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1 Post Pls Middlefield Post October 29, 2014 A Wild Goose Chase By Patrick and Lillian Robinson F rom the time I was a small child, I can remember going afield with my father to share in the heritage of hnting and fishing. As one can imagine, it became a big part of who I was and to this day is still something I enjoy every chance I get. Whether it be fishing a stream with a fly rod, chasing pland birds in dense forests, or searching ot local marshes for waterfowl with my pp Drake, the things my father shared with me at a yong age have remained an indelible part of who I am. Some might say, I cold never hnt, and I respect that, bt for me it isn t always abot the hnt as mch as it is abot the relationships that are fostered, the appreciation yo gain for God s creation, and the opportnity to withdraw from the hstle and bstle that consmes the average day. Now that I have a family of my own, I am passing this love for the otdoors and the appreciation for God s creation on to my own children. Here is a story of a recent adventre with my oldest daghter that I will cherish for years to come, bt don t take my word for it here is the story told from her perspective. I can still remember the first time I went hnting with my dad. The day started with the blaring sond of my alarm clock that jolted me to a foggy state of consciosness. As I rolled ot of bed and started to get dressed I came to the realization that this day cold actally be the one where I wold actally shoot a gn and harvest my first bird. My hands were shaking as I tried to contain the excitement that was overwhelming me. Soon we were loaded p and heading for the field, bt not before a stop at Maggie s to get fresh donts and chocolate milk. That is always part of the tradition with my Dad and one I like. Once back in the trck and headed ot of town, my Dad asked me if my heart was racing. To this day, I don t know whether it was the way I talked to him or that I was a tad bit antsy that he knew the answer. Bt, nevertheless he did. An hor or so passed and we were sitting in the dck blind. Dad asked if I wanted a face mask or face paint and I looked at him like, come on Dad, give me the good stff. So with face paint that wold make the Robertson s of Dck Dynasty fame jealos, I prepared for the hnt. With a gn in my hand the dcks came and went bt it wasn t long before my first shots rang ot. I tried my hardest and shot at almost everything that flew, bt mch to my disappointment, we didn t get anything that day. Despite the lack of dcks to take home, I did get to take with me one of the best experiences and memories I have. Fast forward a year... it was time to give it another go arond. I was excited and looking forward to that feeling of exhilaration again. As the day began, it was clear to me that this day wold have a slower pace. The beaty of the scenery arond s made p for the lack of birds thogh. The trees were jst beginning to change from a deep green to a crisp and lovely golden yellow. My Dad has always taght me that taking things for granted isn t an option; whether it be the leaves changing or simply being able to spend time with one another, he always tries to captre the moment. I appreciate that abot him and know that this is a great lesson that I can pass on to the next generation. As the mintes and hors ticked by, it finally came time for that big and mighty goose to fly my way. Yo see I was on my first goose hnt ever and I was very happy. The way I see it, they make for a bigger target and that mst mean they are easier to hit. I waited and watched throgh my small layot blind as all kinds of different birds came or way. A familiar sond of geese honking came from behind me and did so several times, and each time I wold ask my Dad making sre not to make too mch noise, Did yo hear that? Of corse he did, bt it was nice to be able to point them ot and work Lillian Robinson holding her first goose. on my hnting prowess. After several flocks, and jst as many failed attempts to sccessflly call them in, we finally caght the attention Contined on Page 3

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3 Contined from page 1 of a smaller flock of abot twenty birds. It qickly hit me that this cold be the moment. My Dad was calling to the geese, and soon he had the geese circling and on approach. They circled in behind s, intently looking over or decoy spread for any sign of danger. As they circled, my Dad contined to lre them with the call and they banked off the near tree line. It was amazing - they were doing exactly what my Dad said they wold. Within mere seconds, the whole flock locked their wings and pt their feet down. That s when everything seemed to go into slow motion. No more than 10 feet off the grond, I knew they were past the point of no retrn. I watched as they dropped those last few feet and anxiosly waited for my Dad s command. My hands were shaking as sal and my heart was beating faster than it ever has. I was ready; everything was in place and jst as the first birds were abot to toch the grond, my Dad s voice broke the