Student Signatures Will Blast Off Into Space
BY KRISTEN SCHWEITZER — MIRROR REPORTER
Students at Holland Elementary School will have their signatures sent on a mission that’s out of this world.
The students at Holland Elementary were given the opportunity to sign a space poster from NASA and Lockheed Martin Corporation. NASA and Lockheed Martin are the sponsors of Student Signatures in Space, a program allowing students to send their signatures into space with an upcoming NASA space shuttle mission.
“The goal of Student Signatures in Space program is to pique students’ interest in space by getting them ‘personally’ involved in a space shuttle mission,” according to Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin will digitally capture the signatures from the poster and scan them onto a disk that astronauts will take with them on a mission.
“We have tentatively identified space shuttle mission STS-126 as the mission that will be carrying our signatures. This mission is scheduled for launch next October,” said Kristina White, community liaison for Springfield Local Schools.
“After the signatures fly, the poster will be returned to Holland, along with a photo of the astronaut crew that took out signatures to space, and a NASA certification verifying the signatures flew in space,” White said.
Holland is one of approximately 500 schools chosen to participate in the program.
The school sought to be become one of the selected schools based on principal Todd Cramer’s space-like theme for the school year: “Going Above and Beyond and Reaching Your Dreams.”
The signature program began in 1997 to celebrate Space Day, a “program designed to promote space-related educational outreach throughout the world,” according to White.
Space Day, which is celebrated annually on the first Friday of May, is a Lockheed Martin education initiative.
Students at Holland Elementary also celebrated Space Day with other activities in the classroom, said Brenda Wilson, a teacher with the Learning Enrichment Accelerated Program, Springfield Local Schools’ program for gifted students.
Each grade also created a patch to be placed on the signed poster before it is returned to Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin is a U.S.-based corporation specializing in aeronautics, electronic systems, information systems and global services and space systems. The business has partnered with NASA to build the Orion crew exploration vehicle.
Holland To Advertise For Dunn Drive Project
BY KELLY J. KACZALA — MIRROR REPORTER
Holland Village Council authorized the advertisement of bids for the Dunn Drive phase 1 project at its May 6 meeting.
Bids will be opened on Friday, May 23, according to Tim Bock of Poggemeyer Design Group.
Estimated cost of construction is $545,000.
The project includes the reconstruction of Dunn Drive, from Clark Street to Cornwall.
“It includes replacement of the water line all the way down Cornwall and will tie into Clarion,” Bock said.
Council is expected to approve a bid on Tuesday, May 27.
Also at the meeting, council members:
• Heard that the summer schedule for council meetings is June 17, July 15 and August 12.
• Approved the purchase of fitness equipment for $8,459.25 from Health and Fitness Equipment Centers, in Eastlake, Ohio, with $1,100 in shipping costs, for the police department.
The equipment includes a treadmill, mats to protect the floor, hip sled, squat leg press, Roman chair and some new weights. The department currently has a fitness room with an elliptical trainer and a recumbent bike.
• Delayed the purchase of an interactive Smart board and projector system for the fitness room to display PowerPoint presentations, training materials and movies through a computer.
Police Chief Robert Reed said he plans to conduct much more in-house training.
Mayor Mike Yunker said he would like to wait until the next meeting before deciding on the matter to allow time to research whether the system also could be used to in other locations, such as council chambers.
• Agreed not to request a hearing with the Ohio Department of Liquor Control for the renewal of a liquor license for Playmakers at the location of the former Farmer Jack’s grocery store on Airport Highway.
Reed said police have had only one call at the bar.
• Approved a village auction to include bikes, miscellaneous maintenance equipment and items from the reconstruction of the police department.
The items will be displayed in the village’s maintenance garage on Thursday through Saturday, May 15-17. Members of the public may submit sealed bids until Wednesday, May 21, with winning bidders to be notified on Friday, May 23.
Any bids over $1,000 would need to be approved by council at its Tuesday, May 27 meeting.
• Heard from village administrator Harry Barlos that the village filed an application for a 2008 Community Development Block Grant for $89,000.
Total project cost is $178,000, which would encompass restrooms in Strawberry Acres Park and a maintenance facility.
Lucas County will announce who the successful applicants are in about three months, Barlos said.
• Heard Barlos accept the challenge by Oregon Mayor Marge Brown to have more city workers participate in Bike to Work Day on Tuesday, May 20.
Several village officials plan to participate including Barlos, Yunker, maintenance supervisor Bob Simpson, Police Chief Reed, council member Elaine Olsen and others.
• Heard Olsen urge residents who had trees planted by the village in the Whisperwood subdivision last year to contact the village maintenance department for upkeep. She reminded residents not to remove guide wires or trim the trees without contacting the village first.
• Heard that the railroad tracks on McCord Road in the village would not be designated a quiet zone unless changes were made. Tracks on Holloway Road, however, could be designated a quiet zone.
Yunker said an update would be given to council on the quiet zones by the May 27 or June 17 meetings.
• Heard from council member Phil Bentschneider about his effort to update the village’s Web site. He asked for input from council and the community.
• Heard from clerk-treasurer Lyn Krasula that the village planned to hold a tree ceremony on Friday, May 16 at 4:00 p.m. with the Boy Scouts as a result of an elm tree grant the village received recently. The ceremony will take place near the caboose at the railroad park site.
Couples Renew Their Vows At Lutheran Village At Wolf Creek
BY KAREN BERGER — MIRROR REPORTER
“Never raise your voice,” is Gladys Campbell’s advice for a long marriage.
Her husband Clifford agreed and added, “We always talked things out.”
The Campbells, who have been married 63 years, have two children, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
“We’ve had a wonderful life,” Gladys said, grabbing Clifford’s hand. “I wouldn’t trade him for anything.”
The Campbells were among the eight couples who renewed their vows at the Lutheran Village at Wolf Creek on Tuesday.
Led by Chaplain Everett Arnold, with employees Victoria Ropp and Linda Weaver as attendants and Ropp’s children, Madelyn and Bennett, as flower girl and ring bearer, the ceremony was held in front of residents and friends of Wolf Creek.
After repeating a vow of wedding promises from long ago, each couple took turns feeding one another wedding cake and stopping for a photo.
The couples included: John and Beverly Collins, 60 years; Dean and Rita Griffin, 62 years; Hank and Lucy Hauenstein, 61 years; Phil and Wilma Luedtke, 62 years; Art and Gladys Martinez, 33 years; and Paul and Mary Jo Simkins, 57 years.
Pat and Joan Mahony, who met at Lutheran Village at Wolf Creek two years ago, celebrated their first anniversary.
The celebration was part of an entire lineup of events for National Nursing Home Week.
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