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The Leadership In Action-Mercer County committee is now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 class.  This committee is an arm of the Celina-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce.  Since 1995 this leadership program has been encouraging local business people to step up into leadership and volunteer roles.   

Approximately 187 people have graduated from this program and it continues to grow each year.  The 2007-2008 class graduated sixteen with a graduation dinner at Romer’s in Celina on June 26^th.  Graduating in June were Mary Ann Baker of Owen Hall Realty, Sarah Moeller of New Visions Medical Equipment, Amanda Diller of Briarwood Village, Deb Borns of Coldwell Banker Lakeshore Realty, Jodie Lange & Theresa Berry of the Mercer County Sheriff Office, Peggy Schulze of Mercer Health, Elaine Seger & Pauline Faller of State of the Heart Home Health & Hospice, Emily Stewart & Tina Freeman from the City of Celina, Annette Samaniego of Dynamic Federal Credit Union, Lindsey Lunz of Mercer Energy, Tim Barnes from CAPT, Larry Goins from Celina Insurance Group,  and Pastor Paul Baglien of St. John Lutheran Church.

For more information and an application form for the next class go to  www.celinamercer.com, click onto chamber and then programs or call Celina-Mercer County Chamber at 419 586-2219.

Space is limited, call today.  Deadline to register is August 15, 2008.

Little Caesar's Pizza Joins Celina-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce

Little Caesar's Pizza held its grand opening and ribbon cutting Tuesday, June 24th.  Little Caesar's Pizza is located at 226 East Market Street in Celina (next to Family Video).  Little Caesar's Pizza has joined the Celina-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce.  Hot & fresh pizzas ready to go.  Their phone number is 419 586-9109.

Pictured from left to right back row: Bryan Davenport, Chamber Ambassador Bridget Garrity, Chamber Ambassador Pam Buschur, Chamber Director

Pictured from left to right front row: Jared Ebbing, Chamber President Gena Bittner, Chamber Trustee Sharon LaRue, Mayor of Celina
Ed Holtsberry, Owner Rita Suhr, Chamber Trustee

The Mercer County Chapter of the American Red Cross has moved to a new location, 909 East Wayne Street, Suite 124, Celina in the Galleria Shopping Center.  Regular business hours are Monday thru Thursday 9:00am to 4:00pm and Friday from 9:00am to 12n or by appointment.  The phone system will transfer any emergency calls.  Cutting the ribbon is Interim Executive Director, Deb Hemmelgarn. 

Phone: 419 586-2201 ext. 101
Cell: 419 852-4624
htt[://mercercountyohio.redcross.org

Jayme Hathaway,  Sales Representative for Western Southern Financial Group has joined the Celina Mercer County Chamber of Commerce.  Jayme is currently licensed to sell life and health insurance and fixed annuities.  The company sells life insurance, health plans, annuities, accident plans, critical illness plans and much more.  Western Southern Financial Group is located at 804 E. Wayne Street in Celina
and Jayme can be reached at  419 586-2403 Ext. 107 or email
jayme.hathaway@wslife.com.

Pictured  left to right: Jayme Hathaway, Pam Buschur, Chamber Director

Sandy Schaffner was introduced and honored as Rockford's newest "Citizen of the Year" by Robert Thompson, last year's recipient, at the annual Rockford Chamber of Commerce Banquet in Rockford on November 1, 2007.

Bob detailed Sandy's untiring devotion to Shane's Park. She serves as the president of the park board of trustees, handles all park building bookings for events and keeps the welcome sign changed to greet users of the park facilities.  Those buildings include the new Rockford Community Building, the shelter house and the smaller park house. She served on planning board as the new community building was built. She makes sure the restrooms are unlocked and stocked.

Bob also added that Sandy serves on the Rockford Carnegie Library Trustee Board; is a member and president of the Friends of the Library; has served as president of the Rockford American Legion Auxiliary; serves as a board member and events chairperson of the Leota Braun Charitable Foundation where she is one of the organizers of the annual foundation banquet; was a former Parkway band parent, heads the annual Angel Tree Project  for Parkway School  District children and their families needing some help at Christmas; plans the annual Easter Egg hunt at the park; and formerly helped with the Hospice organization; was at one time an employee of Reynolds and Reynolds and was an activity director at Laurels of Shane Hill.

She is a 1964 graduate of Parkway High School and International Business College in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
While her husband was serving in the military during the Vietnam War, Sandy worked at Fort Hood, Texas as an ordering agent.

