The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1975-09-24

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North Canton, Ohio, Wednesday, September 24, 1975
16 Pages
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Local
News
Fifteen Cents
Gerber, Swindell Oppose Increase
ay Hike Proposal Is Tailed
s 'Sweetheart Ordinance
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What Council President Dale C Gerber labeled as a 'Sweetheart Ordinance" was
the main attraction for a Councilroom full of City Employees at the Monday, Sept.
22-meeting of the NorthCanton City Council. That main attraction was the Ordinance
establishing a 10 per cent across-the-board pay hike for only full-time employees
who work for the City. What President Gerber feels is a "Sweetheart Ordinance,"
City employees and some members of the Administration feel is a raise to cover
the "cost of living." :
WASHINGTON BOUND. Outward Bound, a group of 134 eighth grade
students at Middlebranch School in Plain Local is planning a trip to Washington, D. C. Working on posters for fund raising events are five of these'
students, (left to right around the table) DeAnn Doud, Debbie Fitz, Eugene
'Gabrys, Richard Hendrus and George Parker. The Outward Bound group is
presently organizing a garage sale to be held Oct. 3 and 4 at the Plain
Township Garage on Easton St. to help raise funds to cover the cost of the
trip. The students in this group will have been togther with the same subject
teacher for their two years at Middlebranch. One of the purposes of this two-
year approach is to provide social as well as academic encounters and the
teachers feel that the trip to Washington, D. C. is relevant to both these areas.
In May, 1976, the Bicentennial Year, the group will visit the White House,
Capital, Congress, where they would like to visit with Cong. Ralph Regula,
the Supreme Court, Arlington, the presidential monuments, the National
Archives, the Smithsonian and the Washington Zoo, as well as other significant sites. Over three-fourths of the required funds has been raised through
the efforts of parents and Students at garage sales, car washes and candy
sale promotions. The group plans to sell candles in order to Help students
pay the cost of their food. \
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Public Hearing Set For A-C
Airport Runway Extension
Jack A. Doyle, Jr., Manager of the Akron-Canton Airport, announces there will
be a public hearing Monday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in the library of Jackson High School
concerning the'proposed Runway extension at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport.
This improvement would be made to Runway 5/23, the northeast/southwest Runway, to
a maximum length of 9,000 feet. This wouid mean a 3,400 foot extension to the existing 5,600 foot Runway 5/23.
In the Akron-Canton Regional Airport Proposed
Runway Extension Summary of Findings, it stated
that "due to the lengths of
the existing runways, airlines are unable to serve
the Akron-Canton area
with the larger range jet
aircraft. In 1974, some
239,000 passengers boarded planes at the local airport and by 1990, annual
emplanements are expected to reach 660,000."
The Summary of Findings also stated that "because of its location, the
Akron-Canton Airport has
the potential to serve almost one-third ofthe population of Northeastern
Ohio."
The Project Description.
is asvfoJlDK^CXlie^Eoh-"
Canton Regional Airport
Authority proposes the extension of the Southwest
runway, Runway 5, from
its present length of 5600
feet to 9000 feet. The total
length of the extension
would be 3600 feet. Other
associated landing area
improvements include the
construction of a parallel
taxiway, runway and taxi-
way lighting, air navigational aids and terminal
connections. The proposed
extension wouldbe constructed on an earthen embankment for its entire
length. It is anticipated
that much of the fill material could be obtained on-
site.
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* Bicentennial  ^SgjSpfl
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Throughout the history of
mankind, symbols have
played an important role
in telling man's history.
Recently some questions
were raised by a GirlScout
troop concerningthesym-
bols of Ohio. As we ap-
proach the Bicentennial
celebrations, perhaps we
should all be reminded
about our state emblems.
State Nam.? - The Great
and beautiful state of Ohio
was named forthe river
that makes its southern and
part of its eastembound-
ary. The name of the river
appears on French maps as
early as 1681SpelledOu-i-o
meaning Beautiful River,
However, before the
French had an opportunity
to dub the river "beautiful"
the Indians of the Iroquois
nation had already called it
"Great." Other tribes such
as Wyandots, Senecas, Mohawks, Cayugas andOnedla
had their own pronouncia-
tions each translated as,
"the Great River that went
to the sea."
