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Trustees review fire run report 

At the December 5 

trustees’ meeting, Perrysburg 

Township Fire Chief 

Tom Brice reviewed the November 

fire run report. 

Chief Brice said the 

township responded to 132 

calls in November, 107 were 

EMS and 25, fire. To date 

this year, the department has 

responded to 1,528 calls. 

Lifeflight was called 

once to assist, and the department 

responded to 14 

motor vehicle accidents. 

Other EMS calls were for 

illness, 22; falls, 15; cardiac, 

10 and respiratory, nine. 

The bulk of those receiving 

treatment were transported 

to St. Luke’s 

Hospital, 48, followed by 

Toledo Hospital, 11, St. Vincent’s, 

seven, and Bay Park, 

six. 

Of the fire calls, nine 

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were for fire alarms; three, 

appliance and three, structure. 

Residential calls for service 

occurred throughout the 

township with the greatest 

number coming from Belmont, 

seven; Perrysburg 

Heights, six, and Friendly 

Village, five. 

Business districts requesting 

the most calls for 

service last month were 

Cedar Park, four and Ampoint, 

three. The department 

was called to Penta Career 

Center twice and Owens 

Community College, seven 

times and they responded 18 

times to nursing home calls 

including 11 calls to Perrysburg 

Commons. 

Mutual aid was provided 

by the department 10 times. 

The township did not request 

mutual aid last month. 

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Letter to the 

Editor 

Dear Editor: 

I was very disappointed to 

hear that we are switching to 

automated garbage collection. 

In reading the article I found 

lots of numbers, and I like 

math. 

The math indicated that the 

four positions cost $79,500 

each to replace, while the five 

positions retained cost about 

$63,000 each. Now I figure 

that the job of picking the can 

up and putting it in the 

garbage truck should be a $12- 

$15 per hour position. Figuring 

in generous benefits 

translates to no more than 

$45,000 per year. This big 

savings of $79,500 per worker 

was used to justify switching 

the service. 

Also, the article worked 

out that the city was paying 

about $16 per year to rent each 

garbage can and each house 

would be given one can. This 

would be a seven year lease, 

so each can would cost more 

than $100. 

The city says don’t worry, 

put out as much trash as you 

want and we will send a nonautomated 

truck to come get 

it. You will just have to call us 

first. Now that I refuse to believe. 

Lastly, we seem to be an 

affluent city and we certainly 

approved the garbage levy, yet 

we are proud to eliminate four 

jobs. This kind of fuzzy math 

is just garbage. 

Charles VanBelle 

IED awareness 

management 

workshop Feb. 6 

The U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security Office for 

Bombing Prevention will present 

an Improvised Explosive 

Device (IED) Awareness/Bomb 

Threat Management Workshop 

on February 6. 

The program, hosted by the 

Wood County Court Security 

Department, will be held from 

8:30 a.m. to 12;30 p.m., at the 

Wood County Common Pleas 

Courthouse, Bowling Green. 

The training will be provided 

for court personal, law enforcement, 

school leaders, fire personnel 

and others who may be 

involved with bomb training 

prevention for their buildings. 

This free workshop improves 

participants’ ability to 

manage IED threats by outlining 

specific safety precautions associated 

with explosive incidents 

and bomb threats. The workshop 

reinforces an integrated 

combination of planning, training, 

exercises, and equipment 

acquisition in order to maximize 

available resources. 

Space is limited. To register, 

send your name, telephone 

number, company name and address, 

position title, and e-mail 

address to Ronald Dicus, Court 

Constable, Wood County Court 

Security, 1 Courthouse Square, 

Bowling Green Ohio 43402. For 

more information, call 419-354- 

9266 or send an e-mail to 

rdicus@co.wood. oh.us. 

 

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Perrysburg City Police Report 

December 5 to 10, 2012 

Wednesday, December 5 

Accidents, North Dixie 

Highway at Craig Drive, 

13300 block Roachton Road; 

medic runs, 13300 block 

Roachton Road, 300 block 

Trinity Court, 100 block St. 

Martin’s Place, 7100 block 

South Wilkinson Way, unit 

block Abbey Road; breaking 

and entering, 8600 block 

South Wilkinson Way; theft, 

27000 block Carronade 

Drive; family disturbance, 

900 block Pine Street. 

