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PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP 2012 FALL BRUSH PICK­UP
Perrysburg Township brush pickup is for TREE TRIMMINGS and FALLEN BRANCHES,
not for clearing of lots or removal of entire trees.
The Perrysburg Township Trustees have approved fall brush pick­up for Township residents
as follows:
Week of September 24
Section 1: area north of SR 795 and east of Perrysburg City limits.
Week of October 1
Section 2: area east of SR 199 and south of SR 795
Week of October 8
Section 3: west of SR 199 to Perrysburg Township limits
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ASSOCIATION
League honors Phyllis Morton
The League of Women
Voters of the Perrysburg area
is pleased to announce that
Phyllis Morton has been chosen
to receive The Virginia
Stranahan Citizenship Award
for 2012. The award will be
given on Sunday, September
23, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the
Stranahan home located on
The 577 Foundation grounds.
Ms. Morton is the mother
of six children and grandmother
of 15. She was widowed
at a young age and had
the responsibility of rearing
her children by herself. Phyllis’s
sister encouraged her to
move to Perrysburg in 1974.
Throughout Phyllis’s life she
has given back to the community
in numerous ways. Prior
to her retirement, she was
service manager of Zoar
Lutheran Church’s Abundant
Life Center. She is a long time
member of the Landmark
Commission. She is a volunteer
for the Toledo Opera and
is co-chair of Zoar Lutheran
Church’s Soup Kitchen. She
currently is vice president of
the Perrysburg Area Historic
Museum. Phyllis acts as coordinator
for Christian Citizens
Interacting (CSI).
Following the program a
short informational session
will be provided to those interested,
information concerning
the current transportation
issues. The public is invited.
The event is free of charge
and ample parking is available.
For further information
please refer to the Web site at
www.perrysburg.oh.lwvnet
.org.
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
Kudos to Perrysburg’s
City Council for providing
transit support for the disabled
during the upcoming
interim period (September
23-November 11). However,
the long-term strategy needs
work.
Perrysburg’s proposed bus
system falls short of what is
needed for disabled passengers.
Currently, TARPS picks
up disabled passengers at
their door in Perrysburg and
takes them directly to their
destination anywhere that
TARTA travels (all of Toledo,
Sylvania, Maumee, Rossford,
Perrysburg, Ottawa Hills, Waterville
and Spencer and Sylvania
townships.)
The proposed system requires
that disabled passengers
take a Perrysburg bus to
the Maumee Municipal
Building or Meijer’s grocery
store in Rossford, where they
will connect with a pre-reserved
TARPS bus.
This plan has numerous
flaws and puts the health and
safety of disabled passengers
at risk.
Travel times will be substantially
elongated and complicated.
A west Toledo
doctor’s appointment that
takes 45 minutes now, will
take closer to two hours each
way. Since neither the
“ADA” Perrysburg bus nor
the TARPS bus is a fixedschedule
bus, the rider has no
way of knowing the arrival
time of the bus. People will
not be able to accurately
schedule a connection with
another bus this way. Also,
Twp. fire department to host
an open house on October 6
In celebration of their
50th anniversary and in
conjunction with National
Fire Prevention Week, the
Perrysburg Township Fire
Department will host an
Open House from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. on Saturday, October
6 at the township
public safety building,
26711 Lime City Road,
Perrysburg.
Open to the public , the
event will feature family
activities.
At 1 p.m., there will be
a live burn demonstration.
“The side-by-side burns
vividly show the tremendous
speed of a typical
home fire and its potential
Drug take-back collection Sept. 29
Area residents are invited
to turn in their unused or expired
medications at a drug
“take-back” day on Saturday,
September 29.
The Rossford Police Department
will assist the Drug
Enforcement Administration
with the collection.
Locally, it will be held at
the Target pharmacy, 9866
Olde U.S. 20, from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m.
The service is free and
anonymous, and no questions
will be asked.
Last April, Americans
turned in 552,161 pounds–or
276 tons–of prescription drugs
at more than 5,600 sites operated
by the DEA and nearly
4,300 local law enforcement
partners.
In the four years of Take
Back events, they have collected
more than 1.5 million
pounds–nearly 775 tons–of
pills.
The nationwide prescrip-
this proposal leaves the disabled
out in the cold/rain/heat
when the municipal building
is closed.
