Volume 161, number 2 - Perrysburg Messenger Journal

The Perrysburg Rotary
Club will hold its 29th Annual
Charity Auction on Saturday,
February 9, at the Hilton Gar-
den Inn, Levis Commons, Per-
rysburg. This year’s event
theme is “The Magic of Giv-
ing” and the event will feature
both a silent and oral auction.
In addition, there will be two
featured performers–Pattrick,
an award winning professional
magician, and Kelly Croy, a
nationally known speaker, per-
formance artist and educator.
Local WTOL-TV News An-
chor Jerry Anderson will serve
as master of ceremonies and
auctioneer.
Tickets are $75 per person.
Doors open at 5 p.m. with a
cash bar and performances by
Pattrick the magician. Kelly
Croy will speak and perform at
6:30 p.m., followed by dinner
at 7:15 p.m. and the oral auc-
tion at 8 p.m. Sponsors for the
event are Ed Schmidt Automo-
tive Group, Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank, Morgan Stanley
SmithBarney and Signature
Bank.
Proceeds from the Perrys-
burg Rotary Auction will ben-
efit The Rotary Club of
Perrysburg’s Endowed Schol-
arship at Owens Community
College and The Cocoon Shel-
ter. The Perrysburg Rotary
Club’s Endowed Scholarship
at Owens Community College
was established five years ago
with a goal of funding a total
of $100,000. This is the fifth
and final year of the club’s
funding efforts. The scholar-
ship benefits graduates of
Penta Career Center who want
to pursue post-secondary edu-
cation at Owens Community
College but need financial as-
sistance.
The Cocoon Shelter pro-
vides safety, healing and jus-
tice for battered women and
their children who live in
Wood County and surrounding
areas. The Cocoon Shelter is
committed to ending domestic
violence and empowering
those affected by it.
Perrysburg Rotarians have
been busy soliciting donations
of items and have secured va-
cation packages to Florida and
Hawaii along with airplane
flying lessons, Lake Erie fish-
ing trips and electronic items.
During the past 29 years,
The Perrysburg Rotary Club
has used its auction proceeds
to benefit projects such as do-
nating $200,000 to the new
Perrysburg Rotary Commu-
nity Park project on Fort
Meigs Road; contributing
$10,000 for the construction of
Fort Imagination in Wood-
lands Park, and purchasing a
multi-passenger van for the
Perrysburg School district.
Outside of the Perrysburg
community, the Perrysburg
Rotary Club has funded proj-
ects such as: contributing
$25,000 to help construct the
Deborah House, a home for
abused girls in Timisoara, Ro-
mania; the drilling of 13 water
wells in Vietnam; collecting
350 used bicycles for shipment
to Guatemalan villages for
transportation; coordinating
the delivery of fire trucks and
medical equipment to third
world countries; contributing
$18,000 to the Mensies Center,
an orphanage for abused chil-
dren in Belize; and participat-
ing with Rotarians worldwide
to contribute more than $650
million for the eradication of
polio.
Donations to the Perrys-
burg Rotary Club Charity Auc-
tion are tax-deductible.
Donations can be made by
contacting any Perrysburg Ro-
tarian or through the club’s
Web site at www.perrys
burgrotary.org.
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Rotary Club to hold 29th Annual Charity Auction
Perrysburg Rotary’s 29th Annual Charity Auction is
themed “The Magic of Giving” and will feature Pattrick, a
professional magician, and Kelly Croy, a Nationally Known
Speaker, Performance Artist & Educator. The event will
be held on Saturday evening, Feb. 9, 2013 at The Hilton
Garden Inn, Levis Commons, Perrysburg.
Martin Land, past presi-
dent of the Old Northwest
Military History Associa-
tion, will present “The
March to the Rapids” on
Thursday, January 17, at
7:30 p.m., at the Fort Meigs
visitor center in Perrysburg.
The presentation is free and
open to the public. Doors
open at 7 p.m.
The War of 1812 started
poorly for American forces
in the Western Theater of
War. What was thought to
be a quick march into Upper
Canada resulted in a major
defeat with the surrender of
Detroit in the summer of
1812.
After the fall of Detroit,
a new Army of the North-
west was organized and
William Henry Harrison
placed in its command. Har-
rison was determined to
build a large fortification at
the foot of the Maumee
River rapids in anticipation
of an eventual invasion into
Canada, but to do this; his
forces would have to con-
verge from three cardinal di-
rections in the middle of a
rough Ohio winter.
Join Mr. Land as he ex-
plores the hardships these
soldiers endured on their
march to the rapids to build
what would become the
largest woodened walled
fort in the country.
Mr. Land is a long time
student, researcher and lec-
turer on the War of 1812.
His expertise includes the
history of Fort Meigs as
well as the role of artillery
in the War of 1812.
In addition to his full
time position with Davis
Besse Nuclear Power Sta-
tion, he is an historical in-
terpreter at Fort Meigs and
enjoys participating in War
of 1812 reenactments
throughout the United
States and Canada.
The program is spon-
sored by the Anderton Bent-
ley Fund in memory of
Christopher Perky, who
served at Fort Meigs during
the War of 1812.
For more information,
visit the Web site at
www.fortmeigs.org or call
1-800-283-8916.
History lecture series continues
at Fort Meigs Thurs., January 17
Area volunteers will pro-
vide free assistance to tax-
payers with their 2012
federal, Ohio, and school
district income tax returns.
