Leaf Thursday, March 9, 2023 Vol. 29 No. 10 • Chardon, Ohio www.geaugamapleleaf.com $1.00
Chardon BOE Opts Not to Revisit OHSAA Trans Issue
Part I — Dave’s Decade in D.C.
Amid Growing Partisanship, Joyce Looks for Middle Ground Bainbridge Republican Looks Back at 10 Years on Capitol Hill
By Amy Patterson amy@karlovecmedia.com
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Chardon Schools Board of Education member Todd Albright recently revisited a subject he said “went off like a hand grenade” when first brought up — the district’s membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association. In August 2022, Albright took issue with questions related to gender on an OHSAA medical form for student-athletes and voted against remaining in the association. “Last year, I Albright voted no on that and didn’t really follow the procedure for doing that appropriately,” he said during the school board’s Feb. 21 meeting. See Chardon • Page 4
If constituents are wondering whether a decade in Washington, D.C. has changed Dave Joyce, his answer is no. “I’m still the same person that was elected to my first term 10 years ago,” Joyce said during a recent interview. “And I’m ready, willing and able to work with everybody when I get there that’s trying to solve the problems of our country, as well as serving the people of Ohio’s 14th district.” Since the Bainbridge Township Republican was elected to Congress in 2012, he has served under three presidents, four House speakers and witnessed some outrageous antics from his fellow legislators. He prides himself on his bipar-
By Amy Patterson
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Congressman Dave Joyce (R-Bainbridge Township) speaks on the floor of the U.S. House in June 2022.
tisan record, especially on the 2016 passage of his landmark legislation to create the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The bill provides funding to federal agencies, states,
local communities and businesses with the goal of restoring the Great Lakes ecosystem and the economic health of the Great Lakes region. See Joyce • Page 5
West G Alum Performs Innovative Classical Concert page 9
Chester Township To Seek Advice on Zoning Language page 4
CITY OF CHARDON
Planning Commission Recommends Rezoning Downtown
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Chardon’s Seventh Avenue to Extend to Industrial Park
Changes Could Open 35 Acres for Commercial Development
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By Ann Wishart ann@karlovecmedia.com If Chardon City Council approves a zoning map amendment, properties along more than a quarter mile of Center Street at Meadowlands Drive will become available for commercial development. Chardon Planning Commission voted unanimously Feb. 28 to recommend council change the zoning from 436 to 500 Center Street to C-4 — general commercial district from industrial — wireless telecommunications overlay district. The proposal includes nearly 10 acres at 470 Center Street owned by the Geauga County Commissioners, 12.5 acres formally occupied by De Nora Tech and owned by Electrode Corp. at 464 Center Street, 8.6 acres owned by Un-
Opinion
Sports pages 11-12
Obituaries page 14 ANN WISHART/KMG
Nearly 10 acres of land at 470 Center Street in Chardon, former county offices, may be rezoned if city council accepts the recommendation of the Chardon Planning Commission to change the use from industrial to commercial. INSET: Chardon Planning Commission recommended a plan to city council Feb. 28 to rezone about 35 acres of land on Center Street from industrial to commercial use. The cross-hatched area from 436 Center to 500 Center includes parcels at 470 Center Street owned by Geauga County Commissioners.
der the Hood LLC at 500 Center Street, 1.97 acres owned by Thomas Limited at 436 Center Street and 1.48 acres owned by CMC Holdings Inc. at 446 Center Street.
The total of nearly 35 acres will no longer be industrial in nature if the city council follows the commission’s recommendation, said See Downtown • Page 6
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