Sandy is married to Francis "Moose" Schaffner, and the couple have three children, Deb, Mike and Cary. Deb is married to Tim Van Meter of Kokomo, Indiana, and she has two sons. Mike is married to Ayuko, and they live in Florida with their young son and daughter. Ayuko has introduced her mother-in-law  to Japan on two trips where she met Ayuko's family.

Sandy's hobby for relaxing is pen and ink drawing (see the picture above with her talent hanging on the wall behind her). She creates hand-drawn puzzle designs and has been an artist since the 8th grade. She collects thimbles, too.

Bob Thompson said, "Many people help make Shanes Park what it is, but thanks to Sandy at the helm, thousands of visitors through Rockford get a cordial welcome and a very fine picture of who we are," as he awarded her the plaque.

Sandy received proclamations for State Representative Jim Zehringer, Mercer County Commissioners,  Bob Nuding and John Bruns, and Mercer County Probate and Domestic Relations Court Judge Mary Pat Zitter.

Sandy's grandchildren. Deb's are the older boys and Mike's are the younger two in front.

Sandy's husband and children, Deb Cary and Mike.

L to R: Art Bader, Liz Miller, Sandy Schaffner and Brooke Reyman (good friends) enjoy a vacation to Washington, DC.

Sandy works at Barrys' Market in Rockford, and they honored her award.

Rockford, Ohio - For the second year in a row a Brand It Design website was honored by the Ohio Travel Association at the association’s annual Ruby Awards. 

Brand It Design’s website design for the Van Wert Convention and Visitors Bureau website was the 2007 first runner-up for the Ruby Award receiving the Citation of Excellence. Last year Brand It Design’s creative work for the Auglaize and Mercer County Convention and Visitors Bureau was awarded first place for the same award. 

“Receiving this award makes all the time and effort that went into building and maintaining the website worthwhile,” said Larry Lee, Van Wert CVB Director. “For the past year people have been telling us that we had a very good website and now having it judged an award winner by a panel of travel and journalism experts validate it for us.” 

Now in their tenth year, the Ruby Awards, which “Recognize Uncommon Brilliance in the Travel and Tourism Industry,” honor the most innovative examples of marketing by Ohio tourism entities each year. Entries were judged based on impact, relevance, clarity, creativity and overall communication of the organization’s message.  
“Getting to know and understand our client’s business needs is important in creating a site that truly works for them. Focusing on function and how it will be used is necessary, but the creativity we put into making the site unique is what is exciting for me,” said Twyla Hayes, Creative Director Brand It Design. “It’s an honor to receive these awards, and affirming that we are doing a good job for our clients.”

The Ohio Travel Association received 131 entries submitted by Ohio convention and visitor bureaus, tourist attractions and lodging facilities in various categories of OTA’s annual Ruby Award competition.

The 2007 Ruby Awards were presented October 18, 2007 during the Ohio Travel Association’s annual Conference on Tourism at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky.

To see Brand It Design’s award winning work visit: www.visitvanwert.org and www.seemore.com.

Brand It Design specializes in result focused services to provide an inclusive branding resource for your growing business. 

Jim Kahle, of Rockford,  best known in the art circles as a Master Glass Artist, was recently commissioned by American Electric Power of Columbus to create a company dining experience for them at the Dining by Design charity event to raise money for the  Columbus AIDS Task Force - a United Way of Central Ohio Member Agency AND DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS).

According to Sally Blue, coordinator of the event and head of the Columbus AIDS Task Force (which serves the 40 county area around Columbus), the Dining by Design “high fashion for home décor” event has been around for many years in places like Los Angeles and New York. But, this is the first time for the event to be held in Columbus. The location is 390 E. Broad Street.

Fifty sponsors donate a charitable sum for an 11 x 11 foot cubicle and then hire a designer to create it into a high-end dining experience. The different design teams donate their time,  talent and decorations because Elle Décor Magazine, which is a TV show and magazine in New York City, will be on hand to judge each one. The Best in Show will be featured either on the show or in the magazine. “ The potential for exposure for designers is phenomenal, and I am thrilled to be invited to be a part of this event,” said Kahle.  “I have been involved with the Columbus AIDS Task Force in the past, having donated many of my vessels for their charitable fund raisers. When it came time to help the donors select  a designer for their space, my name came up as a good fit for AEP. My creative combinations of light, glass and water appealed to their company product – Electricity.”

