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OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES STAFF

James C. Spira Ned Baker Dennis Bower Chair Dick Brubaker Eddie Dengg Owen M. Colligan Jean Gokorsch Julia S. Bolton Evan R. Corns Scott Hill Vice Chair C. Beau Daane Janet Hoover Stanley L. Fischer Dawn Hummer Richard S. Grimm James Gerspacher Bill Jordan Vice Chair Robert N. Gudbranson Carla Macklin David Halstead Pete McDonald J. Jeffrey Holland Rick Hawksley Andy McDowell Vice Chair Elizabeth Juliano Ed Meyers Kathy Keare Leavenworth Anne Murphy Sandra Pickut McMannis John D. Leech Julia Musson Vice Chair James R. Levine Katie Outcalt Kathryn L. Makley Bob Owen William C. Mulligan S. Sterling McMillan, IV Gina Pausch Marion Olson Vice Chair Kate Pilacky Gordon Oney Mark Skowronski Todd R. Ray Richard C. Hyde Amy Terpay Franz Sauerland Treasurer Kim Van Sickler Thomas J. Schultz Leah Whidden Michael R. Shaughnessy James G. Watterson Donna L. Studniarz Secretary Grant M. Thompson “The world was not left to us by our parents. Tracy Wallach Edward F. Meyers Norman Webb It was lent to us by our children.” Assistant Secretary Richard D. Cochran

President & CEO AFRICAN PROVERB DONOR REPORT · JULY 1, 2006-JUNE 30, 2007 On the cover: photo by Connie Oney Who Is Our Customer?

Dear Friends,

Western Reserve Land Conservancy (WRLC) recently engaged in a debate You are one of our interim customers. You may be a donor, you may be a to answer the question, “Who is our customer?” All businesses need to constantly partner, you may be another kind of constituent, but one way or another we view clarify who their customer is, and yet so often we get caught up in the thick of thin you as an important (albeit interim) customer of ours. Without you, we cannot things and neglect this critical task. This year, we took the time to engage in this serve your great-great granddaughter, and without us, you may not be able to serve discussion, and it produced excellent results. Everybody had a different answer. her. The mutual benefi t aspect of our work is powerful. A donor once said to us, “I Some people said, the communities we serve. Others said the landowners with whom cannot advance my personal values and goals without WRLC, but by supporting we work. Some said, our donors and members. Another your work I can. I want to thank you for advancing my said, why nature, of course! No one customer on our list values.” This attitude is humbling and also farsighted. stood out as a concept around which we could focus Against that backdrop, we wish to introduce the 2007 our work. So we expanded our thinking and ultimately Annual Report to our Donors. produced a more focused answer. We decided that our We are grateful to report that WRLC once customer is your great-great granddaughter. again enjoyed a remarkable year. (Our fi scal year Your great-great granddaughter is a person ends on June 30th each year, so fi scal year 2007 ended you probably will not know, but if you live a long on June 30, 2007.) Our results appear on the following life you will probably know her mother, your great pages, so we will not burden you with a recap here. granddaughter. Consequently, it is entirely possible But we do wish to recognize a few people before for you to think of her as a person important to you, a we close. As you know, our mission is about nature, person you would treasure and love if you were lucky but our work is about people. Our logo (and indeed enough to know her. As close as she is to you, your our organization) represents the nexus of nature and great-great granddaughter also represents a distant people. Our customer is a person who does not yet future. If you view great-great granddaughters in live, and yet she is partnering with people who live terms of how many years of a family’s generational today, the nexus of past and present. history they represent, they symbolize 100 years, give We therefore wish to thank all of the or take. conservationists who have come before us, most Imagine the world of your great-great granddaughter. Imagine the notably William Stinchcomb who founded Cleveland Metroparks 100 years ago, world of 2050 or 2100. Your great-great granddaughter will wake up in a home and whose example proves that you can transform the lives of your great-great somewhere in the Western Reserve. She will have selected this home. She will grandchildren. Second, our professional staff who work so hard and produce choose some form of transportation to get to her job. Her job will be a position excellent results, always with a smile and laugh, no matter how tough it gets. Third, that she will pick for herself. After work, she will walk along a beautiful forested our board of trustees, who govern us, lead us, and inspire us. Fourth, all of our donors parkway from her home into a natural area along a beautiful glacial river that fl ows and partners, without whom we would not exist, and with whom we can serve our into Lake Erie. She will breathe deeply; she will relax; her worries will slip away. customer, advance your values, and help to transform our landscape. She will be nourished by this natural area only if her great-great grandparents choose to save it for her. Thank you! She is our customer, because if we do not serve her today, she won’t be well-served in the future. It is diffi cult to serve a person who does not yet live. Consequently, we have to serve a lot of interim customers to be effective. But by understanding who our real customer is, we can make better decisions, we can achieve more focus, and we can ultimately have a transforming effect James C. Spira, Richard D. Cochran, on our region. Chair President and CEO 3 Programs

THE LAND PROTECTION PLANNING PROGRAM – This Geographic Information System (GIS)-driven program yields a set of parcels that, if protected, assures the realization of our goal of interconnected natural areas and preserves linked by protected corridors. These parcels make up our Land Priority Project List. WRLC is currently in the second year of a two-year grant from the Ohio Lake Erie Commission to create an Anchor Strategy that will be the defi nitive land preservation guide for WRLC and our regional conservation partners. This fl uid strategy will guide our land preservation efforts forever. Photo by Connie Oney THE CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM – We endeavor to reach a wide variety of audiences under this program, but its focus is to educate all of the landowners on the Land Priority Project List about MISSION STATEMENT WRLC and conservation options available to them. Western Reserve Land Conservancy seeks to preserve the scenic beauty, rural character, and natural resources of Northern Ohio. THE CONSERVATION BY DONATION PROGRAM – This program involves donated conservation easements and donated fee simple interests (outright ownership). This is our favorite way to preserve land because VISION STATEMENT it is less expensive and less time consuming than other options.

There is nothing more beautiful than a crisp fall day in Northern Ohio: the sun THE PUBLIC LAND PROGRAM – In this program WRLC creates new shimmering on our great Lake Erie; the red and yellow leaves of a beech maple forest; the public parks and nature preserves. WRLC acts as a pre-acquisition long views of crop and pasture land framed by towering forests; and the gentle murmuring agent for public bodies and is able to handle a full range of services rivers that run through our glacial landscape. We love the Western Reserve. It is where we for these entities, including: conservation planning, acquisition of rear our children and where our hearts reside. real property interests, short-term fi nancing, long-term funding Our vision is that today, a decade from now, and beyond the time that we can imagine, acquisition, and long-term stewardship. the Western Reserve will be a stunningly beautiful and healthy place. An authentic place THE CONSERVATION BUYER PROGRAM – With this program, WRLC fi lled with breathtaking scenic views, abundant clean rivers and lakes, miles and miles of purchases conservation-worthy parcels and seeks to preserve them connected trails for hiking, biking, skiing, and horseback riding; and an accessible, clean through the sale to conservation-minded buyers. and safe great lake for world class fi shing, swimming, and boating. THE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM – This program is perhaps the most Development will be concentrated in historic urban areas such as Cleveland and Akron, important, as it ensures that the conservation values of the land and in historic Western Reserve villages such as Chagrin Falls, Brecksville, and Bay Village and, as the terms of conservation easements are being maintained. This is needed, in new areas that promote sustainable, community-oriented development. Working accomplished through annual visits with the landowners to each farms will fl ourish, supported by local markets that provide healthy and fresh produce that protected property. In addition to regular inspections, volunteer connects citizens to the land in a tangible, enduring way. Parks and preserves will provide service events are occasionally held to help clean up an area. people with a special connection to the land, a safe place where children can play, and a quality of life that attracts and retains as residents a great diversity of people. Finally, WRLC’s EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM incorporates education and outreach activities such as presentations to community WRLC inspires citizens throughout our region in the effort to protect land and water groups, landowner education gatherings, donor cultivation/education resources to positively impact our collective quality of life; to create a habitat that serves gatherings, public agency/government entity education, and public people. We envision a healthy, effi cient, and scenic landscape, a patchwork quilt of large events such as hikes and creek walks. WRLC also produces a full color natural areas connected by wildlife and river corridors, a beautiful region interspersed with journal several times a year, which we mail to our supporters. well-planned agricultural, residential, retail, and commercial development that supports the people of our region now and forever. 4 Western Reserve Land Conservancy Donors: Visionaries Conservators Guardians Stewards Mrs. Robert Kruse $25,000 and over $10,000 - $24,999 $5,000-$9,999 $1,500-$4,999 Mr. Dean Kulwicki Anonymous (3) Anonymous (4) Anonymous (5) Anonymous (3) The Bentz-Kuttner Charitable Fund Mr. Kenneth Kuttner and Ms. Laura Bentz Abington Foundation Doug & Lu Bannerman Gift Fund Barbara and Mike Bass Dick and Joan Ainsworth Jay and Julie Ankeney William and Bonny Lafave The Ames Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. W. Douglas Bannerman Melanie and Mark Biche Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Bower Mr. Edward Baker and Dr. Anna Van Heeckeren The Avis E. Singleton Lappin Fund Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ames Mr. Joseph P. Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Peter Broer Michael and Vivianne Barrett Mrs. Avis E. Lappin W. Bingham Foundation Black River Audubon Mrs. Walter M. Charman, Jr. Karen and Larry Bettcher Dr. Edith Lerner The George R. and Constance P. Lincoln Family Jean Blanche Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bolton The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bowen Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brandon Foundation The Cleveland Foundation Mrs. Rita Conway Ms. Carol Horner Donaldson Ann C. Briechle Mr. and Mrs. G. Russell Lincoln Corns Family Foundation The Higley Fund Cyrus Eaton Foundation Barbara Brown and Steve Ward Mr. & Mrs. Al Luzius Andrea Corns Hill Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Higley Jr. William O. & Gertrude L. Frohring Foundation Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Brubaker Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Lytle Evelyn Frohring Katie Corns Walker Mr. and Mrs. John Leech Gail and Don Butler Dr. and Mrs. John T. Makley Nancy Corns Littlehale Community Foundation of Lorain County Glenn Frohring Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGuire Barbara P. Corns Mr. and Mrs. Bassem A. Mansour Steve Szilagyi Mary Alice Cannon Mr. and Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan, III Fred Geis, Geis Companies Mr. and Mrs. Evan R. Corns Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Morris FirstEnergy Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Ron G. Harrington Mr. Mark Mittler The Dolphin Fund Mrs. Werner Mueller Mr. and Mrs. William Caster Mr. and Mrs. Ron M. Harrington Mrs. William B. Chamberlin, Jr. Laura and Lucian Moffi tt Foundation GAR Foundation William C. Mulligan Charitable Gift Fund Haslinger Family Foundation Mr. Richard and Dr. Jennifer Cochran Murphy Family Foundation Susan and Dick Grimm Mr. and Mrs. William Mulligan Melissa Haslinger Mr. and Mrs. Owen Colligan Mr. and Mrs. Brian Murphy The Grimm Family Foundation The Nord Family Foundation Hudson Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William E. Conway Mrs. Lucia Smith Nash Scott and Christy Hill Nordson Corporation Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hyde Patrick G. Coy and Karin L. Tanquist Mr. and Mrs. Paul Neidhardt Jon and Aimee Grimm The Orvis-Perkins Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation Robert R. and Gay C. Cull Family Foundation John and Karen Nestor Marion Olson Scott Grimm Ms. Molly B. Perkins Byron and Elsie Lutman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cull Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. deConingh Jr. Rory and Dedee O’Neil Tom and Katie Grimm Perkins Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McAfee Mr. and Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon Mr. and Mrs. David Dickenson II Corinne F. O’Neill Charitable Trust George Gund Foundation Faith E. Pescatore The Amanda Ford Morris Charitable Lead Trust Diane and Warren Farr Kenneth R. Parker Mr. and Mrs. David Halstead Carol and Bill Prior Mr. and Mrs. James Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Morris Fort Dodge Animal Health Jean C. and W. Greg Foust Fund Michael Pender Memorial Fund Herbert W. Hoover Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shaughnessy Susan Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Greg Foust Kathy and Jim Pender Louise H. & David S. Ingalls Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James C. Spira Mr. and Mrs. William O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. John Fulton Ms. Mary B. Perkins Barbara Brown Mr. Dominic Visconsi Park View Federal Savings Bank John Gannon and Julie Boland Mr. and Mrs. Emery C. Prior Redmond Ingalls Mr. & Mrs. James G. Watterson Pysht Fund William and Sarah Gardner Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin The Elizabeth B. Juliano Charitable Fund Lloyd & Louise Smith Foundation Alison W. Gee and David J. Eichenmiller Mary and Todd Ray Charitable Fund Ms. Elizabeth Juliano South Waite Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James Gerspacher Mr. and Mrs. Todd Ray Kathleen K. Leavenworth Mr. Brian Sherwin The Ginn Family Fund Mr. Harold Rohlik Mr. David Wilmot S. Livingston Mather Charitable Trust Mr. William D. Ginn Ms. Adrian Scott Julie and David Given Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Scovil Mr. and Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan, III Jean and Steve Gokorsch Kevin Sherman Mr. Thomas Offutt John Gresock and Teresa Holland-Gresock Mrs. Asa Shiverick, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lee McMannis The Hankins Foundation Ms. Stephanie Sires John P. Murphy Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Harnett David and Kelly Staats Ohio Lake Erie Commission Robert K. Healey and Family Sears Swetland Foundation William J. & Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation Peter Hellman Family Fund Dr. and Mrs. Michael Eppig Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hellman T. L. C. Landscaping, Inc. The Payne Fund Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hoffmann Annie and Frank Tait Mr. Charles Bolton Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland and Ms. Marjorie Muirden Nelson Talbott Foundation Ms. Barbara Bolton Gratry Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holland Mr. Nelson Talbott Mr. William Bolton Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Hollington, Jr. Renold Thompson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Franz Sauerland Ms. Karen Hoy C. Carlisle and Margaret M. Tippit Charitable Trust The Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust Ferdinand and Marguerite Jereb Mrs. C.C. Tippit Mr. and Mrs. Tom W. Johnson Anne and Tom Tormey The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Thomas Hoyt & Katherine Brooks Jones Family Fund U. S. Bank Community Fund Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mavec Mrs. Brooks Jones Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Mrs. Lucia Smith Nash Barbara and Michael Kaplan Mrs. John Hildt Charlotte E. Karson Mr. Kurt Treu Mrs. James Kehres Hal and Ronna Uhrman The Kendis Family Trust Livingston H. Ulf Mr. and Mrs. James Kendis The Weathertop Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kendis Mr. Thomas V. Vail Jr. We apologize for any omissions. Please contact Hal Rohlik preserved his 28 acres in Brunswick Hills, consisting Cynthia Knight Dr. Paul Vignos Leah Whidden at 440-729-9621 if your name of mature forests, a lake and a tributary to the Rocky River, in The Kohl Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William Weber has been omitted or if it is listed incorrectly. 2007. His land adjoins another WRLC protected property. Mr. and Mrs. John Kohl Mr. and Mrs. Blair M. Whidden Thank you. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kohn Carter and Genevieve Wilmot 5 Circle of Giving Planned Giving (Monthly Giving Program) Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bender Using Life Estates and Testamentary Gifts to Support Charitable Organizations Chris and Maureen Bunch Gail and Don Butler by Kim Van Sickler & Bob Owen Richard and Jennifer Cochran Herbert and Wanda Clark C. Beau Daane HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS Jean and Steve Gokorsch Marguerite (Marge) and Ferdinand (Fred) Jereb and Cynthia Szunyog love their homes. The Jerebs bought their ten acres in Tom and Marcy Herbert J. Jeffrey Holland and Marjorie Muirden Chesterland in 1964. The property had a cottage that they visited on weekends and then ten years later they began building their dream Sarah and Roger Ingraham residence—a Frank Lloyd Wright-style marvel designed by Jerry Weiss. This fi eld stone and stucco house is built into the steep hillside Bill and Laura Jordan with 88 steps and a footbridge leading to a pond. Fred proudly shows us their stream, orchard, and beehives that his niece now tends, Dr. and Mrs. James Kotapish Jr. Joan Long and abundant rhododendron bushes that erupt into a mantle of pink fl owers every spring. The Jerebs reminisce about the tornado of Diane Palker 1969 and the havoc it wreaked on their forest. But after tragedy comes new beginnings. The fallen cherry, birch, and maple wood is Geo and Nora Sindelar recycled now as paneling for their house. James Switzer and Gretchen Laatsch Leah and Blair Whidden Cynthia Szunyog grew up in the 1850’s brick house that she still calls home. The 93 acres in Medina that she tramped around with Carter and Genevieve Wilmot her mom, an amateur botanist and birder, is now residence to Cynthia and her husband, two dogs and eight cats. Her property contains mature forests, ravines, wetlands and tributaries to the Rocky River. She has been solicited by realtors and developers who want her land and lumber companies who are interested in her trees. “I was horrifi ed at the thought of my land being developed because I knew that I didn’t have total control over the future.”