silence. Take em, he shoted. In an instant, I exploded ot of my small camoflage blind hidden in the field and the shots began to sond, one after another. I aimed at the goose in By Joe Novak Every company has a go-to-gy or at least they shold. This is the gy who can solve almost any problem and big companies shold have one in every major department. I have often said: The smartest man or women can t possibly know everything, they do however know who to call and there lies the genis! Not everyone has got the talent to be a go-to-gy or girl; however, the skills can be learned and perfected throgh hard work and stdy. Being extremely knowledgeable in yor field and being able to articlate this knowledge can propel yor career to new heights. If yo are often called pon to solve problems, then it is likely yor name will also show p on the promotion list. When I hired Jason to sweep floors in my shop, it never occrred to me that within three years he wold be plant manager and an intricate part of the team. He took it pon himself to learn how to program the CNC (compter nmerically controlled) eqipment and when the programmer working in that position tried to extort an nreasonable salary increase, (gronds for dismissal), Jason got the promotion and a hefty increase in pay. Ot of my 10 employees, five were go-to-gys, each with their own specific talents and expertise. I always believed in the hire and pay for the extraordinary talent theory and it paid off big-time! One extraordinary employee brings along the following: he or she sets an example for the other employees, works overtime to finish a critical task withot being asked, shares their knowledge with the others, has a great and positive work ethic and solves problems! Where do yo find these people? Get the word ot that yo are hiring among bsiness associates, family and friends. Yo hire within a written 90-day probation commnity interest A Wild Goose Chase Save $$$ on Heating with The Go-to-Gy the front of the pack and gave the trigger a hard pll. The geese began to drop as shots fond their mark and when the shooting was done, we had three birds dead on the grond, and one was mine. I was so excited that I cold barely contain it. I coldn t wait to show off my prize goose to the world. I made sre to have my Dad take as many pictres as possible. Even thogh it was only mere seconds from start to finish, it felt like a lifetime of fn. Most people wold say time flies when yo are having fn, bt this day felt like it lasted forever. I can t believe the fn I have when I m ot on the open field and I can t wait for the next time to come when I get to pt my face paint on and give it another try. This experience is a great way to bild a bond between a father and daghter, and I always appreciate the time spent with my family and friends. I strongly sggest yo get ot there and join the fn. If yo are interested in learning more abot activities yo can do with yor children this fall in the great otdoors go to period and get rid of them if they are not p to the task. When yo do find an exceptional employee; treat them well with small pay increases on a reglar basis and a pat on the back with a thank yo and a job well done acknowledgement. The nmber one reason people stay at a job; becase they feel appreciated. Note: All employees shold be signing a non-compete clase as a condition of hire. An extremely smart and motivated employee cold someday be motivated enogh to be yor competition. Talk with yor legal consel abot a contract that works for yor particlar sitation. If yo are working for an employer who treats yo like road apples; start preparing today to be his competition in the near ftre. Stealing his proprietary information is highly discoraged, developing a better prodct or offering better service is a better road to take. Competing ot of spite is also discoraged. Here again, conslt legal consel far in advance to yor leaving, shortly after yo have made a decision to compete, not after yo walk ot the door and end p in a lawsit. Keep in mind that if yor employer takes yo to cort, he does not need to get a jdgment against yo to be the winner; he only needs to bankrpt yo with attorney fees. If yo develop the better mosetrap at work, yor employer may have a right to ownership. Note: Never bad moth a former employer or employee nder any circmstance. When asked abot their performance; a simple no comment is safe and sfficient. To find ot what Joe wold do, qestions to editor@middlefieldpost.com. Joe has 20- some years experience in manfactring and says that as a small bsiness owner, he fond that yo either learn how to solve a problem yorself or pay to have it done. 