneaut
Food Pantry. Last year,
the Ashtabula County Food
Bank provided over one million pounds of food to those
food banks.
“I encourage people to
come out this weekend,”
said Lori McLaughlin, of
Biscotti’s. “It’s a cool idea to
raise money for food banks.”
Drowning Victim Remembered in Candlelight Vigil
By William A. West
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT — The
threat of rain was ignored by
hundreds of people honoring
Jakub Hess and supporting
his family Thursday night
during a candlelight vigil on
the Lake Erie shoreline at
Conneaut Township Park.
Hess, 16, of Hiram,
drowned June 12 while
swimming off the park
beach.
Volunteers spent several
hours before the start of the
vigil preparing the 16 bright
red balloons to commemorate Hess’ 16 years of life,
filling hundreds of balloons
for release and candles for
display for well-wishers.
Hess’ mother, Beth Ann
Hutchinson, exchanged
hugs with the candle-bearing supporters in a light
rain as they walked the
boardwalk to the shoreline.
“The outpouring of love
and support has just been
absolutely phenomenal and
overwhelming for us and our
family,” Hutchinson said.
“The rescue workers gave
a 1,010 percent to find my
son. My heart goes out to
them because I know it’s a
rough job.”
As the rain subsided and
the setting sun peeked
through the clouds, the
crowd sang a verse from
Hess’ favorite song, “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every
Day” by country music artist
Luke Bryan.
Balloons with notes attached were released into
the air.
The Rev. Mark Bair,
Evangel Temple in Geneva,
read Hess’ obituary and a
poem.
Melissa Sutley, Toni
Loveland and Kelly Dolan
had spent several days
putting the solemn event
together.
Sutley, Loveland and
Dolan used a Facebook
page and word of mouth to
get vigil information out to
the public.
CVS Pharmacy, RiteAid and Conneaut Public
Library made donations.
Marcy Funeral Home donated about 400 candles
with which sympathizers lined the boardwalk
and pavilion. Conneaut
Area Chamber of Chamber
loaned candles used for
the annual Lights of Love
ceremony.
Civic Meetings
*unless noted, meetings held at Conneaut City Hall, 3rd
floor Council chambers
Conneaut City Council televised 7 p.m. June 27
Conneaut Area City Schools Board of Education
5 p.m. work session, 5:30 p.m. meeting June 29 at Conneaut High School library, 381 Mill Street.
Conneaut Rec Board 6 p.m. June 29
Monroe Township Trustees 1 p.m. June 28 at Township Garage, 5578 S. Monroe Center Road
North Kingsville Village Council 7 p.m. July 5 at
Municipal Building, 3541 Center Road
Kingsville Township Trustees 7 p.m. July 13 at Fire
Hall, 3130 Main Street
“I talked to Beth and she
was very appreciative of
our offer to help organize
the vigil,” Loveland said.
“She guided us to the proper song to memorialize her
son and provided photos.”
Sutley went through a
similar tragedy 22 years ago
when her brother drowned
while swimming at Conneaut Township Park in
1994.
“It;s been a mission to
support families through
such tragedies,” Sutley said.
Hess’ body was found by
divers in eight feet of water
on June 14, nearly 48 hours
after he disappeared while
swimming with family and
friends the evening of June
12 during extreme conditions.
See HESS OBITUARY pg 13A
Pageants Kick Off
Fourth of July Festival
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
C ON N E A U T – T he
Little Lady Liberty, Little
Miss Firecracker, and Miss
Fourth of July Pageants
will kick off the city’s annual Fourth of July Festival
opening June 30 at Lakeview Park.
Following the 4 p.m.
flag-raising, Little Lady
Liberty pageant for girls
ages 3 to 6 will begin 6 p.m.
at the bandstand. Little
Miss Firecracker for girls
ages 7 to 10 gets underway
6:30 p.m., and Miss Fourth
of July, for girls ages 11 to
14, begins 7 p.m.
Openings remain for
each pageant. There is a $10
entry fee. Forms are available in The Courier or at
Conneaut Public Library. A
mandatory rehearsal takes
place June 27 at Lakeview
Park.
The big Fourth of July
Festival parade steps off
from Broad and Depot
Streets 6 p.m. Friday, July 1,
with Dom, Lyric and Phoenix Evans serving as grand
marshalls. Once the parade
reaches Festival grounds,
the 10-year-old triplets will
perform the “Dom the Bom
Triple Threat” card-throwing routine that earned
them national recognition
on “America’s Got Talent.”
Live weekend entertainment begins 8:30 p.m.
nightly. Performing June
30 is Moonshine. Larry,
Darryl, Darryl and Cheryl
perform July 1. The July 2
band is not yet confirmed.
“Never E Nuff” will play at
9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. July 3,
before and after the 10 p.m.
fireworks extravaganza
over Lake Erie.
All weekend, festivalgoers may participate in
the free Minute-to-Win-It
games at 5 p.m. July 1, 1
and 6 p.m. July 2, and 1
and 6 p.m. Minute-to-WinIt semi-finals and finals,
respectively, on Sunday,
July 3.
Festival hours are 4 p.m.
to midnight June 30 and
July 1, and noon to midnight July 2 and 3.
Fireworks donations are
being accepted. Contact
Festival Chair Marty Landon at 440-862-3973.
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Our Community
Tourism Board Will Fund Balance of Lake Road Way-Finding Sign
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT – At its
6:30 p.m. June 14 meeting
at Buccia Vineyards, the
Conneaut Board of Tourism unanimously approved
funding the “way-finding”
sign that will go up at Parrish and Lake Roads.
The Signs for Conneaut
Committee in 2016 is adding two more “way-finding”
signs at Parrish Road and
Route 20, and Parrish and
Lake Roads.
The City of Conneaut is
funding the Parrish Road/
Route 20 sign.
Signs for Conneaut Committee has been seeking
donors for the Parrish and
Lake Road sign all year, and
has received some contributions.
The committee wants to
install the Parrish Road/
Route 20 sign and the Parrish Road/Lake Road sign
simultaneously since the
Parrish Road/Route 20 sign
will direct visitors coming
into Conneaut from the
city’s west side up Parrish
Road to head to the beach
and marina. The Parrish/
Lake Road sign must be in
place to direct them east to
those tourist attractions.
The Board of Tourism
voted to spend up to $1,400
on the second sign so that it
can go in immediately. The
two new signs will join signs
that went in at six major
city intersections in 2015.
More signs may be added in
the new few years.
The Signs for Conneaut
Committee, a sub-committee of the Board of Tourism,
has ordered the plaque for
the Western Reserve historical boundary marker
on East Main Road. The
Western Reserve Historical
Society is paying half of the
cost of the marker. Lembe
Napp is donating an American flag and a flagpole for
that site. Dedication is
tentatively scheduled for
September.
The Board of Tourism is
working on a new program,
“Business of the Month,” to
be presented at a Board of
Tourism meeting as well
as Conneaut City Council
at one of its monthly meetings. Each board member
listed five candidate businesses that support tourism in our community.
Tourist Board Chair Connie
Naylor will notify the Tourism Board
Connie will notify the
Tourist Board of the first
business selected as winner, prepare the award, and
notify City Council.
Tourism Board members
Tom Smile and Glenda
Lowe have volunteered to
oversee the Board of Tourism table and the scavenger hunt at the Outdoor
Learning Center “Discovery Days” on Aug. 6. Volunteers are needed.
The board plans to move
storage space from the
former Fire Station 2 on
Lake Road to the former
New Leaf United Methodist Church, 283 Buffalo
St., which is now owned by
D-Day Ohio, Inc. Because
the former church offers
better space, the moving of
materials was scheduled
the evening of June 22.
Children’s “Conneaut”
shirts have been ordered
and are in. Shirts of all
sizes, styles and colors
will be sold at the Board
of Tourism table at the Rib
Burn-Off Sept. 9, 10 and 11,
weather permitting.
The Tourism Board discussed the city’s proposed
bike lane northbound on
Broad Street and southbound on Mill Street.
Other coming events
in the city include the
Fourth of July Festival
June 30 to July 3, including fireworks on July 3;
Discovery Days, Outdoor
Learning Center, Aug. 6;
D-Day Re-enactment Aug.
19-20; K-9 Fund-Raiser
Cruise In/Dinner Sept. 3;
Rib Burn Off/Chili CookOff Sept. 9 to 11; Santa
Parade Nov. 25; and Santa
House, Lakeview Park,
Dec. 3, 10, 17.
The Tourism Board
will help publicize the K-9
fund-raiser Sept. 3 at New
Leaf Event Center. The
event is on the Tourism
Board’s web site and will
be publicized in North
Coast Voice.
WQLN “Our Town” Storytellers’ Screening June 27
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT – The storytellers in the upcoming “Our
Town: Conneaut” are invited
to a sneak preview screening
at 7 p.m. Monday night at
Arlene’s Broadway on Buffalo, 236 Buffalo Street.
The final version of the
show is in its final stages this
week, according to Jocelyn
Taylor, WQLN Production
Assistant.
Taylor said that the
screening is open only to
those persons who voluntarily gave up about an hour
of their time to videotape
their stories about Conneaut
people and places at the
Bear Creek Farm Bed and
Breakfast last month. The
storytellers are also invited to
the WQLN studios on Peach
Street to be part of a live audience while the program is
being aired on June 30.
“They get a preview next
week. Everyone else is supposed to watch,” said Taylor.
The preview will include
all the interviews, even those
which due to time constraints
may not make it on air. “Our
Town: Conneaut” will air at 8
p.m. Thursday, June 30, over
WQLN, Erie’s public television studio.
WQLN reports that Conneaut had the best participation of six “our Town” cities
in terms of people stepping
forward to tell their stories,
including just one “no-show”
when it came to taping.
Conneaut also raised
about $10,000 in sponsorships. Though not quite
covering the show’s goal of
$15,000 to cover production
costs, Taylor said it was “one
of our best.”
