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[email protected] An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, reasons David Bench, a Jerusalem Township trustee. Eying a rising Lake Erie and an ag- ing, eroding dike system, township of- fi cials have been stockpiling sand bags to try to limit fl ooding this spring and summer. Bench said residents should con- tact the township offi ce if they would like to receive sandbags. The phone number is 419-836-8921. Residents may also visit the township website which lists the cell phone numbers of the trustees. “We got lucky. We ran out of sand bags and all three trustees were look- ing for an easier way to do this,” Bench said. “I just happened to ask Toledo Alfalfa Mills and they said they would Jerusalem Township is getting prepared for any future fl ooding. Photo at do it. The Army Corps of Engineers left; at the Toledo Alfalfa Mill, Kevin Chapman, left, and Eric Schuffenecker, provides the bags. The machine weighs of the Jerusalem Township maintenance department, load sandbags on to the sand. That’s critical because the pallets. At right, Jason Box, of Toledo Alfalfa Mill, along with co-workers, fi ll bag has to sit just right, it can’t be too sandbags. A chute designed and built by metal artist George Coker sped up full.