April 10, 2013 PDF Edition of the Perrysburg Messenger Journal

Two young Perrysburg
entrepreneurs are hoping
they might have “the next
big idea.”
Krysten Jablonowski
and Hunter Bihn are
among nine Bowling Green
State University students
competing in “The Hatch”
on Wednesday, April 10.
Similar to the “Shark
Tank” TV show, BGSU
student entrepreneurs will
present their ideas to a
panel of investors, including
several BGSU alumni,
who will decide if they
want to help fund the business.
Krysten, a junior in the
College of Arts and Sciences,
is proposing the idea
of a dorm furniture retail
store, which she calls
“Campus Cribs.”
The idea came to her as
she and a friend were discussing
the hassle of moving
furniture into their residence
hall.
Krysten said her dorm
room furniture company
would sell the furniture and
move it into a student’s
dorm room.
Hunter, who is a senior
at Perrysburg High School
and a post-secondary
enrollment options student
at BGSU, developed the
idea of a special needle for
diabetics.
His business idea came
from his life as a diabetic
and the daily issues he
faces with safe, on-the-go
Penta students show energy efficient products at Green Day 2013
The latest innovations in
renewable energy and
emerging careers were highlighted
by students at Penta
Career Center’s fourth annual
Green Day.
Held March 27 in the
center’s multipurpose room,
Green Day 2013 provided an
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Two Perrysburg entrepreneurs compete in ‘The Hatch’
Nine BGSU students were selected from 80 entries to propose their ideas for a new
business in “The Hatch” competition. Hunter Bihn, front row far left, and Krysten
Jablonowski, front row second, are from Perrysburg.
needle disposal.
His product, known as
“DiBi,” is a personal
“sharps” container for
insulin pen needles.
Hunter anticipates this
product will improve the
lives of diabetics and the
safety of those around
them by providing an
affordable, portable alternative
to current pen needle
containment methods.
The “angel investors”
for the program include
Jeff Goldshine, Larry Davenport,
Rodney Heiligmann
and Brian Sokol.
The investors and audi-
opportunity for students,
staff and visitors to explore
renewable energy and possibilities
the future holds.
Students enrolled in
green energy management,
construction, geospatial
information systems (GIS),
heating, ventilation and air
ence will listen to the
pitches and find out who
receives the funds to make
their business idea a reality.
The event is part of
Entrepreneurship Week at
BGSU from April 8 to 12,
presented by the Dallas-
Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership and
the College of Business.
Of the 80 proposals submitted,
only nine were
selected.
The other participating
students and their ideas
are:
•Alex Boroudi, a
Parritt to be recognized at Court of Honor ceremony
Michael Parritt, son of
Valerie and Michael Parritt, of
Perrysburg, will be recognized
in an Eagle Court of
Honor ceremony on April 14,
at the W.W. Knight Nature
Preserve.
He earned his Eagle rank
on October 29, 2012. Since
becoming a member of Troop
167, Mike has served twice as
patrol leader, as assistant
patrol leader and as troop
instructor. In 2011, he was
inducted into the Order of the
Arrow. He has been a member
of St. Rose Troop 167 for four
years. His Scoutmaster is
Bryan Barshel.
Michael’s Eagle Scout
project involved planning,
developing, organizing and
leading 19 volunteers in the
building and installation of 10
single chamber bat houses at
the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve,
in Perrysburg. The
houses were mounted on 21foot
long steel posts. They can
be seen on the trail surrounding
the pond. The project took
147 hours to complete.
Wood County Parks donated
75 percent of the funding,
with the remainder of the
funding coming from donations
by The Home Depot and
Fort Meigs Barber Shop.
A freshman at Perrysburg
High School, Michael is an
honor student, a member of
the marching band, Symphonic
Band, Indoor Drumline and
track team. He also plays
CYO basketball for St. Rose.
After high school, Mike
plans to pursue a career in
medicine, concentrating in
anesthesiology.
Michael Parritt
Construction carpentry student Corbin Knappins, a junior from Perrysburg Schools,
explains energy efficient framing design.
conditioning, and auto technology
programs displayed
projects and explained their
functions, often with handson
demonstrations.