Sponsors include Con-
neaut Dairy Queen, Villa
At the Lake, White Turkey,
Conneaut Port Authority,
Conneaut Savings Bank,
Conneaut Area Chamber of
Commerce, Ashtabula County Medical Center, University
Hospitals Health Systems,
and Bear Creek Farm Bed
and Breakfast.
Taylor added that the
next “Our Town” location is
London, Ontario.
“Our neighbors across the
lake,” she said.
Leaning Tower of Conneaut?
The Tourist Board 2016
goals include advertising
Conneaut as a long-term
destination through varied
marketing strategies; providing maps, brochures,
and information throughout Conneaut and beyond;
refining survey cards and
surveying visitors to our
area for their feedback;
build a database for advertising and contacts; and
working with other entities
to provide way-finding sig-
nage within the city.
Tourist Board members attending the June 14
meeting were Joanna Bucci, Mary Griswold, Deborah
Herbel, Marj Kent, Glenda
Lowe, Diane McKenna,
Connie Naylor, Dolly Sherman, Tom Smile, Jeanette
Speer, Jeff Stanonik, and
Linda Thompson. Excused
absences were Matt Crawford and Pat Rowbotham.
Unexcused absences included Meryl Taylor.
City Manager’s Report
June 13, 2016
Administration
Meetings: Ohio Lodging Association Meeting, Sunrise Live,
Grand Opening of D-Day Museum.
Local Government Innovation Fund – Grant Awarded for
City and School Application for feasibility analysis.
Chief of Police Search – Application period closes June
23, 2016.
Corrections Officers – On-board and training.
Trash & Recycling Bids – Presented to Council for consideration.
Bunk House – Pending Document Review
Route 20 – Gas line work underway. Permanent Restoration
of Pipeline trench to begin this week.
CDBG Income Survey – final “pre-notices” for survey sent
in utility bill. Surveys to be mailed at the end of this 6/17/2016.
Code Enforcement
Broad & Jackson – Awarded LGIF Grant.
NIP Program & 180 15th Street – Final lot grading and
restoration completed at Woodworth and Liberty Street
Demolitions.
Sewer, Public Works, Water Departments
Operations
Public Works –
Crack Filling – Beginning on Furnace Road.
Line Stripping Downtown - Underway
Clean up at War Memorial – Ready for final check this
week.
Dust Control – Permeant dust control being put in place.
Compost – Open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays
throughout the summer.
Water Filtration and Distribution
Creek Road Tank – Scheduling meeting to plan course of
corrective action with contractor and Engineer.
Distribution – Received dodge pick-up to replace Jeep.
Telemetry - Replaced modems and re-programmed PLCs for
tower pumps. Still experiencing issues.
WFP – completed final set of redundant alarms on Chlorine.
Includes a local audible alarms and reports to telemetry alarm.
Projects
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Glenda Lowe of Ramblin’ Rose Alpaca Farm was
videotaped for the “Our Town: Conneaut” show last
month. The show airs 8 p.m. Thursday, June 30, over
WQLN -TV in Erie, Pa.
Seneca Niagara Bus Trip July 10
A motorcoach trip to the Seneca Niagara Casino, on
the American side of the falls, is scheduled for Sunday,
July 10.
Cost is $35, which includes $20 slot money and $5
food compensation upon arrival.
The bus will leave the former Conneaut K-Mart parking lot at 7:30 a.m. and return by 7 p.m.
The casino is a 10-minute walk from Niagara Falls.
Contact Mike David (440) 381-1196 or [email protected].
Proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen breast cancer
organization.
PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHAN
After being discovered in early March, this leaning
utility pole on Broad Street between Main and
Liberty Streets is just now receiving attention from the
Illuminating Company. So concerned was City Council
President Nic Church that after getting no response
from CEI, he notified Ohio Rep. John Patterson (D-99),
who promised to notify his "inside contact." Someone
looked at the pole on Friday, and street markings
indicate that it could soon be replaced. Though
Church was to have been contacted about the steps
being taken to correct the problem, he is still waiting.
"This could fall on someone's house and someone
could be electrocuted," Church told Council on
Monday night. "This is serious, serious stuff."
2016 Grants –
OPWC – Submitted $360,000 for 12” Water main replacement
along Route 20 and Gore.
ODOT Small City – Continued full-depth repair on Route
20 West side.
WRSLA – Draft WRSLA Management Plan, ranked top 20
statewide of nearly 200 projects.
CDBG – Awarded County application for Blight Removal and
Clearance Activities.
Income Survey – Final notices mailed. Surveys going out
6/17/2016. Mrs. Dolly Sherman will assist with door-to-door
surveying as necessary.
2016 Street Paving – Milling Completed. Asphalt work
beginning. Russell, Sandusky, and Adams will be paved in
July to match with water and sewer line work.
WWTP Headworks Upgrade – Permit to Install Received.
Preliminary Structural Plans prepped for review. Should
schedule Utility Meeting.
GIS – Under Contract.
Facility Management Plans – Under Contract
Orange Street Water Line – Under Contract. WWTP examining the sanitary lines along street for any needed repairs.
Russell Street/Sandusky – Submitted to Council for award.
Chestnut Storm Water Phase II – repaired small gap in
abandoned line with grout under warranty work. Final course
of asphalt scheduled with July paving. Risers for storm water
ordered.
Eighmy – Filmed and sent to CT for Review.
Burrington – Confirming that county will accept vacation
of ROW from the Plat. Law Director received communication
from the group to move the vacation process forward.
Sludge Handling – Synagro contract for sludge pressing
completes this year. Evaluating alternatives for sludge handling and removal.
Police & Fire
Police –Officers Vendetti and Wise have completed Field
Training.
Police - The Conneaut Police Dept, as well as other State
and Local Law Enforcement Agencies throughout Ohio will
be participating in the National Traffic Safety Mobilizations
namely “Click it or ticket” These mobilizations are set to
begin on 5-23-2016 until 6-6-2016 for the “click it or ticket”
mobilization.
Police - Received titles for three vehicles from impound.
Fire – Scheduled concrete work at Stations 1 and 3.
Our Community
Conneaut Public
Library Events
304 Buffalo St. 593-1608
In conjunction with the Summer Reading Program,
Conneaut Public Library will host a Family Art Festival
10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 25, with sidewalk chalk
art, temporary body art, mob mural created with paintfilled squirt guns, toe painting, a handprint quilt, a doit-yourself Mondrian art sculpture, a crazy self-portrait
photo booth, walking art facts, and demonstrations by
local artists and authors. Fingerprint the Clown will create balloon sculptures. All ages are welcome.
Upcoming Events
June 23 – Red Cross Bloodmobile noon to 5 p.m. at UHConneaut Medical Center, 154 W. Main Road.
June 23 – “The Choice” 1 p.m. to Kingsville Public Library’s Simak Welcome Center, 3205 School Street. Free
movie, popcorn. Concessions.
June 23 – “Dusty’s Reading Corner,” 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
for children at Conneaut Public Library, 304 Buffalo Street.
June 23 – TOPS 4:45 p.m. Ashtabula County Nursing
Home, 5740 Dibble Road, Kingsville.
June 23, 30 - Lighthouse Cruisers Cruise-In 5 to 8 p.m. at
A “BOGO” buy-one-get-one-free Scholastic Book
Fair will be held June 24 to July 2 during regular library Lower Pavilion, Conneaut Township Park. Food, music, fun.
hours, with titles for children and adults.
June 24 – July 2 – “Buy-One-Get-One” Scholastic Book
On June 27, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Fair at Conneaut Public Library, 304 Buffalo Street, during
Natural History will come to Lakeshore Primary School regular hours.
at 11 a.m., during the Summer Recess Program, to presJune 24 – Alcoholics Anonymous, open, 8 p.m. at Amboy
ent “Spinosaurus!” “Dr. Dino” will bring a life-size spinosaurus. The program is co-sponsored by the Conneaut United Methodist Church, 554 W. Main Road.
Public Library.
June 25 – Family Art Festival 10 a.m. to noon outdoors
Cindy Prather will lead her fourth scrapbooking page at Conneaut Public Library, 304 Buffalo Street.
session, “Dog Days of Summer,” at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June
June 26 – Alcoholics Anonymous 1 p.m. Corpus Christi
28. Bring three to four pictures for your page. To ensure
Parish Hall, 734 Mill Street.
the library has enough supplies, register at 593-1608.
June 26 – Christian singer Dan Schall in concert 6 p.m.
From noon to 1 p.m. June 28, the Evans triplets – aka
“Dom the Bomb’s Triple Threat” – will host “Brown Bag at Church of Christ, 449 W. Main Road. Free will offering.
Bomb Bing Bang Boom.” The 10-year-old former Conneaut
June 26 – Summer Outdoor Concert featuring Youngstown
residents will read a book, share thoughts, and inspire you
Connection Show Choir 7 p.m. at Conneaut Arts Center, 1025
to follow your dreams.
Buffalo Street. Free. Bring blanket or lawn chair. July 3:
Back When.
Kingsville Public
Library Events
June 27 – “Spinosaurus!” with Dr. Dino 11 a.m. at Lakeshore Primary School, 755 Chestnut St. Presented by Pittsburgh Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Free.
6006 Academy St., 224-0239
June 27 – Sneak preview “Our Town: Conneaut” 7 p.m.
at Arlene’s Broadway on Buffalo, 236 Buffalo Street, free, in
advance of premiere 8 p.m. June 30 on WQLN-TV, Erie, Pa.
The next “Based on the Book” movie is “The Choice”
(PG-13) at 1 p.m. June 23 at the Simak Welcome Center.
June 28 – “Brown Bag Bing Bang Boom” with Evans
Based on the book by Nicholas Sparks, the romantic film Triplets noon to 1 p.m. at Conneaut Public Library, 304 Bufis about a ladies’ man in a small coastal town who meets falo Street. Free.
a female medical student. Events lead them to question
how far would they go to keep the hope of love alive. Movie
June 29 – Free class in “Microsoft Excel,” beginning to
and popcorn are free. Concessions available.
advanced level 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Kingsville Public Library Simak Welcome Center, 3205 School Street. Register 224-0239.
