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!Internet Alert! We are seeing activity in some news website comments sections that are saying ugly and untrue things about Suffield Trustees and Staff Members. Some of these guerilla attack postings are using our names as the authors of the untruths. Trustee Mishler (this writer) has to laugh that at a time in his life when he is job hunting, people will Google his name and find these statements. !Internet Alert! It saddens me greatly to see some of this posted on Professional Websites in an attempt to do damage to Township Staffers and the Companies they work for. !Internet Alert! It is also crude that one of the newsie hosts of the gutter trash talk will create advertising links off of a single word in the guerilla postings. !Internet Alert!

The next Township Trustees meetings, 8PM June 23 & July 14 & 28, 2009 in the Administrative Offices, 1273 SR 43. (2^nd & 4^th Tuesdays)

Next Zoning Commission meeting is 7pm July 8 in the Admin. Offices

Next BZA Hearings 8pm & 8:30 Thursday July 2 in the Admin. Offices

Below is your Township Roster for 2009
Suffield Zoning, Fire, Roads, Trustees
Lori Calcei, Suffield Township Fiscal Officer 628-5683
James Albertoni, Zoning Inspector 628-2311

Adam Bey, Zoning Commission Secretary 628-4039

Ken Hendrickson, Jr., Board of Zoning Appeals Secretary 628-7420

Suffield Township Trustees
Dave Vartenuk, Chmn.  628-3497 – Fire Department
Ron Mishler, V.Chmn. 628-5598 - Zoning
Dave Polen 628-4507 - Roads
Mark Frisone BZA Chmn.
Larry Schrader, Zoning Commission Chmn.
Fire Chief, Bob Rasnick 330-628-9240

Road Supervisor, Scott McBroom 330-628-4974

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

below for Township  S and tidbits from the Minutes.

    Ohio Bluebird Society www.obsbluebirds.com

http://health.yahoo.com -- a great resource

Arrests Made

Sheriff David Doak & the Brimfield Police have made a series of arrests that may nip the rash of Suffield break-ins.

An Akron man may be linked to as many as 300 area break-ins. Around the County several meth labs have been closed up, 85 pot plants found growing in a Palmyra Township home, pot sales ended at a fast food drive thru window – this new Sheriff has been very busy. Sheriff cars have been seen quite often in Suffield since Doak became Sheriff.

A meth lab in another community is still our problem because those unfortunate souls still travel through Suffield for their ingredients and then “harvest” our homes for items to sell to by those ingredients. Many thanks to the Sheriff, Brimfield Police, and the Drug Task Force.

Sheriff David Doak shown below walking in the Memorial Day Parade.

The below SUV windows were smashed the weekend of April 18 at the corner of US224 & Congress Lake Road.

A Blow to a Healthy Democracy

Governor Strickland wants to cut the budget for public libraries by 50%.
About 70% of public libraries in Ohio are funded solely by this fund, so cutting the already shrinking budget means library closures, layoffs and cutbacks in hours and materials. We have until June 30th to get our voices heard.

ACT NOW!     Pass this word along to all of your Ohio friends, relatives, and neighbors.

Contact Governor Strickland

Phone: (614) 466-3555
Fax: (614) 466-9354
http://governor.ohio.gov/Assistance/ContacttheGovernor/tabid/150/Default.aspx

Contact State Representatives

Senator Tom Sawyer (D) , 28th District
State Senator - Term 4 years
Ohio Senate Building, Room 049, Ground Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Office Phone: 614/466-7041, Fax: 614/466-6660
Legislative Hot Line: 1-866-270-0938
E-mail: senatorsawyer@maild.sen.state.oh.us
 

Note: The 28th District includes all of Portage County and part of Summit County. (Includes House Districts 43, 44 & 68)

Stephen Dyer (D)
43rd District
State Representatives
Term 2 years
Ohio House of Representatives
77 S. High Street - 10th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6111
Office Phone: 614/466-1790
Fax: 614/719-6943
Legislative Hot Line:
1-800-282-0253
E-mail: district43@ohr.state.oh.us

Note: The 43rd District includes Atwater, Brimfield, Edinburg, Mogadore, Randolph, Rootstown, Suffield, Tallmadge and parts of Summit County.

Kathleen Chandler (D)
68th District
State Representatives
Term 2 Years
Ohio House of Representatives
77 S. High Street - 10th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Office Phone: 614/466-2004, Fax: 614/644-9494
Legislative Hot Line:
1-800-282-0253
E-mail: district68@ohr.state.oh.us

Home: 428 Dansel Street, Kent, Ohio 44240
Phone: 330/673-1872

Note: The 68th District includes all of Portage County except communities in District 43.

Webmeister's Note: Years ago I asked my Mother why she voted for the Portage County Library Levy. She replied, “Every kid deserves a good Library.” The former Editor of Parade Magazine talked of how he advanced in life and he credited his success to the Library. He grew up with an alcoholic and abusive Father and the Library provided him an atmosphere and encouragement to soldier/scholar on. Local Libraries are important to every family; importance doesn't require daily/weekly use, just that the materials are there when you need them. The Internet doesn't even begin to come close to thumbing through a Chilton's Manual when replacing the clutch on your 1973 pick-up truck or just how to wire in your ceiling fan.