THE SEED FOR PRESERVATION IS PLANTED Marge, a former NASA chief of computer systems and operations, also volunteered with the Geauga Soil & Water Conservation District. During one of the group’s meetings in the mid-1990’s, Chagrin River Land Conservancy’s (CRLC) Rich Cochran visited and talked about land preservation. The Jereb’s curiosity was piqued. There was already so much of them in their house and land—the thought of preserving it for future generations appealed to them. Also during the mid-1990’s Cynthia Szunyog retired from her job as a French teacher for the Lakewood city schools. Around this time, she received a letter in the mail from the Medina County Land Conservancy (MCLC). The letter invited her to attend a landowners meeting where the topic would be land preservation. Cynthia was intrigued. She attended the meeting, where she met Jeff Holland, now a trustee of Western Reserve Land Conservancy (WRLC). She liked what she heard; started attending board meetings, and then was elected to the MCLC board herself. Cynthia served as president of MCLC from 1997-2001, overseeing their merger with Summit County’s Revere Land Conservancy and the hiring of the land trust’s fi rst employee, executive director Chris Bunch.

TALK TURNS TO ACTION The Path the Jerebs Took Both the Jerebs and Cynthia were attracted to the idea of forever protecting the land that held such a strong connection to them. In 1998 the Jerebs granted CRLC a conservation easement on their ten acres, ensuring the property remain protected. Six months later they donated title of their ten acres to CRLC, retaining a life estate. In effect, they gave a future gift of their home and land to CRLC. They would continue to live in their home during their lives and after their death CRLC would receive full rights of ownership. Now as Western Reserve Land Conservancy (WRLC), we

6 will either retain ownership of the property or transfer title to another conservation group, but WRLC will always be responsible for stewarding the land. Since the Jereb’s protected their land, CRLC worked with the Geauga Park District to help them acquire an adjacent 73 acres that is now Sunnybrook Preserve. Addressing Cynthia’s Multiple Interests In 2002, Cynthia donated a conservation easement to the then Medina Summit Land Conservancy on the back half of her land. She split up her gift for a couple of reasons. For one, the donation of part of her land would achieve her purpose of preventing development, because according to Medina Township zoning regulations, the unprotected remainder did not have enough acreage to support a planned unit development. Cynthia also wanted to take full advantage of federal tax deductions, which at that time allowed charitable deductions for conservation easements to be spread over six years. Her plan was to donate a conservation easement on the rest of her land after the federal tax deduction ran out on the initial gift. To preserve her intention in case anything happened to her in the meantime, Cynthia revised her Will to direct that the remainder of her property was to be subject to a conservation easement as well. As it turns out, in 2007, Cynthia herself donated a conservation easement to WRLC on the remainder of her property, in order to take advantage of the more generous 2006 and 2007 federal Cynthia will always have plenty of room to walk her dogs on her 93 acres, pro- tax laws. WRLC now holds a conservation easement on the entire property. Her land will be tected with a conservation easement, with future ownership currently willed protected forever. Cynthia’s Will has been revised and currently gives ownership of the land to to two different non-profi t organizations. the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH) and the 1850’s house on a four-acre lot to a non-profi t group interested in preserving historic buildings.

SHARED VALUES BROUGHT THESE TWO FAMILIES TO THE SAME PLACE Life estates and testamentary gifts are excellent vehicles by which Conservation Easement and a Life Estate a person can make a charitable contribution upon death. Such ve- Neither the Jerebs nor Szunyogs have children. They also share an appreciation of the value hicles are often preferred for the simple reason that they provide of the land they call home. They’ve both taken their own paths to a similar decision—to preserve the donor with the use and benefi t of the asset during the donor’s their natural surroundings. The Jerebs granted a conservation easement on their land and donated lifetime, but offers an often substantial contribution to the charity upon the donor’s death. all ownership rights to their property while retaining the right to live on the property during their lifetimes. A life estate arises when a donor transfers his legal title (or owner- Conservation Easement and a Testamentary Gift ship) in an asset to another person or entity but reserves for himself the right to use and possess the asset during the donor’s lifetime. Cynthia Szunyog ultimately protected her entire homestead with a conservation easement The classic example is that of a homeowner who transfers title to her and also used her Will, a document that she has the power to alter until her death, to specify that home by recording a deed naming a charity as grantee, but reserves the new owners of the property will be two other non-profi ts. the right to live in and use the house until her death. While the gift is actually irrevocably made at the time the deed is recorded, it is Life estates and testamentary gifts are two examples of planned giving. They provide fl exibility not completed until the death of the homeowner. and control to the giver while also benefi ting a favorite non-profi t and creating a wonderful way to be remembered. WRLC appreciates these thoughtful gifts and welcomes the opportunity to A testamentary gift, on the other hand, is a gift that a person pre- answer your questions and understand your intentions in advance. For more information, contact pares to make during his/her lifetime but is not irrevocably made Rich Cochran at 440-729-9621. or completed until the death of that person. Gifts by Last Will and Testament are testamentary gifts because the individual can plan the gift and provide for it during his lifetime by including the terms and conditions of the gift in his Will; however, since a person is free to change his Will as often as he desires during his lifetime, the gift does not become irrevocable until the person’s death. 7 Mr. and Mrs. James L. Bayman Donors Mr. and Mrs. Ken Beck Stewardship Program Highlights Anonymous (4) Robert Beck Sherry Abell Horst and Maria Becker by Anne Murphy Roberta E. Aber Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Becker Louise Abrams and Robert Fuerst Marna Lilliedale Becker WRLC is committed to upholding the terms of our Academy Communications, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William Behnke Louise Acheson Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bender conservation easements in perpetuity. Once we have preserved Ellen Adams Stanley S. Benjamin a property, our stewardship department is responsible for Mr. Richard C. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Bennett Walt and Nancy Adams Ms. Leigh Bennett cultivating an ongoing relationship with the landowner and Stanley and Hope Adelstein Patricia Bennett monitoring that property on an annual basis. With more than 200 Adler Family Philanthropic Fund Edward and Mary Benzel Rosalyn and Norman Adler David Benzing properties now preserved, our stewardship staff has been busy Thomas W. and Joann Adler Family Lizette Benzing exploring the Western Reserve region and getting acquainted Philanthropic Fund David and Susan Bercheck Tom and Joanie Adler Mr. and Mrs. Gary Beres with new faces and places during the past year. Raj Aggarwal Mr. Richard Berg Mr. and Mrs. Edward Aiken Barbara Berg While we are out in the fi eld walking these beautiful preserved Marnie and Wayne Albers Dr. John and Dr. Wilma Bergfeld properties, we take along a sophisticated global positioning Dr. Elizabeth Albrecht Mr. Irving S. Bergrin Mr. and Mrs. Mark Allen Charles Berkey system (GPS) unit to help us locate property boundaries, a camera Amherst Garden Club D. A. Berlincourt to capture any changes to the land since our last visit, and maps R. John Anderson Barbara Bernard Mr. Glenn Anderson David H. Berns to keep us oriented. The monitoring visits help us detect any Dr. and Mrs. Michael E. Anderson Ralph and Linda Berry changes to the property and allow us an opportunity to touch Jeanne Anderson Robert Berry Ken Anderson and Karin Knutsen Jim and Maryann Betz base with the landowner. We’ve had some amazing experiences Barbara K. Andreas Ann Beursken visiting these properties during the past year. We’ve been chased Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bidwell Henry C. Annable Binder Family by goats, caught in sudden thunderstorms and the occasional Tom and Katie Morley and children at the Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Anthony Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Birckline blizzard, and fallen in numerous rivers and wetlands while Paul Appelbaum and Lee Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bissell Muggleton tree planting. Kayla Applebaum Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bittenbender attempting to cross – but we love Linda and Bo Arbogast Linda and Lane Blackburn what we do and are grateful for any Mr. and Mrs. Steven Armington Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blake Ms. Sandra Arnold Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Blake experience that puts us in touch with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Arny Mr. and Mrs. Jack Blakeslee the land and the wonderful people Mr. James Artz and Ms. Jan Jones Suzanne and Jim Blaser Shirley Ashby Mr. Roger Blatnick that make our work possible. We’re Celeste and Peter Asmar Mr. Louis J. Bloomfi eld looking forward to completing our Atlas Steel Products Co. David Blosser and Lillian Harper Tom and Colleen Austin Richard and Viola Blount latest monitoring season this fall and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Aveni Ken and Grace Blower gearing up for another year of visits Becky Babcox Richard J. Blum and Harriet L. Warm Bruce and Johanna Bacik Jeffrey and Kim Blumer come springtime. Mr. Ergun Baharoglu Mr. and Mrs. John Bobel Robert and Ingrid Bahler Michael and Georgia Bobryk Mrs. Kenneth Baker Joyce and David Bock South Woods/Ramsey Right-of-Way cleanup Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Baldwin II Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bonebrake during Oberlin/Lorain County Pride Day. Dr. Les Ballard Bob and Marne Boone Sara Balogh Mr. Stuart Borden Deborah Banyas and T. P. Speer Jack and Jan Borkey Mr. Robert Briggs Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brownell II William and Patricia Butler Mr. Philip Campbell Mr. and Mrs. James Barker Dr. Gregory P. Borkowski Mr. Dick Brockett Richard C. and Carolee Brunken Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Butler Mr. Michael Cannon and Ms. Marie Saul Rita R. Barnes Mr. and Mrs. David Borsani Maryanne Bromelmeier Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Bucey Mr. and Mrs. David Butz Susan and David Cannon Mr. and Mrs. William Barnes, IV Robert Botti Bill and Holly Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Buchanan Amy Cadle The Carfagna Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Patterson Barnes Thomas D. and Jean C. Bowen Mr. and Mrs. William L. Brooks Ms. Ann Buchanan Mr. Harry Cagin Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Carfagna William Barnes Ms. Susann P. Bowers Mr. and Mrs. William S. Brooks Frank and Leslie Buck Mr. Charles Calder Andi and Larry Carlini Thomas Barratt Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Bowman James and Jamie Brotherton J. Budzilek Catharina Meints Caldwell Kay Carlson David S. Barrie Carol Boyd Brown Architects Inc. Buehler Food Markets Davis Caldwell Ron and Cathi Carmany Wilma Bartholomay Mark Braford Carl and Susi Brown Chris and Maureen Bunch Rob Calhoun and Elizabeth Wilmer Dorothy Carney Amy Bartter Mr. Michael Bramson Clare and Wes Brown Mr. Richard Buoncore Benjamin Calkins Mr. and Mrs. David J. Carpenter Mrs. Emerson L. Batdorff Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brandt Doug and Linda Brown Mr. Robert Burge Vera Camden Nancy and Bill Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bathgate Dr. Gregory C. Brant Mr. George Brown Jr. Michele Burgess Mark Cammock Carpet Country Inc. Tom and Judy Bauer Barbara L. Breedon Kenneth L. and Nancy E. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burke Mark and Barbara Camp Mr. David M. Carr Craig and Janine Bauman R. William Breitzig Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Brown Mr. Lee Burkons David and Trisha Campbell Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Carr Dr. Irene H. Bautista Ann and David Brennan The Honorable Sherrod Brown & Connie Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Busch Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. William M. Carran, Jr. Marilyn Bayer and Harris Levine Louise Brick Will and Kristin Brown J. C. and Helen Rankin Butler Judith Campbell Virginia P. Carrol 8 New Public Parks Highlights in FY2007 by Carla Macklin and Mark Skowronski

SOUTH RUSSELL ACQUIRES NEW PRESERVE GROWING THE PORTAGE PARK DISTRICT NEW PARK CREATED IN THE VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD The Village of South Russell, in partnership with In December 2006, WRLC transferred two The Village of Richfield acquired this 28-acre WRLC, recently acquired the last remaining farm in properties to the Portage Park District for permanent property with assistance from the Clean Ohio the Village. After a decade of planning, the majority of preservation as parkland. The fi rst, a 23-acre property Greenspace Fund and WRLC. The property drains into the 104-acre Muggleton Farm will fi nally be preserved located in Brimfi eld Township, contains forests and a Yellow Creek and the East Branch of the Rocky River as a public park. A large portion of the property will tributary to the Cuyahoga River. The second, a 48-acre watersheds and contains vernal pools and wetlands. be restored from its current agricultural condition to property located in Streetsboro, consists of 15 acres of The area was previously farmed but will be allowed native grasslands and mature forest. Preservation of wetlands that drain into Tinkers Creek. to revert back to its natural forested condition for the the Muggleton Farm completes a 434-acre anchor enjoyment of the public. area of protected land in South Russell and Bainbridge Township.