The French and Indians
were both right because
Ohio was and is Great and
Beautiful. Ohio became a
state   on  March   1, 1803.
County Name - It is not
altogether clear who suggested the name for Stark
County, but we do know it
was named for General
John Stark, who distinguished himself during the
Revolution. General Stark
never set foot in the Ohio
County. Stark County was
established March 16,1809.
Great Seal - Before Ohio
became a state the Great
Seal was provided for in the
State Constitution of 1802
and adopted in 1803. The
original seal was designed
by Secretary of State
William Creighton.
The shield depicts a
sheaf of wheat and a sheaf
of seventeen arrows (Ohio
being the 17th state) with a
rising sun over a mountain
in the background (Ohio being the first state west of
the Alleghenies.)
The original seal was repealed in 1805 and several
different designs were
used until 1866 when the
original was reinstated
with one change. The single
mountain was replacedbya
mountain range as a backdrop.
State Flower - Ohio had
no designated flower until
1904 when the State General Assembly adopted the
scarlet carnation as Ohio's
official flower. This was
done in memory of President William McKinley who
had been assassinated in
1901.
In 1876 McKinley campaigned against Dr. Levi
Lamborn of Alliance who
cultivated carnations in
his greenhouse. Lamborn,
in jest pinned a red carnation to his jacket not
knowing McKinley would
defeat him. In subsequent
campaigns McKinley wore
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.The .Akjpq-CHlrton. Regional-- 'Airport:is located'
in Green Township ofSum-
mlt County. The extension
of Runway 5/23 to 9000 feet
will require the crossing of
the county line. Approximately 2000 feet of the proposed extension would be
constructed in Jackson
Township of Stark County.
The extended runaway
would become the Airport's
primary runway and would
handle approxim ately 81
per cent of the cooperations. The extension runway would provide for a
greater margin of safety
duringperiods of inclement
weather and in the event
of aircraft emergency operations.
The alternatives considered include the extension
of Runway 5 as proposed,
the extension of one of the
other runways, extension of
less than 3400 feet, p o s t-
poning the proposed developments and taking no
action.
The summary of environmental impacts include
five . reasons. First, air
quality: As a result of the
proposed action, there will
be an increase inthe air
pollution loads in the a i r-
port vicinity, but this re -
duction of air quality will
be light. Emissions from,
aircrafts operations are
expected to increase without construction of the pro-
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City employees received
an 8 per cent pay raise in,
19 74 and in February of
1975, a 5 per cent pay hike
which they took under the
stipulation that pay raises
be again renegotiated in\
July 1975.
"I am strongly opposed
to granting increased vacation allowance and the
additi'onofthe perscription
drug program." explained
President Gerber.
The prescription drug
program would provide for
free prescription drugs to
the city employee and his
family. '
"This new prescription
program will cost the city
$600 per month $7,200
a year!" Gerber stated.
"You, all of Council,and
the negotiating board were '
consulted before anything
was done," stated City
Administrator Clifford
Gehrum who drew up the
proposed pay scale along
with the negotiators.
"But I didn't agree with
it," explained Gerber.
"You cannot call this a
Sweetheart' Ordinance,"
demanded Gehrum.
"I can call it anything I
wish," stated Gerber.
Fred Schroeder of 102 f!
, E..Maple;St.,Js against the.
proposed pay increase. "I
only received a 2 per cent
raise myself, but I'm just
happy to have a job," h e
stated. 'Some of these city
worker should be happy
they have a job".
Dawn Willaman who has
lived in North Canton for
30 years and is a school
crossing guard, feels it
would be more fair to have
a 5 pe r cent pay increase
for all employees, full
and part-time, thanalO
per cent hike for just full -
time workers.
"We (the part-time
workers) don't get the
fringe benefits like t h e
full-time workers," Mrs.
Willaman said.
When asked by Finance
Director Bill Kascavelis if
she   had looked into    an
additional part-time job to
make more money, Mrs. -
Willaman explained she is  '
not out for more money.
"I   could no more hold
down another part-time job
than  fly,  because of  my
hours as a school crossing
guard," she explained.