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I knew my energy level wold never come close to matching theirs and I wondered how I wold ever climb p into the hay wagon. I pshed those fears aside and agreed to go. I looked p the meaning of making hay and it says; If yo make hay while the sn shines, it means that yo take advantage of the chance to do something while conditions are good. In other words, yo make good se of yor time or make the most of an opportnity while yo have a chance. Making hay with my great grandsons seemed to be a great opportnity to spend qality time with those precios little gys. We ventred ot to the farm with great excitement. Then I saw the hge hay wagon and wondered how I cold get my arthritic legs to work well enogh to get p. I sppose I made qite a sight as I strggled to get my foot p on the trailer hitch and then crawl on my knees over to the hay bales to sit. I know I looked qite comical as I saw Renee laghing so hard she cold hardly hold the camera still. Yes, she dared to snap some pictres of her mother crawling to the bales of hay hoping to restore her dignity. We had some good laghs after that show. We rode ot to the pmpkin patch where each child cold select his or her own pmpkin. It was windy and cold and the bmpy grond cased the wagon to toss s arond like rag dolls, bt it didn t matter. It was an opportnity to spend the day with loved ones; a day that I wold always remember and one I hoped wold be special for them. We followed p the ride with play time in the barn where the kids (with never ending energy I might add) ran throgh a maze, screamed inside the little hanted hose, filled p bckets with soy beans in the hge sand box and enjoyed another ride on individal wagons linked together and plled by a lawn mower. I passed on that opportnity becase I knew if I wedged myself inside the tiny area in the wagon they wold need the jaws of life to get me ot. I read somewhere, and I paraphrase, A relationship is like a bank transaction. Yo have to make a deposit to receive any interest. Well, I am happy to say I made the deposit and I definitely received the interest. Love yo River, Caden and Milo. Ellie has been a freelance writer for more than 40 years and has written over 400 articles. She and her hsband spend as mch time as possible at their cabin where they enjoy the beaty of the srronding area. This is where the majority of her writing is done as it is the perfect qiet setting for a writer. Yoder s Srpls Center Hnting Fishing Camping & More - Lowest Prices in the Area Specializing in Landscaping Stones, Retaining Wall Stones, 16 patio stones and more LOTS OF CLOSeOTS Tons of Fishing eqipment, now in STOCk Semi Load of name Brand Sporting Goods Marvin & Mary Yoder, Owners Madison Road Middlefield Monday & Tes 8-5 Thrs & Fri 8-5 Sat 8-2 Closed Wednesday & Snday 4 Oct. 29, 2014 Help Jnction Stff the Van Jnction Ato Sales is helping families in Geaga Conty. They are collecting toys, books, games, pzzles, crafts and sports eqipment as well as non-perishable food items and clothing ranging in sizes from children throgh adlt. Hooded sweatshirts and pajamas are handed ot to all teens, so there is great need for those items. Items will be collected Nov. 1 throgh Dec. 10 and items will be passed ot to families on Dec. 18. Monetary donations will be sed to fill the gaps and prchase items that were not donated. Jnction Ato is located at Mayfield Road in Chardon (44024). Call for details. Snshine Thrift Shop is Open The Snshine Thrift Shop on the Brton Fairgronds is now open again for bsiness. The hors are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Satrday. Donations of clothing and hosehold items are accepted dring open hors and on Wednesday mornings. 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6 Bedrooms Living Rooms Crios Dining Rooms Office Bookcases Children s Frnitre Cedar Chests Hickory Rockers And Mch, More Rt. 608 Navoo Rd. Rt. 87 A Treasre Today... An Heirloom Tomorrow Rt. 528 everything for the home and office Navoo Rd., (One Mile East of Rt. 608) Middlefield, Mon-Sat 8am-5pm; Fri til 6pm; Closed Snday health and wellness One-of-a-Kind Handcrafted Items of Oak, Cherry, Br. Maple and Hickory Frnitre 34th Annal Qilt and Craft Action Sponsored by Families and Friends of Metzenbam Center For the benefit of Clients of Metzenbam Center and local Amish Special Needs Schools Satrday Nov. 1, 2014 Held at Metzenbam Center 8200 Cedar Rd., Chesterland, OH Come early for Pancake Breakfast and Stay for Lnch! Live Action begins at 10:00am Chinese Raffle, Silent Action, Bake Sale and Holiday Shop Something to donate? Call Patti Gallagher at or Freeman Miller at Health and Wellness for Senior Citizens The Geaga Conty Department on Aging has been focsing on health and wellness to better serve or local seniors. Edcation is a large part of the eqation. The Department on Aging has sponsored health talks with specialists at each senior center. Each month a new topic can be fond in the Geaga Senior News newsletter. Ravenwood Mental Health Center offered informational pieces on medications, aging, dealing with depression, depression screening, emotional and psychological trama, mental health, planning for emergencies, stress, and agencies who help with mental health. University Hospitals experts inclded articles and presentations at the five senior centers on arthritis, proper ntrition, stomach isses and treatment, eyesight and aging, thyroid, commnicating with doctors, rinary tract isses and exercise safety. Spport grops meet each month at the Department on Aging s local