Amherst News-Times, 2001-03-14

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Amherst News-Time:
Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Amherst, Ohio
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Fred Holland, principal of Marion
L. Steele High School, isn't thinking
too much about retirement right
now, even though at the end of the
school year he will have put in 30
years of service in the field of education and says he's pulling the
plug.
Holland began his career soon after graduating from Kent State University in 1970. He returned to his
high school alma mater at Rittman
High School where he taught science and was an assistant football
coach. He served as graduate assistant teacher and assistant football
coach at Kent State for a year before
moving on to Mansfield Madison
High School for a three-year stint
both as a teacher and assistant football coach.
During undergraduate, graduate
and early teaching years, Holland
was a Transportation Specialist in
the Army Reserve for six years.
Holland was offered a postion as
assistant principal, athletic director
and head football coach at Rittman,
and once again returned to serve his
ol3 high school.
After Rittman, Holland accepted
a position at Orrville High School as
assistant principal, and was there for
four years.
From OrrviUe, Holland traveled
to Medina, where he served six
years as the assistant principal at
Medina High School. He then left
Medina, and became principal at
Oberlin High School for two years.
Just before coming to Amherst, Hol
land became the principal at Chilli-
cothe High School in Chillicothe,
Ohio for four years.
Holland has been the principal at
Marion L. Steele High School for
the last three years.
"I am going to miss the problem
solving aspects of the job, that intertwined students, parents and
staff,'' said Holland.
"I have been very fortunate. Every place I traveled I have been surrounded by great students, great
staff and cooperative parents,'* he
added.
. Holland has been directly involved in the planning of upcoming
additions to the high school from
day one, and will pass the baton to
his successor. Groundbreaking for
the new additions is scheduled to
take place in June, and classes to be
held in them sometime during the
2002-2003 school year.
While Holland isn't thinking
much about retirement right now, he
has done some reflecting on this
move.
The Hollands have no intention of
leaving Amherst following his
retirement
"I thought about it a lot. Over the
last eight or nine months I did lots
of research on what was best for the
family," said Holland.
His biggest retirement goal is to
slow life down.
"I still plan to be active, I am an
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Marion L. Steele High School principal Fred Holland, who has
tallied more than 30 years In education, will following the end of
avid  golfer,  boater  and  woodworker,'' he said.
His church (Church of the Open
Door) has short term missionary
trips for congregation members, that
often incorporate building
construction.
Holland built the last two homes
he has lived in, and enjoys working
with his hands, so a trip to construct
buildings for missionaries would be
right up his alley.
Holland is also toying with the
idea of doing some consulting work
for school systems. More frequently
this school year.
then schools like to see, the state
mandates that school systems make
certain changes to meet state standards, and most school districts are
not staffed sufficienUy to implement
those changes.
Holland's idea would be to approach a school system facing such
a dilemma, make suggestions on
how to best make the change and
serve as fill-in staff until such long-
term adjustments can be made.
It will remain to be seen whether
the golf club or hammer will be the
most frequently used tool in Holland's arsenal.
Twp. fire committee hopes to boost levy
The Amherst Township fire
safety task force will hold a
public meeting for all interested township residents at
Shupe Middle School
The meeting will be held
on Thursday, March 29 and
starts at 7 pjn.
The purpose of the meeting
will be to share information
with taxpayers about the 3
mill fire levy that will appear
on the ballot in May. This
levy is critical to the operations of the entire township
and is a concern to all homeowners, according to chairman
of the task force, Howard
Dulmage.
The task force was appointed by the trustees of
Amherst Township as a non-
political advisory body to
study the needs of Amherst
Township in the fire.
emergency services and other
safety service areas.
Along with Dulmage, members include Neil Lynch, secretary, Ron Brotherton, Frank
DeAngelis, Jim Yorks, Janice
DeAngelis and Ron
Yacobozzi.
The group has been meet
ing to review, learn and
gather facts about safety services since its creation in
January.
"It is very important that
every homeowner realizes
how close we are to losing
fire protection services in the
township," Dulmage said. "It's
an issue that impacts on
safety, home values and property insurance. We want every
property owner in Amherst
Township to have a chance to
ask questions and to understand the importance of the
fire levy vote on May 8."