“The Puzzle Club” story hour for autistic and disabled individuals of all ages and abilities, and their famiJune 30 – Fourth of July Festival opens 4 p.m. at Lakeview
lies, begins 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30, and will run Park. Pageants 6 p.m.
weekly at Kingsville Public Library. Register 224-0239.
Live entertainment. Closes at midnight.
Kingsville Public Library is offering free lunch 1:15
July 1 – Conneaut Fourth of July Parade 6 p.m. from Broad
to 1:45 p.m. to Ashtabula County residents age 1 to 18 & Depot Streets, to Lakeview Park. Fourth of July Festival
weekdays through Aug. 5 courtesy of Ashtabula County hours 4 p.m. to midnight.
Community Action.
July 2-3 – Conneaut Fourth of July Festival noon to midChildren ages 5 to 12 may stop in and sign up for night at Lakeview Park. Fireworks 10 p.m. July 3.
Kingsville Public Library’s Summer Reading program
and take home a Reading Log. Each book read during the
July 2 – Conneaut vs. Jefferson High School Alumni
10-week period earns one spin on the prize wheel. Prizes Football game/Chinese Auction 7 p.m. at Conneaut Municipal
range from gift cards, tickets to museums, amusements Stadium.
and sporting events, Dairy Queen treat, and bicycles.
Village Readers will discuss “The Nightingale” by
Kristin Hannah at 1 p.m. July 19 at Kingsville Public
Library. Title is available at the front desk. New members welcome.
Conneaut
Arts Center
1025 Buffalo St. (440) 593-5888
“Plein-Air,” a display of painted landscapes by local artists James Jones and Brant Gebhart are on display
through June 27 in the Exhibit Hall of the Conneaut Arts
Center.
“Movies Under the Stars 2016” kicks off at dusk July
6 at the Conneaut Arts Center with “The Minions.” Bring a
blanket or lawn chair. Movies are free. Concessions available. Sponsors are the Conneaut Rotary Club, Ashtabula
County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Friends of the Conneaut Public Library.
Treatment for H.
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stomach. In certain circumstances, it can cause
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stomach, nausea, bloating,
burping, and some weight loss.
H pylori infection is treated with a combination of
medications designed to help protect the stomach and
reduce the harm of bacteria at the same time. Antibiotics
help kill bacteria or stop the growth of bacteria from causing more harm. A medication that helps the stomach ulcer
heal is added to the antibiotic. Proton pump inhibitors
such as esomeprazole magnesium (Nexium) help decrease
the stomach from making more acid. Bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto Bismol) coats the ulcer to help protect it from
further damage.
Site Solver
PHOTO MARTHA SOROHAN
Have you seen this Site Solver? The first to call its location
to The Courier (440) 576-9125, ext. 116, after 5 p.m.
Thursday, June 23, will win a Velvet ice cream cone at
Pat’s Lakeside Grill at Township Park’s lower pavilion. Last
week’s Site Solver was the engine number “755” of the
train engine at the Conneaut Historical Railroad Museum.
Winner was Rich Beaver of Pierpont.
Golf Outings
Conneaut Rotary Club Golf Outing 10 a.m. shotgun start July 15 at Village Green Golf Course, Routes
531 and 193, North Kingsville. Lunch, beverages, steak
dinner, door prizes, more. Call Kori Campbell at Marcy
Funeral Home.
CONNEAUT HUMAN
RESOURCES CENTER,
327 MILL ST., 593-5273
The Summer Food Program
is underway weekdays through Aug.
5 for Ashtabula County residents age 1
to 18. Free breakfast, sponsored by the CHRC, is 9 a.m. and
free lunch at noon is sponsored by Community Action. Parents
may accompany their children, but not eat. Enter the CHRC
through the north door.
Conneaut Arts Center
Summer Concert Series 2016
Newcomb Performing Terrace
1025 Buffalo St. — Port of Conneaut, Ohio
Co-Sponsored by Gazette Newspapers/The Courier
Children’s Summer Right Track for kids entering second
through fifth grades is Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
12:30 to 3 p.m. through July 21. The free program includes
games, guest speakers and field trips and more. Director is
Stephanie Burdette. Co-sponsor is Conneaut Elks Lodge. Call
593-5273 to register.
The Summer Sunset Concert Series opens at 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 26, with the Youngstown Connection, a high
school show choir that performed this month at The Vatican. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Concerts are free and
Mary’s Kitchen of Corpus Christi Parish will serve free
concessions are available.
Sponsor is Vi Gerdes family. Coming July 3: “Back hot lunch 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 25. Call 593-5273 for 10:30
a.m. home delivery.
When” rock-and-roll.
Session II of summer dance classes in ballet, pre-ballet
and hip-hop run July 5 through July 30, with special summer pricing. Call 593-5888.
Pharmacy & Health
Seniors Together: 10:30 a.m. programs
June 23 - Bible Study with Bud and Sheila Brooker
June 24 - Picnic at the Park, lower pavilion, 11 a.m., with
Kelly from UHHS
June 27 - Team Trivia
June 28 - Deep breathing & relaxation with Jeanne of Intrepid
June 29 - Hump Day breakfast 9 a.m., Bingo
June 30 - Monthly birthday party
Celebrating Our 40th Anniversary!
1976-2016
Sunday,฀June฀26฀•฀7:00pm
“Youngstown Connection”
High School Show Choir
Sunday,฀July฀3฀•฀7:00pm
“Back When” A rock ‘n roll evening of music
sponsored by Conneaut Savings Bank
Concessions Available! 50/50 drawing each week!
Bring a lawn chair and enjoy!
Center Phone: 440-593-5888
Concerts are FREE!
Our Community
Life’s A Beach At Conneaut Arts Center Arts Camp
By Joy Cobb
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT For
two consecutive weeks each
summer, Conneaut Arts
Center offers a week-long
arts camp for kids who
just finished kindergarten
through fifth grades. About
50 kids attend camp each
week 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Last year, the theme
was “Superheroes.” This
year, the theme was “Beach
Fun.”
The kids are divided
into groups according to
their age. Each group has
two high-school age volunteers. Groups rotate between teachers, with three
teachers doing crafts in the
basement of the Arts Center, one in the rear annex
and one leading a hip-hop
dance class upstairs.
CAC Executive Director
Penny Armeni said that
kids come from all over the
county to attend.
“Some even come from
out-of-state, if they stay
with grandparents over the
summer,” she said.
This year, UH-Conneaut
Medical Center came in
one day to lead activities
on healthy life styles or
nutrition, and Conneaut
Public Library presented a
program Friday afternoon.”
An annual Arts Camp
project is the tie-dying of Tshirts. Students wear their
shirts during camp.
This year, each class
took a group photo, then
centered them on seashell
or beach pebble mattes, and
framed and decorated them
A group of 8-year-olds holds up the sand art and “Beach in a Bottle” they made during
Summer Arts Camp. They are (left) teacher Jamie Humphreys, Lizzie Kray, Ricky Roth,
Sarah Ferguson, Madison Moore, Kendyll Spurlin, and teen mentor Lauren Erickson.
Tywan “Tank” Jackson, a Season 15 of “American Idol” contestant, teaches a group
of 9-year-olds dance steps he choreographed to The Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom
Pow” during Arts Camp. Dance group mentors were Donovan Mobley and Alexis
Slocum, both 17.
with foam beach critters.
The framed photos became
Arts Camp souvenirs.
Emmy Mauro, Arts
Camp Director, has been
active with the camp for
15 years.
Her daughter, Tia
Rhodes, teaches as well.
“We have new teachers
this year with new ideas,
and they’re all having a
great time,” said Mauro,
showing some of the crafts
the kids had completed so
far: oversized foam sunglasses, “stained glass”
jellyfish, Frisbees, “Life
is a Beach” plaques, rock
“people” on canvas, paperplate sea turtles, and glittery sunset scenes.
“They do some teambuilding exercises,” said
Mauro, referring to a group
of older students bouncing
a ball around on a colorful
parachute outside. “We also
have music twice a week.”
Upstairs, Tywan “Tank”
Jackson, a Season 15
“American Idol” contestant and CAC dance and
“Tankercise” instructor,
See CAC pg 11A
Conneaut Arts Center’s Summer Arts Camp Director, Emmy Mauro, and a group of
teachers, teen mentors, and students demonstrate art work. They are (front, left) 6
to 7-year-old students Finley Gerics, Connor Schwartz, Miles Osburn, Maxwell Blood,
Harlem Zeitler, and Kaylee Ferguson, with (back, left) mentor Kayla DeGeorge, 16,
teacher Tia Rhodes, director Emmy Mauro, and mentor Mollia Zezzo, 15.
PHOTOS BY JOY COBB
Conneaut Summer Arts Camp instructor Maria Zezzo, 18, and mentors Sophie DeChurch
and Emmalee Conley, both 16, practice team-building with a parachute with a group
of 9, 10, and 11-year-olds during last week’s Session 1.
A group of 7-year-olds models the bird hats, with flapping wings, they made during Summer Art Camp. They are
(left) teacher Holly Ekholm, Julia Sprague, ______, mentor Cassie Eggleston, 16, Ben Griswold, Emma Berrier, Aurelia
Huya, Henry Lebzelter, and Mary Maire.
Summer Arts Camp teacher Chris Davis, an Edgewood
High School graduate and artist who has assisted at
Summer Arts Camp for three years, demonstrates a sunset
scenes he showed students how to paint.
Our Community
Conneaut’s Creative Writing
The Ache-a-dake Man
By Christine Vandervort
The year was 1952 in Erie, Pennsylvania. The location
was a government post-war housing project on the far east
side of the city. Each apartment had a postage-stamp-sized
yard which was the entire world of play for the children.