The dining experience is for 6 people in each cubicle at $650 per plate on Sunday with the Crush Cocktail Party at $100 per person scheduled on Saturday evening. The event is sold-out and all proceeds go to the Columbus AIDS Task Force.

Glass by James Michael has selected a unique design for the space.  The 11 x 11 space has a wooden frame enclosing three sides with white sheer drapes and an overlay of deep lapis light blue material, all of which puddle to the floor. Hand-blown glass chains, in lapis blue, gather the blue overlays. Each of the four corners will have a suspended vessel with tiny clear lights filling them.

White linen tablecloths and napkins will accent the high-back antique cane chairs.  Glass fennials, in lapis blue, red, purple and clear bubbles, were created by Kahle and will top the back post of each of the chairs. A hollowed place in the post has been equipped with a battery-powered light that will radiate up through the fennial.

The horse-shoe shaped table, made of wood, is covered with white faux leather, but only to the edge. A clear acrylic edge covers a strand of embedded lights that will shine through the material, a sheer skirt from there to the floor. The table setting is a clear, antique Tiffin/Fostoria set of dishes (over 100 years old),  topped with a salad bowl, made exclusively by Kahle, in the colors of AEP ~ red, white & blue.

Covering the floor will be a shag, white carpet.

Rising up from the center of the table will be 3 acrylic floor stand-columns with Jacups Ladders in each. The machines, made by Jim Kahle,  when charged with electricity, create soft sparks of different colors.

At one corner will sit a vanity with edge lit counter top, back lit knobs and a lighted Kahle vessel fashioned into a sink will providing running water for the diners.

“I am pleased to have help from area artisans including Penny Wiseman of Van Wert who designed the fabrics, Erin McMillen, of Van Wert, a former apprentice, who helped with the glass blowing,  Bryan Deegan, who created the glass chains and napkin holders, and Ed Leighner, of Willshire, hot glass apprentice, who located the furniture and dishes for the project, Former apprentice Steve Steed who did the LED work and new apprentice Steven Shelby who helped with the building of the Jacups ladders, said Kahle, of his design team.

More information can be obtained by clicking on this link for the Columbus AIDS Task Force where links are set to explain the event.

or the Elle Décor Magazine link (click on Calendar of Events), which describes the event as:

ELLE DECOR’S DINING BY DESIGN
Columbus, OH · May 11–12
Visually stunning, breathtaking table designs transform the Design Market Place in Columbus, as guests enjoy dining, music, and dancing.

“I feel privileged to have been selected to enter this design event, especially since I am an artisan and the only non-interior designer involved, commented Jim.   We wish him good luck on Friday and Saturday.

Over nine years ago, the PBS (Public Broadcasting Station) in Dayton, OH began shooting footage of the toils and trials in the art glass industry known as Glass by James Michael from Rockford. As recently as 2 1/2 years ago, the PBS writers began to talk seriously with Jim about shooting and writing a documentary on his glass-blowing techniques which have won him many awards and the recognition as a master craftsman with hundreds of major, solo exhibitions around the United States and overseas.

Kahle's unique glass art, secret formula for "mixing" hot glass and metals, a genuine desire to share his talents with school students of the Northwest Ohio Communities, and his philanthropic donations to the PBS Blues Fund-Raising Campaigns (10 PBS large bowls, 100 vases and 100 paperweights), over the last seven years, have earned him a feature on the 29 minute documentary that is an accounting of his life's work of "Turning Fire Into Ice." The program is intended to help raise awareness of his work and the items that he is donating for their fund-raising event in March in both Dayton and around the United States.

The documentary was written and produced by Julie Davis and covers all aspects of Jim's life and work as he goes about his creative routine. Other locals featured on the documentary are: Rachel Harshman of Rockford, Duane Darland of Peru, Indiana (formerly of Celina, Ohio) , and Erin McMillen of Van Wert. Kahle is pictured on the cover of the March 2006 program guide, Spectrum, for PBS. See the pictures above.

The program time has yet to be announced but it is scheduled for Wednesday, February 28, 2007 and can be seen in Columbus, Ohio. Others in the area may be able to pull it in on an antenna.