Green Day also featured
displays from Owens Community
College, University
of Toledo and University of
Mediterranean food truck
on BGSU's campus.
•Ashley Bonner, online
database for college musicians
known as “musicianexpress.com.”
•Kourtney Greco, children’s
“write a book” entitled
“Q’s Childrens’ Tales,”
a rewritable children's bedtime
story.
•Kyle Dickman, watersports
complex “Bros.
Boards Cable Park” in
Charlotte, North Carolina,
to allow watersport enthusiasts
to enjoy their activities
without the need of a
boat.
Findlay.
Outside the center Mathews
Ford and Ed Schmidt
Automotive Group displayed
fuel/energy efficient
vehicles and Recycle I.T.
USA was on site, collecting
old computers, printers,
copiers, cell phones, televisions
and more for recycling.
In addition to assisting
with the recycling program,
Green Energy students displayed
the latest in solar,
wind and other technologies.
“It’s been good,” said
Vicki Miller, Green Energy
instructor, of the recycling
effort “We’ve got another
truck load [of items] in my
room to recycle.
GIS students featured
one of their latest projects–a
map of crime data in northwest
Ohio counties.
The data shows different
types of crimes and when
and where they were committed,
explained Tyler Hassall,
a senior from Lake
Schools.
Students in construction
carpentry were busy fielding
questions about the most
energy efficient construction
•Scott Hodges, taco
food truck “Bueno.”
•Corey Jones, educational
rap label “Wiseword,”
infusing hip-hop
music with education to
have a positive impact on
children’s learning.
•Taylor Frazer, a vanishing
highlighter “Hide
Lighter” allowing marks in
textbooks to disappear
before they are returned.
The student entrepreneurs
are receiving valuable
guidance from 11 successful
BGSU alumni who
are serving as mentors.
The Hatch mentors
include Jack Horney, Ed
White, Nicole Harris,
Nathan Pulver, Art Curtis,
Sandy Harsanyi-Murphy,
John F. Meier, Paul Hooker,
Bob Venzel, Albert
Caperna and Craig Dixon.
These volunteers have
been working closely with
the students in a nine-week
program to plan and polish
their business presentations.
“By connecting our students
with alumni we are
incubating business ideas
that will grow into studentrun
enterprises in the
future,” said Kirk Kern,
director of the Dallas-
Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership at
BGSU.
The Hatch will be
streamed live on the College
of Business’ Web site
www.business.bgsu.edu.
History lecture series continues
at Fort Meigs Thurs., April 18
Bill Pickard, archaeologist,
will present “A Tale
of Two Horses: The Horse
Burials at Fort Meigs” on
Thursday, April 18, 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 lecture is part of
the Fort’s Sixty Years War
for the Great Lakes Series.
In the early 2000s, Fort
Meigs was shut down to
undergo a rebuilding of the
reconstructed fort and the
building of a new visitor
center. An archaeological
study was conducted as
part of the project. During
the study the burial site of
two horses was discovered,
the first of its kind on a
War of 1812 Battlefield.
Mr. Pickard, the lead
archaeologist on the study,
will explain how the horses
came to be discovered,
what that tells about the
battle, and quite possibly
to whom the horses may
have belonged.
Mr. Pickard has been
involved in archaeology
for nearly 30 years and has
done extensive fieldwork
on a wide variety of prehistoric
and historic
archaeological sites.
Although he has worked
primarily in Ohio he has
also excavated on sites in
New York, West Virginia,
Illinois and Washington
State.
In Ohio, he has been
involved in still ongoing
archaeological investigations
at several major
Hopewell geometric earthwork
sites in the Ross
County area, at Serpent
Mound in Adams County
and at the Newark Earthworks
in Licking County.
He also was involved in
excavations at the site of
Ft. Laurens, Ohio’s only
Revolutionary War fort
near Canton, at Fort Meigs
(actually a year and a day
during reconstruction) a
War of 1812 fort near
Toledo and the 1750s era
English trading post of
Pickawillany near Piqua in
Miami County.