New South Russell parkland. New Portage Park District property. Conservation easement donor Charlotte Karson and her husband Eric Daiber on the new Richfi eld Park property.

John R. Carter Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Clark Richard and Diane Collier Linda M. Costello Mr. and Mrs. James E. Culver The Davey Family Mr. and Mrs. Lucien H. Case Mrs. J. Warner Clark Cynthia H. Comer Mr. and Mrs. Barring Coughlin Michael Cunningham and Andrea Dawson Beth and Steve Davidian Edward and Susanne Cass Kathryn and Fred Clarke Community Church of Chesterland Jane D. Coven Carol and Ted Curtis Mr. John B. Davidson Debbie Casseday Kip and Allison Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Comunale Eugene L. Cox Bob and Sue Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Grover Davis Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Castle Mr. Earl Clausson and Ms. Sarah Malcolm Mr. and Mrs. Richard Connor Mr. Wayne Cox Pitt and Sally Curtiss Lois Joan Davis Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Castro Susan Clayton Chris and Patty Cook Dan and Cheryl Cragin Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cusick Rebecca De Bolt Mrs. Marcia B. Catalano Mr. and Mrs. George Clemens Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cook Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Crawford Mr. C. Beau Daane Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Dean Century Equipment George and Pat Clemens James and Maureen Cook Glenn and Mary Crawford Charley and Betsy Daane Kate Debo Chagrin Valley Jaycees Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Cleminshaw Rick and Suzanne Cooper Christine Craycroft Mr. and Mrs. David Daberko Phyllis J. DeMark Edith Chase Cleveland Chapter Hog Natalie and Paul Cooper Bruce and Betty Crittenden Bob and Carol Dakin Marilyn P. Demeter Mr. and Mrs. David Chew John and Elizabeth Click Tom S. and Miwako K. Cooperrider Christine Croissant and Chip Weinberg Margit K. Daley Thomas J. Denbow and Barbara Clint Kristin Chilton Sandy and Gaye Coakley Joseph and Sara Copeland Samantha and Amos Crowley Kathi Damitz-SirLouis Cindy and Jon Denney Mr. and Mrs. Homer D. W. Chisholm David and Sandra Cobb Michael and Paulette Coppola CT Consultants Mr. Norm Damm Kathleen Dennis Ken and Heather Christensen Cohen & Company Wiley Cornell and Richard Marschner Mr. and Mrs. John Cubar Peter W. Danford Mr. Guy Denny Christopher Tool & Mfg. Co. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cole Mr. and Mrs. John Corogin Cheri and Fred Cuffari Andrew and Kathleen Dangelo Pat & Don Denny Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark Mr. Charles Colitre Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Corrado Michael Cullen Mrs. Allen Daniels Mr. and Mrs. Gary Desberg 9 Dr. Nancy G. Deucker Mr. and Mrs. John Finley Arden and Peggy DeYoung Dr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Finn STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION Mark DeYoung and Heather Elmer Ruth and Vincent Fiordalis Roderick A. Dibble Stanley Fischer Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Dick Mrs. Thomas Fisher July 1, 2006 Changes June 30, 2007 Dave and Sherrie Dickens Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fisher Mr. James A. Dingus Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Fissel ASSETS Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. Distad Mr. John D. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Perry Doermann Kathleen Flanagan Dick and Marilyn Doerr Michelle D. Flanigan Cash and Cash Equivalents ...... $2,867,155 ...... $455,475 ...... $3,322,630 Mr. Matthew J. Dolan Mrs. Dana Flenner Accounts Receivable ...... 1,797,665 ...... (793,090) ...... 1,004,575 RR Donnelley Foundation Carol Fondran Phyllis Donnelly-Ingold Signe and Casey Forbes Real Property ...... 8,002,039 ...... (4,694,105) ...... 3,307,934 Linda and Jim Donovan Fork and Hoe Garden Club Fixed Assets ...... 26,329 ...... 45,341 ...... 71,670 Eddie Dooner Louise M. Foster Michael Doudican Mr. Aaron Fox Other Assets ...... 7,139 ...... 7,066 ...... 14,205 Matthew and Debby Downing Tom and Rosalie Franek Dr. Christine B. Dresser Mark Frank Jane Drexler Andy and Cindy Frantz John and Chris Drinko Bill Fraser Total Assets ...... 12,700,327 ...... (4,979,313) ...... 7,721,014 James M. Drozdowski Freedom Harley-Davidson, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Druckenbrod Mark and Margee Frey Drs. Vichai and Patra Duangjak Evelyn R. Frohring Paula Dubaniewicz Mr. and Mrs. William Fuchsman Genny and Franck Dubey Ann L. Fuller LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE Kimberly A. Dudek Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Fuller Mr. Jim Duffy James and Todd Fulmer Jim Dull Stella and David Fulton Accounts Payable ...... 2,334,070 ...... (2,283,429) ...... 50,641 Mrs. Ralph L. Dunn Funny times Peace Fund Mr. Melvyn Durchslag George and Loretta Furey Other Liabilities ...... 5,153,531 ...... (2,797,704) ...... 2,355,827 Mr. David Dvorak Sue Gaetjens John Dyer III Sean and Jeni Gaffney Early Morning Garden Club Garden Club of Cleveland Total Liabilities ...... 7,487,601 ...... (5,081,133) ...... 2,406,468 Bill and Linda Eberhard Garden Club of Wadsworth Tom Ebner Mr. Todd E. Gardiner E. Anne Eddowes Rudolph H. Garfi eld NET ASSETS Bob and Dottie Ehlers Bill and Judy Garvey Christopher and Jayne Eiben George J. Gauthier Mr. S. Stuart Eilers Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gazdag Unrestricted ...... 1,847,043 ...... 243,783 ...... 2,090,826 Phyllis Patton Ekelman GC Supply, Inc. Mr. Othmar Elber Robert W. and Helen Gelbach Temporarily Restricted ...... 3,365,683 ...... (141,963) ...... 3,223,720 Mr. and Mrs. Oliver F. Emerson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gensemer Mr. and Mrs. Roger K. Emmons Dr. and Mrs. Don J. Germano Mr. and Mrs. John W. Epprecht Gertman Family Philanthropic Fund Total Net Assets ...... 5,212,726 ...... 101,820 ...... 5,314,546 Dr. and Mrs. Ibrahim Eren Mr. Stuart Gertman Mr. and Mrs. William Erickson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Getz Erie Soil & Water Conservation District Michael and Barbara Giarrizzo Sandra Erlanger Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Gibson Total Liabilities and Net Assets ...... $12,700,327 ...... $(4,979,313) ...... $7,721,014 Ms. Joan Ernst Charles E. Gibson Hugh and Libby Erwin Jr. The Gibson Network, Inc. Jennifer Evans Ms. Linda K. Gilbert Mrs. Phyllis H. Evans Doris Gilbert Ron and Rita Greenbaum Ann and Marty Gulbransen Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hardenburgh Ms. Mary Heffernan David and Olivia Factor Charles H. & Fannie M. Giles Mr. Donald H. Greene Mr. and Mrs. William E. Gunton Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hardy Mr. and Mrs. James Heighway Mr. Gerald A. Fallon Memorial Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Greiner Jr. Lainie Hadden Mr. John Harley and Ms. Judy Ernest Nancy and Jeff Heinen Bruce A. Farkas Nancy S. Gilkeson Janet L. Gremba Corinne Hadley Donald Harley and Holly Crabill Mr. Wilson Heller Robert E. Farmer, Jr. and Mr. Christopher D. Gilmore Laurel Gress Hageman Family Foundation Mr. Roy Harriger Preston Heller Jr. Clare I. Mcguinness, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ginn Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Gretter Clark A. Hahn Martha D. Harvey Eleanor Helper Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Fath Alda and Nick Giorgianni Larry and Michelle Grewe Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Haibach Ms. Mary Haskins Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henck Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Faubel Mr. and Mrs. David Gleason Peter and Joanne Griesinger Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hale Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hatch Norman and Marjorie Henderson Dr. and Mrs. V. W. Fazio Nancy and Ted Goble Mr. and Mrs. Tom Grimm Richard and Prudence Hall Mr. and Mrs. William Hatch Dr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Hendrikson Ms. Grace Murray Fedor Pamela and Richard Goetsch Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grimm Mrs. Dona May Hall Janet and Paul Havener Mr. and Mrs. Joe Henninger Drs. Betsy and John Feighan Dr. and Mrs. Victor M. Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Bill Groetz Mr. and Mrs. James R. Halloran Lary A. Hawgood Mr. and Mrs. Tom Herbert Ray and Natalie Feldman David J. Golden Dr. and Mrs. Francis R. Gross Patrick and Melissa Hammond Rickard Hawksley and Joan Inderhees Peter Herbruck and Pamela Mascio Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fenn Mr. Herbert I. Goulder Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gruden Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hanna Lou Ann Hayes Ann Herbruck Peter and Suzanne Fielder Mr. and Mrs. George J. Grabner Thomas and Claudia Gruen Mr. and Mrs. Stanley I. Hanover Dorothy and John Hazen Mrs. George Hess Mike and Heidi Figas Susan and Chris Grant Mary Ann and Boyd Grumbling Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Hansler Mr. Bruce Hearey Timothy and Deborah Hess Mr. and Mrs. John Fike Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Gratry Ovidia Guaderrama Dr. and Mrs. Jon A. Hardacre Mr. and Mrs. Michael Heater Chip and Anne Hess Mr. Keith W. Filip Mr. Alvin L. Gray Jim and Sherry Guidetti Amy Hardacre Mr. Wayne Hedrick Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hetrick 10 Todd and Mary Ray, their son and two dogs all STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES have plenty of room to stand in front of their gigantic white oak tree, protected forever, % along with their 53 acres in Munson. REVENUE FY2007 Revenue

Sale of Conservation Property ...... $ 5,298,644 ...... 57% Foundation Grants ...... 699,250 ...... 8% Individual Donors ...... 2,984,039 ...... 32% Program Related Revenue ...... 165,427 ...... 2% Special Events Net Revenue ...... 12,451 ...... 0% Interest & Investment Revenue ...... 121,835 ...... 1%

Total Revenue ...... 9,281,646 ...... 100%

EXPENSE

Program ...... 8,429,263 ...... 91% Fundraising ...... 307,566 ...... 3% Management and General ...... 467,548 ...... 5%

These future mountain climbers are learning Total Expense ...... 9,204,377 ...... 99% fi rst-hand how challenging it is to climb vertical shale cliffs. Photo taken along the Chagrin River in Willoughby Hills. REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPENSES ..... $ 77,269 ...... 1%

“Let us leave a splendid legacy for our children… Did you know… let us turn to them and say, this is your inheritance: guard it well, for it is far more precious than money… and once destroyed, of the $9,204,377 WRLC spent last year in pursuit of our mission, 91% was spent to directly advance our mission or on program-related expenses, while only 5% was attributed to nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.” overhead and 3% was related to fundraising expenses? ANSEL ADAMS