senior centers to edcate and assist seniors abot Parkinson s, veterans, heart/stroke/ comadin, grief spport, low vision, caregivers, Alzheimer s and diabetes. Programs and services are offered at each senior center and at different times. A few of the 2014 programs offered are strengths and weights, floor exercise, floor Yoga, chair Yoga, Arthritis Fondation chair exercise, Tai Chi, Tai Chi Arthritis, walking clbs (also offered off site), water exercise (off site), Zmba and chair Zmba. The Department on Aging pdated the meals program to offer healthy meals to or Home Delivered Meal recipients inclding No Salt and Therapetic Diabetic meals. The Congregate Meal Program has also begn offering Sop and Salad days for a healthier diet. To learn more abot these and other health and wellness programs, call the Department on Aging at Serving Geaga s Seniors By Jan Oyer Volnteering is not new to me. My involvement with the Rotary Clb and the Chardon Area Chamber of Commerce gave me my first opportnities to look otside myself and assist those who cold se a leg p. Geaga Leadership finalized my edcation by increasing my awareness of local government programs that serve the residents of Geaga Conty. Upon retiring 10 years ago, I was ready for my next job. Since my architectral firm had designed and arranged the constrction of the Mental Health/Senior Center, it seemed a logical and familiar place to focs my attention. I was paired p with Bob Debevits in the Chore and Home Safety Program. I was amazed at the depth and breadth of services provided to seniors and happily jmped into my role of a volnteer assisting Bob in assring the safety and secrity of or clientele and helping them to stay in their homes as long as possible. One sch program is the semiannal yard clean ps by commnity volnteers to help lessen the brden of the homeowner and enable them to maintain pride in their home and property, and be a good neighbor. We also host periodic lnch meetings at each of the conty senior centers, sometimes with the help of an appropriate contractor. We discss or programs to edcate and encorage seniors to participate in available services. We encorage involvement throgh qestions, answers and sggestions. Or contact with seniors at these meetings and at their homes is always rewarding and met with appreciation. I have often said I feel we spoil or seniors - and they deserve it. Jorney to Kent State Have yo ever set ot on a trip with no idea of where yo wanted to go? Even wandering the familiar roads of beatifl Geaga Conty yo probably always have an idea of what yo want to see, experience or accomplish. Yor career path is mch like that drive. To reach yor career destination, yo need to find a sense of what yo want to learn, experience and accomplish. At Kent State-Geaga, we can help yo define and achieve yor career goals. In addition to or otstanding faclty and academic degree programs, or enrolled stdents have access to personalized career advising services. Yor KSU-Geaga Career Adviser can be yor gide to finding the major, degree and career direction that fits yor niqe strengths, goals, vales, skills, interests and personality. We have career resorces to open yor eyes to the hndreds of ways yor strengths and yor degree can be pt to work in the real world: career assessments; career fairs; resme, cover letter, job search and interviewing workshops; and exclsive access to job, internship, and volnteer opportnities with area companies seeking talented Kent stdents. Walk in or front doors, and yo ll walk ot with yor ftre. 6 Oct. 29, 2014

7 health and wellness Doctors Recommend Us...Patients Refer Us...Come See Us...No Charge for 2nd Opinions We re LOCAL We LIVE here We WORK here We SHOP here Cindy Passek (facing) of Bristolville chats with Janie Bailey. Farmington Senior Center Festival The Farmington Senior Center held their Fall Festival Craft Show on Satrday, Oct. 11. There were over 15 vendors selling everything from homemade Amish baked goods to organic soaps and qilts. Althogh the day was gloomy and rainy, it was sre a snshiny time at the Center. p Sale extended one more week! INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE EVENT to 50%OFF * Financing available 12 Months same- as-cash with approved credit In-home appointments for or Amish Neighbors is or specialty Mentor: ashtabula: geauga * : *By appointment only. **Some Conditions & Restrictions Apply. See Hearing Healthcare Professional for Details. ***With approved credit. 1 in 10 people sffer from some form of mental illness. Stop sffering alone. Mental illness affects everyone. Accepting New Patients! Family Medicine Genine, Caring Ravenwood Mental Health Center for Same-Day Access to mental health care. Call to reqest an appointment TODAY! Providing the care YOU deserve! Middlefield Clinic JON J. FLORIANO, MD Family Medicine Infants, Children, Teens, Adlts, Seniors (440) Harrington Sqare, Middlefield Ravenwood Mental Health Center Ravenwood Drive Chardon, OH EMERGENCY COPELINE: (888) Oct. 29,

