A gallery has been added that shows more construction and preparation of the Rowland ice rink. It also includes the first known photos of it being used by a family of skaters. The photos are courtesy of Township Trustee Rob Scheithauer and can be viewed by clicking here or visiting the gallery section of the website. Click on any photo in the gallery to start the automatic rotation of the photos.

Steve Holtzman appointed Elyria Township Fire Chief

Steve Holtzman, with the Elyria Township Fire department since 1990 has been appointed its Fire Chief by the Board of Trustees of Elyria Township—his term begins February 1, 2012.

Chief Holtzman is 43 years old
1986 graduate of Elyria West High School
He holds a Bachelor of Science and Technology from Bowling Green State University.
Full time Beachwood Fire Department in 1992
Married to wife Mary for 12 years) and have 3 children
Officer with Beachwood for 11 years
Fire Captain for 10 years
Member of the Heights Area Special Rescue Team for 15 years
Member of the Region 2 Urban Search and Rescue Team

• He will succeed Chief Scarbrough who was appointed January 1st of 2011. Scarbrough resigned the position of chief for personal reasons.

On the March 6th ballot for Elyria Township residents will vote on the following:

Proposed Tax Levy (Replacement and Increase) Elyria Township

A Majority Affirmative Vote is Necessary for Passage.

A replacement of 3 mills of an existing levy and an increase of 1 mill to constitute a tax for the benefit of Elyria Township for the purpose of providing for fire and emergency medical services at a rate not exceeding 4 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.40 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a period of 5 years, commencing in 2012, first due in calendar year 2013.

World Trade Center artifact shown at Jan. 2nd meeting

Elyria Township will be planning a 9/11 Memorial after they received a fragment of steel that once was part of a box beam from the World Trade Center.

Firefighter Tim Midkiff's first request for the artifact was denied in 2010. As the 10th Anniversary of that fateful day approached, Township Trustee Rick Hutman asked him to try again. This request was accepted by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, with a deadline that it must be picked up by December 16th

A shipping company from New Jersey delivered the 18" x 18" x 3" object that weighs just over 200 pounds to the Township on December 19th.

The Memorial is being considered for either the front of the Township Fire Station on Griswold Rd or near the recently acquired Fire Training Trailer, located on Township property adjacent to the Rowland Nature Center on Murray Ridge Rd.

Anybody interested in submitting a design proposal for the memorial should deliver the sealed proposal by 4 p.m. on February 6th, 2012 to the Elyria Township Fire Station, 41416 Griswold Rd, Elyria, Ohio 44035.

A photo gallery of the artifact at the meeting can be seen by clicking here.