School crossing guards
must be at their posts
at 7:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and
3 p.m.
President Gerber stated
he feels that if a 10 percent
across-the board raise is
put into effect that the real
serious problem will come
in 1976.
"As I see it, there is a
$63,800 deficit predicted
for 1976," explained Gerber. "A 10 per cent raise is
not justified by the fact. We
can only break even with a
zero raise."
Paul Wunderle of North
Canton feels hourly employees should be given
pay raises and should be
considered first.
"One day last week and
again today I saw a city
worker sitting in a City
truck in a parking lot on S.
Main St., asleep in the
truck with the truck still
running," statedMr. Wunderle. "That's my tax
money that'spaying for that
gas. I've also seen whole
crews stop for coffee and it
isn't the lunch hour. And
then I see a citycarwitha
,city worker and his whole
family going to Ruslee's for
dinner! That's where our
tax money is going."
Councilman - at -1 a r g e
David Clark, also a mem-
Public Hearing
For Rezoning
Prior to the 7 p.m.
Council meetirlg Monday,
Sept^22, there was a public
' itedring concerning' the
proposed rezoning of a lot
situated on the south side
of Applegrove St. NE, presently situated in a Single
Family Residential District be rezoned to RMFA
Multi Family Residential
District.
Julia Marker, owner of
the property, told Council
she wants her property rezoned to conform with surrounding property. Mrs.
Marker's brother, Bill
Schaub, also requestedthe
property be rezoned.
Members ofthe Planning Commission recommended rezoning by stating
in their report to the Zoning Committee andXouncil
that it is self evident that
the present zoning is much
more restricted and they
agree to the recommended ■
zone change.
Council President Dale
C. Gerber explained that
the report will be turned
over to the Zoning Committee of Council tostudy
and make a report to Council.
ber ofthe Finance Committee along with President
Gerber and Ward 3Councilman Ted Scheffler, read
a comparison list of how
wages would be affected.
Secretary salaries would
raise from $7,000 to
$7,700; laborer from $4.05
an hour to $4.45 per hour;
water clerk from $6,600 to
$7,300; Director of Administration from $17,500 to
$19,250 and park superintendent .from $12,600 to
$13,860.
Ward 2 Councilman Joseph Wells announced he
wants a response from the
people in his ward, either
by phone or at the next
Council meeting set for
Monday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m.
in CouncilChambers.toget
their opinion of the pay
raise proposal.
A first readingwas given
to the Ordinance establishing general personnel regulations, sick leave regulations, vacation regulations,
military leave, longevity
pay plan, annual clothing
allowance for police per-
Rotary Club
Auction Is
October 11
The North Canton Rotary
Club Auction is just around
the corner - Saturday, Oct.
11 to be exact, beginning a t
10 a.m. at theMemoria 1,
Stadium Bus Garage,
located on Pershing Avenue
NE.
Along with the auction
willbe a white elephant sale
and a bake sale. Ref resh-
ments will also b e
available.
Some items already collected for the fund raising
event are school furniture,
small appliances and house
furniture, including bedroom furniture.
All proceeds will be used
for various Rotary projects
such as the crippled children and the h an di capped
swim program.
Jerry Price will be
auctioneer.
For pickup of salable
auction items, call 499-
8552 or 499-2493.
Mike Sumser is chairman of the Auction.
sonnel, disability pay, funeral leave, hospitalization, paid life insurance,
major medical, prescription drug program and probationary time period for
the employees of the City
plus the Ordinance establishing pay raises for full-
time employees of the City.
The first reading was
passed by a 5-2 vote with
Councilman -at-Large
George Swindell and President Gerber votingagainst
the pay hike proposal.
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0x Roast &
Festival Set
This Saturday
"The Greentown Farmers Ox Roast & Festival"
has been chosen as this
year's theme for the
Greentown Jaycees first
community wide project.
The festival will be held at
the Greentown Community
Park on Saturday, Sept. 27
from 1 till 10 p.m.