The two girls sat on the back step, absorbed in their
game. They were drawing pictures in the dirt with small
rocks in their tiny back yard. The first time they heard
the Ache-a-dake Man they dropped their rocks and stared
at each other, as if to inquire, “What’s that?”
Marilyn and Christine listened carefully to the unfamiliar sound coming from far down the street. “Ache-a-dake,”
rose on the air in the distance. They heard a muffled song
inching closer to them. Soon another strange sound was
added to the muffled song, “clop, clop, clop, clop.” What
was that? The girls ran toward the sound to the end of the
yard. Without leaving the yard, they searched up along the
street and down along the street behind their apartment
house for the source of the sounds they had just heard.
There it was again, coming even closer . . . “Ache-adake” “Ache-a-dake” along with the “clop, clop, clop, clop.”
Then they saw it. It was a horse drawn wagon, with an
old man at the reins. The wagon was partially loaded and
seemed heavy for the two horses. The girls were excited
and delighted to discover the sounds and sights of this
wagon. They ran indoors to tell their mother about the
wagon. Their mother explained that the man was actually
saying, “Rags todayyy . . . Rags todayyy.”
The Ache-a-dake Man made his living by passing
through neighborhoods, collecting rags for recycling. As
time went on, the girls made a contest of who could hear
and who could see him first. The excitement each time
the Rag Man was in the neighborhood grew with the
passage of time.
When the girls were a few years older, the family moved
from the east side to the west side. They moved from the
duplex apartment to a very large home to accommodate
the growing family. The two story home sat on a double
wide lot. It had two huge porches, one on the front of the
house and one on the back of the house. The back porch
was closed in with large windows. The house also had
a two car garage, and many groves of lilacs, fruit trees,
and berry patches. The girls were in heaven in their new
surroundings. The opportunities for their play world had
expanded but they missed listening for the Ache-a-dake
Man. One day as they played on the front porch of their
new home, they heard the distinctive muffled song and
the clop, clop, clop, clop.
The Ache-a-dake Man was in their new neighborhood.
Oh what joy as they passed the tradition of hearing and
seeing him to their new brothers and sisters!
Conneaut Lake Bark Park “Pet Expo”
The Conneaut Lake,
Pa., Bark Park is hosting
a one-day Pet Expo 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. July 9.
The event includes
pet vendors, flea market,
Blessing of the Animals,
Geert’s Canine Cancer
Walk, dock-diving competition, and the popular
canine Muttrimony cer-
emony.
An additional highlight
this year will include the
official designation of the
2016 “Bark Park Ambassador” who will represent
the Bark Park at special
events until June, 2017.
For more information,
visit conneautlakebarkpark.com.
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Education
Change Is Tough, But Good Things Are On the
Horizon, Conneaut Superintendent Tells Teachers
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT – Conneaut
Area City Schools Superintendent Michael Notar
told the teachers seated
before him at the June 2
end-of-the-year Teachers
Breakfast at Conneaut High
School that he scrapped the
first speech he had intended
to deliver in favor of one
coming from the heart.
“Thank you for the wonderful year, and for your
comments, both positive
and negative,” he said.
Notar went on to explain
to those most affected why
he decided to make changes
among the administrative
staff.
Conneaut High School
Principal Dawn Zappitelli will become principal
at Gateway Elementary
School, while Gateway Prin-
cipal Kris Mucci is returning to Director of Testing
and Curriculum.
Conneaut Middle School
Principal Joel Taylor will
assume his former position
of Athletic Director, and be
replaced by Lakeshore Primary School Principal Jim
Kennedy.
Athletic Director Jim
Campbell will become assistant principal at Gateway.
New principals hired are
Dr. Tim Neal, Conneaut
High School, and Wendy
Tisch, Lakeshore.
“I went to all the buildings and talked about where
we needed to be,” Notar
said. “I talked about how
we have a wonderful staff.
Everyone – from the bus
drivers and custodians – I
encouraged getting together
as a team, to believe in one
another. It’s important,
because change is diffi-
cult. I’ve been in districts
in which I am part of the
change, and you have to
step back and look at the
end result. My role is to
get Conneaut where it used
to be.”
Notar said some teachers
likely remember when Conneaut was top among the
school districts in Ashtabula
County.
“I am bound and determined to get that back. We
have the staff in place to do
that,” he said.
Notar talked about having stayed up too late the
previous night because he
had been too upset about
the Cavs’ first loss to the
Golden State Warriors to
sleep.
“Coaches have to adjust.
Last night my disappointment as a Cleveland fan
– you’d think I was part
owner. I was up till 1 o’clock.
But they have to step back,
or they’ll be done in four
games without changes. I
have to move the district in
the right direction,” he said.
Notar acknowledged that
honesty can be hard to hear.
“I don’t hide or sugarcoat it, and I hope from
our union negotiations that
you’ve learned I’m open and
honest. I want to reassure
you that I believe in where
we are going. I have school
board support. I am here for
the long haul. I will do all I
can to support you and the
students,” he said.
Notar is working on plans
for the next school year.
Among his ideas are before and after-school care for
grades K to 5.
“We know there is a
need,” he said.
Most important, he wants
to remain a positive support
for teachers, parents, and
PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHAN
Conneaut Area City Schools Superintendent Michael
Notar thanked district teachers at the annual end-ofthe-year breakfast on June 2 and acknowledged that
change is difficult. All four district school buildings will
have new principals in the fall.
the summer to talk.”
students.
Notar told the teachers
“It’s a long year, and it’s
nice to have summer break. he looks forward to the comWe need that in education. ing year.
“I appreciate all you do,
We have trying jobs – the
teachers, cooks, and the par- all the extra effort in the
ents. It’s a lot on our plates buildings, Believe in where
every day and it takes a toll we are going. And I truly love
on us as persons. So I support and believe in our kids. I hope
you as a team. I believe in all all of you have a wonderful,
of you. You can stop by my safe and enjoyable summer,”
office any time. Drop by in he said.
Conneaut High School Honor/Merit Roll 4th Quarter
Honor Roll
*denotes 4.0
Grade 9
Adkins, Bryce*
Al-Amiri, Zehmyn*
Applebee, John*
Bohbot, Joseph*
Brainard, Alex*
Camp, Kasey
Carpenter, Sydney
Clark, Hannah*
Cole, Breanna
Corp, Meghan*
Ferl, Michael
Gerren, Haley*
Gildersleeve, Madison*
Gillespie, Meghan*
Hass, Kattiejo*
Hicks, Cooper
Holdson, Rebecca*
Jarvi, Jacob
Jarvi, Jordan
Kidder, Ryan
Kirsch, Mary
Krieg, Julia
Laitinen, Ryan*
Lamont, Emma
Leckie Adorno, Deiyaneiraliz
Luce, Terry*
Maenpaa, Samantha*
Mannion, Emily*
Mannion, Jessica*
Mayle, Skyler
McBride, Matthew*
Mickle, Rylee*
Pinkerton, Austin*
Rodgers, Araya
Singleton, Kareem*
Sironen, Trinity
Sorenson, Courtney
Spees, Lillian
Thompson, Sara
Vergara, Anthony
Weaver, Jantzen*
Webster, Abigaile*
Williams, MacKenzie*
Williams, Michael
Wilson, Miranda*
Yopp, Stefan
Young, Jacob
Grade 10
Bambarger, Carrie
Betts, Madison
Bonanno, Alura*
Bort, Travis
Burckhartte, Kylee
Burdette, Kelsey*
Campbell, Jessica*
DeChurch, Sophia
Dettling, Alyvia
DeWalt, Anne
Dudley, Nena
Dukaish, Jazmine
Evans, Killian*
Farley, Brock*
Fleming, Isabelle
Gebhardt, McKenna*
Guarino, Michael
Hatch, Erika*
Humphreys, Seth
Hunt, Dain
Kaufman, Natalie*
Kirk-Chapman, Elizabeth*
Laskowski, Nicole
Leggett, Joshua*
Martin, Emily
Martinelli, Giulianna*
Myles, Amber
Ortiz, Arianna
Osborne, Kate*
Pape, Nathan*
Patel, Jill*
Patel, Krupen*
Porter, Cheyenne*
Roberts, Dylan*
Sackett, Joshua
Schrock, Jennifer
Schwartfigure, Spencer
Sironen, Matt
Skwera, Nathan
Strekal, Madison
Strohm, Laura*
Taylor, Sierra
Tennant, Zoey*
Thomas, Curnes
Van Norman, Elizabeth
Whitbread, Kirstyn
Yopp, Jaren