This service is sponsored by
AARP and is hosted by Way
Public Library. All returns
are filed electronically.
The volunteers’ mission
is to provide high-quality,
free income tax assistance
and form preparation to low-
and moderate-income tax-
payers, with special attention
to those age 60 and older.
AARP membership is not re-
quired. Nationwide, approx-
imately 36,000 volunteers
helped more than 2.5 million
customers last season at
more than 6,000 sites. Most
customers had household in-
comes of less than $50,000,
and over 80 percent were age
60 or older.
Area residents are en-
couraged to consider volun-
teering for the 2012 tax
season. Previous experience
with tax preparation services
is not necessary.
Volunteers need to com-
mit to training in January,
pass a competency test, and
are expected to volunteer for
at least four hours each week
during the tax season (Febru-
ary 4 through April 11). In-
terested persons can send an
e-mail to Gene Palmer at
gpalmer@bex.net or visit the
AARP Web site at
www.aarp.org/taxaide.
Complex tax issues–in-
cluding depreciation, lengthy
schedule Ds, casualty losses,
complex K-1s, farm income,
employee business expenses
over $5,000, and military re-
turns–are beyond the scope
of this service. Earned In-
come credits, child tax cred-
its, unemployment benefits,
child and dependent care ex-
penses, education credits,
IRA contributions, capital
gains/losses, and disability
income are all within the
scope of this service.
Taxpayers must bring pic-
ture ID, social security cards
for all family members, last
year’s tax return, current
W2s and 1099 statements,
broker tax statements plus
any additional documenta-
tion they feel is pertinent.
To make an appointment,
call the library’s Information
Desk, starting Monday, Jan-
uary 28, at 419-874-3135,
extension 119.
Beginning Monday, Feb-
ruary 4, appointments can be
scheduled by contacting the
tax-preparation site (the Way
Library Computer Lab) at
419-874-3135, extension
136.
The site will be open
Mondays and Wednesdays,
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and
Tuesdays and Thursdays,
from noon to 4:30 p.m.
Area volunteers prepare for
tax season at Way Library
Annual Girl Scouts cookie, snack bar sales begin
Girl Scouts of Western
Ohio are now taking orders
for their annual cookie sales. A
total of six Girl Scout cookies
are offered: Thin Mints,
Samoas, Tagalongs, Trefoils,
Do-Si-Dos and Savannah
Smiles. New packaging for the
cookie boxes highlight the
skills girls learn through the
Girl Scout Cookie Program.
Two new items have been
added to this year’s product
line. Girl Scout snack bars
made of hearty rolled oats,
crispy cereal flakes and chewy
granola with a chocolate
dipped bottom and chocolate
drizzle for the top are available
in Double Dutch and Tagalong
varieties. The snack bars are
individually wrapped in pack-
ages of five. Girls from Girl
Scouts of Western Ohio were
used in marketing the Double
Dutch snack bar.
For more than 80 years,
Girl Scouts, with the support
of their families, have helped
ensure the success of the Girl
Scout Cookie Program.
“From its earliest begin-
nings to its current popularity,
the sale of cookies has helped
Girl Scouts have fun and de-
velop valuable life skills such
as critical thinking, problem
solving and team work,” said
Roni Luckenbill, Girl Scouts
of Western Ohio CEO.
There also is still time to be
a Girl Scout this year. Girls
wishing to join are welcome
and can participate in the Girl
Scout Cookie Program.
Girl Scout cookies and
snack bars are made by Little
Brownie Bakers.
The cookies are available
in the six flavors and sell for
$3.50 a box. The snack bars
sell for $4 a box.
For more information, to
volunteer or make a donation,
call 419-243-8216 or visit the
Web site at www.girlscouts
ofwesternohio.org.
Caldecott
Read-In event,
potluck Jan. 19
The Toledo-Lucas County
Public Library invites adult
patrons to the annual Calde-
cott Read-In to see the best
picture books for children all
in one place. This annual li-
brary event is now in its 39th
year.
Those attending may help
the library choose the local
Caldecott winner while com-
paring favorites and meeting
others interested in book de-
sign and stories for children
beginning at 9 a.m. on Satur-
day, January 19 in the Hunt-
ington Meeting Room at Main
Library, 325 Michigan Street.
The actual Caldecott win-
ner will be announced later
this month at the American Li-
brary Association (ALA) mid-
winter conference in Seattle.
The Caldecott Medal was
named in honor of nineteenth-
century English illustrator
Randolph Caldecott. The
ALA has awarded the Medal
annually since 1938 through
its Association for Library
Service to Children to the
artist of the most distinguished
American picture book for
children.
A potluck lunch is planned.
Participants are encouraged to
bring a salad or dessert to
share, and your own table
service. Beverages will be
provided.
As severe winter weather
spreads across the country,
heavy snow can put a strain a
homeowner’s roof, leaving the
property at risk of costly dam-
age.
Safely remove snow from a
roof by using the following
guidance from the Insurance
Institute for Business & Home
Safety (IBHS).
Snow removal equipment
meant for pavement should
never be used on the roof since
they can damage the roof cover
system.
Stay grounded. Use a snow
rake with a long extension arm
that will allow you to remove
the snow while standing on the
ground.
Find additional resources to
prevent roof damage during se-
vere winter weather at
http://disastersafety.org/
freezing_weather/prevent -
roof-collapse/.
Tips for safely
removing snow
from a roof