8 Steven Takacs, DO Lake Health Physician Grop Newbry Family Practice Middlefield Office Learn How Free Informational Meeting Middlefield Library November 6th, 7:00 p.m East High St. Middlefield, OH Kinsman Road P.O. Box 21 Newbry, OH tel: fax: habitatgeaga.org Yo want a local doctor committed to yor whole family. 8 Oct. 29, 2014 To schedle an appointment, call W. High Street Middlefield, OH health and wellness We get it. Dr. Steven Takacs is expanding to Middlefield Long-time local resident Steven Takacs, DO, of Newbry Family Practice, is opening a new office in yor commnity to give yo more choices close to home. He takes the time to listen and explain, providing care that always pts patients first. Dr. Takacs welcomes patients of all ages. By Dr. David Fakadej illiterate of the 21st The centry will not be those who cannot read and write, bt those who cannot learn, nlearn, and relearn. ~ Alvin Toffler The reason Yo can t teach an old dog new tricks relates to neral plasticity. The plasticity refers to a qality of clay it is plastic or moldable. The brain has 100 billion nerve cells with an ntold nmber of synapses. A synapse is where one nerve connects to another nerve to transmit a signal. One neral circit, we presme, is the bilding block of memory. The developing brain of a child constantly makes and breaks synaptic connections the learning process. This translates to mean that the brain is moldable or plastic! The faster a person can make and break connections and the more connections in a short period of time eqates to a greater learning potential and a more lively and vigoros life. Children have a high rate of neral plasticity, meaning they readily make and break synapses and have high energy levels. Adlts maintain a lower rate of neral plasticity. Adlts resist making and breaking new memories. To keep a memory, it is necessary to reinforce the circit by making a synapse larger and sending ot branches to other neral circits to connect with them. Resistance to making and breaking neral connections is natral when a person wants to retain feelings of love and hate. Reinforced synapses represent profond memory and breaking them to make room for new synapses is more difficlt and takes more time. Hence, it is more painfl when an adlt loses a loved one or tries to forgive their anger against an enemy (even if the enemy is dead) becase that memory is strongly reinforced with many large deep-rooted interconnections. Age brings experience the ability to qickly process standard events (common sense). Age also brings loss of vitality becase of low neral plasticity. Maintaining old memories takes a lot of energy, literal energy perhaps more energy than it takes to make or break new synapses, which are very small and not very interconnected. Yoth (high plasticity) have difficlty with common sense which comes from reinforced (low plasticity) memory. Yet, the ntrained yoth discover and invent things that experienced adlts can t becase it goes against trained memory. Adlts focs on what we can t do! Yoth boldly do what adlts won t do. Neral Plasticity The kicker is an adlt is anyone over age 26. The frontal lobes of the brain, which relate to personality, are the last part of the brain to matre. Once matre, neral plasticity decreases. Car insrance rates go down at age 26 becase a stable personality is less prone to bold driving and accidents. Alcohol disconnects synapses reslting in artificially increased neral plasticity, less common sense, and more accidents. Forgiveness has nothing to do with the person forgiven. Tre forgiveness is an intentional breaking of synapses, increasing the neral plasticity of the forgiver. This redces anger synapses, allowing the forgiver to make new synapses, perhaps for love. I cannot change yor synapses throgh forgiveness; I can change only my own synapses by forgiving. The greater the ability to make and break synapses, the greater the neral plasticity, and the more lively the person. Tre forgiveness brings healing by raising neral plasticity, which breaks anger memory and hopeflly makes new synapses for love and/or healing. False forgiveness lowers neral plasticity, which retains what one already has: love, anger, illness! Fortnately research indicates adlts are capable of making and breaking synapses, perhaps not as readily as children, bt certainly more than what they crrently do. Hence the games that make the brain form new synapses and break old ones. Some do not like what I write. They resist breaking old synapses low neral plasticity. I readily make and break synapses based on the qality research and evidence high neral plasticity. I am prone to correcting my errors and enjoying a vigoros healthy life. People with low neral plasticity cling to errors, fight research, resist change, and have rich vibrant memories. New memories are fn; old memories (love, hate, illness) are fond. The choice is yors. Dr. David Fakadej, DC, LMT, is the proprietor at Jorney Health Care & Chiropractic, Mnn Road, Abrn Township. Contact him at or drfakadej@hotmail.com. RENEWAL YES Isse #6 Geaga Senior Services NOT a New Tax Paid for by Geaga Senior Services Levy Committee, Se Fazekas, Treasrer, Sterling Glen, Chagrin Falls Ohio (Abrn Twp.)