Perrysburg’s disabled passengers
need a TARPS-like
service that takes them directly
to their destination
without having to change
buses. This would uphold the
promise made by Councilman
Todd Grayson at the May 22
Perrysburg City Council
meeting.
This additional service
could be paid for by eliminating
the fixed-route shuttle.
Given that there is already a
call-a-ride service in the proposal,
the shuttle service is
not necessary and costs more
than the ADA service according
to the consultants
($315,120 vs. $235,944).
Liz Ruffolo
Dear Editor:
When I managed Abundant
Life #1 and #2, I could
see how important Call-A-
Ride and TARPS were to my
residents’ lives. It was second-best
to having their own
means of transportation and
sense of independence.
Recently, I was in a boot
on my right foot while some
fractures were healing. This
experience gave me an
inkling as to what my residents’
lives are like daily. It
was no fun! I am supporting
the levy for public transportation
on November 6, so that
those who need public transportation
have it available
today or tomorrow when the
occasion arises.
Phyllis Morton
for deadly destruction,”
said Keith Feeney Sr., fire
safety inspector.
“Also illustrated will be
the vital importance of
home fire safety technology
[smoke alarms and sprinkler
systems] that save
lives and reduce property
damage,” he added.
The fire inspector noted
that more than 80 percent
of all fire deaths occur in
the home. “The fire department
is using this important
event to help people of all
ages understand how dangerous
a home fire is and
the importance of prevention,
detection, suppression
and escape.”
tion drug take-back initiative
seeks to prevent increased pill
abuse and theft by collecting
potentially dangerous expired,
unused and unwanted prescription
drugs for destruction
at sites nationwide.
Studies show that a majority
of abused prescription
drugs are obtained from family
and friends, including from
the home medicine cabinet.
Many Americans do not
know how to properly dispose
of their unused medicine,
often flushing them down the
toilet or throwing them
away–both potential safety
and health hazards.
Many Americans are not
aware that medicines in home
cabinets are highly susceptible
to diversion, misuse and
abuse.
Rates of prescription drug
abuse in the United States are
increasing at alarming rates, as
are the number of accidental
poisonings and overdoses.
• HAVE BRUSH OUT AT 7:00 A.M. ON THE MONDAY OF THE START OF YOUR SECTION.
• Brush piles must be placed curbside by posted date. Crews will not return for brush that is put out late.
• Brush must be placed as close to the road as possible with the cut ends of branches facing the roads.
• Branches should be left as long as possible.
• All piles must be neatly stacked
• Brush will not be picked up from clearing of lots
• Brush only is to be placed out at curb, no building materials, weeds, or any other materials.
• There will be no brush drop off at Perrysburg Township Maintenance Department.
PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP LEAF PICK­UP: OCTOBER 22 – NOVEMBER 23
It’s
on
the P
Perrysburg City Police Report
September 7 to 10, 2012
Friday, September 7
Accidents, Fremont Pike
at north I-75, 12200 block
Williams Road, 500 block
East South Boundary Street;
medic runs, 1800 block
Whispering Way, 800 block
Commerce Drive, 200 block
Trinity Court; fire, Whiteside
Drive at Louisiana Avenue;
alarms, 3100 block
Chappel Drive, 26900 block
Eckel Road, 100 block West
Sixth Street; criminal mischief,
500 block Streamview
Drive; keep the peace, 300
block East Front Street; family
offense, 300 block East
September 7 to 13, 2012
Friday, September 7
Rescue runs, 20000 block
Lime City Road, 300 block
5th Street, 10000 block Fremont
Pike, 20000 block
Brookview Court; k-9 utilized,
drug abuse and drug
paraphernalia, Fremont Pike
at Thompson Road; assault,
9000 block Buck Road; drug
paraphernalia, 27000 block
Oregon Road; assist outside
agency and K-9 utilized,
5000 block Red Oak; domestic
violence, 27000 block
Oregon Road; theft, 10000
block Fremont Pike; investigation,
I-75 at milemark 190;
K-9 utilized, I-75 south at
Fremont Pike; incident report,
Amberwood Drive at
Basswood.
