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Hirzel's attitude turns skeptics to supporters |
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Written by DEBBIE ROGERS Sentinel Staff Writer
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Saturday, 12 January 2013 08:49 |
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| Former Lake School district board member Eric Hirzel is seen inside Lake High School in Millbury, Ohio on January 11, 2013. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
MILLBURY - Shortly after Eric Hirzel joined the Lake Board of Education in the midst of a financial crisis eight years ago, he was approached by resident Scott Swartz.
Swartz, not mincing words, told Hirzel that his appointment was a mistake.
"He said he was going to prove me wrong," said Swartz, who now serves alongside Hirzel as a board member. "And he did."
Hirzel, with his positive outlook, sunny hellos - to just about everyone - and blunt statements, was probably not the "usual" board of education member.
But he converted just about everyone with his tenacity, business experience and willingness to serve on key committees, such as finance, hiring and building a new high school after the tornado.
Hirzel, citing professional and personal reasons, resigned from the board of education at Wednesday's meeting, effective immediately. Hirzel, who is 50 years old and plant and crop logistics coordinator for Hirzel Canning Co. and Farms, said he has moved out of the Lake School District and is living in the Oak Harbor area.
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N.Baltimore hears sewer concern |
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Written by MARIE THOMAS BAIRD Sentinel Education Editor
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Saturday, 12 January 2013 08:41 |
NORTH BALTIMORE - Village Council heard from a resident Tuesday that last year's sewer work damaged his water line.
Poplar Street resident Rich Rose said that sewer line work caused his water line to break. He's asking council to reimburse him the $1,025 it cost him to replace the line. He did the work himself.
He showed council photos proving his line was disrupted, and incorrectly replaced, when Helms and Sons did sewer work in the village. Rose said he feels the break was due to Helms not doing the work correctly, including pulling the meter pit off.
Crews with Peterman and Associates, which managed the project, were to document all repairs made to resident-owned property, but no such document exists for Rose's land.
Dozens of breaks in the village were spliced together, but Helms doesn't have record of this site, said Andy Patterson, head of the village's Water and Sewer Department. "There's no record of any damage on this property."
Rose said he noticed the line leaking in October, when his water consumption went up. The sewer line work was completed in July 2011.
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Roth put 4-H youth first for 3 decades |
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Written by BILL RYAN Sentinel Farm Editor
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Saturday, 12 January 2013 08:43 |
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| Jayne Roth sits at her desk in the Wood County OSU Extension Office on Dunbridge Road in Bowling Green, Ohio on January 7, 2013. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
For more than 30 years Jayne Roth has been involved with 4-H programming in Northwest Ohio, including serving Wood County for most of that time.
"Sometimes you just take Jayne for granted, because she is just always there and doing her best for the kids," said Donna Arnold, vice president for the 4-H committee. "Jayne is very loyal to the 4-H program. She puts herself last and always puts the youth first."
"What is amazing to many is after all this time, she continues to fascinate teens with her optimistic upbeat character," said Jennifer Morlock who has worked with Roth in the 4-H Extension office in Bowling Green for more than 20 years.
Roth was recently recognized with the 2013 NAE4-HA Meritorious Service Award, presented by the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents.
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Rossford to interview for school boss |
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Written by DAVID DUPONT Sentinel Staff Writer
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Friday, 11 January 2013 11:14 |
ROSSFORD - Members of the Rossford Board of Education have a lot of work ahead of them this year with hiring a new superintendent at the top of the list.
Newly-re-elected Board President Dawn Burks reported Thursday that the Ohio School Boards Association has received "24 complete and reviewed applications" for the position.
While the OSBA is helping to conduct the search it will be up to the Board of Education to decide which of those candidates they want to interview. The board's schedule calls for taking action to employ a new superintendent in February with the selected candidate starting duties in summer. That would give the new schools leader some time to work with interim Superintendent Bill McFarland. At Wednesday's organizational meeting, the board noted it already has three days at the end of the month set aside to interview candidates.
At the meeting, the board haggled over when to meet and split over who to elect as its own leaders.
Burks was re-elected as board president on a 3-2 vote.
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