Grade 11
Barnes, Cimarron
Bennett, Evan
Bohbot, Daniel*
Bradbury, Jenny
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224 Mill Street
Conneaut
440.593.5527
Carraher, Mackenzie*
Cevera, Christopher
Cochran, Vivian
Conley, Matthew
Conley, Shelby
Curry, Emma
Curtis, Kyle
Dragon, Jaela
Dudas, Breanna
Edwards, Bryan
English-Williams, Celeste
Fuller, Heather
Gilligan, Michael
Gullo, Christine*
Hall, Danielle*
Heinonen, Erik
Higley, Tehya*
Jashurek, Katelynn
Jenkins, James
Laitinen, Adam
Lett, Chelsea
Litwin, Nicholas*
Malone, Kayla*
Martinelli, Genoah*
Mason, Justin
Maurer, Daniel*
McAvoy, Kasey
McBride, AmberLee
Nagy, Eric
Nelson, Alexis
Oatman, Brianna
Peters, Olivia*
Rainey, Marcus
Renninger, Jasper
Rogers, Kennedy*
Romanski, Hope
Sackett, Rebecca*
Sandella, Mary*
Silis, Brittney
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Webster, Paige
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Allen, Sarah
Bennett, Alyssa
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Clark, Courtney
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272฀Broad฀St.฀•฀Conneaut
Janek, Gage
Jewell, Jason*
Kardohely, Lauren*
Keene, Cheyanne
Lett, Courtney
Lower, Emily
Lundgren, Lucas
Maldonado, Tyler
Malone, Marissa
McCartney, Shelby
O’Meara, Sean
Oxley, Christa
Patel, Meet
Poff, Kaitlin
Powell, Jared
Pryately, Rylie
Reichert, Sara*
Rokosky, John
Smith, Savannah
Thompson, Alison
Toikkanen, Brianna
Tuttle, Justin*
Walker, Thomas
Wiser, Zachary
Merit Roll
Grade 9
Bennett, Clayton
Braden, Destiny
Chabot, Kaymen
Cola, Johnathon
Cook, Deven
Deeter, Charles
Dudas, Marissa
Ford, Kyra
Furman, Clark
Gregory, Russell
Horvath, Kayla
Kern, Nathan
Kessler, Megan
McAvoy, Joleigh
McLaughlin, Blaine
Moneypenny, Mary
Nadeau, Jedidiah
Notte, Michaella
Olds, Chaelyn
Porfilio, Madelyn
Powell, Dreaderick
Powell, Timothy
Renninger, Cyler
Sanford, Sophia
Shank, Natalie
Smith, Nikki
Snyder, Joshua
Thompson, Jasmine
Wells, Jered
Grade 10
Anderson, Brianna
Anthony, Giavanna
Bambarger, Casey
Bateman, Mathew
Blood, Laura
Bogdan, Cameron
Burr, Ashley
Conley, Emmalee
Distelrath, Gabrielle
Durnell, Zacharias
Eaton, Nathan
Gaugh, Kyle
Horvath, Christian
Joslin, Riley
Kirk, Alexis
Litwiler, Kaylah
Lower, Nathan
Moisio, Taylor
Parks, Brody
Phillips, Morgan
Rose, Noah
Ross, Amber
Rossman, Chad
Schreiber, Jacob
Sedmak, Molly
Snyder, Matthew
Taylor, Tully
Thompson, Rebecca
Todd, Jimmy
Tuuri, Hunter
Walker, Payton
Grade 11
Arnold, Charlotte
Brown, Helen
Campbell, Alexis
Corp, Jared
Cracknell, Christopher
Dames, Shayla
Fertig, Clay
Laird, Jaidin
Lundgren, Abagail
Mittelstadt, Ben
Osborne, Justin
Palo, Kayla
Pullen, Mathew
Rivera, Alexander
Ryan, Mercedes
Sanford, Tatum
Simon, Zachary
Sturgill, Alex
Woodworth, Chancellor
Grade 12
Adkins, Devyn
Bailey, Andrew
Barnette, Christina
Cevera, Stacy
Chadwick, Alyssa
Chadwick, Amanda
Coe, Courtney
Davis, Ashlee
Forester, Christopher
Gaugh, Stephen
Gritzer, Taylor
Hartman, Sebastian
Hathy, Robert
Higley, Alexa
Kay, Joshua
LaBounty, Timothy
Ledlow, Aaron
Maurer, Stephen
McClintock, Hunter
Merlene, Hanna
Osborne, Carlene
Padilla, Willy
Phillips, Brooke
Picard, Andrea
Pollock, Amber
Sauerwein, Kassidy
Snyder, Justine
Sterling, Aaron
Sturgill, Austin
Torres, Lisa
Alumni Calendar
Rowe High School '53/54
Rowe High School Classes of 1953/54 will meet for
breakfast 9 a.m. July 5 at Perkins Restaurant, Conneaut
Plaza. Breakfasts the first/ third Tuesdays. Guests welcome.
Rowe High School Classes of ‘60/‘61
Rowe High School Classes of 1960 and 1961 will meet
for noon lunch July 5 at Perkins Restaurant, Conneaut
Plaza. Classes meet the first Tuesday. Guests welcome.
CHS Class of 1964
Conneaut High School Class of 1964 will meet for noon
lunch Friday, July 8, at the lower pavilion of Township
Park. The Annual Picnic is 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at
the upper pavilion of Township Park, followed by breakfast 9 a.m. Aug. 14 at the upper pavilion. Contact Connie
Williams (599-7512).
CHS Class of 1958
Conneaut High School Class of 1958 annual picnic is
noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at the upper pavilion
of Township Park. Bring a beverage and a covered dish to
share. Monthly meetings at Conneaut Perkins Restaurant
resume at noon Oct. 3, Nov. 7, and December 5.
CHS Class of 1971 45-Year Reunion Aug. 5-6
Conneaut High School Class of 1971 will kick off its
45-year anniversary weekend with an informal gathering 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at the upper pavilion at
Conneaut Township Park. Attendees are asked to bring
an appetizer.
The 45-year reunion dinner will be 4 p.m. to midnight
Aug. 6 at the Conneaut Human Resources Center, with
games, prizes, great food and fun. Other high school
classes are invited.
Call Joan Norton at 440-812-7210 for information.
Education
Edgewood High School Awards Assembly Presenters
Community
Action
Serving Free
Lunch in
Ashtabula
County
Grades 9, 10, 11 June 2, 2016 1:00 p.m. Edgewood High School Auditorium
Edgewood High School
Staff
Kevin Andrejack
Mitch Bidwell
Paul Blum
Sandra Bojanowski
Bobbi Boles
Lisa Brown
Mary Cornely
John Crooks
Nicole DuFour
Christi Evans
Steven Farr
Christina Fischer
David Fowler
Brian Harper
Leanne Hartzell
Lonnie Hill
Gary Himes
Stephanie Hutchinson
Alissa Ianetta
Elizabeth Jeppesen
Christopher Juncker
Tricia Kato
Jamie Kennedy
George Kirby
Steve Kray
Jerry Mlack
Judy Mudd
Timothy Neal
Sharon Nelson
Anita Obhof
Julius Petro
Julie Phares
Susan Phillips
Jessica Pocci
Joseph Prugar
Yeny Ramos
Marie Rapose
James Sanchez
Michelle Sardella
Ryan Sardella
John Shamp
Jill Shaw
Paul Simon
Beth Simpson
Connie Sommers
Greg Stolfer
Cheryl Wickstrom
Sarah Wittreich
Josie Wright
Kathryn Zetts
ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Thomas Diringer, Superintendent
Michele Tullai, Treasurer
Dr. Timothy Neal, Principal
Jerry Mlack, Assistant to
Principal
Steven Kray, Assistant
Principal / Athletic Administrator
BOARD OF EDUCATION
David Tredente, President
Gregory Kocjancic, Vice
President
Jon Hall
Renee Howell
Mary Wisnyai
Welcome
Timothy Neal
Distinguished Athlete
Award
SSgt.May
Scholastic Excellence
Award
SSgt.May
Semper Fidelis Music
Award
CAC
led students through hiphop dance steps he choreographed to The Black
Eyed Peas song, “Boom
Boom Pow.” The group
then played “Freeze Dance”
to a Taylor Swift song. Kids
who moved after the music
stopped were disqualified.
This was the first year
as a teacher for Jamie
Humphreys, making Sand
Art with kids in the basement.
“I just moved back to
Conneaut from Arizona.
This is such a nice camp.
I would love to see it filled
SSgt.May
U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award
Sgt.Pairins
Roger A. Colucci Scholarship
Seames Family
Kiwanis Scholarship
John Shouvlin
The Franklin B. Walter
All-Scholastic Award
John Rubesich
Ashtabula County 4-H
Foundation Scholarship
James Butler
Edgewood Alumni Scholarship
Art Buser
John Fisk Memorial Scholarship
Art Buser
Ryan Froelich Engineering
& Natural Science Scholarship
Art Buser
Mark Estock Memorial
Scholarship
Brian and Cindy Estock
Michael J. Lemmo Memorial Scholarship
The Lemmo Family
Renee Drefahl Spirit of
Life Scholarship
Steve Drefahl
Ashtabula County Mentorship Scholarships
Debra Quinn
Jackie Hillyer Outstanding Student-Athlete Scholarship
Shelly Hillyer
Cynthia M. Richards Memorial Scholarship
Christine Vandervort/Harry Schwentker
Cindy Patterson Memorial
Scholarship
Rebecca Deak/Lori Smith
East Ashtabula Educational Assistance Corp.
Scholarship
Joseph Donatone
Buckeye Community
Midget Football League
Scholarship
Michael Katon/Ryan
Petro
Wallace H. Braden Scholarship
Christina Fischer
Kathy Dean Spirit Award
Nicole DuFour
American Red Cross Scholarship
Timothy Neal
Buckeye Education Association Scholarship
Christina Fischer
Edgewood Booster Scholarship
Steven Kray
Widing Hedberg Memorial
Scholarship
Cheryl Wickstrom
Robert R. Hill & Mildred
Carol Hill Scholarship
Gary Himes
Melinda Smyth Memorial
Scholarship
Gary Himes
Instrumental Music
Awards
Connie Sommers, John
From page 6A
up with kids this year,”
she said.
Arts Camp mentors
must be entering ninth
grade or older.
“Many came to Arts
Camp when they were kids,
and then they became mentors or teachers,” she said.
Kids bring their own
lunches, but are treated
to snacks at the end of
each day. “Look at this,”
Mauro said, pointing to
a table filled with sunset
scenes. “Five-year-olds
made these. The things
they learn are amazing.”