Saturday, September 8
Rescue runs, 300 block D
Street, 7000 block Lunitas
Lane; fire calls, 12000 block
Ft. Meigs Boulevard,
alarm–29000 block Lime
City Road; domestic dispute,
28000 block Oregon Road;
missing person, 10000 block
Ford Road; criminal trespass,
12000 block Jefferson Street;
menacing, 25000 block
Broad Street.
Sunday, September 9
Rescue runs, 20000 block
Sixth Street; criminal damage,
27400 block Helen
Drive; weapons possession,
500 block East South
Boundary Street; assault,
500 block East South
Boundary Street; excessive
noise, 200 block East Fifth
Street.
Saturday, September 8
Accident, Williams Road
at North Dixie Highway;
medic runs, (3) 7100 block
South Wilkinson Way;
alarms, (2) 1100 block Professional
Drive; civil dispute,
12000 block Williams
Road; keep the peace, 300
block Three Meadows
Township Police Report
Oregon Road, 8000 block
Chrysler Drive, 7000 block
Lunitas Lane, 28000 block
Starbright Boulevard, 20000
block East Wexford Drive;
fire call, 8000 block Latcha
Road; protection order violation
and domestic violence,
unit block Carolina Drive;
welfare check, 28000 block
Oregon Road; fraud, Fremont
Pike at Carronade Drive;
criminal trespass, 8000 block
Chrysler Drive.
Monday, September 10
Accidents, Oregon at
Biniker roads, 9000 block
Buck Road, Fremont Pike at
Simmons Road; rescue runs,
8000 block Chrysler Drive,
27000 block Holiday Lane;
theft and criminal trespass,
28000 block Tracy Road;
menacing, 9000 bock Fremont
Pike; lost property and
theft, 7000 block Avenue
Road, 29000 block Fox
Creek Drive; theft, 10000
block Waterview Drive,
24000 block McCutcheonville
Road; dispute, 27000
block Oregon Road; fraud,
27000 block Oregon Road.
Tuesday, September 11
Accident, 3rd Street at
Glenwood Road; rescue runs,
20000 block Oregon Road,
30000 block Oregon Road,
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Court; criminal damage,
12300 block Waterstone
Lane.
Sunday, September 9
Medic runs, 600 block
East Boundary Street, unit
block Dr. McAuley Court,
100 block Quail Road, 200
block Elm Street; fire, 500
block Craig Drive; alarm,
1100 block Professional
Drive; unruly juvenile, 100
block Edgewood Drive; domestic
violence, 12300
block Roachton Road.
Monday, September 10
Alarms, 7000 block
Lighthouse Way, 300 block
Three Meadows Drive.
20000 block Tracy Road,
9000 block Dowling Road,
9000 block Buck Road,
10000 block Fremont Pike;
assist outside agency and K-9
utilized, I-75 south at milemark
193, I-75 south at milemark
195; fraud, 27000 block
Oregon Road, 10000 block
Fremont Pike; incident report,
10000 block Fremont
Pike; drug paraphernalia,
drug abuse and domestic dispute,
280000 block Oregon
Road; K-9 utilized, 7000
block Lunitas Lane.
Wednesday, September 12
Accident, 8000 block Fremont
Pike; rescue runs,
28000 block Cedar Park
Boulevard, 3000 block Oregon
Road; incident report,
9000 block Buck Road; domestic
dispute, 29000 block
Lindsay Drive; telecommunications
harassment, 27000
block Oregon Road.
Thursday, September 13
Accident, Lime City Road
at State Route 795; rescue
runs, 20000 block Oregon
Road, 9000 block Buck
Road, 1300 block 4th Street;
fire alarm, 29000 block Lime
City Road; K-9 utilized, (2) I-
75 northbound at Buck Road;
fraud, 27000 block Oregon
Road.
ODOT to save $10 million
on rock salt this winter
The Ohio Department of
Transportation (ODOT) today
expects state and local governments
to save more than $10
million this winter as a result
of a change in the way salt
contracts are obtained.
In the past, ODOT asked
salt companies to bid on contracts
on a county-by-county
basis. This year, the agency
gave salt companies the option
to provide bids on entire
ODOT districts in addition to
individual counties. The result
is a statewide savings of
$13.11 per ton of salt, which
adds up to $10,159,700.