9 health and wellness Middlefield Senior Center Special Events Center will be closed Tesday, Nov. 4, Tesday, Nov. 11 and Friday, Nov. 28. Wednesday, Nov. 5: 10:30 a.m. Middlefield Banking Company will discss banking pdates, procedres and scams. Wednesday, Nov. 12: 10:30 a.m. Armchair Birding by Geaga Parks Friday, Nov. 14: 9 a.m. Dr. Kessinger offers basic podiatry services by appointment only. Monday, Nov. 17: 8 a.m. Breakfast Oting at West Farmington Senior Center for breakfast on yor own. Limited carpooling available. Call for information. Monday, Nov. 17: Noon. Monthly Birthday Party. Free lnch for November birthdays and a special treat after lnch. RSVP by Nov. 10. Reglarly Schedled Programming Monthly Center Meeting: Nov. 5 at 12:30 p.m. Discss crrent and pcoming events. Diabetic Spport Grop: Nov. 11 at 12:30 p.m. Diabetic Grop will resme in Janary. Chair Volleyball: Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 1 p.m. Tesday and Friday at 10:30 a.m. Chair Exercises: Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 9:30 a.m. Arthritis-based exercises open to anyone. Blood Pressre: Nov. 12 at 12:30 p.m. Compliments of Brton Healthcare. Wond Healing and Limb Preservation venos insfficiency; vasclitis; tramatic On Oct. 27, University Hospitals (UH) and srgical wonds; brns; and radiation Geaga Medical Center will offer a new injries. Wond Healing and Limb Preservation Mltidisciplinary expertise is another Program to patients with chronic, nondimension of the new program. Or healing wonds de to diabetes, injry or intention is to provide or patients with other conditions. The Wond Healing and immediate access to all of the diverse Limb Preservation Program at UH Geaga clinical specialties reqired for effective Medical Center is the first of its kind in the wond healing, inclding vasclar srgery, Geaga Conty area. infectios disease management, general Patients from the far eastern region srgery, plastic srgery and podiatry, said of northeast Ohio have needed to travel Dr. Qercioli. to Cyahoga Conty to receive wond The Wond Healing and Limb care services and as a reslt many are Preservation facility is located in the Medical non-compliant, said Jacqelyn Qercioli, Arts Center, Ravenna Road, on the DPM, Medical Director, Wond Healing and UH Geaga Medical Center camps. Simple Limb Preservation Program, UH Geaga procedres like debridement, biopsies and Medical Center. With this new program at skin grafting will be performed in the office. UH Geaga Medical Center, or goal is to Srgeries will be performed in the hospital s minimize the occrrence of very treatable operating room. wonds progressing to the point of Six million Americans sffer wonds infection, tisse loss or amptation. cased by diabetes, circlatory problems Dr. Qercioli, a Mnson native and and other serios medical conditions. The Chardon-based podiatrist, is collaborating lanch of the UH Geaga Medical Center with William J. Saar, DPM, Director of program is in response to the need for Podiatric Medical Edcation, UH Regional convenient, comprehensive wond care Hospitals, to align the UH Geaga Medical in a commnity with a high incidence Center program with the capabilities of diabetes. Ultimately, we are here to offered by the health system s wond care effectively prevent loss of limbs and loss of program based at UH Richmond Medical life de to chronic and problem wonds, Center in Richmond Heights. The Wond said Dr. Qercioli. Healing and Limb Preservation Program Contact the Wond Healing and will offer a fll range of wond care services Limb Preservation Program at UH Geaga inclding treatment of pressre, diabetic/ neropathic and ischemic lcers; chronic Fall Action Ads:FallAction_5x4.5 9/9/14 11:50 AMMedical Page 1Center at Did yo trn 65 this year? Do yo need help with yor Medi-gap coverage? Do yo want to discss Medicare Prescription? Give the professionals at The Frank Agency a call to set p yor annal review A complementary health care clinic with innovative methods of investigation to assess health stats and treatment. Jorney Health Care & Chiropractic Chiropractic Massage Therapy Food Allergy Blood Testing Standard Blood Tests Saliva Hormone Testing Ntrition - Food Spplements & Standardized Herbal Prodcts Glten-Free & Food Co-Op Prodcts Physical Exams & Foot Orthotics Meridian Stress Analysis - Class II licensed medical eqipment that measres 60 acpnctre points and graphs ot every system in the body - a fll body health reading (no needles) Insrance, Work Comp, Medicare, Medicaid Cash / Check / Credit Cards Accepted Dr. Dave Fakadej Mnn Rd. (NW Corner Mnn Rd. & E. Washington St.) Abrn Twp. The citizens of Gethsemane spent evenings breaking bread. We inclde homemade dessert and a live action. Avoid the RUSH dring Open Enrollment...call s for a consltation today!. Ato Bsiness Health Home Financial Life Open Enrollment for 2015 for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) begins November 15 and ends Febrary 15, Kinsman Rd. Brton, OH Oct. 29,