Shamp
Outstanding Vocal Musician
George Kirby
Outstanding Senior Artist
Susan Phillips
Civic Leadership Awards
Steve Kray
Journalism Recognition
Cheryl Wickstrom
Student Council Awards
Christina Fischer
Library Service Awards
Christina Fischer
Robert B. Fodor Service
Awards
Steven Kray
Brant’s Apple Orchard
Scholarhip
Gary Himes
Better Business Bureau
Integrity Award
Gary Himes
College and University
Scholarship Recognition
Gary Himes
Kent State University
Ashtabula
Kristina Call
President’s Education
Awards
Timothy Neal
Phi Beta Kappa Merit
Scholar
Timothy Neal
Community Service Volunteer Recognition
Timothy Neal
OHSAA Archie Griffin
Sportsmanship Award
Steven Kray
OHSAA Courageous Student Award
Steven Kray
OHSAA NFHS National
Award of Excellence
Steven Kray
OHSAA Scholar-Athlete
Award
Steven Kray
Warrior of the Year
Steven Kray
First Year Scholarship
Awards
Sarah Wittreich
Second Year Scholarship
Awards
Gary Himes
Third Year Scholarship
Awards
Jerry Mlack
Fourth Year Scholarship
Awards
Timothy Neal
Honors Diploma Recognition
Timothy Neal
Straight “A” Awards
Timothy Neal
Principals’ Awards
Timothy Neal
Student of the Year
Awards
Timothy Neal
Recognition of the Class of
2016 Speakers
Timothy Neal
Top Ten Students of the
Class of 2016
Timothy Neal
GAAP
Financial
Statements
on File
Conneaut Finance Director John Williams has
announced that the 2015
annual GAAP financial
statements for the City of
Conneaut are complete,
on file and available for
public inspection in the Finance Office of Conneaut
City Hall, 294 Main Street
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
weekdays.
Twins Michael and
Maleeya Pyle, 5, son
and daughter of Megan
and Michael Pyle, and
Daykon Chabot, 11, son
of Melanie Messersmith
and Lora Goodwill,
enjoy their lunches
a t C o n n e a u t H u ma n
Resources Center. “I’ve
been coming here for
three or four years,” said
Daykon. “Their pizza and
salad is the best.”
PHOTOS BY JOY COBB
Christina Church (left),
Ashtabula County
Community Action
Summer Food Service
Site Supervisor, helps
servers Nikki Thomas and
Charlotte Arnold dish
out lunch at Conneaut
Human Resources
Center, where free
lunch for kids up to age
18 is served noon to
12:30 p.m. weekdays
through Aug. 5. Free
breakfast is provided 9
a.m. weekdays by the
Conneaut Food Pantry.
County Education
Youngstown State University students Ashtabula County Community Advisory
earn spot on President’s List
Panel announces winner of essay contest
YOUNGSTOWN - The following local
students at Youngstown State University
were named to the President's List for
the Spring 2016 semester with 4.0 gradepoint averages:
Kate Sears of Kinsman,; Art Education
Claire Dodrill of Geneva,; Chemical Engineering
Caleb Hunkus of Kinsman,; College
Credit Plus
Dusti Pilkington of Dorset; Computer
Science
Ashley Clunk of Geneva; Criminal Justice
Ashley Yungbluth of Kinsman; Criminal
Justice
Jodi Zell of Geneva; Early Childhood
Education
Jeremy Steen of Orwell; Exercise Science
Cayla Conrad of Geneva; Music Education Instrumental
Maria Koch of Ashtabula; Music Performance
Abigail Kovacs of Jefferson; Political
Science
Morgan Sanner of Rock Creek,; Pre Business HR Management
Tessa Ault of Williamsfield; Social Work
Youngstown State University students awarded degrees
YOUNGSTOWN – Brittany Johnson
of Conneaut was among students who
earned degrees from Youngstown State
University during Spring Commencement in Beeghly Center.
Johnson received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies.
Other area graduates include:
Jennifer Webster of Madison - Bachelor of Social Work in Social Work
Holly Mate of Orwell - Doctor of
Physical Therapy in Physical Therapy
Kyle Hogan of Williamsfield - Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
Daniel Dismukes of Andover - Associate of Applied Science in Electrical
Engineering Technology
Brandy Hussing of Williamsfield Bachelor of Science in Applied Science
in Allied Health
Ian Schantz of Andover - Bachelor of
Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
Melissa Orichella of Windsor - Bachelor of Science in Applied Science in
Allied Health
Sarah Rose of Ashtabula - Master of
Social Work in Social Work
Sheryl Flanagan of Madison - Bachelor of Social Work in Social Work
Amanda Turek of Madison - Bachelor of Science in Education in Special
Education, Mild/Moderate Disabilities
David Smith of Kinsman - Bachelor
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All Ashtabula County
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Church sign:
“Life gives us many choices.
Eternity just two.”
Religious Briefs
At 11 a.m. worship June 26 at First Baptist Church,
370 State Street, greeters are Poncho and Linda McGhee
and the Cosner and Anderson families.
At 10 a.m. worship at First Congregational United
Church of Christ, Main & Buffalo Streets, greeters are
Gary and Anna Hagstrom. Liturgist is Sue Krieg. Worship leader is Pastor Joyce Shellhammer. Nancy Snyder
will give the message, “Heaven.” Harry Casey is organist.
Soloist is Kenny Niemi.
The Rev. Scott Walsh, pastor, will preach on “Following
Jesus 1: Journey to Jerusalem” at 9 a.m. contemporary
and 11 a.m. traditional worship with Holy Communion
June 26 at New Leaf United Methodist Church, 110
Gateway Avenue. Scripture is Luke 9: 51-56. Youth 6
to 7:30 p.m. Sundays with Jeremiah See. Young Adults
age 18 and up meet 7 to 8:30 p.m. the second and fourth
Tuesdays with Mr. See. Next gathering is June 28. All
welcome.
Contemporary outdoor worship is 8:30 a.m. and traditional sanctuary worship is 10:15 a.m. June 26 at Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, 876 Grove Street. The
Rev. Patrick Van De Motter, pastor, will preach. Music
at sanctuary service provided by soloist John Thompson.
At 11 a.m. worship June 26 at Amboy United Methodist Church, 554 W. Main Road, Pastor Terry Simpson
will preach.
Pastor Julie Applegate will preach 9:30 a.m. worship
June 26 at Monroe United Methodist Church, 4302
Center Road (Route 7).
Pastor Sheila Brooker will preach 9:30 a.m. worship
June 26 at State Line United Methodist Church, 7321
Bushnell Road (Route 84).
The Revs. Dave and Sandy Anderson will preach 9
a.m. worship June 26 at Kelloggsville United Methodist
Church, 4763 N. Monroe-Center Road.
North Kingsville Presbyterian Church Sunday
worship is 10 a.m. at 6546 Church Street, with Pastor
Ken Ayers, preaching.
At Lighthouse Free Will Baptist Church, 248
Buffalo Street, Sunday begins with 9:30 a.m. breakfast
followed by 10:30 a.m. worship. Mid-week supper and
service Wednesday 5:30 p.m., led by Pastor Matthew
Sury. Bus service available.
Kelloggsville Church of the Nazarene, 4841 Route
84, worships 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays, and 7 p.m.
Wednesdays, with Pastor Les Bolen, preaching.
Conneaut Church of God, 5327 Center Road, Sunday worship is 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. “Life Groups” meet
6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Cowboy Church is held 7 p.m. Thursdays at Rustlers
Ranch, Creek Road, Pierpont.
Church Meals
Mary’s Kitchen, a ministry of Corpus Christi Parish,
will offer free lunch 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June
25, at the Conneaut Human Resources Center, 327 Mill
Street. Call 593-5273 for 10:30 a.m. home delivery.
Obituary
Jakub Hess
Jakub Tanner “Jake” Hess
May 19, 2000 – June 14, 2016, age 16, died unexpectedly
June 14, 2016.
Born May 19, 2000 in Cleveland, he has been a lifelong
area resident. Jake was to be a sophomore at Berkshire
High School in Burton. He was an avid outdoorsman who
loved hunting, fishing and four-wheeling. He also enjoyed
reading and drawing. His dream was to have been a Navy
Seal.
Survivors include his parents, John D. Hess of Kingsville
and Elizabeth Hutchinson of Conneaut; his aunt, Debi
(John) Jirousek of Hiram; siblings Jackie Hadlock of Hiram,
Riley and Taylor Daugherty and Zachary Hutchinson;
grandparents Jack and Ann Hess of North Port, Fla.; Tracey
Metzner of Ashtabula and surrogate grandparents Dan and
Betty Darling of Rock Creek; great-grandparents Suzy “Moe”
Mulhollen of North Port, Fla., and Viola Hess of Huntsburg.
The family received friends on Monday, June 20 at the Burr
Funeral Home, 116 South St., Chardon. A private family
burial will be held.
Get Fit at New Leaf
“Fit for Christ” is held 9 to 11 a.m. Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday at New Leaf Event Center,
110 Gateway Avenue. An hour of aerobics is followed
by floor exercises.
The YMCA “Silver Sneakers” program is offered at
New Leaf 10 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays.
Tai Chi is offered 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays and
Thursdays.
Call New Leaf at 593-2525, or the Ashtabula Family
Y at 997-5321, for information.
First Baptist Church
Rummage Sale
CONNEAUT – Conneaut First Baptist Church, State
and Mill Streets, will host a Rummage Sale 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. June 24 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 25 at its Youth
Center, the white pillared building on State Street.
Proceeds benefit church mission projects.
New Leaf Bicycle Messengers
The “Bicycle Messengers” of New Leaf United Methodist Church will ride the Ashtabula County Greenway
Trail on June 26.
Meet 2 p.m. at the New Leaf parking lot, 110 Gateway
Avenue, to caravan to the locations.
Ride is suitable for riders of all levels. All are welcome.
Church Softball
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church softball team will
play 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. June 30 at Lakeview Park.
Cheering is welcome.
Vacation Bible Schools
New Leaf United Methodist Church, 110 Gateway
Avenue, will host “Barnyard Round-Up: Jesus Gathers Us
Together” Vacation Bible School 6 to 8:30 p.m. July 11 to 15
for children ages 3 to entering sixth grade.
Supper will be served to the children at 5:30 p.m.
Register 593-2525.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and Corpus Christi
Parish will offer “Barnyard Round-Up” Vacation Bible School
9 a.m. to noon July 18 to 22 for students in pre-K to grade 12.