His special interests are
flint reduction techniques
and 18th century firearms
and edged weapons. He
especially enjoys working
with the public and has
given numerous presentations
on projects he has
been involved with as well
as conducting artifact identification
workshops. He
has worked in the Collections/Curatorial
division
on the Ohio Historical
Society in several capacities
since 1999.
The program is sponsored
by the Anderton
Bentley 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.
methods.
Bradley Corbin, provided
examples of different light
bulbs and their energy consumption.
Nearby Kyle Bowlby and
MacConnell Hall of Springfield
Schools talked about
the different types of insulation
for homes and the
meaning of the “R” rating
applied to each.
Corbin Knappins, a
junior from Perrysburg High
School, displayed an energy
efficient framing design for
a home.
In auto technology, Tori
Bonn, a senior from Springfield
Schools, displayed a
poster, illustrating the
process involved in recycling
oil.
“Recycled oil is 50 percent
recycled oil and 50 percent
crude with additives,”
she said, adding, that after
the mixture is blended, “it
comes out the same quality
at 100 percent oil.”
She noted that using
recycled oil helps the United
States become less dependent
on foreign oil by nearly
1.6 billion gallons.
–Jane Maiolo
American Legion Post 28
will host a chicken barbecue
fund-raiser on Saturday,
May 4, to benefit Buckeye
Boys and Girls State.
The barbecue will be held
at Schaller Memorial Building,
130 West Indiana
Avenue, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Along with chicken, the
meal includes potato salad,
baked beans, cole slaw, coffee,
tea and soft drinks.
The cost is $8 for adults
and $4.50 for children 12
years and younger. Tickets
must be purchased by Friday,
April 26, and are available
at the following businesses:
O~Deer Diner,
Louisiana Avenue; the Barber’s
Inn, 129 West Third
Street; Perrysburg Collision,
135 West Third Street; Perrysburg
Messenger Journal,
117 East Second Street and
American Table restaurant,
580 Craig Drive.
Carry out dinners also are
available.
The American Legion
Buckeye Boys State is an
eight-day, hands-on experience
in the operation of the
democratic form of government,
the organization of
political parties and the relationship
of one to the other
in shaping Ohio government.
Founded in 1936, Buckeye
Boys State is the largest
Boys state program in the
nation with an attendance of
1,200 young men annually.
Planned Pethood, Inc.
will host its annual “Paw
Hoorah” grazing and auction
fund-raiser Saturday,
April 27, from 7 to 11 p.m.
at the Toledo Country Club.
The benefit, in its 12th
year, will feature gourmet
grazing along with a silent
and live auction. Celebrity
masters of ceremonies and
auctioneers will be WTVG
13 ABC weekend morning
news anchors Tony Geftos
and Christina Williams.
A sampling of auction
items include four Walt Disney
World theme park tickets,
a four night stay at the
Residence Inn SeaWorld
International Center and
tickets to Sea World in
Orlando, Florida, one week
condo stay in Hilton Head,
painting by Jason Cropper,
themed baskets, Calphalon
cookware, restaurant gift
cards, Levis Commons
package, tickets to the
Detroit Tigers, Notre Dame
hat autographed by Head
Coach Brian Kelly, OSU
football autographed by
Urban Meyer, jewelry, golf
packages and more.
Items are updated daily
on the Planned Pethood
Web site www.plannedpet
hood.org and click the Paw
Hoorah box.
Tickets for the Paw
Hoorah are $60 per person
or tables of 10 are available.
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PHS to present spring musical ‘Footloose’ April 25-28
Get ready for “Footloose”
to explode onto the
Perrysburg High School
stage with classic ’80s
songs including “Holding
Out For A Hero,” “Almost
Paradise,” “Let’s Hear It
For the Boy,” and of course
the title song, “Footloose.”