Tom and Peggy Heydinger Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Holzman Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Hridel David Irvine and Claire Oberst Jon and Mary Lee Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaplansky Mrs. Charles Hickox Homestead Insurance Agency Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Hruby Laurence G. Isard Stephen C. and Lisa R. Jett Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hicks David and Nancy Hooker Bentley and Mary Hudson Donna Isroff Vernon and Marlene Jividen Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Karlovec Mr. and Mrs. William Hinks John and Pam Hoopingarner Ms. Karen Huebner Jean A. and John C. Jacobs Ellen and Merritt Johnquest Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kasa Edith F. Hirsch Tom and Marsha Hopkins Marguerite Humphrey Dr. and Mrs. Adam Jacobs Carolyn Johnson Carole and David Kass Dr. William and Laura Hlavin Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hopping Mr. Robert L. Hunker Ms. Helen L. Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Glen Johnson Terrance and Loretta Kasza Clinton Hobbs Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Horsburgh Patsy Hunley Ms. Marci Janas Doug Johnson and Tracy Wallach Mrs. David Kaufman Mark and Awnhee Hoberecht Mrs. Janey R. Horth Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Huntsberger Mr. Owen Jander Mr. William Jones Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kaufman Scott and Mary Jo Hoehnen Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Horton Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hutton Paul and Chris Janicki David and Kathy Jones Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kawalics Mark and Ellen Hoffman Richard A. Horvitz Foundation Richard Hyams and Marisabel Matta Mr. and Mrs. William Janota Scot and Lynn Josefsen Dr. C. William and Ardith M. Keck Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hofstetter Mr. Richard Horvitz Jeff and Suzi Hyde Jennifer and Scott Jared John and Barbara Joseph Evelyn A. Keefer Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hogan III P. Wayne and Patricia Hosmer Mike and Tina Hylant Susan and Stanley Jaros Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Jouriles Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Keesey Holden Arboretum Daniel D. Hostetler Debra Illes Ray and Peggy Jarrett Dave and Kelly Joyce Jeff and Jackie Kehnle Shirley Holdt Leslie and Peter Howell Mr. Redmond Ingalls John and Virginia Jeandrevin Barbara and Jim Jung Joseph P. and Nancy F. Keithley Mr. and Mrs. John Hollister, Jr. Lorie and Nick Howley Jasper and Fern Ingersoll Mr. Norman Jeavons Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Juster Foundation Mary Louise Holly Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howley Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Inkley Nancy and Ed Jeffery Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Kalberer Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Keithley Ralph and Rita Holt Mr. Peter Hoyt Ms. Sabrina Inkley Tom and Anne Jenkins Mario Kamionkowski and Mary Vidmar David W. Kellogg 11 Mr. and Mrs. J. Kemmerling Dr. and Mrs. Sam E. Kinney Bill and Jean Koehler John and Linda Krieger Lynn Landmesser JoAnn and William Leavenworth Frank J. Kendrick Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Kirchick Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Koenig Robert R. Krihwan Mr. John Lane Tim and Kathy Leciejewski Jen Kendro Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Kirk Keith Koenning and Patricia Murphy Kay M. Kritzer Ms. Theresa Lanesky Mr. and Mrs. E. Dennis Lehman Susan R. Kent Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kirk Carol Koethe Ms. Fae Krokey Ms. Sally Lang Mr. and Mrs. Tom Leib Ms. Nancy Kepner Andy and Kristin Kirkpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Charles Koller Marjorie B. Krupansky Sue and Terry Lang Ben and Pam Lenz Keith Kerman and Debra Leizman Paul Klatte and Nancy Garlisi Mr. and Mrs. William G. Koons John C. Kuhn George H. Langeler Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leonetti Dennis and Mildred Kerwin Nina Klein MD Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koosed Mr. and Mrs. J. Andrew Kundtz Hal and Susan LaPine Ms. Susan Lepp Steve and Denise Kestner Mrs. Alan R. Klein Ron & Linda Kooser Dr. and Mrs. Ewald E. Kundtz, III Mr. Tim LaRiche Donald Lerner Key Foundation Jimmy and Lynn Kleinman Jo Ellen Korman Dr. Robert S. Kunkel Dick and Libby Larrabee Richard A. and Sharon L. Leskovec Barbara H. Kichler Dan and Carol Klimas Mr. James Korode Bill Kurtinaitis Gretchen and Bob Larson Dr. Hugh J. Leslie Jr. Bob and Betty Kiley Klimek Family Dr. and Mrs. James Kotapish Jr. Gene P. Kurzen Mr. and Mrs. John Lasch Mr. Raymond Lesser and Ms. Susan Mr. and Mrs. Eric Kimball Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klingshirn Ronald Kotkowski Carane L. Ladd Dr. and Mrs. Martin G. Laskey Wolpert Mr. Henry King Jr. Pete and Paula Klonk Carole C. Kowell Ms. Constance Laessig Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Lasko Ms. Tracy Leverentz Benjamin A. King Ms. Ann Klotz Lisa Kraemer Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. LaFave Jr. Nancy and Neal Lavelle Mr. & Mrs. James R. Levine Liz and Dave King George and Phyllis Knepper Charlotte R. Kramer Jean and Jim Lamkin John and Beth Lawton Ms. Marcia Levine Tom and Debbie King Melody Knipshild Mr. and Mrs. Richard Krause Muriel Lamppert Joan and Michael Lax Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis

10,000 FY 2007 LAND PROTECTION TOTALS 9000 WRLC has protected 203 properties within eight counties of the Western Reserve. The pie chart shows the breakdown, by county, of the 9,807 acres 8000 protected by WRLC.* 7000

6000 NUMBER OF ACRES PROTECTED BY COUNTY Acres Protected - Running Total

858 Acres 5000 Trumbull County 1,283 Acres Cuyahoga County 4000 434 Acres Summit County 3000 ACRES 1,387 Acres Portage County 2000

1000

0 466 Acres Medina County

Year 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 323 Acres YEAR Lorain County 4,951 Acres ACRES PROTECTED - RUNNING TOTAL 105 Acres Geauga County Lake County Since 1987, WRLC has preserved 9,807 acres.* Please note that the 2007 totals are for the fi rst half of the calendar year only.

*Just prior to printing this Report, in September 2007, WRLC crossed the 10,000-acre threshold of preserved land. 12 Mr. Fen Lewis George W. McCabe John Lillich Rich and Cheryl McClellan FY07 PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES Mr and Mrs. John Limbocker Jr. Alex and Jennifer McClennan Nicole and Deej Lincoln Chuck and Judy McConnell WRLC secured $3,753,542 from local, state, and federal Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lindh Nancy McCormack Rebecca Linnean Mr. and Mrs. James McCormick funding sources to fund ten land protection projects. The Mr. Richard K. Lintern Betty J. McCray majority of FY2007 public funding came from the State’s Karl Liske and Garnet Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. McCreery Mr. Harvey Lisle Patrick and Jane McCullagh Clean Ohio Fund. Chris Littman and Brooke Biggar Jane and Bill McCullam Mr. and Mrs. Dave Livingston Mr. and Mrs. Stephen McCurley Molly and John Logan E. McDowell Joan Long Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McDowell Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lopatkovich Harry and Beverley McEachern Fred Losi Malcolm and Marnie McFarland Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Lowe, Sr. Mr. Larry McFarland Nan Jamieson Lowerre Mr. and Mrs. Joe McGlamery FY07 PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES Ms. Diane Lucas Mr. and Mrs. Jack McGrath Betsey L. Luce Nancy and William McGrath Stephen M. Luczek, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Edward McHenry Local - 13% Randall and Sari Luke Mr. Robert S. McIlroy $470,527 Dale and Val Lumby Jim and Nancy McKee Federal - 11% Dale and Mary Lyndall Thomas McKee Betty Lynham Rush McKnight $424,921 Ms. Jeanne Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Steve McLaughlin Peter and Kathleen Mac Ewan Mr. John McNally Mr. and Mrs. Robert Macintyre Medina County Fund Betsy Mackenzie Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Medinger Mr. and Mrs. Tim Mackin Ms. Marie Meehan Ms. Linda Macklin Ms. Amanda Meitz Craig and Carla Macklin Mr. Mel Mellis and Ms. Susan Murphy Sheldon and Marilyn MacLeod Alan and Mary Melnyk Mrs. Dorothy MacNab Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mendes State - 76% Anna Maerean Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Merriman $2,858,621 Della and Ben Magee Walter and Gigi Metcalf Frank and Gail Maimone Jan and Tom Mettee Michael and June Mancuso Lynn and Ed Metzger John and Teresa Mannen Mr. and Mrs. William Meyer S. Manning and John M. Kundtz Mr. and Mrs. Trent M. Meyerhoefer Elizabeth B. Manning Mid-State Golf Car Mrs. John S. Manuel Jeff and Jackie Miles Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manuel John and Laura Milgram “Over the long haul of life on this planet, Rick and Polly Marabito Lee and Linda Miller Gid Marcinkevicius and Julia Burgess Jane Miller it is the ecologist, and not the bookkeepers of business, Kevin and Sheila Margolis Mr. David P. Miller 7-D Marketing Inc. Linda Miller who are the ultimate accountants.” Mr. and Mrs. Vincent G. Marotta, Jr. Edward Miller, MD Sandra Marsh Miller Family Foundation STEWART UDALL Autumn colors Photo by Connie Oney Dr. and Mrs. James Marshall Mr. William M. Mills Barb and John Marshall Ms. Patricia Mills Ms. Barbara Marshall Dr. Arnold Milner Merilee Marshall Jerry and Holly Mineard Charles & Susan Marston Ms. Andrea S. Minton Katherine and Richard Moroscak Thomas J. Mullaney Karen and Rob Nathan William L. Norwick Drs. Richard and Patricia Martin Pat and Don Mitchell Mr. Charles Morrill Beatrice Muller Mrs. Charles Neff Robert J. Norwick Jr. Dr. William R. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mlakar Mr. and Mrs. Warren Morris Amy and Pat Mullin Dan Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Novak Mrs. Walter Marting Mr. James P. Mockler Ms. Vickie Morris Robert and Tamilyn Munson Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Neubauer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’ Reilly Nancy Martt Mrs. Walter E. Moll Mr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Morris Munson Township Trustees Mr. Charles Neuger Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O’Connor Ms. June Maslanka Don Molten Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Morrison Thomas O. Murphy Paul A. Neundorfer Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Donnell Ms. Lynn Mason John and Mary Moore Mortensen’s GreenHouse Paul T. Murphy, Co. L.P.A. Mr. Michael Neundorfer Mr. and Mrs. William O’Donnell Jr. Masters and Associates Mr. and Mrs. Donald Moos Larry and Sophia Morton Larry and Mary Murray Helen and Allan Newman T. P. and Mariann Offtermatt George Mateyo & Jeanne Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Mike Moran Jan and Linda Moskowitz Lawrence and Lori Musarra Mr. and Mrs. James W. Nichols, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Patrick O’Hara Catherine P. Matousek Cassandra Moran Dr. and Mrs. Nelson Mostow Mr. and Mrs. John Musson Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Nicklaus Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition Charles and Nancy Matthews Mr. Robert O. Moravec Mr. Joseph Mosyjowski Mustard Seed Market & Cafe Mr. and Mrs. Terence Nickolette Mr. and Mrs. Igor Olefi r Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Matz Michael and Nancy Morel Bert and Marjorie Moyar Rita F. Nagusky Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Noall Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Olmsted Mayfi eld Village Garden Club Ann J. Morgan Bob and Elaine Mravetz Peter Naguski David L. and Patricia W. Nobili Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Olson Mr. and Mrs. McAnlis Stanley Morganstern Karen and Wally Mueller S. Bruce and Cynthia Campbell Nairn The Eric and Jane Nord Foundation Jay and Heidi O’Neill Tim and Carol McArthy Mr. and Ms. Thomas Morley Mr. John Mueller Mr. Peter B. Narten Eric and Jane Nord Ms. Rita O’Neill Tom and Cas McBride Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Moroney Mulberry Creek Herb Farm Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Nash Benjamin G. and Jane Norton Lydia Bruner Oppmann 13 Rick and Debbie Oprzadek Mr. John Pais Ms. Jeanne Pease John C. and Janice K. Pierson Gail Powell Dr. Erwin and Mary Ann Rabin John and Jean Orlando Diane Palker Dr. and Mrs. Donald Pensiero Stanley G. Pijor Mr. Richard T. Prasse Betsy Rader Russell O’Rourke and Georgia Froelich Mr. and Mrs. William A. Papenbrock Ms. Marjorie Percy Kate Pilacky and Mr. David DiTullio Gayle and Don Prebis Susanne and John Rahilly Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Osborn Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pappalardo Lawrence J. Perk Mr. Tom Pilacky Ken Press and Tim Downing Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ramerman Phil and Katie Osborn Larry and Nancy Parella Mr. Perry K. Peskin Karen Heider Pilarski and Joseph Heider Dale and Kim Preston Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Randall Mr. and Mrs. William Osborne John and Gail Park Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pesses Mr. and Mrs. Terrell Pim Laurie Price Paul Rander and Joy Willmott Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ostendorf Barbara and T Parkinson Mr. and Mrs. David Peters Ms. Charlotte Piske Franklin Price M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne Rankin Ken and Helen Ostermiller Partners Environmental Consulting, Inc. Ms. Jennifer Peters Mr. and Mrs. Tim Pistell Kurt and Carolyn Princic Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Jane and Jon Outcalt Mr. and Mrs. Pascucci Mrs. Robert C. Petersen Mr. Donald Plzak Susan Prior Bruce Rankin Ken and Katie Outcalt Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Patchan Mr. John Petersen and Ms. Nancy London Dan and Andrea Pollock Jo Proffi tt Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Rankin Mildred Owen-Weedon Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Pate Sam Petros Jeffrey Pollock and Martha Brandt Pollock The Progressive Insurance Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Arliss Ratliff Mr. Robert T. Page Ann G. Patella Dr. and Mrs. Gosta Pettersson Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ponsky Ms. Brenda Pruitt Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ratner Mr. and Mrs. Christopher I. Page Priscilla Patterson Joan and Roger Pettibone Mr. and Mrs. Frank Porter, Jr. Jim and Linda Puffenberger Mr. Frank Rausche Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Eliot Paine Robert and Ruth Paul Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pfeiffer Joel Porter and Nancy Ray Mr. Robert H. Pugsley Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rayner Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Paine Dorothy Rollins Pauly Dennis and Donna Pfouts Richard and Suzanne Potts Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Putnam Jr. Roger and Judy Read Randy and Amy Paine Dr. and Mrs. Mahmood Pazirandeh Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Pierre C. Thomas Powell Mr. and Mrs. William H. Quandt Michael Reagan

