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Vol. 36, No. 13 Issue No. 1461 2 Sections - 32 Pages $1.00 March 26, 2015
THE MIRRORREFLECTING LIFE ALONG THE MAUMEE RIVER SINCE 1980
Memoranda
MAUMEE
Andersons Offers
Recycling Events
The Andersons Inc.
will offer several elec-
tronics recycling and
document destruction
events to be held at
stores on upcoming
Saturdays from 9:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. Upcoming
2015 eCycle Days
include:
April 18 and September
26, Maumee store, 530
Illinois Ave.
April 25 and September
12, Toledo store, 4701
Talmadge Rd.
May 16, Sylvania
Market, 7638 W. Sylvania
Ave.
Items being accepted
are listed below:
■ Computers and com-
puter parts, monitors,
servers, terminals, lap-
tops, hard drives, key-
boards, computer mice,
printers, toner and ink,
hubs, routers and net-
working equipment.
■ Telephone equipment,
cables, cell phones and
fax machines.
■ VCRs, DVD players,
speakers, radios and pro-
jectors.
■ Electronic games, cam-
eras and typewriters.
■ Microwaves, cash regis-
ters, time clocks and
PDAs.
A $5.00 donation is
appreciated to help defray
expenses.
No TVs, air condi-
tioners or appliances,
paint, fluorescent bulbs
or alkaline batteries can
be accepted.
All of the electronic
items collected will be
recycled and disposed of
in an environmentally
responsible manner,
keeping them out of land-
fills.
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A field of ice chunks covers about half of the cemetery. According to Mayor Richard Carr, the ice will need to melt before the city can fully assess
the damage dealt to headstones.
Work Continues At Riverside Cemetery
BY NANCY GAGNET
MIRROR REPORTER
Since the ice boulders
that let loose in Waterville
on March 14 caused exten-
sive damage to Maumee’s
floodplains – and especially
to Riverside Cemetery –
Maumee Mayor Richard
Carr has spent a lot of his
time there.
Last Friday, March 20, he
met with U.S. Rep. Bob
Latta (R-Bowling Green) to
tour the site and survey the
damage.
The mayor is hoping the
congressman can assist in
the restoration process,
which will involve many
damaged veterans’ markers.
According to Carr, Latta
contacted him about a U.S.
Department of Veterans
Affairs policy that stipulates
a family member of the
deceased veteran must
request help from the
agency to initiate the
restoration process. The
problem with that, said
Carr, is that many veterans’
markers at the cemetery date
back to the 1800s and those
families no longer exist.
“The congressman fully
understands that there is no
way that is going to happen.
He’s trying to get that
changed,” Carr said.
Surprisingly, many of the
markers Carr has seen don’t
appear to be badly damaged,
but it could be several weeks
before a clearer picture can
be known since much of the
cemetery is still buried in ice
boulders.
Until then, crews have
begun the painstaking
process of getting whatever
markers they can back in
place. Memorial companies
including Design Memorial
in Maumee, Rock of Ages
in Waterville and Artistic
Memorial in Perrysburg are
assisting in that process.
“They are donating their
time to help us,” the mayor
said. “Everybody is working
together.”
The city will assist in
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Mayor Richard Carr, (left) guides U.S. Rep. Bob Latta through Riverside Cemetery.
Latta visited Maumee last Friday to assess the damage dealt to the cemetery by large
ice chunks. MIRROR PHOTOS BY DENNY McCARTHY
A headstone and items left by loved ones lay in the walkway at Riverside Cemetery.
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