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Put your Mends behind barsHenry County Jail-N-Bail is for good causeJAIL-N-BAIL — The American Cancer Society,Henry County Unit, local law enforcement officials and the Napoleon Mooee Lodge will sponsor a Jail-N-Bail fundraiser June 12,13 and 14. For a $35 donation,area residents will be “arrested” and must raise “bail” by securing pledges for the Cancer Society.Planning the event are, from left, Mary (dear, exec utive director of the Henry County Cancer Society;Jack Conn, county jail administrator; Lt. Roger Weaver, Napoleon police department; and Henry County Sheriff Irvin (Buck) FTory Marketeer Photo by Kathy Riley.Jail-N-Bail is coordinated by BudBy KAREN ARNOSEditorNAPOLEON — Many Henry County residents are going to be placed behind bars next week at the request of their “friends ”But it’s all for a good cause. Proceeds will raise money for the • Henry County unit of the American Cancer Society. The goal for the three-day event is Sit.000.The statewide Jail-N-Bail event was begun by the American Cancer Society a year ago and is being done in most counties sometime this year. Nearby Wood County recently raised $18,000 in one and a half days.For a $25 pre-paid donation to the Henry County Cancer Society, anyone can have a specific individual arrested on a bogus charge. Suggested charges include impersonating a car dealer, exceeding the speed limit while jogging, transporting females across the state line, impersonating a school superintendent, indecent exposure from the neck up or removing all ashtrays from the officePre-arrests begin Tuesday and can be made by calling a specialhotline number, 592-JAIL, or the American Cancer Society office at599-3903.A summons will be filled out for each person, listing the time, date and location the arrest should be made.Arrests will be made June 12, 13and 14 between 10 a m and 3 p m. .Off-duty members of the Napoleon police department, Henry County sheriff’s department and police and sheriff’s auxiliaries will visit the arrestee, explain the situation and good-naturedly take him to jail.Everyone has to be willing to participate. emphasized Mary Klear, executive director of the Henry County Cancer Society, adding that she hopes industries will cooperate in allowing employees to leave the workplace. If there is a problem, employees will not be taken away.A mock jail will be set up in the window of the old Murphy building in downtown Napoleon. Use of the building has been donated by Martin Hoeffel.There, “prisoners” will go before a judge and jury (in optional handcuffs and prison attire) in a Kangaroo Kourt made up of community volunteers. Bail will be set, and seven phones have been placed in the jail from which calls for help can be made.If the arrestee raises the bail amount in pledges for the Cancer Society, he will be freed. If the amount is not raised, he will still be let go but perhaps placed on “probation.”Most prisoners will be in jail about an hour.Klear noted that pledges are tax-deductible.Each arrestee will receive a freemugshot courtesy of VanAusdale Photography, a free prison cap and a certificate. Return transportation will be Drovided.Shaw, a Cancer Society board member, and Jack Conn, county jail administrator.The event is being conducted in cooperation with Napoleon Moose Lodge and Women of the Moose. The Cancer Society is this year’s fundraising project for the MooseLodge members will serve as Kourt volunteers, and Women of the Moose will serve refreshments to prisoners. Henry County Senior Center members also will be volunteering serv ices.Klear explained that funds raised will be used during 1986 The Henry County unit received 40 percent of its funding this year from UnitedWay of Henry County and must raise the remaining 60 percent. This year’s goal is $38,500 The money will be used for Henry County cancer patients and also for research and educationDuring the last fiscal year, 73 pa tients were aided. Services include transportation, dressings, medications, ostomy and Reach to Recovery items and follow-up visits andPap clinics.The Henry County unit also provides free use of home health supplies on ? loan basis Other free services available include speakers bureau, school programs, films and informationalmaterialsHenry County Homewelcomes new leaderBy KAREN ARNOSEditorNAPOLEON — Robert Poturalski has been named administrator of the Henry County Home.He assumed the job May 20 and replaces Anita Warden, who recently resigned to take a similar position.Poturalski, who lives in Lambertville, Mich., near Toledo, is a native of Toledo and a graduate of the University of Toledo. He also received a degree from Ohio State University in health care administration.For 16 years, the 44-year-old Poturalski has been employed at St.
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