Learn more by visiting the WOSU website at:
WOSU Public Media | WOSU Public Media

The pledge time, featuring Jim Kahle’s work as gifts, for Dayton Think-TV will be in March 2007.
Learn about the Dayton PBS (Think-TV on channel 16) at: www.thinktv.org

Jason Stover Purchases Rockford Carry-Out
Jason Stover, a Parkway graduate and a 1998 graduate of Ohio State University in the field of Agribusiness and Economics, purchased the Rockford Carry-Out on January 3, 2007 from former owner Terry Shaffer. Jason has 6 employees and plans to keep the menu as it is. They offer pizza, sandwiches, appetizers and dinners. They also sell pop, chips and beer. Jason is the son of Tom and Penny. Call the Rockford Carry-Out at 419-363-2855 to place a carry-out order or dine in ~ there is seating up front. Jason plans to expand that in the near future.

Rockford's Own Local Hot Glass Master Craftsman, Jim Kahle, Featured in 1/2 Hour Documentary - Coming to Channel 34 on PBS's WOSU – TV 34, Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 8 PM

Over nine years ago, the PBS (Public Broadcasting Station) in Dayton, OH began shooting footage of the toils and trials in the art glass industry known as Glass by James Michael from Rockford. As recently as 2 1/2 years ago, the PBS writers began to talk seriously with Jim about shooting and writing a documentary on his glass-blowing techniques which have won him many awards and the recognition as a master craftsman with hundreds of major, solo exhibitions around the United States and overseas.

Kahle's unique glass art, secret formula for "mixing" hot glass and metals, a genuine desire to share his talents with school students of the Northwest Ohio Communities, and his philanthropic donations to the PBS Blues Fund-Raising Campaigns (10 PBS large bowls, 100 vases and 100 paperweights), over the last seven years, have earned him a feature on the 29 minute documentary that is an accounting of his life's work of "Turning Fire Into Ice." The program is intended to help raise awareness of his work and the items that he is donating for their fund-raising event in March in both Dayton and around the United States.

The documentary was written and produced by Julie Davis and covers all aspects of Jim's life and work as he goes about his creative routine. Other locals featured on the documentary are: Rachel Harshman of Rockford, Duane Darland of Peru, Indiana (formerly of Celina, Ohio) , and Erin McMillen of Van Wert. Kahle is pictured on the cover of the March 2006 program guide, Spectrum, for PBS. See the pictures above.

The program time has yet to be announced but it is scheduled for Wednesday, February 28, 2007 and can be seen in Columbus, Ohio. Others in the area may be able to pull it in on an antenna.

Learn more by visiting the WOSU website at:
WOSU Public Media | WOSU Public Media

The pledge time, featuring Jim Kahle’s work as gifts, for Dayton Think-TV will be in March 2007.
Learn about the Dayton PBS (Think-TV on channel 16) at: www.thinktv.org

Mike Bruns, PHEVAC offices, located at 103 N. Main Street in Rockford, recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the business opening.

Owner Mike Bruns of Rockford has specialized in all areas of this business and provides service beyond the sale.

Mike has a crew of 4 pictured from left to right, Chad Moeller serviceman since 1998, Chad Buschur, serviceman since 1995, Mike Bruns, owner and serviceman, and Clete Schmidt, office manager since 1992.

Mike recently reminisced about starting his own business. From 1981-1985, Mike had worked at Huffy's, Hensley Welding, Pontius Hardware, Ohio Plumbing, and Alexander and Bebout. He had a business for a short time with carpenter Joe Jackson called B & J Contracting. Mike mostly worked out of his house and a used van before he was able to really get started on his own. In 1985 his dad, the late Ralph Bruns, came to work for him. Ralph was an experienced serviceman (retired in 1990), and Mike bought the old Rockford Telephone building at 132 W. Market St. There was a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Gene Steiner officiating. Dick Winters came to work for him as his office manager, and his first big jobs were doing the new work on the new L and L Restaurant (1985) in Rockford for owner Larry Hileman. Then in 1986, Rockford Lumber expanded, and Mike did that work as well. He has worked with many locate builders including Terry Bransteter and Larry Hileman. Back then, Mike had other employees including Nick Buschur and Roger Heuing, that people might remember.

Mike expanded again in 1990, buying the old Rockford Press building, then later 1/2 of the Main Street building beside Herb Muhlenkamp, accountant, where the offices are now located.

Mike and his crew are state-licensed in all areas of the plumbing, heating, electrical, ventilation and air conditioning including the health department. He sell Rheem Heating and Air Conditioning, Goulds' Water Systems, Delta Faucets, Aqua Water conditioning Systems, and stocks a wide inventory of pipe fittings and other hardware.

