Wednesday, October 19, 2022 • Vol. 15 No. 11 • FREE
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Halloween Trick or Treat
Moving Day in Troy Township
Residents wishing to have their homes visited are asked to leave a porch or outside light on. Children are asked to stop only at homes with lights on. • Huntsburg Township: Oct. 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m. • Middlefield Village: Oct. 31, 6-7 p.m. • Parkman Township: Parkman Chamber of Commerce Halloween Party Trick or Treat, Oct. 30, 6-7:30 p.m., at Parkman Community House
Community Meetings
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK DOLEZAL
More than 800 men came together the evening of Oct. 11 to help move Nelson Yoder’s 35,000-pound barn approximately 200 feet. The barn, located on Claridon Troy Road, was facing east/west and it needed to face north/south. The barn frame was flush with the new foundation within an eighth of an inch.
Cessna 310 Crashes in Field in Middlefield Township Staff Report A multi-engine 1975 Cessna 310R airplane crashed early in the morning Oct. 13 in a farm field behind Marsh Valley Products on Old State Road in Middlefield Township, several hundred feet northeast of the Nauvoo Road intersection. The six-seat aircraft is owned by Air Z Flying Services Inc. out of Willoughby, according the website www.flightaware.com. The charter services operates out of Cuyahoga County Airport in Richmond Heights and Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, according to the company website. “It was on its way from New Jersey to Cuyahoga County,” Geauga County Airport Manager Richard Blamer said. “The people on board were not injured. It happened a little before 6 a.m. this morning.” The Cessna 310R was piloted by 66-year-old Michael Davey, of Newbury Township, according to an OCt. 13 media release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol. “The aircraft was disabled and
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A Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane experienced mechanical failure causing the pilot to land the aircraft in a farm field in Middlefield Township early the morning of Oct. 13, according to an initial investigation conducted by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
several fences on the property were destroyed as a result of the landing,” the release stated. “Mr. Davey had been enroute to Cleveland, Ohio, after leaving from Morristown, New Jersey, earlier in the day.” An initial investigation indicated while enroute from New Jersey the airplane experienced mechanical failure, which caused Davey to
land the aircraft, the state patrol stated. He had been in communication with Cleveland air traffic control prior to landing. “Due to the nature of the mechanical issue, the airplane was not able to fly to the nearest airport in Geauga County,” the release stated. An Amish witness who apparently spoke to Davey told the Geauga County Maple Leaf that Davey
said the plane ran out of gas. The Federal Aviation Administration responded to the scene and is conducting an independent investigation into the incident, the state patrol added. A representative from Air Z Flying Services offices told the Maple Leaf it was not interested in making any comment and hung up the phone.
Listed are public meetings and executive sessions in Huntsburg, Middlefield and Parkman townships, the Village of Middlefield and Cardinal Schools for the coming weeks. (Please note: These meeting notices are NOT legal notices.) Geauga County: Oct. 19, 6 p.m., Board of Developmental Disabilities, at 8200 Cedar Road, Chesterland; Oct. 25, 9:30 a.m., Geauga County Commissioners; Oct. 26, 5 p.m., Board of Health, Ste. 333; Nov. 1, 9:30 a.m., Geauga County Commissioners. All county meetings are held at the Geauga County Administrative Building, 12611 Ravenwood Drive (Ste. #), Claridon, unless otherwise noted. County commissioners meetings are held in Suite 350. Huntsburg Township: Nov. 1, 7 p.m., Board of Trustees. All meetings held at the Town Hall, 16534 Mayfield Road. Parkman Township: Nov. 1, 7 p.m., Board of Trustees. All meetings are held at the Community House, 16295 Main Market Road, unless otherwise noted. Cardinal BOE: Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m., meeting/work session. All meetings held at BOE Office, 15982 E. High St., Middlefield, unless otherwise indicated.
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