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MILAN Ñ Bellevue Senior High School sophomores, left, participated in a career game with EHOVE Leadership students during a visit to the school on Dec. 3. Leadership students take an active role in promoting EHOVE throughout the year. The Leadership Team is called upon to speak at civic events, act as emcees for groups that visit EHOVE and travel to associate schools. EHOVE Leadership students pictured are: Margaret Wood and Ariel Florez both of Bellevue, center, and Dustin Anthony, right, of New London. (Contributed photo) MILAN Ñ EHOVE Career Center students have returned to class following their Christmas break and are now hard at work. In the top photo, Computer Networking Tech Prep student Joshua Reiderman, of Bellevue, reviews for his Cisco exam. Tech Prep is a partnership with BGSU Firelands in which students earn free college credits while finishing high school requirements. In the photo below, Electricity student Brock Thompson (Bellevue) wires an electric service panel. Larry Ocker, Tom Fultz, Bellevue Fire Chief Sherrard ÒJiggs
Christine Stark, right, of Castalia, receives a chair massage from EHOVE Adult Massage Therapy student Nancy Yingling, Bellevue, during Massage for Mittens on Dec. 18. Massage Therapy students gave free massages to anyone who donated a new pair of mittens to the Safe Harbor Domestic Violence Shelter. (Contributed photo)Ê PORT CLINTON Ñ Beads are handed out as Wylie, a 20-foot 500 pound Walleye, decends on Port Clinton, Ohio ringing in 2009 on New Years Eve, Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Jonathon Bird/News Herald) CLYDE Ñ Holly Hofelich, 13, of Clyde holds up a handmade quilt that friends and classmates signed while she was in the hospital being treated for a type of brain cancer known as Medulloblastoma. Holly is one of 18 children in the Clyde-Green Springs area that has been diagnosed with cancer in recent years. (AP Photo/Sandusky Register, LUKE WARK) A group of children from the Monroeville and Country 4H group headed by their advisor, Christine Smith, decided to choose Toys For Tots as a community service project. The kids took $100 out of the club's fund to purchase the toys. One of the Òh's
In the top left photo, Ben Schindley, 16, on the left, and Jeff Roth, 16, volunteer their time to make the place setting for the ÒThankful Hearts Kara Knight performs a solo. The talents of many of the area's musicians and singers were on display Sunday, Dec. 21 for the Community Christmas Concert - ÒA Festival of Carols.
Pictured is the First United Methodist Church Bell Choir. Members of the Community Choir and Community Orchestra perform. TIFFIN Ñ Representing Seneca County Farm Bureau at the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Dec. 3-4 in Columbus were, left to right, Dave Ziegler, Bellevue; Ron Hoover, Tiffin; president of Seneca County Farm Bureau Dwight Clary, from Kansas; and back row, from left, Alice Luhring, Sycamore; organization director for Seneca County, Darren Frank; Lisa Clary, Kansas; and Blanche Lange, Green Springs. (Contributed photo) Immaculate Conception School held their traditional Christmas program on Dec. 11. Pictured above, the eighth graders portray the Nativity - the birth of Jesus. Seated is Kara Shelley (Mary); kneeling, from left, Cory Schindley, Cody Gates, James Hickey, and Joe Magyar (king); standing in the front row from left, Evan Wilson (Joseph), Tony Harper (king), Aaron Putnam (king), Nick Corrado, Zack Strunk and Brennan Bloomberg; standing in the second row from left, Ericka Hosang, Lindsey Yantz, Kelsey Yantz, Hilary Brown, Kelly Bishop, Shannon Foos and Hannah Lilly; standing in the back row, from left, Jasmine Hossler (narrator), Alexis McConnell, Sydney Schoen, Liz Smith, Alex Fox, Alyssa Gonzales (messenger), Sammy Jacobs, Courtney Brown, Kayla Cramer, Laura Doerner and Brittany Missler (narrator). (Contributed photo)
Over 200 Bellevue children will be waking up to over-stuffed Christmas stockings thanks to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. The donations were plentiful this year, and 52 families in Bellevue will now have a very Merry Christmas. Pictured, from left, Bill Magers, Bill Manahan, Emily Mougey and Don Rospert donated their time Friday morning to help families load up on the gifts. Mougey, 13, has volunteered her time for four years now, and the Marines call her their Òlittle honorary Marine Joanne Hammersmith, left, was recently presented a plaque from the Salvation Army for serving 11 years as a Salvation Army volunteer. She recently retired from the organization. Making the presentation was Jane Bailey, also a volunteer member of the local committee. The local organization has recently moved its office from St. John's Lutheran Church to First United Methodist Church, 901 Northwest St. For information, call the office, 419-484-2769; telephone calls are returned on Mondays and Thursdays. (Contributed photo) Members of the Bellevue Senior High School Choraliers group entertain members of The Bellevue Hospital's Mature Audience Luncheon on Dec. 11. The all-female group has been making the rounds this holiday season with numerous more performances given during the final week of school prior to the holidays. The group is under the direction of Carrie Sanchez, vocal music instructor at the high school. (Contributed photo) Two people were injured when a car slid under a tractor-trailer on East Main Street at Prairie Road Monday at 12:13 p.m. According to Bellevue Police, Donald Richards, 76, 6027 St. Rt. 113, was driving south on Prairie Road and attempted to stop at the East Main Street intersection. Richards' car failed to stop due to the icy road conditions and slid under the trailer of a semi truck. Richards' vehicle was thrown into a ditch. Richards and an unknown passenger were taken to The Bellevue Hospital. The semi driver, Jason Qualls, 29, of Arizona, was uninjured. (Gazette photo by Danielle Orr)
Members of the Bellevue Senior High School Future Farmers of America program continued their annual holiday tradition at The Bellevue Hospital on Dec. 18, distributing fruit baskets to all of the patients on the medical/surgical floor, Family Birthing Center, Intensive Care Unit, and Emergency Department. In the top photo, showing off the goodies are, from left, Dustin Branco, Travis Keegan, Kreg Jenks, Eric Eberhard and Cody Jenks. In the photo at right, Eberhard, Jenks and Branco present one of the fruit baskets to Philip G. Hovatter, a patient at the hospital. (Contributed photos) Sunday evening's third annual Community Christmas Concert will feature a variety of music, including the First United Methodist Church Bell Choir, shown rehearsing above along with the large non-denominational Community Choir. The choir is directed by Dottie Pickering and Richard Dundore Sr. Pickering is also directing the Community Orchestra during the event. In addition, there will be a children's choir, flute choir, recorders, folk group, and even puppets. (Gazette photo by Sally Boyd)

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