The Creation of Forest Ridge from Charles Lang

Mark Skowronski e-mailed asking of me a seemingly simple task, “Charles, So instead, we chose our- would you write in a paragraph about why you chose preservation, what your selves to be the grantors of the land means to you, et cetera?” preservation deeds while well I thought that was a daunting task. Explaining our reasoning and thus answer- alive and able to enjoy doing ing his question would be easy, but to reduce those answers to one paragraph so. Yes, we could have waited would be impossible. I thought of the time we have been here on Chagrin River until death to preserve it; but Road and how we measure land dealings in decades. One paragraph could not do why wait? It is a wonderful meaningful justice to help another landowner consider what motivated our charity feeling to part with real prop- and to ponder the same. Space limitations being what they are for articles, the full erty knowing what its future tale will remain untold. But to prevent the publication of some synopsis guess at “forever” will be. The perpetu- why we did what we did, let me endeavor to pinpoint in just a few paragraphs ity of this land as a passive park the gist of our motivation. certainly held great appeal, for now anyone who cares can Through life experiences, most notably the premature loss of my father, we come to enjoy the land as it has been and will be. In so doing, we also know for have accepted the fact that it was necessary for us to actively decide the fate of certain that with the deed now held by the Village of Moreland Hills and a conser- this cherished property rather than adopting a wait-and-see attitude. Consider this vation easement held by Western Reserve Land Conservancy, our contribution to result – we die and the “For Sale” sign goes up (read: to the highest bidder, who is Forest Ridge Preserve can not be sold for development (which could have resulted almost always a developer). Just look around and you see regularly that as an elder in a mere 31 new monster homes popping up on those hills). generation passes, the property too often goes on the block. Perhaps it is because no one sibling can afford to keep it or none cares suffi ciently to want it to remain There is a clear charitable choice made to receive less value by preserving one’s in the family, but either way the end result is the same. In months (or sometimes land rather than having it sold to a developer. But if you don’t need the develop- sadly in just days) the inheritors abandon by sale property that was nurtured and ment value during your lifetime, one should easily be able to preserve the land cherished. Sadly, then, they just pocket their share of the proceeds from another’s with no harm to self fi nancially, in fact only benefi t. “What about your children lifetime. Tender as we are in years on this earth, we are the elder generation with and grandchildren, you may be asking yourself?” Ponder well that you can still respect to the Langs’ tenure on Chagrin River Road and that is a responsible role. give them everything else on your death--other than the ability to destroy that With the swirl of a pen in a fl owing signature we could preserve or destroy a vast which should be preserved– the historic realty. array of landscape across from the Polo Field and that result would last forever. I would ultimately surmise that the certainty of our deaths, hopefully some It just did not seem right for us to have fought so many years to hold on to this day far in the future, caused us to decide today the eternal preservation fate of this terra fi rma to ultimately let its fate go upon our deaths. portion of Chagrin River Road. 1414 Lynn P. Reboul Mr. and Mrs. Peter Salk Mr. Robert C. Reed Jr. Bob Salmen Ways to Give to WRLC Mary S. Reed Frances Salmen James and Esther Rehmus Jacqueline and Frank Samuel There are many ways that you can contribute to the fi nancial success The Reid Family Mr. and Mrs. David Sandberg Lori and Doug Reighart Steve and Anne Sanford of Western Reserve Land Conservancy. Please contact Leah Whidden or Pauline Reimer Mr. and Mrs. Nelson L. Sanger Jean Gokorsch for more information at 440-729-9621. Mary Reinthal Mr. and Mrs. David Sangree Remington Products Co. Lila and Walter Sauerteig Tim and Mindy Remington Jackie and Tom Savoca Outright Gifts Remington Productions, Inc. Ms. Karen E. Sawka Mike and Susan Renda Mary L. Scally • Cash Froncie Repetti Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Schempp • Gift of support: a fi nancial contribution on someone else’s behalf Mr. and Mrs. Michael Resch Mrs. Robert Scher Mr. and Mrs. A. Williams Reynolds Lenore and Jim Schilling • Memorial gift: a fi nancial contribution in memory of a friend or Mr. and Mrs. Roger Reynolds A.C. Schinagle Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Don Rice Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Schlang relative Sally and Norm Richenbacher R. Christopher Schloss Jeffrey A. Riebe Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schloss • Matching gift: an additional fi nancial contribution from your Nick and Carole Rinaldi Mr. Kenneth R. Schmeichel employer Charles & Mabel Ritchie Memorial Mr. Charles Schmid Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Juerg Schmid • Online donation Mrs. Charles Ritchie Lee Ann Schmid Dwarf Ginseng Barbara Ro Robert F. Schmitt • Automatic monthly giving program David and Mary Roberston Ronald and Charlene Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roddie Betty and Dave Schneider • Securities John Rode Mr. and Mrs. John Schneider John and Ann Rodewig Mr. Duane Schoewe • Real estate George and Ruth Rodgers Mrs. Robert J. Schultz John H. Rodgers Tom and Fran Schultz Planned Gifts Mr. Robert Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. John Schulze Bud and Susie Rogers Marci and Jeff Schwab • Life income plans Mr. and Mrs. Justin Rogers Anne and Douglas Schwan Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Rogge Drs. Richard and Ilze Schwartz • Charitable gift annuity David and Carol Rollins Nancy and Shel Schweikert Betty A. Root Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schwinn • Charitable remainder trust Dr. and Mrs. Mark Rorick Mr. and Mrs. Garland Scott • Charitable lead annuity or unitrust Mr. and Mrs. Craig Ross Seaburn & Associates, Inc. Robert and Margo Roth Family Sally and Larry Sears Philanthropic Fund Nancy and Bill Seelbach Deferred Gifts Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roth Mr. & Mrs. Henry E. Seibert Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Roth Dr. and Mrs. Frank Seidelmann • Testamentary gifts (see article, page 6) The Reverand Nancy Roth Tom and Tracy Seifert • Retirement plan benefi ts Gina and Jeff Rotsky Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Seikel Terrence and Carole Rounds Tom and Nancy Seitz • Life insurance Foxtail Photo by Connie Oney Mary H. Rountree Jack H. and Florence F. Selby Martha Rowan Mr. Jeffrey Selerowski Sue and Howard Rowen Ken and Mary Seliga Tynor Rubin Charles and Kristine Sells “Have you remembered WRLC in your Will?” Mr. and Mrs. Kevin K. Ruddock Mr. and Mrs. Eric Senders Maria and Jim Ruddock Eric R.Severs Paul and Susan Rufl in Mr. Arthur Seyler Rob and Abby Ruhlman Shaker Lakes Garden Club Mr. and Mrs. Geo Sindelar Bill and Lillian Smyser Ms. Jane Springer Dr. and Mrs. Philip Stout Mr. Adrian O. Rule Sharon Center Veterinary Hospital Glenn and Amy Singleton Becky and Jeff Smythe Ms. Casella Stamm Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stover Ms. Elizabeth Rumics Sharon Printing Company, Inc. Sisters of St. Dominic Snavely Excavating Company Forrest Stanley and Nora-Lynn Nemec Helen S. Stranz Steve and Kathleen Rungwerth George Richard Sharp Ron and Rita Siwik Marc and Betty Snitzer Thomas and Carole Stanley Mr. and Mrs. James Streicher Mr. Dave Runta Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shaw G. Michael and Kathy Skerritt Snyder Tree Farm LLC Frank Stanonik Alliss Strogin The Rushworth Family Dr. and Mrs. William C. Sheldon Wayne and Anna Slepecky Ms. Brenda Soblesky William and Nancy Stark Mr. and Mrs. Rick Strong Brian and Laurie Russell Dick and Mary Lou Sheller Kay Sloan Mr. and Mrs. John Solomon Peter and Bridget Steck Valerie Strong Walt and Dee Dee Russell Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shelley Mr. Kenneth Sloane Chris and Vicki Soukup Mr. Thomas Steckel Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Studsgaard Mr. Randy Ruttenberg Dr. Walter Sheppe Susan Slotnick and Matthew Sobel Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Spaeth Ms. Cynthia Steeb Mr. Daniel Styer Mr. and Mrs. Martin R. Ryan Jeff and Pam Sherman Vince and Becky Slusarz Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Spano Ben S. Stefanski II Ms. Laura Subel Tim Ryan Ms. Marguerite P. Sherwin Roger Smalley Bill and Missy Spellacy Billie Howland Steffee Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Carl Suchovsky Donald and Kathleen Rynbrandt Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Shiverick Miriam G. Smead Donald L. Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Ira Steinberg Ms. Margaret Sugar David and Joyce Rynearson Pat and Walt Silver Edward W. Smith Ms. Mary Spicer Ms. Tess Stephens Mike and Kathy Suglia Ms. Doris Sable Mr. and Mrs. David Simon Mr. and Mrs. James A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Spicuzza Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Suit Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sable Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Simpson Carol P. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Steven Spilman Mrs. Virginia Stewart Mr. and Mrs. John Sulak Sage Foundation Jeff and Celia Sinclair Rob and Anne Smykal Mimi and Bob Sposito Mr. Ray Stewart Mr. and Mrs. John Sullivan 15 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sullivan Mr. Joseph Talley Janice Matteucci and Parnell Tillotson Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Ullman Rich and Betce Wainio Mr. and Mrs. Rick Webb Ms. Rosanne Summerville Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Taylor Jr. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Tobbe Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ullman Dod and Annie Wainwright Ms. Martha Webster Mr. Matthew Sutko and Ms. Francine Mr. and Mrs. Richard Taylor Steve and Rita Todd Lin and Paul Vajner Terry Walden George Weemhoff Rosenberger Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor Tim Topalian and Tami Masuoka Topalian Valley Art Center, Inc. Harold and Janet Walker Margaret and Samuel Weingart Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Swain Jos and Dianna Tesauro Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Toth Valley Tack Shop Dr. and Mrs. Joe W. Walker Susan Weingold Karen Swan Dennis and Jana Theis Mr. Denny J. Toth Mr. Roy Van Houten Ms. J. Walker Mrs. Robert Weinstock Ms. Mary Ann Swansiger Thomas R. Thoburn Stacy Totten Robert and Janice Vance Lynn Wallace and Diane Tuuri Edward Weintraub Scott Swierkosz and Lee Will The Thomas Brick Company Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon K. Towson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Vanic Mr. and Mrs. James C. Wallace Dr. and Mrs. Lee Weisberg James Switzer and Gretchen Laatsch Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Lyman H. Treadway Dr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Vars Richard Walsh Mr. David Weiss Lorraine S. Szabo Stephen G. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. David Trimble Mr. and Mrs. Ray Vawter Charles Walton Mr. Gary Welch Bert Szabo Catherine M. Thompson Jeanne B. Tripp Andy and Lynn Vidra Pauline Warch Mark and Laura Weldon Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Tabor Jock and Janet Thompson Mr. John Troche Musette T. Vincent Grace Ward Paul and Nancy Wellener Bill and Edith Taft Mr. and Mrs. James Thomson Trout Unlimited Mr. Kenneth Vinciquerra Emily Waters Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wells Mr. and Mrs. Rick Taft Mr. Jack Thorp Esther M. Turk Mr. James Vogus Sherri and Earl Weaver Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Wendt Franny and Seth Taft Ms. Margaret Thurston Twinsburg Garden Club Ted and Swanny Voneida Ms. Linda Weaver Dr. and Mrs. Terrence Wenger Mr. and Mrs. Robert Talenda Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tiedman Kristin and Jeff Ubersax Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wahler Lisa Weaver Robert and Margie Wenz

Anchor Strategy Highlights by Anne Murphy The foundation of WRLC’s land preservation program is called the Anchor Strategy. The Anchor Strategy uses Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to identify large critical resource areas, called anchors, connected by corridors of protected properties. Focusing on anchors and the connections via corridors to other anchor properties will enable WRLC to connect the natural landscapes within the Western Reserve region to create the greatest ecological and scenic benefi t and most manageable goals for land protection. Using the Anchor Strategy, we will obtain parcel-level data so that we can identify ownership of each parcel, acreage, and other assorted details that facilitate contacting landowners and developing conservation strategies for priority land. WRLC is in the second year of our Anchor Strategy project that will create a priority parcel map and database for the more than 6,250 square Racoon in mulberry tree. Red eft. miles that WRLC serves. The project is the fi rst step in implementing our land protection program and we have already completed Phase I. The Ohio Lake Erie Commission provided $100,000 for staff salaries of the GIS team, covering the two-year period 2006-2007. The William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation provided a $50,000 grant for the purchase of a GIS server and updated software necessary to build and run our model. Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), the company that developed the GIS hardware and software, also provided us with signifi cant discounts on the overall costs. Phase II involves developing and building a model with GIS to prioritize and score each parcel in our service area based on its ecological features and the priority ranking given by our collaborating partners. We are currently in the process of confi guring our new hardware and software so that we can run the model this fall and complete the Anchor Strategy by January 1st of 2008.

Canada geese. Photo by Connie Oney 16 The Grimm Family Rich and Martha Wertz Conservation Medal, John and Renee Wesemeyer WRLC Conservation Heroes for 2007 Tim and Elene West based on the icon in Mr. William West by Kim Van Sickler and Joan Demirjian the WRLC logo, was Western Reserve Properties, LLC hand-wrought by Warren and Bonnie Wheeler The following awards were presented at WRLC’s Conservation Celebration in June 2007. WRLC’s own Mr. and Mrs. John Whitacre Anne Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. White James W. White THE STEPHEN C. MORRIS SUGAR MAPLE AWARD RECIPIENT: FRANZ SAUERLAND Richard and Jane Whitehead Barbara Whitner WRLC’s highest honor, the Stephen C. Morris Sugar Maple Award, was presented Mr. Dickson Whitney Mr. and Mrs. Dickson Whitney Jr. to trustee Franz Sauerland for his abiding love of learning and nature, signifi cant fi nancial Ms. Deborah Wiant support, and intellectual leadership to the land conservancy. This year’s choice of a bronze Betsey and George Wick Ms. Joanne Widlak cardinal commemorative statue was in recognition of Franz’s favorite bird. The Sugar Mr. and Mrs. Wiegand Maple Award is named after Chagrin River Land Conservancy’s (CRLC) founder, Stephen Mrs. Thomas R. Wigglesworth Dr. and Mrs. Wilber C. Morris. CRLC was one of the predecessor organizations to WRLC, which was created Diane Wilbur by a merger of eight land trusts on January 1st, 2006. Fred and Marilyn Wilder Mr. Barry Wilford and Ms. Julie DeMark John and Ginny Wilhelm Franz served as a trustee of Chagrin River Land Conservancy, on the steering committee Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Williams for the merger to become WRLC, and now as a WRLC trustee. He was instrumental in Sue and Stan Williams Marjorie Williams kicking off the Bridge Fund to help form WRLC and is a tireless supporter of our programs Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Wilson and events. Rich Cochran, president and CEO of WRLC says of Franz, “He is a wonderful Mrs. R. L. Winders Amy and Tim Winnicki human being; all heart, no pretense, a study in virtuous contrasts: selfl ess, driven, humble, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Winter willful and passionate.” Franz Sauerland at the 2007 Kids in the Creek Barbara Wise Walter Wisnieski event at Geauga Commons. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Wisniewski THE GRIMM FAMILY CONSERVATION MEDAL RECIPIENT: Michael H. and Antonia Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wolfe FRANCES & BOB SALMEN Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wood Ted and Diana Woodbridge The second award, the Grimm Family Conservation Medal, is awarded to a Helen Woodward Gloria and Alan Wright conservationist who has charitably preserved land that meaningfully advances WRLC’s Mr. Peter C. Wykoff mission, forgoing signifi cant personal gain to do so. The award was given to Frances and Chris and Rose Yaecker Mr. and Ms. Michael Yaksic Bob Salmen, a mother and son whose family has lived on their Bainbridge Township farm Mr. and Mrs. Greg Yarcusko stretching back nearly 100 years. Bob’s income is dependent on what he earns from splitting Mr. Timothy Yeager Betty J. Yelic and selling fi rewood and farming. Dick Grimm was impressed by the deep commitment Mr. and Mrs. Edward Young the Salmens had to preserving their historic land, located on the Aurora branch of the Eva and Henry E. Young Mr. and Mrs. Dale Young Chagrin River. Bob says that developers have asked on several occasions to buy his 127- Ann Zambie acre property. He responded by pricing it high and reports that the developers still wanted Frances Salmen used to sled a ½-mile course Dr. & Mrs. Frank and Mary Beth Zatko down Bainbridge Road during winter snows, Mrs. Marian E. Zehnder it. “He could have had millions of dollars by selling the property, but instead he placed a accompanied by her faithful dog Laddy. Monica Zelis conservation easement on it, and he’s still content,” says Grimm. “Very seldom do people Michael and Darlene Ziegenhagen William Ziegler give up millions of dollars for a conservation easement.” Julie Ziemak Dana Zintek and Lisa Daiber The wooden plaque consists of the WRLC logo, a “dancing sun” hand-rendered out Ms. Janice Zockoll of copper and nickel by WRLC’s Anne Murphy, director of stewardship and conservation Dr. and Mrs. Gary Zoldesy Ruth and Robert Zollinger Jr. resources. The Grimm Family Conservation Medal was created to honor Dick Grimm, Donna Zorge WRLC trustee, his wife Sue and his family, who gave a generous donation to the WRLC Mr. Kal Zucker Land Protection Fund in 2006. WRLC is grateful for the dedication and support exhibited by this year’s award winners. They are our inspiration.