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Fire Place
restorers
honored
for work
The Fireplace, located at 175
Park Avenue, has received the Art
Restoration of the Year 2000 Award
from the Cleveland Historical
Society.
The award was presented during a
ceremony held at the Renaissance
Ballroom in downtown Cleveland.
Co-owned by Ben Criss and Gerri
and David Rice of Amherst, Fireplace workers dismantled and
moved to the front of Cleveland
Heights City Hall the original
marble sculpture and fountain from
the Severance Estate (and more recently Severance Town Center
shopping center).
The members of the Cleveland
Heights Historical Society had
learned that the owners of the shopping center planned to demolish the
fountain for additional parking and
quickly mobilized an effort to save
it
Hie Fireplace chemically restored
tbe 14 marble sections, resculpted
the numerous missing pieces and
reinstalled the artwork on a new
concrete base.
In addition to painting and sculpture, the Fireplace offers many
skilled trades as well, from stonework and ceramic tile to patios, plaster repairs and granite and marble
countertops.
The Severance Fountain is a remnant of the Longwood estate of
John L. Severance, benefactor of
{Severance Hall and business partner
of John D. Rockefeller.
Longwood was likely tbe grand-
Local attorney B. Eckstein
will vie for Heberling's seat
Barry Eckstein, an Amherst resident who has been an attorney and
counselor-at-law for 30 years in
Oberiin, has declared his candidacy
for Oberlin Municipal Court judge,
wishing to succeed retiring judge
Martin Heberling.
Eckstein is entering the race because he believes that "municipal
courts are the most important court
in Ohio, since that is where most
people come in contact with the judicial system. That is why it is so important for this court to be people
friendly and to ensure everyone is
treated fairly by the judge and other
court officials."
"My 30 years experience," Eckstein added, "has included every type
of case handled by the Oberlin
court, including civil and criminal
trial work, and landlord-tenant matters. This vast experience coupled
with my familiarity of Oberlin Mun-
Barry Eckstein
icipal Court proceedings makes me
the most qualified candidate for
judge."
Eckstein serves on the board of
directors of the Oberiin Chamber of
Commerce/Main Street Program.
He is an active member of the Lorain County Bar Association and
serves on the Bar Admissions Committee. He has served as past secretary, and chairman of Ihe Free Arbitration Committee, as well as a
member of the Ethics Committee.
He is also past president of the Lorain County Arthritis Foundation,
Eckstein lives in Amherst with his
wife Ann and has three adult
children.
Ibe jurisdiction of the Oberlin
Municipal Court includes the cities
of Oberiin and Amherst, and the villages of Wellington, South Amhent,
Rochester and Kipton. Tea townships are also included: Amhent,
Brighton, Camden, Henrietta, Huntington, Penfield, Pittsfiold, Rochester, New Russia snd Wc
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Grant money may keep cop
in school, repair overpass
Ben Criss works on the original marble sculpture and foundation
from the Severance Estate.
est of the baronial estates constructed in Cleveland Heights in the
early 20th century.
lite Raymond John Wean Foundation is the major donor among the
foundstions, busincisaes sod indivi
duals who have contributed nearly
$10,000 of the $35,000 cost lo
move, clean, restore, tight and Isnd-
scape the fctuntain, accordLnf to the
Cleveland Heights Historical
Society.
Last week, members of council,
meeting in committee, heard two
presentations that could add to the
safety of local kids, as well as beautify some railroad overpass areas.
Council heard a presentation from
police chief Lonnie Dillon and
lieutenant Dennis Seger who asked
council to accept the recently sp-
proved COPS In School Grant and
continue the School Resource Officer (SRO) program in the Amhent
School System.
The COPS In School Grant,
which became Available in February, will contribute $123,000 toward
wages and fringe benefits of the
SRO officer over the neat three
years. Amherst would be required to
pay $64)00 toward the program this
year. $21,192.63 the following year
and $36,029 in the final year of the
grant
Les Carrender, ihe current SRO
officer will remain in that position
through the term of die grant In
2004 Amherst will hive to decide
whether it will keep the program
and add the SRO officer's salary
into Ihe police budget or drop -be
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