Thursday, December 6 

Accidents, 26000 block 

North Dixie Highway, 26500 

block North Dixie Highway; 

medic runs, 1000 block Eastbrook 

Drive, 800 block East 

Boundary Street, 200 block 

Manor Drive, 27000 block 

Carronade Drive, 100 block 

West Indiana Avenue, unit 

block Dr. McAuley Court; 

alarm, 1000 block Commerce 

Drive; assault, 500 

block East South Boundary 

Street; theft, 100 block West 

Indiana Avenue, 300 block 

Walnut Street; stolen property/recovered 

100 block 


Friday, December 7 

Accident, Fremont Pike 

at Lime City Road; rescue 

runs, 30000 block East 

River Road, 20000 block 

Gleneagles Road; assist outside 

agency and theft, State 

Route 795 at Crossroads; 

telecommunications harassment, 

7000 block Lunitas 

Lane; domestic dispute, 

27000 block Oregon Road; 

disorderly conduct, 27000 

block Oregon Road; endangering 

children, Avenue at 

Oregon roads. 

Saturday, December 8 

Accident, 100 block J 

Street; rescue runs, 100 

block J Street, 10000 block 

Eckel Junction Road, 10000 

block South Shannon Hills, 

20000 block Duxbury Lane, 

20000 block Oregon Road, 

20000 block Lime City 

Road, 10000 block Fremont 

Pike, 20000 block Glenwood 

Road; fire call, 7000 

Township Police Report 

block Reitz Road; assist outside 

agency, 300 Seneca Industrial 

Parkway. 

Sunday, December 9 

Accident, 10000 block 

Fremont Pike; rescue run, 

30000 block Bates Road. 

Monday, December 10 

Rescue runs, 8000 block 

Chrysler Drive, (3) 30000 

block Oregon Road, 10000 

block Roachton Road, 

28000 block Starbright 

Boulevard, 7000 block Reitz 

Road, 100 block J Street; 

fire call, 29000 block Glenwood 

Road; domestic violence, 

29000 block 

Shelbourne Road; domestic 

dispute, 26000 block Oregon 

Road; theft, 28000 

block Oregon Road; incident 

report, 25000 block 

Apex Lane; drug abuse and 

K-9 utilized, Buck Road at 

Shell gas station. 

Tuesday, December 11 

Rescue runs, (2) 20000 

block Oregon Road, 9000 

Sheriff’s Report 

Middleton Township 


Saturday, November 8 

Accident, 19200 block 

Dunbridge Road; alarm, 

21700 block Pargillis Road; 

keep the peace, 22100 block 

Haskins Road. 

Tuesday, December 11 

Alarm, 14500 block Old 

Trail Drive. 


Alarm, 23100 block Hull 

Prairie Road. 


Controlled burn, 10500 

block Dowling Road; theft, 

12000 block Middleton 

Pike. 

Wood County returns solid, infectious 

waste program oversight to Ohio EPA 

Residents of Wood 

County should contact Ohio 

EPA’s Northwest District 

Office in Bowling Green 

about questions or issues 

with solid waste in the 

county. 

The Wood County Health 

Department has voluntarily 

relinquished its authority to 

regulate solid waste and 

construction and demolition 

debris issues in the county. 

Ohio EPA now oversees 

landfills, infectious waste 

treatment facilities and other 

solid waste issues including 

scrap tires and open dumping 

in Wood County. In addition, 

Ohio EPA has 

oversight of construction 

and demolition debris landfills 

and illegal disposal issues. 

Anyone with questions or 

complaints can contact the 

Northwest District Office at 

419-352-8461 or 1-800-686- 

6930. To report a spill, release 

or environmental 

crime, 24-hours a day, call 

the spill hotline at 1-800- 

282-9378. 

East Indiana Avenue; vandalism, 

300 block Walnut 

Street; criminal trespass, 100 

block West Third Street. 

Friday, December 7 

Accidents, Eckel Junction 

Road at Louisiana Avenue, 

11100 block Fremont Pike; 

medic runs, unit block 

Boston Bay Road, (2) 100 

block Trinity Court, 1800 

block North Wilkinson Way, 

200 block Margaret Place, 

300 block East Boundary 

Street; alarms, 4200 block 

Morgan Place, unit block 

Locust Street; theft, 12600 

block Eckel Junction Road; 

breaking and entering, 200 

block Louisiana Avenue; 

family disturbance, 26700 

block Carronade Drive, 300 

block Birchdale Road; fraud, 

1900 block Tecumseh Court; 

civil dispute, 600 block 

Prairie Rose Drive. 

