Perrysburg Municipal Court
   Wood County, Ohio

LAW AND GOVERNMENT EXPLORER POST #2306

Students from Perrysburg, Lake, Northwood, and Rossford have joined with the Perrysburg Municipal Court to create the Law and Government Explorer Post #2306. The Post is looking for more members.

The program is open to young people who are 14 (and have completed eighth grade) to 20 years old. The group meets at least once a month to learn about careers in law and government through hands-on projects, tours of law facilities and government offices, group discussions, and guest speakers. The meetings are held at the Perrysburg Municipal Court.

The 2007-08 Ohio Mock Trial case materials from the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education should arrive in October.  The case to be argued this year will feature a clash between a church's free exercise of religion and a city's desire to prevent a public nuisance.  In this year's case, a church is attempting to carry out its religious mission by allowing homeless persons to camp on church property.  But due to concerns related to crime and the public health, the city has begun dispersing the homeless persons from the church grounds.  The church files a lawsuit against the city, seeking an injunction that would prevent the city from dispersing the homeless persons whom the church allows to live on its property.  The church argues that the city's actions unconstitutionally burden the church's free exercise of religion, as guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

District competition is scheduled for February 1, regional competition on February 22, and state competition on March 6-8, 2007. Last year Team Casey won the district championship to advance to regional competition.  Team Belazis was runner-up.

The Post has toured the crime lab of the Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, the Lucas County Coroner's Office, and the United States Coast Guard Toledo Station.  They will be in the Harrison Rally Day parade on September 15, then offer face-painting at their Rally Day booth while recruiting new members and working with local police to fingerprint children.  The election of new officers is held in September.

Exploring is part of Learning for Life's career education program. The Perrysburg Municipal Court launched this Explorer post in 2001 by matching their people and resources to the interests of young people in the community. The purpose is to provide our community youth the opportunity to look into the world of law and government as a career choice and to participate in law and government activities.

The annual participant fee of $10 includes liability insurance, local and national activities, and scholarship activities. For more information call 419-872-7915, send an e-mail, or visit the national Exploring website.

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Perrysburg Court Explorers Advance to Regional Competition (02/04/08)

Perrysburg Court Explorers Going to Court (01/25/08)

Perrysburg Court Explorers Prepare for Mock Trial Competition (11/29/07)

Halloween Candy Inspection (10/22/07)

Perrysburg Court Explorers Advance to Regional Competition (02/12/07)

Perrysburg Court Explorers Prepare for 2006-07 Ohio Mock Trial Competition (12/20/06)

Halloween Candy Inspection (10/23/06)

Perrysburg Court Explorers Elect New Officers (09/11/06)

Perrysburg Court Explorers Scored High at State (03/17/06)

Perrysburg Court Explorers Advance to State Competition (02/13/06)

Perrysburg Court Explorers Held Hostage for Special Response Team Training (02/06/06)

Rohrbacher and Belazis Join the Perrysburg Court Explorer Post for Ohio Mock Trial Competition (12/13/05)

Halloween Candy Inspection (10/13/05)

Perrysburg Court Explorer Post Take Second Place in 22d Annual State Mock Trial Competition (02/14/05)

Perrysburg Court Explorer Post Argue Mock Trial Civil Case (01/10/05)

New Mock Trial Coach for Perrysburg Explorer Post #2306 (9/28/04)

Perrysburg Court Explorer Post Competes in State Mock Trial Competition (3/15/04)

Perrysburg Court Explorers Advance to Ohio’s Largest Academic Competition (3/03/04)

Perrysburg Court Explorer Post Places First and Second in Mock Trial Competition (2/23/04)

Perrysburg Court Explorer Post Takes On “Voluntary Confession” Issue In Mock Trial Case (2/12/04)

Lafarree Speaks To Explorer Post About Secret Service (11/21/03)

Election of Officers (10/09/03)

Halloween Candy Inspection (10/08/03)

Explorer Post Prepares for Mock Trial (2/13/03)

Explorer Post #2306 (12/27/01)

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