When asked what has changed the most in the past 25 years, he said that the Rockford Lumber Company went out of business, and big companies like Menards have taken the place of the smaller locally-owned operations. He also said that a verbal agreement and a handshake were once all that was required to do a job. Now contracts are often needed to get a job started.

One thing never changes, though, in a small town, people call day and night for reliable help! Mike spent New Year's Eve at a customer's house repairing an electrical problem and working on a flooded basement somewhere else. (We had downpours of rain, thunder and lightning that evening.)
 

Hydroponics Lettuce Farm Newest Rockford-area Business Venture
"It takes 6 weeks to grow Bibb lettuce from nursery to harvest," explained Bryan Stephenson, USDA-certified crop advisor for S & S Family Farms, a family-owned business headed by his parents Dave and Charlene Stephenson. Located at 10701 Now Road south of Rockford, Ohio, the business marks a continuum in the lineage of generations of farming on both sides of the family ~ but with a new twist.

Growing lettuce in water, on a large scale in a hothouse, is a relatively new thought for this part of Mercer County, where grain farming has been the predominant “industry”.  The Stephensons, however, have utilized their first-hand expertise in 4-H and farming, going back to their roots right here in Mercer County. Dave’s parents, Dick and Gene still farm near Chattanooga, and Charlene’s parents Don and Eileen Bollenbacher farm land west of Rockford as well. And, the farming linage on both sides goes back farther to their great-grandparents and great-great grandparents who settled this area. Those operations were and are all grain-based, and the younger Stephensons were looking for something different.  According to Charlene, 20 years ago, her dad discussed hydroponic tomato farming but they dismissed it as too labor-intensive.  Bryan, who served as Parkway’s FFA president for four years and attended Purdue University for two years in the agronomy program, began looking into hydroponic lettuce farming, and during the winter of 2005, they tried it on a small scale. The results were good, and the family decided in July 2006 to take the “plunge”. Construction money came from the local Mercer County Revolving Loan Fund and Peoples Bank.  Dave became the overseer of construction which is nearing completion.

Unlike waiting for the rain and sun to provide ideal growing conditions, this business requires energy to pump the well water and nutrients as well as heat and cool the 30 ft. x 128 ft. Quonset building, of steel frame and plastic double-wall construction.  After careful research, they dismissed wind and solar power and are using electricity to power the greenhouse.  They are using a 500,000 BTU corn-boiler with propane as back-up. Corn is readily available and more efficient.  It warms the water that flows through the floors because lettuce needs it to be between 68º and 72º (ideally) to grow. At night the computerized control boards, set-up and maintained by son, John, drop the temperature between 62º -65º.  Electricity runs the blower which pumps air into the space between the plastic layers to form dead air space insulation for the walls. Cooling in the summer is provided by pulling air through the bug-exclusion system.  It traps the insects and prevents them from entering the greenhouse to cause infestation of the lettuce crop.  Recycled water runs over a giant wall of corrugated cardboard and the air pulled through it evaporates and cools the greenhouse.

When the sky lights up at night south of Rockford, the community has come to know that the lettuce needs more light to grow. So the lights come on using timers that have been programmed by John to turn the lights on at 7 am and off at 5 pm.  On overcast days a sensor detects low light intensity and turns on the lights.  By adjusting the amount of light, the time to crop maturity can be maximized.

The REX variety of Bibb lettuce they grow is specially developed for hydroponics in the Netherlands, where Holland and Denmark are far advanced in this style of farming.  A seed is dropped into a rectangle of spun lava rock, called rock wool which has been soaked in water for 24-48 hours.  Germination takes 2 days with new plantings done in a staggered fashion to produce a constant crop. The nursery part of this takes two weeks after which the trays of tiny plants are then separated by cutting and dropped into holes in the trays for the remainder of the four week growing time. Charlene’s parents, Don and Eileen Bollenbacher have been active in helping with the transplanting of the seedling plants.  Bryan’s children, Noah and Abby also help with the planting. (Don and Charlene are shown at left.)

Our area is known for hard water. So a computer analyzes it and correctly mixes the two tanks (one for fast growth and one for lettuce health) of nutrients into the water to compensate for calcium, sulfur, iron and hydrogen changes. According to Charlene, “pH balance is very important because the crop can burn.” Nephew Devin Bollenbacher assembled the trays from the “Crop King hydroponic greenhouse kit” they purchased and helps with daily pH checks. The well water is pumped into the trays under the seedlings where a unique closed return system recycles the water through pipes for reuse. One feeder line of rubber tubing feeds two trays holding 18 plants per tray. There are 344 growing trays in the operation, and when not in use, the trays can be shut off from the water supply. The growth time in the water takes another four weeks to bring the crop to harvest. The heads are pulled from their water holes, the roots in the rock wool are trimmed off, and packing takes place. The lettuce is bulk packaged 12 heads per box or in individual plastic crispers. The harvested crop is then ready for delivery to the buyer. A cooler is under construction at the farm for short term storage. John’s wife, Amanda has made the sales contacts and delivery to most of the local buyers.

