Amherst News-Times, 2001-05-16

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Amherst News-Time
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Wednesday, May 16, 2001
Amherst, Ohio
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It's raining, it's pourini
and it's flooding his y<
by YVONNE GAY
Ward 1 councilman Terrence Traster points to
the place where waters rush in on Jeff Henry's
property. Henry said his properly gets slammed
by rushing waters from all over the city.
Newt-Tim** reporter
On a nice day, a leisurely walk
through Jeff Henry's back yard on
Milan Avenue is an enjoyable experience, but if it rains, guests might
need an inflatable raft instead of an
umbrella.
"You could go white water rafting back there," Henry told members of the city's Buildings and
Lands Committee last Monday. "I
can show you video tape. I want you
all to come see it"
According to Henry, during
steady rainfalls the land in back of
his 1072 Milan Avenue home gets
slammed by waters which cascade
in from his next door neighbor's
home, parts of the township, city
and vacant lot to the left of him. The
Vet groups set Memorial Day plans
Local residents will observe the Memorial Day holiday
with several planned activities, including the following:
FLAGS
Flags will be placed at the gravesites on May 20 and removed on June 2 prior to each event Participants should
meet at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1662 at 9 a.m.
BROWNHELM SERVICES, SUNDAY, MAY 27
A parade will be held, and participants should line up at
the comer of North Ridge and Claus Road south at 12:30
p.m. The parade will start at 1 p.m., proceeding west on
North Ridge Road to the Brownhelm Cemetery where Memorial Day services will be observed at 2 p.m. There, members of the Historical Society will announce the names of
those veterans buried at the cemetery.
AMHERST SERVICES. MONDAY, May 28
An honors ceremony will be held; participants should meet
at VFW Post 1662 at 6 ajn. to visit the following cemeteries: Middle Ridge. St Joseph's, Kendeigh Comers and
Crown Hill.
Following the honors ceremonies, the American Legion and
other participants will form at Washington and Cleveland Av
enue, and then proceed to the Cleveland Avenue Cemetery to
render honors.
Those members of the honors group participating in the
parade will form at Forest Street and Cleveland Avenue. All
other parade participants will line up by the Marion L. Steele
High School on Washington Street prior to 9:30 a.m. The
parade will start at 9:45 ajn.
The parade route,is south on Washington, across Cleveland
Avenue, south on Forest to Park Avenue and west to town
hall.
At town hall, formal services will be conducted from the
band stand. The program will include an invocation, a welcome stgjteh. tq-Jjga-yor John Higgins, a talk by guest speaker
Kenneth Sumphauzer, Memorial Day services. Civil War recognition and an American Legion benediction.
Stumphauzer, who is Amherst city law director, was a captain in the U.S. .Air Force from 1969 to 1973. He was a
navigator for the B-52 bomber, and flew 225 combat missions in southeast Asia.
He is the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the
Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, and 10 air medals.
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The winner and runnere-up in the Amherst Police Department's T-shirt slogan contest were presented with certificates and
helmets last week. The grand prize went to Kristen Ureanik, for
her slogan, I'm thinking clear when I wear my head gear." Winners, from left to right: Luke Elbert, 6, Erika Bauer, 5, Kristen
Ureanik, 6, and Paige Kossow, 10.
Kristen Ureanfc gets a first look at her new bike, presented by
police chief Lonnie Dillon.
Girl, 6, wins police slogan contest
The winner of the Amherst
Police Department's T-shirt
slogan contest is 6-year-old
Kristen Ureanik, a student at
St Joseph School.
Ureanik's slogan, "I'm
thinking clear when I wear
my head fear," caned her a
new bicycle from Dele's Bike
Shop.
Ureanik, along with three
runners up were given prizes
during a small awards ceremony last Thursday, at the
Amherst Police Department
Runners up received a plaque
of recognition, bicycle safety
helmet and T-shirt; the plaque
will be mounted, framed and
at a
up were: Paige
I'm thinking clear when
I wear my head gear' is it
Kossow, 10, of Harris
Elementary School, for "Protect the part that makes you
smart" Erika Bauer, 5, of
Powers Elementary School for
"Before you ride, strap your
head inside." And Luke El-
ben, 6, of St Joseph School
for "Helmets rule...the ultimate tool."
Sgt Dan Jasinski, dispatcher Teresa Antonopoulos
and police chief Ironnie Dillon studied more than 243
entries before Tflr,*,t their final ihrlrioiMi
"They were all so good. It
was a pretty tough decision,"
Antonopoulos said just before
the presentations were made.
"We would like to thank
everyone who participated."