Leading the cast is
junior, Jake Knight as Ren
MacCormack, a big city
high school rebel who relocates
to a small town where
dance and rock music is
forbidden. Ren is drawn to
the minister ’s daughter
Ariel, played by sophomore
Abby Newman, who is a
rebel in her own way. Ren
shakes things up when he
takes up the right to dance
as his cause. Throw in an
overprotective minister
father (Connor Leupp), a
roughneck boyfriend
(Kevin Korczyk), and a cast
of young enthusiastic teens
who just want to dance and
you have a fun, entertaining
evening.
“Ren is a fun, multidimensional
character to
play,” said Jake Knight.
“He’s a rebel, a bit sarcastic,
but underneath he has a
good heart.” Jake said he is
excited for people to come
see the show. “We have so
much fun singing and dancing
to all the songs people
remember from the hit
movie.”
There will be four performances
at the Perrysburg
High School Auditorium.
It isn't "Paradise" for Kevin Korczyk and Abby Newman's characters.
Evening performances are
slated for Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, April 25-27,
at 8 p.m. A matinee performance
will be held Sunday,
American Legion Post 28 hosts chicken barbecue fund-raiser
Saturday, May 4, to benefit Buckeye Boys and Girls State
Boys State programs
throughout the nation are
sponsored by the American
Legion–the nation’s largest
veterans organization.
At Boys State, young
men learn about city, county
and state government
through a non-partisan
objective education
approach.
Boys State is held at
Bowling Green State Uni-
‘A celebration of saving the dogs and cats of our community’
Planned Pethood to host 12th annual Paw Hoorah Sat., April 27
12 th Annual
Saturday, April 27
7 to 11 p.m.
Toledo Country Club
Live and silent auction
Gourmet grazing
“There’s Always a Story”
To purchase tickets, visit the
Web site or call 419-826-
April 28, at 2 p.m.
Tickets are on sale starting
April 17. All seats are
reserved. Tickets are $12
and available through the
American Legion Post 28
Chicken Barbecue Fund-raiser
Saturday, May 4
5 to 7 p.m.
Schaller Memorial Building
$8 adults
$4.50 children 12 years and younger
Proceeds to benefit Buckeye Boys and Girls State
•Tickets must be
purchased by April 26.
•Carry-out available.
versity.
Buckeye Girls State is a
week-long program designed
to educate Ohio’s young
women in the duties, privileges,
rights and responsibilities
of good citizenship in
order that they may understand
and participate in the
functioning of their government.
Girls State is held at the
University of Mount Union.
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Skippy,
a 3-year-old
male
St. Bernard
mix,
is looking for
his forever
home.
Visit the Web site
www.plannedpethood.org
for more adoptable dogs and cats.
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The 2013 event is pre-
PHS box office, 13385
Roachton Road, Perrysburg,
Monday through
Thursday, from 7 to
8 p.m.
American Legion Post 28
recently selected and will
sponsor the following Perrysburg
High School students
to attend Buckeye
Boys and Girls State:
Michael Gerber, Alex
Leong, Thomas Walbom,
Troy Weider, Connor Leupp,
Clara Thornberry, Niara
Williams, Kelly Printy,
Olivia Lahey and Madison
Creps.
sented by Anthony Wayne
Animal Hospital and Sylva-
niaVET along with the
Petco Foundation. Major
sponsors include Trifexis by
Elanco, Yark Automotive
Group, George Namay,
DDS, O-I Charitable Foundation,
Rayner, Foos, Kruse
and Irwin, St. Francis Veterinary
Hospital, Welch
Publishing Company and
the Blade.
All proceeds from the
event will benefit the mission
of Planned Pethood:
“To reduce the overpopulation
and suffering of dogs
and cats through education
and low-cost spay/neuter
programs and to rescue, vet
and place adoptable dogs
and cats into good permanent
homes.”
Planned Pethood, Inc. is
a non-profit, northwest Ohio
based organization that
cares about the overpopulation
of dogs and cats in the
community. The organization
believes that every
companion animal deserves
to live a life of dignity
which includes adequate
food, water, health care and
a warm loving home.
As a no-kill organization,
Planned Pethood provides
medical treatment and
behavioral rehabilitation for
animals that come into its
care and offers adoptable
animals to the public.