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*4k <$^ " Q&? Vol. 52 - No. 47 ^ / / One Section North Canton, Ohio, Wednesday, September 24, 1975 16 Pages Completely Local News Fifteen Cents Gerber, Swindell Oppose Increase ay Hike Proposal Is Tailed s 'Sweetheart Ordinance f 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. \ , l 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. i******¥.***¥**¥ ******************* * Bicentennial ^SgjSpfl A****************************** 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 (Continued to Page 13) .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- continued to Page 13) 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. (Continued to Page 2) 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 (Continued to Page 13) 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 $74,000 has been set for the Residential Division. her will be Mrs. James (Joyce) Niffenegger of 321 Hume NE. Sixteen hundred volunteers serve the Residential Division in their yearly door-to-door campaign and this year the theme is "All Together Now," an appropriate name for a year when every volunteer^M have to present the UW story of helping othfers. The Residential Kickoff will be held Tuesday, Sept. 30 at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Canton where a rousing good time is promised, individual meetings, and prizes galore. The date of Oct. 15has been set for the conclusion of the campaign. To do her part for this year's, campaign as chairman of the Suburban North area is Mrs. Donald (Shirley) Lundstrom of 509 Summit SE and assisting , APPRECIATION BREAKFAST. An appreciation breakfast for State Senator David W. Johnson (R-18 North Canton) was held Friday, Sept. 19 at the Sheraton Belden Inn. Among the 89 in attendance for the breakfast were (1. to f.) Sen. Theodore Gray, («-3) Columbus; Sen. Donald (Buz) Lukens, '('R-4) Middletown; Sen. Thomas Van Meter, (R-19) Ashland; Sen. Johnson; William Wilson, vice president of Diebold who served as emcee; and Canton Mayor Stanley Cmich. Mr. Wilson presented a resume of Sen. Johnson's' political days from the time he was a North Canton Councilman to his becoming a State. Senator. Sen. Lukens, who is Minority Whip in the Senate, spoke on the work Sen. Johnson's done since he has been in the Senate. William Lhota is campaign chairman for the David W. Johnson Campaign Committee.
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Full Text | *4k <$^ " Q&? Vol. 52 - No. 47 ^ / / One Section North Canton, Ohio, Wednesday, September 24, 1975 16 Pages Completely Local News Fifteen Cents Gerber, Swindell Oppose Increase ay Hike Proposal Is Tailed s 'Sweetheart Ordinance f 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. \ , l 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. i******¥.***¥**¥ ******************* * Bicentennial ^SgjSpfl A****************************** 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 (Continued to Page 13) .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- continued to Page 13) 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. (Continued to Page 2) 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 (Continued to Page 13) 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. |
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