The Stephensons have applied for the Ohio Proud designation and plan to be producing 1600 heads of Bibb lettuce per week in 2007 when they are at full capacity with nearly 6000 plants of lettuce in various stages of growth.  They have a vendor’s license and currently supply: Parkway Schools and Barry’s’ Market in Rockford; Troyers and Earthen Treasures Natural Food Market in Berne, Indiana; Romer’s Catering, Chief Supermarkets and Logan’s IGA in Celina as well as health food stores in Ft. Recovery and Van Wert.  Bibb lettuce blends well with other salad greens and is very good on its own. There are even plans to try different lettuce varieties and possibly the herb basil in the future.

Editor’s note: The lettuce I purchased at Barry’s’ Market was crisp and flavorful. I used it in a salad and on sandwiches. The Stephensons will have lettuce available on a self-serve basis from the packing and storage building at the greenhouse.  For more information you may contact them at 419-363-3357.

His 'N Hers Styling and Tanning Salon, owned by Brenda (Davis) Barker, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the shop in Rockford.

Brenda graduated from Parkway in 1973 and went on to the Ohio State Beauty Academy in Lima, OH, graduating from there in 1974. For two years she worked at the Modern Beauty Salon on Main Street in Rockford, which was owned by Shophie Pfister but struck out on her own in 1976. Brenda bought a shop over on Market Street behind the post office from Pat Bowen, another hair stylist who had Pat's Beauty Shop. In 1980, Brenda secured the old Schumm Drug Store on Main Street (beside the post office) and did some remodeling to the store. she opened the new facility in 1981. She added retail products and keeps an extensive line of shampoos, treatments and other hair-care items for sale.

Six years ago in 2000, the store underwent another remodeling, and Brenda added two tanning beds and a massage therapy room. Peg Dull is the LMT on duty, having started in 2001. She takes Monday and Wednesday appointments and does foot reflexology as well an massage therapy. She is a 2000 graduate of the SHI Medical School of Massage in Lebanon, Ohio.

Above, the current staff includes left: Ilene Davis, Brenda's mom, who is a Rockford High School graduate and a 1947 graduate of Warner Beauty College in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Next year she will celebrate 60 years in the hair care business. She remembers when she gave machine permanents  (until 1958) and working for Marcella (McSherry) Easthom from January  1947 through January 1955. Marcella worked in the same building as Beanie McSherry (her dad) when the store was 1/2 his barber shop and half her salon. Ilene went to work for Sophie Pfister from 1956-1976, then went to work for her daughter.

Above, next to Ilene is Carol Zizelman, a 1959 graduate of Southerton-Martz Beauty Academy. She ran her own shop in Mendon from 1961 until several years ago. She has been at the His and Hers Shop since 1996.

Next to Carol above is Raeh Gardner who is the newest member of the His 'n Hers team. She is a recent Parkway graduate and graduated from Ohio State Beauty Academy in Lima on March 8, 2006. She specializes in cuts, color and nails. Raeh is available Tuesdays and Fridays or by appointment.

Over the years, Brenda has seen many hair changes not only in the styles, but also in the way hair is treated. For instance, they have seen these changes:

1950's ~ Bouffant Hair
1960's ~ Parted and Straight (Hippie) Hair
1970's ~ Long and Straight or Flipped like the tv star Farrah Fawcett
1980's ~ Permanent Waves and Big Hair; Mall Hair and Big Bangs
1990's ~ Short and Spiky - Styles that fit the person best
2000's - anything goes including texture and color are popular as a more  natural look from subtle to bold.

In addition, he received training in facial chemical peels and cosmetic Botox injections, which he is adding to the services he offers at his practice at 104 S. Main Street, in Rockford.

Continuing Education Courses are part of the requirement for continued board certification in Family Practice and for maintenance of licensure in the State of Ohio.

Call 419-363-3008 to make an appointment with Dr. Jerry D. Sell at Rockford Family Medicine.

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