Breakfast and lunch will be served 8:30 a.m. and noon,
respectively, by Ashtabula County Community Action.
Call Good Shepherd at 440-599-8908 to register by July 1.
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Conneaut First Baptist Church, State and Mill Streets,
will host a Rummage Sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Dan Schall in Concert June 26
First Congregational United Church of Christ Vacation Bible School will be offered July 17 through 22, with
special outdoor worship and VBS program on Sunday, July
24. Call 599-8744.
Gageville United Methodist Church, 4063 Route 193,
Kingsville, will offer “Son Spark” Vacation Bible school 9 a.m.
to noon July 25 to 29 for children ages 3 to 12. Call 224-0165.
“Gangway to Galilee” Vacation Bible School will be offered
Aug. 1 to 5 at First Baptist Church, 60 Route 193, Kingsville, for children entering pre-school through sixth grade.
“Early One Evening at Rainbow
Bar and Grille” Opens June 24
CONNEAUT - The dark
comedy “Early One Evening
at the Rainbow Bar and
Grille” will make its debut
on the Arlene’s Broadway
on Buffalo (“ABOB”) stage
June 24. The play continues
at ABOB, 236 Buffalo Street,
Conneaut, June 24-25 and
July 1-2.
Cast members include
Denny Dixon as Shep, Brandon Sweeney as Roy, Jordan
Rimpela as Willy, Heather
Harrison as Shirley, David
Bucci as Bullard, and Marisha Sullivan as Virginia.
Directed by Clay Nielsen,
Bruce Graham’s play is set in
a small-town bar and seeks to
answer what would happen
to people as humanity worldwide is slowly extinguished.
The well-written script
contains a lot of situational
humor.
One reviewer said, "Graham’s intelligent and humorous (yes, humorous) script
keeps everything low-key.
The reason for Armageddon
is mostly left ambiguous,
other than it appears to be
man-made. That’s not the
focus of the play. Instead,
we zero in on a well-defined
group of strangely upbeat
small town folk as they unceremoniously come to grips
with their impending doom.
(Think “On the Beach” rather
than “Dr. Strangelove”.)
“We encounter the char-
acters through their interactions with easy going
bartender, Shep; Roy the
fireman who’s playing one
last winner-take-all hand of
cards; Willy the local marksman who’s intent on offing
his dentist before the end
arrives; Shirley, the barmaid, who wants to have
a wild goodbye fling; Bullard, the traveling salesman,
who’s just passing through;
and Virginia the high school
health and physical education teacher who’s determined to head out west to be
with family.”
“It’s real people in an unreal situation,” said Sweeney.
“Plus, everybody loves an
apocalypse.”
Nielsen said the ABOB
advisors were attracted to
the play because of its title
and setting in the Rainbow
Bar and Grille, similar to the
Rainbow Cafe just around
the corner from the theater.
“It just seemed like a very
natural fit,” he said.
The ABOB stage crew
has recreated their version
of the Rainbow Cafe layout,
complete with full bar and
working beer tap.
Show times are 7:30 p.m.
each evening. Doors open
6:45 p.m. Admission is $10
for adults, $8 for students.
Call 440-812-3342 or go to
visit broadwayonbufffalo.com
for more information.
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Dan Schall, gospel singer from Zelienople, Pa., will
appear in free concert 6 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at
Conneaut Church of Christ, 448 W. Main Road. A freewill offering will be taken.
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Conneaut Police reports
walking on West Adams Street.
At 2:53 a.m. June 12, a suspicious person was reported in the
area of Jackson and Chestnut Streets.
At 9:45 a.m. June 12, a parking complaint was received from
West Main Road.
At 12:19 a.m. July 12, a parking complaint was received on
Buffalo Street.
At 8:04 p.m. June 12, a suspicious person was reported on
Grove Street.
At 1:01 p.m. June 12, a Whitney Road resident reported damage to his vehicle.
At 1:26 p.m. June 12, a motor vehicle accident was reported
on Broad Street.
At 7:55 p.m. June 12, a noise complaint came in on Carl Street.
At 9:30 p.m. June 12, a missing juvenile was reported on
Whitney Street.
At 11:05 p.m. June 12, a loud disturbance was reported at
Liberty Street Park.
At 12:08 a.m. June 13, suspicious activity was reported on
Liberty Street.
At 8:36 a.m. June 13, a zoning complaint was received from
West Jackson Street.
At 10:34 a.m. June 13, a vehicle was reportedly vandalized
on Whitney Street.
At 11:27 a.m. June 13, a parking complaint came in from
Dean Avenue.
At 12:20 p.m. June 13, a bicycle was found on Sandusky Street.
At 1:25 p.m. June 13, an animal call on Lincoln Drive.
At 2:50 p.m. June 13, an animal call came in on Gore Road.
At 1:49 p.m. June 13, a suspicious person was reported on
Center Road.
At 5:30 p.m. June 13, a gas line was reportedly cut on a vehicle
on Hayward Avenue.
At 10:06 p.m. June 13, suspicious activity was reported in the
area of Lake and Day Street.
At 11:24 p.m. June 13, an animal call came in on North Lane.
At 12:44 a.m. June 14, a subject reported that a money order
was stolen from him while at the Conneaut Coin Laundry on
Main Street.
At 6:35 a.m. June 14, a motor vehicle accident was reported
in the area of West Main and Parrish Roads.
At 12:38 p.m. June 14, an intoxicated female was reported
on Adams Street.
in the area of Mill and Jefferson Streets.
in the area of State and Main Street.
At 7:05 p.m. June 14, lost property was reported at the
sand bar.
At 8:03 p.m. June 14, a parking complaint came in on Dean
Avenue.
At 8:13 p.m. June 14, an assault was reported on Buffalo
Street.
At 8:18 p.m. June 14, narcotics violation was reported on
Dorman Road.
in the area of Wrights Avenue and Pearl Street.
At 10:59 p.m. June 14, a large fight was reported on Harbor
Street.
At 11:11 p.m. June 14, units were requested by another
agency to patrol Route 7 for a vehicle involved in a domestic
altercation in Monroe Township.
At 11:50 p.m. June 14, a suspicious vehicle was reported
At 7:43 a.m. June 10, five juveniles caught trespassing in the
former Farnham School property were cited into Juvenile Court.
At 8:36 a.m. June 10, an animal call came in from the area of
Main and Buffalo Streets.
At 10:39 a.m. June 10, an animal call came in from Chestnut
Street.
At 10:48 a.m. June 10, Kevin McCumber was cited after he
was observed behind the wheel of a vehicle on Harbor Street.
His operator’s license was found to be suspended.
At 10:58 a.m. June 10, an animal call came in from West
Main Road.
At 12:30 p.m. June 10, a disturbance with several subjects
yelling was reported on Mill Street.
At 12:50 p.m. June 10, loud music was reported on Nickel
Plate Avenue.
At 3:50 p.m. June 10, a missing juvenile call was reported on
West Main Road.
At 4:04 p.m. June 10, an animal call came in from Darling
Street.
At 6:25 p.m. June 10, a 911 hang-up call was received from
Bliss Avenue.
At 6:35 p.m. June 10, a reckless/possibly intoxicated driver
was reported on Lake Road.
At 6:44 p.m. June 10, a patient at a Parrish Road care facility
reported a theft.
At 7:59 p.m. June 10, Jami Braden and Nicole Rose were
cited for disorderly conduct after fighting at a Buffalo Street
residence.
At 8:12 p.m. June 10, a 911 hang-up call was received from
Bliss Avenue.
At 10:36 p.m. June 10, a fireworks complaint came in from
Detroit Street.
At 11:54 p.m. June 10, a fireworks complaint was received
from Mill Street.
At 3:01 a.m. June 11, an intoxicated subject was checked on
Chestnut Street.
At 9:07 a.m. June 11, found property was reported at the
sand bar.
At 4:19 p.m. June 11, an animal call was received from State
Street.
At 4:22 p.m. June 11, an animal call was received on Dorman Road.
At 4:25 p.m. June 11, a reckless driver was reported at the
sand bar.
At 6:39 p.m. June 11, a Park Avenue business owner reported
a subject harassing customers in the area.
At 9:52 p.m. June 11, a fireworks complaints came in from
Whitney Road.
At 11 p.m. June 11, a Main Street resident reported an assault.
At 12:23 a.m. June 12, a fireworks complaint came in on
Park Avenue.
At 12:41 a.m. June 12, a motor vehicle theft was reported on
Maple Avenue. At 1:38 a.m., following a pursuit, units recovered
the vehicle in the area of 509 Chestnut Street.
At 1:11 a.m. June 12, an intoxicated male on a bicycle was
reported on Route 7.
At 1:15 p.m. June 12, a fireworks complaint came in from
State Street.
At 1:45 a.m. June 12, a fireworks complaint came in on
Chestnut Street.
At 1:49 a.m. June 12, a suspicious person was reported on
State Street.
At 2:15 a.m. June 12, an intoxicated subject was reported
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Tonya Rodie Arrested
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT – Tonya
Rodie was arrested for disorderly conduct on June 12.
According to police reports, Rodie was reported
as overly intoxicated at an
East Main Road residence.
At that time, police cited
her for disorderly conduct
by public intoxication and
released her to a sober
friend.
At 4:50 a.m., officers
were called back to the
area of Greg Sweet Chevrolet regarding a female
laying in the tree lawn.
Officers learned it was
Rodie again, and she was
crawling out from under a
vehicle at the dealership.
She was arrested and
booked into the jail facility.
Tammy Stovall, Richard Williams Arrested
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT – Tammy
Stovall and Richard Williams were arrested June 18.
According to police reports, officers were called
to a domestic altercation on
Harbor Street at 7:41 p.m. in
which Stovall and Williams
were involved.
Learning of Stovall’s active warrants, officers arrested and transported her
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to cease his disorderly behavior. He was yelling racial
remarks and obscenities loud
enough for the neighborhood
to hear.