Bob Salmen Photo by Itamar Gat 17 Land Protection Fund Donors Land Protection Highlights

Anonymous (2) Ms. Jeanne Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Tim Mackin from FY2007 Doug & Lu Bannerman Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Bassem A. Mansour Mr. Joseph P. Bennett Jan and Tom Mettee by Carla Macklin, Andy McDowell and Mark Skowronski The Estate of Joseph Berick Mr. and Mrs. William Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blake Ms. Patricia Mills Mr. Roger Blatnick Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Moroney FIFTH GENERATION FARM PRESERVED IN Bratenahl Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Brian Morrison TRUMBULL COUNTY Louise Brick Mr. Peter B. Narten The Thomas Brick Company Ms. Bebe Ober By partnering with Western Reserve Land Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bryner Mr. and Mrs. William O’Donnell Jr. Mr. Charles Calder Ohio Lake Erie Commission Conservancy, Nancy Kepner has ensured that future Alvah Stone & Adele Corning Russell O’Rourke and Georgia Froelich generations of her family will be able to farm and Chisholm Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pappalardo Mr. and Mrs. George Clemens Park View Federal Savings Bank enjoy their family land for generations to come. Most Nancy Kepner with Dick and Sue Grimm. Christine Croissant and Chip Weinberg Perkins Charitable Foundation of the Kepner farm, 461 acres, was preserved with Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Cutting Faith E. Pescatore funding provided through Ohio’s Agricultural Easement Mr. C. Beau Daane Susan Prior Steve and Karen Diedrich Lynn P. Reboul Purchase Program. As a fi fth-generation farmer, Nancy’s Phyllis Donnelly-Ingold The Reid Family son Paul now works the land, producing corn, soybeans, Mrs. Ralph L. Dunn Mr. Harold Rohlik Philip H. and Jane G. Geier Donor Advisor Fund Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Schneider and wheat. Nancy still lives in the original farmhouse Doris Gilbert Mr. Arthur Seyler where her family has resided since 1865 and Paul Susan and Dick Grimm Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shaughnessy lives across the street. Nancy has achieved a life-long Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harvey David L. & Harriet T. Simon Mr. and Mrs. Michael Heater Philanthropic Fund dream of preserving the majority of her family land. Mr. and Mrs. James Heighway Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Somershield The preservation of the Kepner farm is as much about Tom and Marsha Hopkins Joyce and Greg Studen Lorie and Nick Howley Ms. Laura Subel helping landowners achieve their conservation goals as Mr. and Mrs. James Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sullivan it is about preserving the business of farming and food Louise H. & David S. Ingalls Foundation Hudson Community Foundation Jon and Mary Lee Jensen Mr. Dominic Visconsi security. We are grateful for the Kepner’s leadership in Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Keesey Mr. and Mrs. William Weber this area and are looking forward to helping the family Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kohn Ms. Martha Webster preserve the balance of their 636-acre farm. Lisa Kraemer Ms. Joanne Widlak Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Lasko Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wolfe Mr. & Mrs. James R. Levine Babcock siblings: Alice Bradley, Jarvis Babcock, and Michael and Darlene Ziegenhagen LORAIN COUNTY CONSERVATION EASEMENT Bud Lezius Catherine Babcock Leary. Photo by Jennifer McDowell IS STEPPING STONE TO 1,000+ ACRE FARM PRESERVATION LAND PROTECTION HIGHLIGHTS The Babcock family has been farming in Lorain · Completed 45 land protection transactions, which was the most ever in a 12-month period. County since 1832. As partial interest owners in their · Preserved nearly 1,000 additional acres, bringing our total preserved acres to 9,807. 950-acre family farm, siblings Jarvis Babcock, Catherine · Preserved new land in 16 communities. Babcock Leary, and Alice Bradley wanted to make sure · Secured more than $3.7 million from ten different public funding sources at the federal, state and that their family’s farming heritage was preserved for local levels for ten land protection projects in six counties. future generations. Jarvis Babcock, who also owns · Created ten new public parks throughout our service area through the public land program, another 69 acres adjacent to the family farm, saw an including the Muggleton Preserve in South Russell, the Forest Ridge Preserve in Moreland Hills, opportunity to leverage the preservation of his land Eastwood in Richfi eld, and two parks in Portage County. with that of the family farm. Jarvis decided to grant · Completed our fi rst agricultural easement purchase through Ohio’s Agricultural Easement a conservation easement on his 69 acres because he Purchase Program on the 461-acre Kepner Farm in Trumbull County. knew that it would help make an Agricultural Easement · Secured funding for a 1000+ acre agricultural easement on a farm in Lorain County, which is our Purchase Program (AEPP) grant request that WRLC was largest project ever. submitting on the family’s behalf more competitive. He was right. The 69-acre conservation easement ultimately 18 resulted in the family being awarded an AEPP grant on land was a missing link that created the largest area the balance of their land, which the family accepted. of private land conservation in all of Northeast Ohio. That 950-acre agricultural easement is on track to The project area now totals 876 acres preserved with be completed by the end of 2007. This family farm WRLC conservation easements and incorporates more protection project represents the single largest project than 2.5 miles of the state-designated scenic Chagrin in our history. Cathy Leary sums up the meaning of River. More than 800 of those acres are owned by her family land this way: “Although making a living by private citizens that granted conservation easements. farming was a lot of very hard work for our family, it This project is also noteworthy because of the large was also a priceless gift to live so close to the earth. It fi nancial sacrifi ce that the landowners made in order to is our hope that for generations to come there will be achieve their conservation goals. They had been offered wooded places where a person can sit on a fallen log, millions by developers, but instead decided to preserve listen to the birds, and feel at one with nature.” their land with a conservation easement. As a result of their dedication to land conservation and fi nancial RARE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE NEW NATURE PRESERVE sacrifi ce, they were the 2007 recipients of the Grimm IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY A SUCCESS Family Conservation Medal. See related story, “WRLC Conservation Heroes for 2007” on page 17. After nearly ten years of planning and discussions with several landowners, a new 115-acre public nature MEDINA COUNTY FARM PRESERVATION GROUNDED IN preserve called Forest Ridge Preserve has been created in Forest Ridge Preserve. LAKE ERIE SHIPPING HISTORY partnership with the Village of Moreland Hills. WRLC obtained more than three million dollars of federal, Joanne Hutchinson, owner of a 76-acre farm in state, and private contributions on behalf of the Village Hinckley Township, recently preserved her family land to leverage their nearly one million dollar commitment with a conservation easement. Joanne’s father, Captain towards the project. This preserve represents a local John T. Hutchinson, owner of the Pioneer and Buckeye community’s dedication to preserving their rural Steamship Companies, purchased the farm in 1936. character, water quality, and natural surroundings for He used it as a family retreat and to raise crops and their residents to enjoy. The property contains some livestock, which supplied fresh food for their family, of the last remaining high-quality natural areas in their neighbors in Lakewood, and his ships. Her family Cuyahoga County, seven state-listed rare species, and land is adjacent to Cleveland Metroparks Hinckley several miles of headwater streams. The fi rst 62 acres Reservation and contains portions of Whipp’s Ledges, a of this project are now owned by the Village. The fi nal massive sandstone rock outcrop formation that defi nes parcels will be transferred to the Village by the end of the area. Located 15 miles north of downtown Akron, the 2007 calendar year. See related story, “The Creation that city can be seen from the property on a clear day. Chagrin River running through Salmen property. of Forest Ridge” on page 14. Joanne says she preserved her family land because she was committed to leaving a legacy of conservation, NEW EASEMENT RESULTS IN LARGEST BLOCK OF PRIVATE which is rooted in her childhood memories of working LAND CONSERVATION IN NORTHEAST OHIO on the farm. Frances Jackson Salmen and her son, Bob Salmen, preserved 127 acres of their property along the Chagrin River with a conservation easement. The property has “We are the Trustees of the Future. been in the Jackson-Salmen family for nearly 100 years We are not here for ourselves alone.” and preserving it represents their family’s dedication to private land stewardship, respect for family history, and JAMES BRYCE commitment to community conservation. Their family Joanne Hutchinson on her Hinckley Township farm. 19 Our gratitude to the Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Higley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hoffmann Matching Gifts following individuals for be- Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland and Ms. Marjorie Muirden Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holland coming members of the Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hyde I Wish I Could Do More to Help Western Reserve Land Conservancy! Ms. Elizabeth B. Juliano Western Reserve Barbara and Michael Kaplan by Jean Gokorsch Charlotte E. Karson Daiber Land Conservancy Cynthia Knight Mr. Dean Kulwicki There is a way that you can make a larger donation to Western Reserve Land Conservancy Founders Society. Kenneth Kuttner and Laura Bentz (WRLC) now at no additional cost to you. (as of June 30, 2007) William and Bonny Lafave Elaine and Bill Lamb If you are employed by a company that has a matching gift program for their employees, you Kathy Keare Leavenworth Anonymous (6) Mr. and Mrs. John Leech may be able to double the amount of your charitable gift to WRLC! Many companies will match Ames Family Foundation (The) Mr. and Mrs. James R. Levine Dr. Jay Ankeney and Dr. Julie Clayman all or part of contributions made by their employees to non-profi t organizations. Gail Marie Lipovsky Mr. Edward Baker and Dr. Anna Van Heeckeren Byron and Elsie Lutman Mr. and Mrs. W. Douglas Bannerman Dr. and Mrs. John T. Makley Matching gift programs are a wonderful way for you to make your charitable dollars stretch Barbara and Mike Bass The Milton & Tamar Maltz Family Foundation Marion Berick IR Trust further, at no additional cost to you. For example, if you donate $500 to WRLC’s annual campaign, Julien L. McCall Mark and Melanie Biche Mr. and Mrs. Lee McMannis your company may match your donation with an additional $500. Instead of just giving $500, your Jean Blanche Mr. and Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan III Rob and Peg Bobel total annual gift would be increased to $1,000. Mr. and Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan IV Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bolton Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bowen Dan Miltner, a senior vice president of KeyBank National Association and a Medina Summit Estate of John W. Mitchell Dennis and Laura Bower Mr. Mark Mittler chapter board member, speaks highly of his organization’s matching gift program. “I am so proud of Vikki and Peter Broer Mr. and Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon Barbara Brown and Steve Ward Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Morris Key for the support they show for employees who are actively involved in their community. Gifts are Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Brubaker Mrs. Werner Mueller Gail and Don Butler matched dollar for dollar which helps volunteers leverage their donations. Key Foundation also makes Mr. and Mrs. William C. Mulligan R. Bruce and Jane Campbell John P. Murphy Foundation generous gifts to organizations when Key employees serve on Boards of non-profi t organizations Mary Alice Cannon Susan Murphy Mrs. William B. Chamberlin, Jr. in their community. By the active support of both Key Bank and the Key Foundation, I know that Mr. and Mrs. Paul Neidhardt Mrs. Walter M. Charman, Jr. Marion Olson my efforts in the community are appreciated and the leverage provided furthers the cause.” Mr. Richard and Dr. Jennifer Cochran Mr. and Mrs. William O’Neill The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation Kenneth R. Parker How can you get involved with your company’s matching gift program? Simply ask your Elizabeth P. Colebrook Mr. and Mrs. James Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Owen Colligan human resources offi ce for a matching gift form. You will fi ll out a portion of the form and send Michael Pender Memorial Fund Mrs. Rita Conway Faith Pescatore it to WRLC along with your gift. Our development department will take care of the rest. Retirees Mr. and Mrs. William Conway Ava Joyce Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Evan R. Corns can check with their former companies to see if they still qualify for matching gifts. If you serve Carol and Bill Prior Patrick G. Coy & Karin L. Tanquist Mr. and Mrs. Emery C. Prior on the board of other corporations, or if your spouse is employed, these companies may also be a Margaret E. Cummins PYSHT Fund The Cyrus Eaton Foundation source of matching funds for you. Mr. and Mrs. Todd Ray Mr. C. Beau Daane Josh Rubin, The CJR Group Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. DeConingh, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Franz Sauerland Many matching gift companies will Dolphin Trust James and Lenore Schilling Ms. Carol Horner Donaldson match the cash value of securities, as well Ms. Adrian Scott Richard and Louise Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Shaughnessy as cash gifts. If your company requires that Dr. and Mrs. Michael Eppig Walter Sheppe Diane and Warren Farr a special form be completed for a gift of Stephanie Sires FirstEnergy Foundation The Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust securities, simply send the form to WRLC in Mr. and Mrs. Greg Foust South Waite Foundation William and Sarah Gardner care of the development department, and we Mr. and Mrs. James Spira Fred Geis, Geis Companies David and Kelly Staats will complete the form to assure that your Mr. & Mrs. James Gerspacher Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Sullivan Jean and Steve Gokorsch gift is matched. Mr. Nelson S. Talbott John Gresock and Teresa Holland-Gresock Renold D. Thompson, Jr. Susan and Dick Grimm Mrs. C. C. Tippit We have a list of companies that match The Grimm Family Foundation Livingston H. Ulf Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Gudbranson employee gifts. If you would like more Mr. and Mrs. James G. Watterson Corinne P. Hadley Josephine Hannel Weber information on matching gift programs, please Mr. and Mrs. David Halstead Mr. and Mrs. William Weber Lydia and Ron Harrington call Jean Gokorsch at 440-729-9621 or via e- Mr. & Mrs. Blair Whidden Nancy and Ron Harrington Carter & Genevieve Wilmot mail at [email protected]. Dr. and Mrs. Shattuck W. Hartwell, Jr. David Wilmot Melissa Haslinger Marilyn and Dick Roddie protected their 100 acres in Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wolstein Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hellman Bainbridge Township in 1997. Dick grew up on the land. 20 Regional Bridge Fund What is the Bridge Fund? Abington Foundation Doug & Lu Bannerman Gift Fund Marion Berick IR Trust The Bridge Fund was started in 2005 when Chagrin River Land William Bingham Foundation Conservancy decided to merge with seven other land trusts to form The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation Western Reserve Land Conservancy (WRLC). The purpose of the Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Brubaker The Cleveland Foundation fund is to supplement our operating budget that increased from Mr. Richard and Dr. Jennifer Cochran less than a million dollars pre-merger to the more than $2.5 million Community Foundation of Lorain County projected for FY2008, and continues to grow. It is common for non- Corns Family Foundation Mark DeYoung and Heather Elmer profi ts to take fi ve years to cultivate a donor base to support their The Cyrus Eaton Foundation new organization and the Bridge Fund ensures that we don’t run out Dolphin Fund of operating funds as we grow to serve our expanded service area. William & Gertrude Frohring Foundation GAR Foundation Through the merger, the service area of Chagrin River Land Susan and Dick Grimm George Gund Foundation Conservancy grew by 1,580%. Our focus became the more than photo by Connie Oney Mr. and Mrs. David Halstead four million acres of land in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Haslinger Family Foundation Huron, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit, Stark, Charlotte E. Karson Elaine and William Lamb Trumbull, and Wayne counties. We couldn’t possibly service that “If we go on as we are, we will destroy in the next Kathleen K. Leavenworth area and the more than four million people who live there with the Mr. and Mrs. John Leech same budgets we used as eight local land trusts (fi ve of them were all century everything that the poets have been S. Livingston Mather Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Morris volunteer organizations). For instance, since we’ve become WRLC, singing about for the past two thousand years”. William C. Mulligan Charitable Gift Fund we’ve hired more essential employees and plan on hiring still more John P. Murphy Foundation Marion Olson this year. We can’t preserve land without the right mix of skilled FRED BODSWORTH The Payne Fund people to get the work done right. Orvis Perkins Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James Patterson Our goal was to raise more than $2.5 million to tide us through Faith E. Pescatore 2010 in a healthy manner. Our Bridge Fund campaign will culminate Mr. and Mrs. Franz Sauerland in FY2008 (by 6/30/08). We are currently trying to raise the last Sears Swetland Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shaughnessy remaining $880,000 to complete this fund. We’ll let you know our Kent H. Smith Foundation results in next year’s Donor Report. In the meantime, if you are Mr. and Mrs. James C. Spira interested in helping us complete this important fund, contact Leah The Billie Howland Steffee Family Fund Nelson Talbott Foundation Whidden at 440-729-9621 or [email protected] to learn how you Mr. & Mrs. James G. Watterson can help. Mr. and Mrs. William Weber