Saturday, December 8 

Accidents, Chapparal, 

Avenue at White roads, 

Maumee Western at West 

Front Street; medic runs, 

28500 block West River 

Road, 100 block Mallard 

Road, 26600 block Carronade 

Drive, 100 block St. 

Martin’s Place, 13200 block 

Eckel Junction Road; alarms, 

27400 block Helen Drive, 

700 block West Boundary 

Street; theft, 26000 block 

North Dixie Highway, 2100 

block Levis Commons 

Boulevard; criminal damage, 

200 block Louisiana Avenue; 

civil dispute, 12800 block 

Five Point Road; harassment, 

1000 block Louisiana 

Avenue; burglary, 800 block 

Three Meadows Drive. 

Sunday, December 9 

Medic runs, 26700 block 

Carronade Drive, 100 block 

St. Martin’s Place, 10400 

block Avenue Road, 200 

block Manor Drive, 300 

block East Fifth Street; keep 

the peace, (2) 12800 block 

Five Point Road; fraud, unit 

block Maurice Place; threats, 

200 block East Fifth Street; 

telephone harassment, 26700 

block Lakevue Drive. 

Monday, December 10 

Accident, north I-75 at 

north I-475; medic run, 1100 

block Louisiana Avenue; 

alarm, 200 block Louisiana 

Avenue. 

block Reitz Road, (2) 30000 

block Oregon Road; K-9 utilized, 

I-75 at milemark 200, 

I-75 north at Buck Road; 

lost property and theft, 

28000 block Oregon Road. 


Rescue run, 10000 block 

Fremont Pike; K-9 utilized, 

Garden at Whitehouse 

Spencer roads, I-75 north at 

Buck Road; incident report, 

9000 block Buck Road. 


Rescue runs, 9000 block 

Mandell Road, 7000 block 

Ponderosa Road; fire calls, 

Dowling Road, alarm, 

28000 block Starbright 

Boulevard; K-9 utilized and 

attempted breaking and entering, 

27000 block Oakmead 

Drive; theft, 10000 

block Fremont Pike; incident 

report and found property, 

White Road at Hamlet 

Homeowners Association; 

drug abuse and theft, 10000 

block Fremont Pike. 

‘Good Choices’ 

classes offered 

The Wood County Education 

Service Center is offering 

“Guiding Good Choices ® ” an 

interactive five-part program 

for parents of children ages 7 

to 14. 

The next session begins 

January 15, at 6:30 p.m., at 

Lake Elementary School, 

28150 Lemoyne Road, Millbury, 

Ohio. 

The nationally-recognized 

program gives parents the 

skills they need to help reduce 

or prevent substance abuse 

and other potential problems 

with their children. It also 

teaches parents ways to resolve 

family conflicts and express 

anger constructively. 

The workshops are free for 

attending parents. Child care 

and a light dinner will be provided 

each week. 

The “Guiding Good 

Choices” series will be offered 

throughout the year in various 

locations in Wood County. 

For more information or 

to register, call Greg Bonnell 

at 419-354-9010, extension 

228. 

Governor announces transportation plan 

Ohio Turnpike to remain public, independent 

After more than a year of 

contentious debate regarding 

the future of the Ohio 

Turnpike, officials have proposed 

a solution that may 

satisfy all concerned parties. 

Last year, Ohio Governor 

John Kasich proposed either 

leasing the toll road in an effort 

to raise additional funds 

for Ohio’s infrastructure and 

highway system or shifting 

turnpike control over to the 

Ohio Department of Transportation. 

The governor’s proposal 

met with vehement opposition 

by residents, turnpike 

employees and local government 

officials throughout 

the northern quadrant of 

Ohio. 

The state commissioned 

a $3.5 million study to determine 

the feasibility of the 

proposal or offer other recommendations. 

On December 13, the 

governor, ODOT director 

Jerry Wray and turnpike director 

Rick Hodges unveiled 

a plan to generate approximately 

$3 billion for Ohio 

road construction without 

leasing the toll road or putting 

it in ODOT’s hands. 