Another resident of the
home alleged that Williams
grabbed her by the neck and
shoved her against the wall.
Charges were referred for
domestic violence against
Williams as well.
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2015, to help Sandy and
Jeff Ryan change the locks
following the divorce.
Jeff asked him how to
care for the .22 caliber Ruger
and the .380 Beretta that
Sandy had inherited years
earlier from her father's
estate. Ryan told Bennett
that he was worried about
increased crime in the neighborhood. Neither firearm
was registered because they
came from an estate.
"He took the [Beretta]
out of the case and asked
me how to open, clean and
take it apart. He was waving it around. I don't think
he knew what he had," Bennett said.
The gun contained four
rounds in the clip, but the
chamber was empty.
"I took the rounds out to
make sure it was unloaded.
It had a safety, and I turned
the safety on and emptied
the clip. But I wasn't really
that familiar with it, so I
told Jeff I needed to do more
research on it, so as not to
break it. I gave it back to
Jeff. I told him to leave the
safety on," Bennett said.
Bennett testified that
Ryan pulled the slide back
and put the gun back in
the case, but he had no idea
what Jeff did with the bullets. He watched his cousin
put the gun on the table by
his recliner.
Taking the stand in his
own defense on June 20,
Ryan said that after Bennett
showed him the intricacies of
the Beretta, he unloaded the
gun that night, loaded it the
following morning, unloaded
it the next night, and loaded
it again early on May 6. That
was his procedure, he said,
so he would have a gun for
daytime protection. Ryan
said he had other guns upstairs for protection at night.
During the trial, small
details of the fatal incident
varied from witness to witness.
Gary Anderson, a 35-year
friend of Tom Ryan's, testified for the prosecution that
he was inside 488 Benjamin
Street on May 6 helping
Ryan move his final belongings from the house. Sandy
Ryan was in the kitchen,
while Jeff Ryan sat in his
recliner in the living room.
Anderson said Tom Ryan
came back in to retrieve one
"last thing," a matchstick
ship he had made "years
ago."
Anderson recalled that
when Sandy realized Tom
wanted the ship, she said
that he was not taking it.
After a brief argument, Tom
entered the living room and
approached Jeff’s chair,
which was underneath the
ship hanging about seven
feet high on the wall in a
lighted hand-crafted shadow
box. Anderson testified that
as Tom reached up for the
boat, Jeff got up with a gun
in his right hand.
"It was by his right leg.
He brought it up as he stood
up," Anderson said.
Anderson said Tom
Ryan dropped his arms and
pushed his son. Jeff took a
few steps back, then went
back toward his dad, holding the gun “down a ways.”
The two turned and got hold
of each other. Jeff had one
hand on his dad's shoulder
and chest. Tom had hold of
his son with one arm.
"Tom saw the gun and
tried to turn it," Anderson
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testified. "They both held on
to each others' shirts."
When Jeff stepped in
close, the gun went off into
Tom's chest.
"Tom grabbed his chest
and fell next to the couch,"
Anderson said. "Jeff had
hold of him a little, and the
gun was pointed down. He
bent over his dad. He looked
up at me and turned his
head. I got out of the house.
I was scared. He had a gun
in his hand."
Anderson said the police
arrived shortly thereafter.
In their testimony, numerous Conneaut police
officers including Sgt. Curt
Distel, Officer John Helfer,
Det. Michael Sullivan,
and current Acting Chief Michael Colby spoke of securing the scene, obtaining evidence, and whisking Ryan
to headquarters, where he
underwent a videotaped
two-hour questioning shown
to jurors last Friday.
Emotionless through
much of the interrogation
by Colby and Sullivan, Ryan
did not know that his father
had died from the single gunshot wound to his chest until
Colby told him well into the
interview. Ryan then put his
head in his hands and wept.
Ryan said in that interview that he had kept his
guns in his room because
he knew his dad would not
go in there. He said the
matchstick ship had been a
gift to his mother from his
father, who made it in the
Air Force. When his father
came into the living room for
the ship, Ryan said he told
him he was not getting it.
His dad replied, "Yes, I am."
Jeff said he told him, "Just
leave. Just go."
Ryan, medically disabled
and on several medications
– told officers that he had
seen in his father's eyes the
same wild look that used to
accompany severe childhood
beatings.
"It was scary. At that
point, I pulled the trigger,"
he told investigators.
After the shooting, he
went to the garage to smoke
a cigarette, then went back
inside and put the gun on
the table.
“When I heard the police
coming, I put it down. I went
out the front door. I never
ran,” he said. “I knew what
I did.”
Ryan told officers during
the interrogation that he
brought the guns downstairs
after his father moved out
because neither he nor his
mother moves well, and the
guns would offer protection. He could not remember
when the gun was loaded the
afternoon of May 6, but said
he turned the safety off after
he and his dad began scuffling. He said he had never
fired the gun before.
“Everything was like a
blur,” he told the officers. “I
couldn’t tell you how I got
from here to there. Bang!
Bang! It was so quick my
mind wasn’t digesting anything.”
Testifying for the defense,
Sandy Ryan described a dysfunctional family characterized by fear of her husband
and a relationship between
Jeff and his dad “not good at
all in any way.”
The former preschool
teacher said she and Tom
had disagreed on who would
get the matchstick ship, but
had not discussed it because
“we didn’t talk. He didn’t
talk.”
Mrs. Ryan said her husband frequently “got on Jeff’s
case” that he “wasn’t sick,”
and had refused to help
finance Jeff’s college education. Beatings of both her
and the boys was not infrequent; Jeff had testified
earlier that the last beating
by his father had taken place
15 years ago.
On the day of the shooting, Sandy corroborated her
son’s story that her husband
angrily entered the living
room with a red face, bulging
forehead veins, and waving
arms.
“I was scared,” she said.
“I’ve seen him like that. I
was in fear of my life. I look
fine, but I am not strong.
I could not have defended
myself against Tom Ryan.”
She said she never recalled Jeff’s saying he wished
his father were dead.
The Ryans’ other son,
Jeremy, who left home in
1993 and works for a Christian radio station in Urbana,
painted an entirely different
picture during his emotional
testimony as a prosecution
witness, saying his father
disciplined the boys only
with a hand and belt on the
backside “when we needed
it.”
In his closing argument,
Iarocci frequently referred
to evidence from the Conneaut police interrogation
transcript of Ryan’s saying,
“I pulled the trigger.” He recounted medical community
testimony of the bullet having perforated Mr. Ryan’s
left upper lung and grazing
the left ventricle of the heart.
He told the jury that Ryan,
angered over years of abuse
and paternal neglect, in plotting the shooting had asked
his cousin’s advice about the
gun, and taken advantage
of an opportune moment
when his father – about
seven inches shorter than he
-- came into the living room,
unarmed, toward his chair to
retrieve a matchstick ship.
“There is absolutely
no legal justification for
the shooting death of Tom
Ryan,” Iarocci concluded.
Per Due in his closing
arguments told the jury that
if Tom Ryan had entered the
living room for the ship, he
would have brought something to stand on.
“It was impossible to get
the ship without moving
something, so what was his
purpose? We submit that it
was the last chance that Tom
Ryan had to get his ‘lazy-ass’
son. His last opportunity. It
was not about the boat. Jeff
had conditions and could
not stand up against his
father. Many people kill
with their bare hands. They
can be used as weapons. Jeff
believed that using deadly
force was the only way out
even if his decision was erroneous. But Tom Ryan caused
Jeff to believe he would be
killed or cause great bodily
harm.”
Some 20 members of the
victim’s family packed two
pews of the courtroom Tuesday when the verdict was
read. In another pew, Sandy,
her brother and her sister,
Peggy Bennett, held hands.
Jeremy Ryan was the
only family member to give a
statement during the 1 p.m.
sentencing.
“You heard the jury loud
and clear,” he said, at times
Ashtabula County
Prosecutor’s Chief Assistant
Cecilia Cooper presents
closing arguments in the
Jeff Ryan murder trial.
Defense lawyer David Per
Due asks the jury to acquit
Jeff Ryan during closing
arguments in the murder
trial.
Ashtabula County
Prosecutor Nick Iarocci
presents closing arguments
Tuesday in the Jeff Ryan
murder trial.
emotional. “My dad – Jeff’s
dad – was not a monster.
He loved his kids, me and
Jeffrey. He prayed for both
of us on a daily basis. The
impact of this does not just
affect the immediate family,
but goes way beyond to other
communities and states.
Thousands are impacted
by what happened May 6,
2015. I will tell you that I
forgive my brother, Jeff, for
murdering our father. I forgive him of the acts, the lies
and the betrayal. God loves
my brother very much and
Tom loved him very much.
There are no winners here.
Only losses. My mother lost
her husband, my brother lost
his father, a grandmother
lost a son and a family lost
a brother. The punishment
must fit the crime.”
Harris in his final remarks said, “Crimes don’t
get much worse than aggravated murder.”
Afterward, praising the
Conneaut Police Department, Iarocci said he and
Cooper spent over three
months preparing their
case.
“I was disturbed by the
maligning of Tom Ryan’s
reputation, but it was evident to the jury that the
claims were unfounded,
based on its quick verdict,”
he said. “The jury spoke
loud and clear.”
Other than saying that
he will appeal, Per Due had
no comment.
His client, taken away in
handcuffs for the first time
late Tuesday morning, will
be eligible for parole in 33
years – 30 years on the aggravated murder/murder
charges and three years on
the felonious assault charge.
Sandy Ryan said that
she was deeply disappointed
with the verdict.
“Had we been allowed
to deal with many issues of
Tom’s life, there would have
been a different outcome,”
she said. “I firmly believe
that Jeff was protecting me
from further abuse.”
Jeremy Ryan of Urbana, brother of convicted murderer Jeff Ryan, speaks on behalf
of murder victim Tom Ryan’s family during the sentencing hearing 1 p.m. Tuesday in
Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court.
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