WRLC REGIONAL BRIDGE FUND

$3,500,000 $3,000,000 $2,500,000 Regional Bridge Requirement $2,000,000 Annual Operating Revenue $1,500,000 $1,000,000

OPERATING BUDGET OPERATING $ 500,000 $- Don and Janet Peters protected their 14 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 acres in Russell Township with an easement YEAR in 1987 that is now held by WRLC. 21 EverGreen EverBlue EverGreen EverBlue 2006 Supporters On the evening of Friday, September 8, 2006, 470 people gathered at VIKKI & PETER BROER the Bratenahl estate of Vikki and Peter Broer to celebrate their passion for Honorary Chairs conservation at WRLC’s third benefi t, EverGreen EverBlue. This fund raising LYDIA HARRINGTON event netted nearly $250,000 for WRLC. Event Chair The evening entailed Kinetico, Inc. Edgepark · Blue and green martinis, the evening’s signature drink, an assortment Sky Bank of fi ne wines generously provided by Stewart Cellars of California’s National City Claire McMillan, David Bock, Bill Weil, Sandy The CJR Group, Inc. Weil, Jeff Hale and Janet Hale enjoyed a sunset Temecula Valley and an assortment of beer generously provided by Nordson Corporation Foundation on the shores of Lake Erie. the Great Lakes Brewing Company. McDonald Hopkins Co, LPA

Dr. and Mrs. Samir Ahuja · A tour of the 16,000-square-foot lakeside home and impressive Dick and Joan Ainsworth gardens of our host. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ames Pat Aveni Mr. Edward Baker and Dr. Anna Van Heeckeren · A raptor show by Harvey Webster of the Cleveland Museum of Michael and Vivianne Barrett Natural History. Mr. Richard Berg Dr. John and Dr. Wilma Bergfeld · WRLC Board Chair Jim Spira welcomed and addressed the guests Mr. Mark Biche Linda and Lane Blackburn followed by an address and auction of symbolic acres of land by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Blakeslee Rich Cochran, president/CEO of WRLC, that raised $175,000. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Blazey Richard J. Blum and Harriet L. Warm Rob and Peg Bobel · Dinner under a crisp white tent at tables accented with blue and Joyce and David Bock green table linens and centerpieces of water lilies, cattails, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bolton Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bowen Julie Boland and John Gannon. lavender irises. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Bower Gregory and Susan Box · Music provided by Chapter 11. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Broer Mr. and Mrs. Jere H. Brophy Our thank you to Preview Party Sponsor Edgepark Surgical and James and Jamie Brotherton “When we see land as a community Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brownell II Presenting Sponsor Kinetico Incorporated and corporate sponsors: CJR Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Brubaker Chris and Maureen Bunch to which we belong, we may begin to Group, Inc; Nordson; McDonald Hopkins Co., LPA; National City; and Sky Steve Cadwell and Sophie Murad Bank, Ohio Division. A special thank you to event chair Lydia Harrington. Ms. Katherine Callahan use it with love and respect.” Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Campbell Mr. Philip Campbell ALDO LEOPOLD Mr. Michael Cannon and Ms. Marie Saul Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carlson, Jr. Kay Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carlson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Caster Edith Chase Richard and Louise Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Grimm Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland and Ms. Marjorie Muirden Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jordan Thomas and Kathy Leiden Mr. and Mrs. David Chew Debra L. Eger Susan and Dick Grimm Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hollington Mr. and Mrs. Peter Joyce Dr. Edith Lerner Pat and Jeff Chokel Dr. and Mrs. Michael Eppig Ms. Jill Grinham Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Holzman Charlotte E. Karson Mr. & Mrs. James R. Levine Mr. Richard and Dr. Jennifer Cochran Mr. Gerald A. Fallon Dr. and Mrs. Francis R. Gross Janet Hoover Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Kassouf Karl Liske and Garnet Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cole Mr. and Mrs. Gene Faubel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gudbranson Michael and Patricia Horvath Keith Kerman and Debra Leizman Mr. and Mrs. Dave Livingston Mr. Zachary Coleman and Ms. Betty Vandenbosch Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fenn Phillip and Barbara Gutmann Lorie and Nick Howley Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kinkaid Stephen M. Luczek, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Colligan Mr. Keith W. Filip Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hale Mr. Charles W. Hridel Mr. and Mrs. George Klein Dale and Sue Lyons The Great Lakes Brewing Company Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Fissel Mr. and Mrs. David Halstead Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Hridel Mr. and Mrs. John Kohl Ms. Linda Macklin Rick and Suzanne Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frenchie Mr. and Mrs. James Hambrick Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hutchinson Madelyn Koltcz Craig and Carla Macklin Mr. and Mrs. Evan R. Corns Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Ron Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hyde Ronald Kotkowski Dr. and Mrs. John T. Makley Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cowan John Gannon and Julie Boland Mr. and Ms. Ron M. Harrington Jeff and Suzi Hyde John M. and S. Manning Kundtz Fund Jennifer Malkin Mr. C. Beau Daane Mr. and Mrs. James Gerspacher H. Clark Harvey, Jr. and Holly A. Selvaggi Sarah Jane and Roger Ingraham Elaine and William Lamb Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manuel Mr. and Mrs. Terry Davidson Nancy and Ted Goble Janet and Paul Havener Dr. and Mrs. Adam Jacobs Gretchen and Bob Larson Ms. Vicki Marshall Ms. Daryl Davis Mr. and Mrs. Steve Gokorsch Ruth and Susan Hawker Ms. Nancy D. Jacobson Dr. and Mrs. Martin G. Laskey Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mavec Ms. Connie K. Degood Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Gratry Bob and Mary Hoerner Mr. and Mrs. Tom W. Johnson Kathleen K. Leavenworth Mr. Peter McCarren and Ms. Stacey Feiner Janet L. Gremba Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holland Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Jones Mr. and Mrs. John Leech Mr. and Mrs. Christopher McKenna 22 Marilyn P. Demeter Carol Prior, Rich Cochran and Bill Prior. Wendy Malgieri, Peter Broer and Cindy Murphy. Faith Pescatore and Kitty and John Makley.

Harvey Webster, from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, brought a special guest.

Dot and Don Campbell. Nancy Harrington, Bud Talbott, Kathy O’Neill, John Leech, Steve Lazarus and Pat Leech. and Ron Harrington.

A dining tent was erected overlooking WRLC Board Chair Jim Spira thanks event chair Guests dined al fresco on a catered dinner from Gene and Marion Faubel. the home and gardens of our host. Lydia Harrington and hosts Vikki and Peter Broer. Elan Catering.

Mr. and Mrs. Steve McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. John Naylor Karen Heider Pilarski and Joseph Heider Vince and Becky Slusarz Ms. Mary Ann Swansiger Doug Johnson and Tracy Wallach Mr. and Mrs. Lee McMannis Mr. and Mrs. Paul Neidhardt Carol and Bill Prior Miriam G. Smead Scott Swierkosz and Lee Will Mr. & Mrs. James G. Watterson Mr. and Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan IV Ms. Stephanie Niehaus Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne Rankin Mr. and Mrs. Richey Smith Mr. Nelson Talbott Mr. and Mrs. Rick Webb Mr. and Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan, III Ms. Bebe Ober Mr. and Mrs. Todd Ray Mr. and Mrs. Mark Smith Mr. Bruce Thomas Mr. and Mrs. William Weber Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mendes Mr. and Mrs. John Olejko Mike and Susan Renda Mr. Scott Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas Mr.and Mrs. William C. Weil Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Meyers Marion Olson Dr. and Mrs. Rod Rezaee Chris and Vicki Soukup Mr. Jack Thorp Pysht Fund Lee and Linda Miller Rory and Dedee O’Neil Mr. and Mrs. Sean Richardson Ms. Lee-Ann Spacek Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tkach Mr. and Mrs. Blair Whidden Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Miltner Ms. Rita O’Neill Mr. Joshua Rubin Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Spano Anne and Tom Tormey Mr. and Mrs. Dickson Whitney Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miner Mr. and Mrs. William O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. Joel Rudicil Mr. and Mrs. James Spira Trout Unlimited, Emerald Necklace Carter and Genevieve Wilmot Mr. Mark Mittler Ken and Katie Outcalt Mr. and Mrs. Franz Sauerland Ms. Jane Springer Chapter, #133 Mr. Donald Woodcock Mr. and Ms. Thomas Morley Mr. and Mrs. Robert Owen Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schubert Mr. Gilbert Steinen Mr. and Mrs. William Tuttle Lynne Woodman & Bill Wendling Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Morris Tom and Sally Pate Mr. and Mrs. Scott Seelbach Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sternad Livingston H. Ulf Gloria and Alan Wright Mrs. Werner Mueller Mr. and Mrs. James Patterson Mr. Jeffrey Selerowski Mr. and Mrs. James Streicher The Weathertop Foundation Mr. and Ms. Michael Yaksic Mr. and Mrs. William Mulligan Priscilla Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shaughnessy Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strickland Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Van de Motter Zion, Synek & Associates Mr. and Mrs. Brian Murphy Faith E. Pescatore Mark Skowronski and Michelle Kahlenberg Joyce and Greg Studen Musette T. Vincent Mr. and Mrs. James Zuccaro Susan Murphy Kate Pilacky and Mr. David DiTullio Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Skowronski Mr. and Mrs. John Sulak Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Wagner 23 A Look at our Events during the Year During the past year we’ve · Hiked throughout the Western Reserve during each of the four seasons · Taken to the creeks for critter searches with the kids · Celebrated autumn with fall festivals in Medina and Chesterland · Planted trees Medina Summit fall festival. Peg Bobel, Suzanne Serinak and Rob Bobel on the new Richfi eld park property. · Greeted the coming of spring with a maple syrup festival · Visited a dairy farm in Lorain County that makes milk for specialty cheese · Celebrated our successes with a conservation celebration · Shown our support for WRLC with fundraising events throughout the region · Brought 470 conservationists together at the annual EverGreen EverBlue benefi t Firelands wildfl ower hike. More kids in the creek. Lorain County paw paw hike.

Laurel School creek event. Kids in the creek. Firelands annual meeting and silent auction. 24 Who Are the WRLC Tributaries?

MISSION STATEMENT The Tributaries (Tribs) seek to create a respect and appreciation for the out-of-doors and our natural resources through the education of young people and their families as to the benefi ts of nature, open space, and land conservation. We do this through hands-on activities designed to bring young individuals and families closer to nature. If you are looking for a fun way to get involved with WRLC, consider joining the Tribs! Contact Leah Whidden at 440-729-9621 or [email protected]

Child overlooking fl oodplain at White North restoration project. Triple Tap at Patterson farm. OUR LAND. OUR LEGACY. OUR LAND. OUR LEGACY.