The proposal, known as 

the Ohio Jobs and Transportation 

Plan, calls for the 

Ohio Turnpike Commission 

to issue bonds backed by future 

toll revenues. The plan 

would generate $1.5 billion 

in new funds for Ohio highways 

and could result in an 

additional $1.5 billion in 

matching local and federal 

funds. 

“This plan just makes 

sense as we continue Ohio’s 

economic resurgence, grow 

jobs and make our state 

prosperous once again,” said 

Governor Kasich. “Billions 

of dollars in new highway 

funds further strengthen 

Ohio’s jobs-friendly climate 

and keep our state moving 

by delivering more projects 

faster.” 

Mr. Wray believes that 

bonding against future turnpike 

revenue will generate 

enough money to erase the 

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highway budget deficit. 

In recent years ODOT 

has struggled with lower 

revenues, created in part by 

the declining economy. 

Fuel-efficient vehicles also 

resulted in less state motor 

fuel tax revenue. As a result 

ODOT officials were forced 

to push back some of the 

state’s largest transportation 

construction projects. 

“Combined with 

ODOT’s work to reduce our 

cost of doing business and 

improve service to the 

state’s motoring public, this 

plan puts the resources we 

need into our major construction 

budget,” said Mr. 

Wray. 

Mr. Hodges also approves 

of the plan, “Maintaining 

public control and an 

independent turnpike commission 

helps keep tolls low 

and workers on the job.” 

Highlights of the plan include: 

•No long-term, private 

lease; 

•A continued public, independent 

turnpike with expanded 

authority and 

renamed the Ohio Turnpike 

and Infrastructure Commission; 

•More than 90 percent of 

new bond money going directly 

to northern Ohio 

highway projects, including 

the turnpike itself; 

•Rebuilding the Ohio 

Turnpike decades sooner 

than planned; 

•Tolls for local trips paid 

using EZ Pass will be frozen 

for 10 years; 

•Other toll rates to be 

capped at inflation, and 

•No turnpike employee 

layoffs anticipated. 

The Wood County commissioners, 

originally 

among local officials opposed 

to the leasing option, 

expressed approval of the 

new plan. “I am pleased that 

the governor has not proposed 

privatization of the 

turnpike,” said Commissioner 

Tim Brown. 

“The voice of our citizens 

has been heard and 

taken into account, and I 

hope that will continue 

throughout the process,” he 

added. 

The commissioners were 

among many officials 

throughout northern Ohio to 

weigh in on the governor’s 

proposal. Mayors from 

Toledo, Streetsboro, 

Strongsville, Cuyahoga 

Falls, North Ridgeville and 

Cleveland voiced approval. 

Toledo Mayor Mike Bell 

called it a “win-win-win” 

for all parties and noted that 

it will benefit Toledo and its 

residents. 

On the other side of the 

state, Cleveland Mayor 

Frank Jackson agreed. “I 

think it’s a good decision, 

good for Cleveland, good 

for northeastern Ohio.” 

County commissioners 

also spoke in favor of the 

plan. “We appreciate the 

governor’s sensitivity to our 

concerns around truck diversion 

and preserving the 

economic competitiveness 

of our area. This plan makes 

sense for Ohio,” said 

Williams County Commissioner 

Brian Davis. 

To the east Lorain 

County Commissioner Tom 

Williams echoed those comments. 

“I was glad to see 

that the governor listened to 

our feedback and waited before 

making any decision.” 

Commissioner Brown, 

who is leaving Wood 

County at the end of the 

month to begin a four-year 

term as a member of the 

Ohio House, hopes the proposal 

will make its way 

through the legislature and 

looks forward to evaluating 

the legislation once it is introduced. 

“Maintaining and improving 

Ohio’s roads and 

bridges is a primary responsibility 

of the state. Such 

projects can impact public 

safety and the economy, and 

we have an obligation to ensure 

that our infrastructure 

is properly funded and 

maintained,” he said. 

–Jane Maiolo 

NEW TRAFFIC PATTERNS 

Please be advised that the intersection of Roachton 

Road and Fort Meigs Road will become a fully 

operational traffic signal with stop-and-go operation 

on Thursday, December 20, 2012. This intersection 

is located near the Perrysburg High 

School. 

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19, 2012. 

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