10 SHEFFIELD Monments Qality and Integrity Since 1876 All Work Professionally Done On Premises Very Competitive Prices-Even On Cstom Work Standard & Cstom Design Granite Marble Bronze Cemetery Lettering Delivery to All Cemeteries 10 Oct. 29, 2014 Remember yor loved ones for Veterans Day Call Dennis Kellogg for an Appointment (Resident of Claridon) Monday-Friday 9am-5pm Satrday by Appointment 45 Soth Main ~ Chagrin Falls ~ faith Go Day 2014 To Go or Not to Go By Patrick Robinson Hey Bob, how s it going, Jack asked? Oh, not too bad I m jst so bsy these days! Seems like I never have time for anything these days bt work and rnning the kids arond, Bob replied. Sond familiar to anyone? Sre it does! That scenario is played ot daily in conversations all across the area. Or world seems to be accelerating to blistering speeds with each passing day. What once was a society fll of single income families with an evening meal arond the dinner table each night has now become a society where Mom and Dad both work, microwaves are bzzing, family meals are few and far between and we all hope for a reprieve sometime soon so we can stop and breathe. Schedles can be insanely bsy at times; stdents are bsier than ever, and the workplaces seem to be reqiring more of their employees with each passing day. I hear conversations abot sch topics all the time and people often reminisce abot the slower days of the past. As I find myself a part of these conversations and even identifying with the bsyness of my own life, I realize there is something we mst be very carefl to consider. With all the bsyness that life has become, the qestion that I am plaged by is this: are we making time for others? Very simply, are we making time for others - to serve others - to give what God has blessed s with? I don t know abot yo, bt there are times when my schedle gets to a point that I don t think abot anybody bt me. What do I need to accomplish, what s on my list of things to do, what can I accomplish in those few precios hors that will make me feel good? All of these things are what rn throgh my head and it makes me realize how selfishly focsed we can become if we aren t carefl. With those thoghts in mind and in light of the qestion, Are we making time for others, I have conclded that if I am not carefl, life can easily become all abot me. As I write those words, I can t help bt think of the saying I ve heard spoken in the past that says, A man wrapped p in himself makes for a very small package. Better yet, I am reminded of the spreme wisdom and example that gides me, challenges me, and hopeflly keeps me from being too inwardly focsed and selfish. Jess said in the book of Matthew 20:26-28, Whoever Isabel Karasek pitching in to help on Go Day. wants to be great mst become a servant. Whoever wants to be first among yo mst be yor slave. That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not to be served - and then to give away his life in exchange for the many who are held hostage. On Oct. 17 and 18, I was privileged to work alongside many people in this commnity who were intentionally p s h i n g back on the bsyness of life and came ot to serve others. These people helped r e m i n d me of the importance of making time for others. They were people striving to be Christ-like to many in or commnities who were and are in need. They are trly inspiring people for whom I thank God! For the seventh year in a row, people from as many as nine area chrches mobilized to go forth and be servants to those in need. With more than 20 teams and over 40 service opportnities, the people mobilized and were sent ot. Go Day as it is called is an intentional opportnity for those in or commnity to go and serve others as Christ wold. Whether it be serving the elderly, helping those in the midst of crisis, or coming alongside a single parent who doesn t have enogh time to get it all done, Go Day participants are willing to serve in any capacity, and they do. This year hndreds of people participated in the Go Day campaign that started Friday evening, Oct. 17 with service projects and ended midday Snday with a celebration worship service that blended nmeros local chrch congregations and saw as many as 500 pls people come to worship and celebrate that we cold be a part of helping others in or commnity. This year, gtters were cleaned, yards were cleaned, weeds were plled, plmbing was fixed, firewood was ct for the coming winter, lawns were mowed, bshes were trimmed, and for each job and person we were able to serve, we give thanks. Thank yo for reminding s that it is a blessing to serve. Thank yo for allowing s to come ot, to serve, and to be blessed. Or prayer is that yo were blessed too! If yo are interested in ftre Go Day campaigns, look for ftre information that will come ot September We hope to see many of yo join s as we mobilize and remember once again that it is a blessing to go and serve!