Festival Chairman, Ron
Fausnight, descirbed . the
festival as "a community
oriented program, designed to assist all the
Greentown Civic and com-
mercial organizations
promote their/ own programs, while j helping the
community." fhe Jaycees
have designkted their proceeds to the Park Association toutilize in their maintenance and growth programs.
All the booths, which include a tractor ride, helicopter ride, Bingo, and
games for all, are being
sponsored by organizations
within the Greentown area.
Also included in the festivities will be a fireman's
parade with fire trucks and
equipment from the entire
Stark County area. Awards
will be awarded to various
winners in numerous categories. 'Sunrise," a
young group of musicians
from GlenOak high school,
will provide the music for
a dance which will be held
in the evening from 7 till 10.
Advance tickets for the
Ox Roast dinner, which
features prime roast of
beef, cooked over an open
pit, and served on sesame
rolls, may be purchased at
Buff's Quick Shop on the
Greentown Square or at
Wise Hardware, 3979 State
St., Greentbwn.
Sen.Johnson
Reports From
The Capital
CRISIS
POLITICS AGAIN
Ohioan's were shortchanged again by the majority leadership's special interest lawmaking
when S. B. 70 sailed through
the'General Assembly last
week. This bill rewrites
Ohio's public employees
collective bargaining laws,
including the repeal of the
Ferguson Act, which prohibits strikes by those employees.
This was truly another
example ofthe leadership's
artificial "crisis" operation as the bill was amended 58 times in the House
before coming back to the
Senate late Friday. Citizens of the 18th Senate
District were treated very
poorly in the passage of
this significant legislation.
Copies of the amendments
were not even provided,
much less time to consider
them.       (
From my experience in
local government, as
Mayor and Councilman, I
understand the need for
clarification and more effective guidelines for the
conduct of public employee
negotiations, butS.B. 70
•fails" to meet the needs - of
Ohio's citizens. My opposition is based on several
provisions of the legislation. These are the permission to strike, the agency shop, and the bill's
taking precedence over existing state or local law in
cases of conflict with negotiated contracts. The legislation also would prohibit
review, modification, or
rejection of arbitrated contracts by local elected officials, even in cases where
funds could not cover ne\V
wage scales.
SCHOOL TRADE-INS
ALLOWED
In action last week the-
Senate also approved legislation to permitboards of
education to trade personal
property, such as office
equipment, maintenance
equipment, etc., as part or
all of the consideration on
the purchase of similar
personal property. Unable
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Mrs. Lundstrom Heads Area
1975 United Way Campaign
The 1975 United Way campaign eoal prpposedby the
citizen budget committees is $2,164,859 of which
$74,000 has been set for the Residential Division.
her will be Mrs. James
(Joyce) Niffenegger of 321
Hume NE.
Sixteen hundred volunteers serve the Residential
Division in their yearly
door-to-door campaign and
this year the theme is "All
Together Now," an appropriate name for a year when
every volunteer^M have to
present the UW story of
helping othfers.
The Residential Kickoff
will be held Tuesday, Sept.
30 at the Trinity United
Church of Christ in Canton
where a rousing good time
is promised, individual
meetings, and prizes galore.
The date of Oct. 15has
been set for the conclusion
of the campaign.
To do her part for this
year's, campaign as chairman of the Suburban North
area is Mrs. Donald (Shirley) Lundstrom of 509
Summit SE and  assisting
, APPRECIATION BREAKFAST. An appreciation breakfast for State Senator David W.
Johnson (R-18 North Canton) was held Friday,
Sept. 19 at the Sheraton Belden Inn. Among the
89 in attendance for the breakfast were (1. to
f.) Sen. Theodore Gray, («-3) Columbus; Sen.
Donald (Buz) Lukens, '('R-4) Middletown; Sen.
Thomas Van Meter, (R-19) Ashland; Sen. Johnson; William Wilson, vice president of Diebold
who served as emcee; and Canton Mayor Stanley Cmich. Mr. Wilson presented a resume of
Sen. Johnson's' political days from the time he
was a North Canton Councilman to his becoming a State. Senator. Sen. Lukens, who is Minority Whip in the Senate, spoke on the work
Sen. Johnson's done since he has been in the
Senate. William Lhota is campaign chairman
for the David W. Johnson Campaign Committee.