Annual Banquet 2009
The 60th Anniversary
Banquet for the
Ashtabula Soil and Water Conservation District
will be held Thursday, November 5th at the
Williamsfield Community Center
beginning at 7:15 pm.
Voting for election of one Supervisor will begin
at 7:15 pm until 8:00 pm
Ashtabula County SWCD will be
electing one supervisor on November 5, 2009. If you cannot attend
the Annual Meeting, below find out who is eligible and how to
vote by absentia.
The Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission will have an
election of Supervisors of the Ashtabula Soil and Water Conservation
District to be held in accordance with Chapter 1515 of the Ohio
Revised Code.
Residents or landowners, firms, and corporations that own land or
occupy land in Ashtabula County and are 18 years of
age and older may vote for Supervisor. A non-resident landowner,
firm or corporation must provide an affidavit of eligibility, which
includes designation of a voting representative, prior to casting a
ballot (available on the District’s website.)
There are three ways an eligible
voter can cast a ballot:
(1) at the annual meeting if you are attending, which will take place November
5, 2009. Voting will take place between 7:15 pm until 8:00pm
(2)
At the Ashtabula County SWCD office from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on
November 5, 2009.
(3)
Vote absentee by requesting the proper forms. The absentee request
forms are posted on our website
http://www.ashtabulaswcd.org/.
Requested ballots must be returned to the District office no later
than 2:30 p.m. on November 5, 2009, at the following address:
Ashtabula County Soil and Water Conservation District, 39 Wall
Street, Jefferson, OH 44047 phone number: 440-576-4946.
One (1) Supervisor will be elected. Nominees are:
Wendall Obernyer
2010 Candidates
Wendall Obernyer has
lived at Lovedale Farms established in 1949, in Jefferson Township
all his life. The 115
acre farm was home to the Registered Brown Swiss dairy herd until
1989. Beef cattle are
being raised since with hay being the main crop.
Conservation practices include– grass waterways and
installation of drainage tile; one acre pond with gravity water line
to barn for watering cattle; gravity flow animal waste system;
rotational pastures with fencing and 1/4 acre pond with gravity fed
water supply.
Wendell and his wife Joanne are parents to four children-Dakota,
Courtney, Christine, Greg and have three grandchildren.
Wendell is completing his 30th year of service with the US
Postal Service; is a member of St Joseph Church in Jefferson; a
member of Jefferson Grange; was Jefferson Township Zoning Inspector;
served on Jefferson Township Zoning Board; and presently serving
Jefferson Township on the Zoning Board of
Appeals.
Don Eyring
and Elaine Eyring have been married 45
years and reside in Andover Township.
They have 4 grown children.
Don has worked in community banking for 36 years, last 18
with Andover Bank. During
the past ten years Don has built and maintained wetland mitigation
sites in Ashtabula County.
District Absentee Voting Forms
Election Legal Notice
Resident Request for Absentee Ballot
Firm, Corporation, and Non-Resident Request for Absentee Ballot
Corporation, Firm, LLC, or Trust Land Ownership or Land Occupier Affidavit
Ownership or Land Occupier Non-Resident Affidavit