Those Nazi dudes burned books, I hope that Ohio doesn't become known for budgeting access to them. - Ron M.

Road Department to Get New John Deere & Roadside Mower

Way back on September 17, 2008 Jeff Eldreth held up the below brochure showing what the Road Department wanted for Christmas with a GREEN tractor instead.

As you can see in the above picture, Jeff's 10-year old mower has welds upon welds and is just generally ready to flop. So the Trustees are looking into the John Deere-Alamo Mower combo for a price of about $94,000. Believe it or not, the mower costs about the same as the John Deere. This Trustee (Mishler) priced other tractors and mowers and they are about the same price.

Suffield JayCees Regroup as The Suffield League & Charge On

The Suffield Jaycees have regrouped and are charging onward as THE SUFFIELD LEAGUE.

The Suffield League consists mostly of former Jaycees who have somehow gotten over the 35 year old age limit the National Jaycees have set. At 35+ years, a Jaycee is termed an “Exhausted Rooster” and sent off to Sunday Dinner.

Well, those Suffield Roosters are overly tough meat for Sunday Dinner and they have a lot of fight left in them so they rooster strutted off and organized the local SUFFIELD LEAGUE to continue their community service pursuits such as the MEMORIAL DAY PARADE & AUG. 14-15 SUFFIELD MUSIC FESTIVAL.

The SUFFIELD LEAGUE doesn't have an age limit and is open to men and women. Their Sunday April 5 8pm meeting had about 30 people in attendance, 5 of whom were women. Their ages ranged from about 30 to 80. The enthusiasm was unlimited.

Jackie & Bill Garmier (front seat) were the 2009 Memorial Day Parade Grand Marshalls. The Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, Boggs honored them as the farm family of the year for their work in developing new markets for agricultural products. Director Boggs presented them with a plaque at a March 20 ceremony on the Griggy Road farm. The ceremony was quite a to do with Department of Agriculture Brass, State Representatives, State & Local Economic Development Officials, PARTA Officials.

Bill's Parents, June & Walter Garmier (back seat) were also honored. The Garmier Family has farmed in Suffield for many generations. You may wonder about their address and phone exchange, but they are in the SE portion of Suffield that is near Quail Hollow.

At the podium, Director Boggs gave Jackie & Bill Garmier their award, praising them for their imagination, industriousness, and service to agriculture and Ohio. PARTA buses and Defense Dept. equipment use the Made in Suffield products.

Todd Peetz, the new Director of the Portage County Regional Planning Commission, is on the right in a maroon coat. Mr. Peetz came to recent Trustees and Zoning Commission meetings to introduce himself and discuss Zoning and Planning issues.

Annual Suffield Lions Reverse Raffle

The Suffield Lions Club's May 2 Reverse Raffle and Catered Dinner was a great success. This is a very popular event and the proceeds go toward helping vision impaired residents and maintaining the SUFFIELD LIONS PARK.

Click here for Lions Reverse Raffle Details

New Faces in Zoning

Adam Bey is our new Zoning Commission Secretary, Ken Hendrickson, Jr. is our new Board of Zoning Appeals Secretary, and Terry Johnson is a new Alternate to the Zoning Commission.

l-r, Adam Bey, Zoning Commission Sec.; Terry Johnson, Zoning Commission Alternate; Ken Hendrickson, Jr., Board of Zoning Appeals Secretary.

Ken Hendrickson at his first hearing is shown above reading the application for a variance from Andy & Carla Grow to operate birthday-party pony rides. The Ohio Farm Bureau www.ofbf.org had Hartville Attorney Goldthorpe attend the Hearing on the Grows' behalf. The Board of Appeals granted the request for the variance.

The March/April AARP Magazine has 10 suggestions for raising extra money:

A Phone call to the Akron SCORE Office lead to the discovery of a business – marketing plan website http://www.bplan.com

In the upper left area of the main screen click on the Sample section and you'll flip to a screen of free plans for over a DOZEN business enterprises.

If you think you have an idea or a plan, check with the Zoning Inspector before you get ahead of the processes that are required in just about every little town in the land.

Most Sunday mornings I encounter some of our residents when I pick up the paper at the Suffield Carry-out. They always give me a grilling, but I tend to think of it as a recalibration of what my perceptions are supposed to be. Yes, these are the “Chairs of Wisdom”. Encountering the people who sit in those chairs reminds me of William Buckley, Jr.'s statement that he trusted the judgment of the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone book more than the learning of the 2,000 professors at Harvard.

Suffield Township's April 25 Spring Clean-up April 25, behind & next to

the Fire Station, was a great success.

l-r, Gary; Bill Steiner, Dir. Portage County Recycling District; Jeff Eldreth, Suffield Road Dept.; Scott McBroom, Suffield Road Supervisor

Old tires, computers, & as an added recyclable, old Eye Glasses for the Lions Club vision programs were dropped off.