“We can find happiness in protecting the world around us not only because we cherish it for its awesome beauty, power, and mystery, but because we cherish our fellow humans, those who live today and those who will live tomorrow.”

JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU, 1910-1997 A Great Day Outdoors. 25 In Honor of Thank you to the following people on behalf of ESTERN ESERVE AND ONSERVANCY AND OUR LOCAL CHAPTERS Ms. Maia Balogh W R L C Mr. and Mrs. Mark Allen Mr. and Mrs. John Lasch Sue and Dick Abbott Eric Severs Chagrin River Watershed Partners Ohio Department of Natural Resources Alice Ake Mike Sloan Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells Yetty Alley Ned Baker Shawn Spindell Amy Holtshouse-Brennan Rick Gardner Mrs. Peg Bobel Peter Balunek Dan Styer Chagrin Valley Jaycees Steve Holland Mr. and Mrs. Mark Frey Sigrid Bergfeld Paul Van Curen Cleveland Museum of Natural History Sandra Kosek-Sills Jeff Bittenbender Max Walton Dr. James Bissell Sean Logan, Director Mrs. Julia Bolton John Blakeman Harvey Webster Renee Boronka Nancy Strayer, Assistant Chief of the Mrs. John Hadden, Jr. Peg Bobel Lee Will Larry Rosche Division of Natural Areas & Preserves Julia and Charles Bolton Danielle Zavarella Nat Smith Greg Schneider Gail Butler Countryside Conservancy Dameyon Shipley Mr. David Hersman Kate Callahan Jonathan Histed, Antipodes Consulting, LLC Amalie Lipstreu, Farmland Center Program John Watkins, Chief of the Offi ce of Mrs. Rita Conway Karen Carlson Dr. and Mrs. Ibrahim Eren, Brownhelm Firelands annual meeting and silent auction Coastal Management Linda Carnegie Horticultural Center contributors and volunteers: Mark Wilthew Ms. Leslie Hiller Dorothy Carney Mike Mastrangelo, Chagrin Valley Nurseries Lizette Benzing, Rita Bishop, David DiTullio, Mark Sheldon Carrol Chagrin Valley Times Dorothy Hagerling, Jennifer McDowell, Ohio EPA Mr. Arthur Seyler Karen Chandell Joan Demirjian Charlotte Tiedman, Cheryl Towler Mark Bergman Dave Chew Itamar Gat Gates Mills Land Conservancy Randy Bournique Mr. Dan Illes Kristen Collar Amy Fulford of enlight Kendal at Oberlin volunteers Ted Conlin Debra Illes Tom Conklin Elan Catering Oberlin College Natalie Farber Jan Cooper EnSafe Dr. Mary Garvin Russ Gibson Ms. Kathy K. Leavenworth Evan and Barbara Corns Kevin Bingham Oberlin College Center for Service & Learning Theresa Gordon Margaret Cummins Mickey Rainey Ohio Lake Erie Commission Lauren McEleney Mr. Kal Zucker Britton Eichenauer Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. Ed Hammett Mick Micacchion Gay Eyerman Geiger Ski & Sport Haus Wetlands Education Team (W.E.T.) Jerry Rouch Mary Livingston Gerald Fallon Chris Newman Western Reserve Historical Society Kevin Spurbeck Mr. and Mrs. David Livingston Nancy Gilkeson The Glenmede Trust Company WRLC Education and Outreach volunteers Martha Spurbeck Chad Gordon Jan Havener WRLC Just Horsin’ Around volunteers: Ohio Public Works Commission Craig Stepien Sue and Dick Grimm Paul Neidhardt Kim Backlund, Bass Energy, Karen Beres, Mary Larry Bicking, Director Sharon and Dave Herzer Grateful Ed’s Pancakes Ann Cook, Enviroscience, Inc., Fort Dodge Old Woman Creek Estuary Mr. and Mrs. David Chew Andrea Hill Pat Conway and Great Lakes Brewing Company Animal Health, Jeni Hren Gaffney, Carrie Heather Elmer Sue Hines Diane Lees of Hubbub Custom Bicycles & High Hirko, Sue Klein, Elaine Lamb, Karen Pilarski, Frank Lopez Joanne Hutchinson Peaks Coffee Shop Stephanie Sires, Chris Williams, Woodscroft Portage Park District Lenore Hutchinson Jeff Hyde of Ideas in Focus Surveying Christine Craycroft Jeffrey Kaplan Jeri Leigh Hruby of Lighthouse Graphics WRLC Tribs Volunteers Village of Richfi eld John Katko Dan Klimas, Lorain National Bank The Wilderness Center Russell Township Park Commission Michael Kay Mayfi eld Sandridge Club Auburn Township Trustees Village of South Russell George Klein Matt Creech City of Aurora Stark County Park District Norby Lopez Patterson Farms Cleveland Metroparks Stark Soil & Water Conservation District Ann and Bob Masternak POV Print Communications Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District Summit Soil and Water Conservation District Ed McKeon Pro on Call Geauga County Board of Commissioners U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sandra & Lee McMannis Neil Haffey City of Hudson Kurt Waterstrandt Claire & Sandy McMillan Robert Johnson Lorain County Metropolitan Park District Kristin Westad Fran Meyers Sharon Center Veterinary Hospital Dan Martin Wayne Soil & Water Conservation District Mike Miller Sign Design and Graphics Pro Ltd. Lorain Soil & Water Conservation District Dan Miltner Jim Watterson Nancy Funni Lorain County Commissioner Betty Blair Rory O’Neil Mary Weber Lorain USDA – NRCS U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown Connie Oney Western Reserve Bank Karl Schneider Former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine Tony Paskevich Brian Harr Medina Soil & Water Conservation District Ohio Senator Tim Grendell Jeff Pausch P.M. Jones Village of Moreland Hills Jennifer Lynch, Governor’s offi ce Molly Perkins Ed McKeon Ohio Department of Agriculture U.S. Congressman David Hobson Jack Pierson Western Reserve Internet Services Michael Bailey U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur The Plzaks Salli Berman Kelly Carneal U.S. Congressman Steve LaTourette Miles Reed Bonnie Lafave Mark Forni U.S. Congressman Ralph Regula Eric Ripley Charlie Meyers Kristen Jensen U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan Joe Rohan Tracy Baker, White North Stables, Inc. U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Tom Rohrer Willoughby Brewing Company U.S. Senator George Voinovich Mary Ann Romito Zion, Synek & Associates Lauren Sabo Michelle Ritvo Beth Sauerland Kenn Synek

Wake Robin “The greatest use of a life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” WILLIAM JAMES 26 Former Trustees In Memory of Mr. Dick Abbott Mr. John Eberly Mr. Thomas Heydinger Ms. Jody Lee Ritter Mr. Howard Brollier Mr. Sean P. Meyers Mr. Jay Abercrombie Mr. John Eklund Mr. Scott Hill Mr. Harold Rohlik Mrs. James Marsh Academy Communications, Inc. Mr. Ugur Aker Mr. Kevin J. Ellison Mr. Matt Hils Mr. Dan Ruch Mr. and Mrs. John Birckline Ms. Barbara Andreas Ms. Heather Elmer Mrs. Lauralee Howley Mrs. Pat Rydquist Century Equipment Dr. William B. Chamberlin, Jr. Cleveland Chapter HOG Mr. Malvin Bank Mr. Bob Faber Dr. Scott R. Inkley Mr. Charles E. Schmid Mrs. William B. Chamberlin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fisher W. Douglas Bannerman Ms. Patricia Fairless Mr. Scott Jackson Mr. Bill Schultz Freedom Harley-Davidson, Inc. Mr. Ted Bartlett Mr. Gerald A. Fallon Mr. Jim Karabec Virginia Shaw GC Supply, Inc. Mr. John G. Farr Ms. Karen Huebner Mr. David Becker Ms. Marilyn Fedelchak-Harley Ms. Charlotte Karson Mr. Dick Sheller Mr. and Mrs. Warren Farr Mr. and Mrs. Rick Jerkovitz Leigh A. Bennett Mr. John Fender Mr. Frank Kendrick Mrs. Asa Shiverick, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kawalics Mr. J. Harvey Graves Mr. and Mrs. Ward L. Kinney Mrs. Toni Bernet Mrs. Susan Ferrito Mr. Steve Klonowski Ms. Jody Shroath Mr. and Mrs. Charles Koller Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Henninger Mr. Joe Biaglow Mr. Allen Ford Ms. June Kosich Sr. Patricia Sigler Ms. Theresa Lanesky Ms. Priscilla Blanchard Romi Fox Mr. Ron Kotkowski Ms. Stephanie Sires Ms. Susan Lepp Madge and Cub Hubbard Mid-State Golf Car Mrs. Peg Bobel Mr. Thomas Franek Jamie Krejsa Mr. Jack F. Smith Mr. Charles Morrill Mr. and Mrs. James Hubbard Mr. Brad Bolton Mr. Glenn Frohring Mr. Carl Kudrna Mr. Chris Soukup Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O’Connor Mrs. Katherine Bolton Mr. William Garvey Mr. J. Andrew Kundtz Mrs. Christine Spano Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Offtermatt Fathers of Judy and Russ Hall Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Pate Ms. Mary Garvin Mrs. Stephanie Kutsko Mr. Thomas Stanley Mrs. Lynda Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Eric Senders Paul T. Murphy, Co. L. P. A. Mr. Richard Brockett Ann Gifford Mrs. Elaine Lamb Mr. Ray Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Rogge Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shaw Mrs. Vikki Broer Mr. Jay Giles Mrs. Pat Leech Mr. Stan Stine Mr. Harry Madroo Snavely Excavating Company Mr. James Burns Mr. John Gillette Mr. John Licastro Mr. Rick Strong Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Mettee Mr. and Mrs. Robert Talenda Mr. Bret Busacker, Esq. Mr. William Ginn Ms. Janet Lipstreu Mr. Greg Studen Mr. Jeff Weiler Mr. Don Butler Mr. Jonathan Granville Ms. Nancy London Mrs. Cynthia Szunyog Mr. Ernest C. Martt Mr. Roger C. Mills Mrs. Lisa Caraboolad Mrs. Barbara Gratry Mr. Dale Lyons Jean Hower Taber Kenneth Anderson and Karin Knutsen Luce Cesar-Jedacek Mr. Jerome Gratry Mr. Charles Marotta Mr. Nelson S. Talbott Mr. James Artz and Ms. Jan Jones Patricia Mills Mr. and Mrs. Don Berlincourt Mr. Charles Chlysta, III Ms. Dona Greene Mr. George R. Mateyo Ms. Karen Tanquist Mr. Michael Bramson Mr. Sterling Newell, Jr. Mr. Ron R. Clark Mr. John Gresock Mr. Bruce Mavec Mr. James Tighe Mrs. George Copeland Mr. Bruce Hearey Mr. Jim Cochran Ms. Laurel Gress Mr. William McCoy Mr. Livingston H. Ulf Mr. and Mrs. James E. Culver Ms. Mary Heffernan Betty Cope Mr. Clark Hahn Mrs. Judith McMillan Mr. Curt Van Blarcum Mr. and Mrs. Glen Johnson Kit and Kay Ober Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Jouriles Christine Craycroft Mr. Russ Hansen Mr. Mel Mellis Ms. Sandy VerDuin Bebe Ober Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kaufman Evelyn Czyz Mr. Bob Hasenyager Mr. Edward F. Meyers Mr. Andy Vidra Ms. Lynn Mason Laura Anne De Young Mrs. Helen Hazlett Mr. Stephen C. Morris Mr. Chris Vild Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Matz Mrs. Shari Lynne Pais Ms. Bebe Ober Ms. Susan Dechant Ms. Karen Heider Pilarski Mrs. Debbie Nash Ms. Iva Walker Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bobel Ms. Jennifer Peters Mr. and Mrs. James Fern Mr. Bourne Dempsey Mr. Peter S. Hellman Mrs. Lucia Smith Nash Mr. Tom Walter Mr. and Mrs. Roger Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Craig Ross Mr. George Dietrich Ms. Elizabeth Hendricks Mr. Paul Neidhardt Mr. Phillip Warburton Ms. Anne Naugle Mrs. Robert Scher Ms. Karen Doty Mrs. Peg Hetrick Mr. Daniel Nelson Ms. Ann Ward Mr. and Mrs. Dale Neuman Mr. and Mrs. Garland Scott Kate Pilacky and David DiTullio Mr. Paul Novosel Mr. Ralph Waszak, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shelley Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Wendt Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Simpson Mr. William J. O’Neill, Jr. Mrs. Mary Weber Mr. Barry Wilford and Ms. Julie DeMark Ms. Margaret Sugar Ms. Bebe Ober Mrs. Charles D. Weller Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor Mr. John Pais Dr. Wallace Wendt Ms. Margaret Thurston Mr. Robert H. Reboul Mr. James Patterson Mr. John D. Wheeler Valley Art Center, Inc. Mrs. Lynn Rebout Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wahler Faith E. Pescatore Mrs. Christine Williams Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wells Ms. Ava Joyce Peterson Mr. Carter Wilmot Mrs. Eleanor Wolodzko Kate Pilacky Ms. Lynne Woodman Mr. and Mrs. L. Abraham Mr. Guy Powers Mrs. Tracy Zuccaro Mr. Gary Buehner Ms. Debra Cooper Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin Mr. Mike Zuilhof Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hutchinson Ms. Cathy Ricks Mr. and Mrs. Tim Luli Mr. and Mrs. Paul Olecki Mr. Ron Oranski Mrs. Brenda Powers Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sable Mrs. Florence Skala Mrs. Ginny Skala Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sparenga Mr. and Mrs. Blair M. Whidden Warren, Don, Linda and Doris Plzak relax on their Ms. Margarete Ziegler 31 acres in Chagrin Falls, protected since 1998 by WRLC’s predecessor. 27 Let’s go Nice catch! “The ultimatetestofamoralsociety fi shin’ inthecrawdadhole! that itleavestoitschildren.” is thekindofworld D IETRICK B ONHOEFFER Tiger swallowtailon joepye. Pumpkins forsale!

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