Students participating in the
contest were asked to think
of a one five-to-eigbt-wotd
slogan lo accompany the
shirt's picture. The shirts were
of
to encourage children to wear
safety helmets while riding
bicycles, scooters or in-line
skates. Children spotted wearing their safety helmets by
bicycle patrol officer Jasinski,
will be given a coupon for a
free T-shirt and ice cream
t Hastee Tastee.
lie shirts are a pan of the
polite department's new Bicycle Helmet Program,
Sponsors, who donated
prizes for the contest included
Impressions, Dale's Bike
Shop, the Amherst Fire Department the Amherat Fraternal Order of Police and
Lodge 122.
"Without them, we would
never had been able to give
prizes," An-
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rushing waters are then concentrated
in a 946-foot area at the back of his
home.
"I think the city's Milan project
would simply wash away if (my
flooding problem) isn't taken care
of first," he told committee
members.
Henry said before he moved into
the early 20th-century home, which
includes 2.5 acres of property, over
one year ago, he noticed that the
basement had showed some signs of
water damage. He said he thought
the problem could be easily solved
with a good retiling and seal job.
However, his hopes quickly diminished after his property began to
take a beating with last year's high
rainfalls. His property was flooded
with fast moving water four times.
"All the water is forced out
through a small area between my
house and my neighbor's house. It's
a pretty serious current" Henry said
after the meeting.
After discovering the flooding incidents, he sought the help of First
Ward councilmember Terrence
Traster, and later city engineer Mill
Pommeranz was brought in.
According to Traster, the Milan
Avenue area has suffered from water problems for quite some time.
About 300 yards along Milan Avenue including several s jc streets
can get up to one foot of water during a heavy rain pour. The water affects 12 to 14 homes and can cause
flooded basements in at least three
to four of them.
"You get to this point and your
car could start stalling out" Traster
explained, as he drove through the
area. "Some residents would have
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Keressi
Januzzi
Two area attorneys
to face off for judge
by PAUL MORTON
News-Times reporter
And then there were two.
Voters last Tuesday narrowed the
field of candidates for judge of the
Oberlin Municipal Court from 10 to
two, electing Democrat Tom Januzzi and Republican John Keressi
in their parties' primary elections.
The two will now square off in die
November general election.
According to unofficial results
from the Lorain County Bond of
Elections, Januzzi received 1,137
votes, or 27.01 percent of Democratic ballots cast Oberiin city solicitor
Eric Severs came in second in the
Democratic primary with 975 votes,
or 23.16 percent of the vote.
Januzzi said he was pleased with
the results, but he also could have
been happy if the election had
turned out differently.
"I was prepared for it to happen
one way or the other," Januzzi said.
"We were so happy with the way
the campaign went it's like I tell the
kids I coach, you go out and prepare
the best you can, then whatever happens you know you did your best."
Januzzi, who did not use billboards or television advertising in
the primary campaign, said he
would continue his same strategy in
the fall campaign.
"My strategy has been to present
my resume to the voters," Januzzi
said. "That's why we sent out the
flyers and ran newspaper ads with
ail my experience listed. The idea
was to spend our money presenting
my qualifications."
Keressi collected 850 votes, or
42.38 percent of the Republican
vote, according to unofficial results.
Susan Ward came in second place
with 699 votes, or 34.85 percent of
the vote.
Keressi said he was happy after
winning the nomination, but he said
he felt he had a victory of sorts even
before the first vote was cast
'First of all, let me give praise to
my Lord Jesus Christ" Keressi said.
"He led me through some really difficult times in the past six months,
so I felt like I had a major victory
already. After that it didn't really
matter whether I won or not"
Keressi said he, too, will use the
same strategy for the November
election.
"It's pretty much a grassroots
campaign," Keressi said. "I believe I
have support from a wide base."
The winning candidate in
November will replace Oberiin
Municipal Court judge Martin Heberiing, who is retiring at the end of
this year, his 26th year on the bench.
'Pooper scooper' law
fails in council hands
by YVONNE QAY
Nowa-Tlmoo reporter
Two few council committee
members last week were wilting to
/upport a "pooper scooper" law,
forcing reeideats who wait their
dogs to cany a means of picking op
any leftovers left behind.
As a result the proposed pooper
Only Pint Wart coaar*>member
Jennifer Wasilk voted to saw it
During the Police and Pire Coos-
tor Scott Soman and Amherst police chief Lonnie Dillon both spake
of the difficulty of enforcing the
"First of all, you must aee a mta-
demeanor happening in order to enforce it" Dillon said. "In moat
, we would be relying on a wit-
Then, what would we do with
the evidence?"
While at his home on Wday, Dillon mid. "People with common
aeMe*ould already know Aatdtoy
need to pick up after their
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