“We never truly know
what Mother Nature has in
store for us each season, but
one thing we do know is that
ODOT will be fully prepared,
and our work this winter will
cost Ohio taxpayers less
money,” said ODOT Director
Jerry Wray. “This is yet another
example of how we are
demonstrating our success of
identifying efficiencies here at
SINCE
1928
ODOT so that we can provide
the same great level of service
to our customers but do it at a
lower cost.”
Last year, the state averaged
$54.02 per ton of salt ordered.
This year, the statewide
average is $40.91 per ton.
In Wood County the cost
for rock salt is $41.90 per ton
and in Lucas County, $41.01
per ton.
In addition to lower costs
for ODOT, local governments
will realize significant savings
because many combine their
salt needs with ODOT to improve
purchasing power.
Locally, Perrysburg, Perrysburg
Township and Rossford
are among jurisdictions
that procure their rock salt
through ODOT.
In addition to the lower
price per ton, ODOT alone expects
to purchase 209,000 tons
less salt this coming winter.
Because last year’s winter was
so mild, huge stockpiles of salt
already exist.
Perrysburg resident among retiring members of Owens board of trustees
Retiring Owens Board of Trustees are, left, R.J. Molter
and right, Allan Libbe with board chair Dee Talmage following
the college's recent Board of Trustees meeting.
Owens Community College
Board of Trustees
members Allan Libbe of
Perrysburg and R. J. Molter
of Woodville were honored
recently for their combined
60 years of service and
commitment to the academic
institution and the
board of trustees. Both men
are retiring at the end of
their terms and were recognized
at the college’s recent
board of trustees meeting.
“Words cannot begin to
express the board of
trustees’ appreciation to
Allan Libbe and R.J.
Molter,” said Dee Talmage,
chair of the board. “Allan
and R. J. have been instrumental
in impacting the
lives of thousands of students
through their leader-
U B L I C R E C O R D
ship and support of higher
education. On behalf of
Owens Community College
and the board of trustees, I
would like to extend a
heartfelt thank you to both
of them.”
Initially appointed to the
board in September 1992,
Mr. Libbe is one of three
founders of Rudolph/Libbe
in 1955 and now serves as
secretary/treasurer of
Rudolph/Libbe Companies.
He earned a bachelor of arts
and a bachelor of science
degree from Bowling
Green State University.
During his board tenure,
Mr. Libbe served as board
chair (1996-97) and vice
chair (1993-95) and was a
member of the finance
committee (2001-12). He
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also has held membership
on the college’s Foundation
Board, prior to and since its
incorporation in 2002.
A graduate of the University
of Toledo with a
bachelor’s degree in pharmacy,
Mr. Molter serves as
a staff pharmacist at Pills &
Packages Pharmacy and is
the former co-owner of M
& M Pharmacy in
Woodville. He was initially
appointed to the board in
June 1972.
Mr. Molter’s involvement
on the board includes
serving as board chair
(1974-77) (1998-99) and
vice chair (1986-89) (1996-
97) (2011).
Additionally, he assisted
in the establishment of the
Ohio Technical and Community
College Association
Directory of Trustees. The
state organization is now
known as the Ohio Association
of Community Colleges,
which represents
Ohio’s 23 community colleges.
Mr. Molter served with
five of the college’s six
presidents and provided
leadership in the growth
and development of Owens
Community College from a
technical college to a comprehensive
state community
college and from 25
acres to more than 400
acres, including expansion
to Hancock County and
Lucas County. He also has
witnessed approximately
30,133 diplomas conferred
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Penta students remember
September 11 with ceremony
Penta Career Center's public safety/criminal justice students
from left, Andrew Billups of Perrysburg Schools and
Karry Faneuff of Genoa Schools raised the American flag
and lowered it to half staff during a Patriot Day Ceremony
at Penta on September 11. Standing at attention is Riley
Herman of Woodmore Schools who also participated in
the ceremony.
upon Owens graduates.
The board of trustees is
comprised of eight community
leaders from Lucas,
Wood, Hancock and Sandusky
counties who are appointed
by the Governor of
Ohio.
Owens Board of
Trustees members include
Established
1999
Ms. Talmage of Ottawa
Hills, H. Richard Rowe of
Findlay, Mr. Libbe of Perrysburg,
Dr. Ronald Mc-
Master of Perrysburg, Mr.
Molter of Woodville,
Edwin Nagle of Toledo,
William Takacs of Toledo
and Thomas Uhler of Rossford.
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