11 faith In Memoriam Frank Samel By Tracy Jemison, president Geaga Growth Partnership By Bob Miller Jr. Local volnteers prepare and can meat in the Mobile Meat Cannery. Canning for the Global Family Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist chrches that share God s love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by responding to basic hman needs and working for peace and jstice all over the globe. They work as a global family to provide relief, food, water, health, edcation, migration, peace and restorative jstice. M e a t canning helps provide ntritios food for people in Canada, the United States and arond the globe. Canning is done in Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Soth Dakota, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Missori, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, Manitoba and Ontario. Each year since 1946, MCC has sent ot a mobile meat cannery, which workers and volnteers se to preserve hndreds of thosands of cans of meat for commnities in need across the globe. From October to April each year, the MCC Mobile Meat Cannery is managed by a for-man canning crew. The crew provides oversight to the canning operation and works alongside local canning committees and volnteers to can trkey, beef and pork. MCC s Mobile Cannery prodces some 1 million ponds of canned meat annally. T h e Amish in or commnity have been helping this effort by Volnteers clean and label cans of meat in Middlefield. canning for 15 years. Usally John H. Miller of Brton acts as the leader, bt this year William W. Byler of Middlefield led the effort. On Oct. 16 and 17 in Middlefield, 8,000 ponds of meat eqaling 4,500 cans were prodced each day. Local workers kept 10 percent of the cans to distribte to local food banks. To get involved or volnteer for the 2015 project in Geaga Conty, contact my chrch, New Mercies Commnity Chrch, Btternt Road, Brton (44021), To donate or to find other ways to help, visit org/canning. It is with great sadness that we mst inform the commnity that Frank Samel, fonding exective director of the Geaga Growth Partnership was killed Monday afternoon, Oct. 20, in a car crash on Rapids Road in Brton. Words cannot begin to say how Frank will be missed. We wold not have an organization of the caliber of the GGP had it not been for Frank s leadership and determination. Frank was a visionary who always had the commnity s best interests in mind. Whatever he set his sights on, he accomplished. Frank was the Exective Director of GGP for its first three years, helping to bild the organization with the assistance and spport of the fonding members. The Geaga Growth Partnership, nder his leadership, advocated for bsiness, entrepreners and workforce development, among other initiatives. In November 2013, he stepped down to become President of Colmbs-based VentreOhio, Inc. a trade association focsed on financing and bilding a strong entreprenerial commnity who wold have resorces available to them throghot all stages of development and growth. He served as Science and Frank Samel Technology Advisor to the Governor of Ohio from 2000 to 2007, when he was a principal architect of Ohio s Third Frontier Project. Frank also served on several advisory concils and boards. A gradate of Hiram College and Harvard Law School, his paper recommending a ventre capital strategy for the Great Lakes region was pblished in 2010 by The Brookings Instittion in Washington, D.C. Frank was presented the first Frank Samel Distingished Service Award by Board Chairman John Epprecht at the Growth Partnership annal meeting in Jne, honoring him for his years of service and his contribtions. His memory will live on, as we lost a great man and good friend. Or thoghts and prayers are with his wife, Jacqeline, and his children at this time. The Samel family has annonced that a pblic memorial service will be held for Frank on Snday, Nov. 2, 2 p.m. at the Kent State University - Geaga camps, Claridon Troy Road, Brton, Ohio. For those wishing to send cards of condolence, they can be mailed to Jacqeline Samel at Claridon Troy Road, P.O. Box 283, Brton, OH JoAnn M. Hollowell (nee Sepko), 84, of Middlefield, peaceflly passed away Oct. 22, She was born Feb. 28, 1930 in Cleveland, and is now renited with her loving hsband, Robert R. Hollowell, who died in She was a devoted mother with a great sense of hmor, enjoyed spending time otdoors and taking Snday drives throgh the contry. She also cherished spending time with her grandchildren. She will be missed by children, Robert (Ssan) Hollowell, Richard (Theresa) Hollowell, Dale (Mary) Hollowell, Michael (Darla) Hollowell, Sharon (Errol) Sikon, Gary Hollowell, Lisa (Tren) Cheshier, Pal (Barbara) Hollowell, Linda (Thomas) Bandiera; 20 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sister, Collette Olson; and many friends. JoAnn is preceded in death by her parents, hsband, Robert; son, Mark; and brother, Joseph Sepko. Interment was at All Sols Cemetery in Chardon. Online condolences may be sent and a tribte video viewed at Nora E. McCalmont Kszmal Hites, age 88 of Middlefield, formerly of West Farmington, passed away Oct. 20, 2014 at Briar Hill Health Care in Middlefield. She was born Nov. 21, 1925 in Johnston, Ohio, daghter of Lewis and Hazel (Patchin) Hites. Nora was a teacher for the Champion local schools for 23 years. She retired in She was a member of WRC #104 and the Ladies axiliary VFW Post She will be missed by her friends and family; her daghter, Lo Ann Lynch of Middlefield; two sons, Edwin J. (Mary) McCalmont of Soth Bend, IN and Jerry R. (Vicky) McCalmont of Kirtland Hills; her stepson, Dog Kszmal of Las Vegas; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and her brother Carl (Lo Ann) Hites of Bffalo, Ind. She is preceded in death by her parents; her first hsband, Edwin John McCalmont, Nov. 15, 1962 and her second hsband, Hgh Kszmal, Nov. 23, Happy Halloween Yor option for the best care Volnteers working hard at the 2014 Middlefield canning project Madison Rd., Middlefield (200 yards north of the intersection of Rts. 528 & 608) bestfneralhome@yahoo.com Oct. 29,

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