The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1991-02-27

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North Canton, Ohio, Wednesday, February 27, 1991
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12 Pages
Twenty-Five Cents
Planning Commission draws criticism
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A proposed change in tlie
time of day for North Canton
Planning Conrrdssion meetings
drew sharp criticism frcm a
city councilman and a defense
by the Nortli Canton mayor.
The five-member Planning Commission is considering shifting
their regularly scheduled meetings from 7:30 p.m. to 8 a.m.
on the third Wednesday of each
month. The day and location in
Council Chambers in North Canton city hall would remain the
same.
The earlier hour was discussed at the Planning Commission's 8 a.m. meeting on February 13. At that time North
Canton Law Director Roy Bat-
tista cautioned members that a
morning meeting could limit
public participation. The Planning Commission has set their
next meeting for Hirch 6 at 8
p.m. to discuss future meeting
times.
During the Tuesday, February 19, city council meeting
Councilman Joe Grady criticized
the proposed change. "This is
wrong. It sends a bad message
to the people of North Canton,"
said Grady who is council's
representative to the Planning
Corrrnission.
Mayor William Hines defended
the proposed change. The commission routinely deals with
nuts and bolts matters with
builders and individuals on
issues that do not affect large
numbers of people, the Mayor
said. On rezoning questions
and other controversial issues
the Planning Commission would
hold evening meetings, the Mayor said.
"The Planning Corrrnission
will be here when necessary to
serve the interests of tlie
city," Hines said.
Morning meetings are a convenience for Planning Commis
sion members and have little
regard for citizen input, Grady
charged.
Planning Ccirrrnission Chairman Dennis Flechtner and Vice
Chairman Greg Wernet were appointed in absentia in January,
Grady noted.
Flechtner, now serving the
second year of a five-year
appointment, attended only two
meetings during liis first year,
according to Grady.
He is a professional engineer whose job requires travel.
Wernet was reappointed to a
second five-year term on the
Planning Commission in January.
Planning Coirrnission members
are appointed by the mayor and
serve without pay.
"It is difficult to find
qualified persons to serve on
unpaid, and I strees unpaid,
city corrrnissions," said City
Administrator Phillip Roush
after the council meeting.
DIORAMAS ON DISPLAY -- Students in Mrs. Jeannine
Blate's fourth grade at St. Paul's School have been studying
fantasies. As a unit project, the children were to design and
make their own dioramas. Shown with their projects are
from left, Dana Flak, Lynsay Eavcr, Phillip Severen,
GianCarlo Variola and Devon Malene
Sewage treatment to cost city more
ly: DOTTIE McSREW
City Council approved a
first reading of a supplemental
sewer agreement with Canton
that will have the city paying
$30,000 as its share of a new
$425,000 dechlorination unit at
the Canton Water Pollution
Control Center. Canton treats
North Canton's sewage.
The legislation will have a
second reading on March 11.
According to the Ohio EPA,
the chlorine added in the sewage treatment process must be
removed before water is released into tlie river so as not
to kill fish.
The dechlorination unit
should be in place by May 1992.
Armed Robberies
in Uniontown
Uniontown police are still
loolcing for any information
regarding an armed robbery that
took place last Tuesday, February 19, at the Uniontown Vision
Center, 12033 Cleveland Ave.
Police investigation show
that a possibly white male in
his early 30's, about 6'1", 180
pounds, entered the Vision Center brandishing an unknown type
of revolver. The man, who was
dressed in a full length black
coat, blue jeans, newer brown
work boots and a gorilla mask,
demanded money frcm the employees and the cash money business
receipts.
The suspect, according to
police reports, escorted the
employees to a back room and
then entered the adjacent business of the Massotherapy Care
Center. He confronted the receptionist and robbed her of
personal cash. All three victims of the robbery were made-
to lie on the floor in a rear
room and the suspect left
through a rear west door of the
Massotherapy Care Center. Only
a small amount of cash was
taken frcm both businesses and
victims.
If you or any one you know
has information about this robbery, you are urged to contact
the Uniontown Police Station at
699-6444.
Council also approved the
final plat of The Magnolias, a
development of 17 condominium
homes priced at $350,000 and up
to be located on the comer of
South Main St. and Knoll St. SE
on the 10.3 acre site of the
former Hoover/Connelly estate.
Companion legislation accepting the dedication plat of
Knoll St. SE received only a
first reading. Five of the
seven property owners on the
south side of Knoll St. are
refusing to sign the street
dedication plat. Residents
want to be sure development
plans include a buffer to visually screen The Magnolias.
Drainage could also be a problem, residents contend.
The city has maintained
Knoll St. SE as a public right-
of-way for at least 50 years
but it is legally an unded-
icated street, city officials
said.
The city will pay Browning
Ferris Industries an additional
$1,294 for unanticipated tipping fees incurred in disposing
of last fall's leaves. As a
result of a misunderstanding
between the city and BFI,
leaves picked up from city
residents were taken to Earth
'N Wood on Strausser St. instead of city owned property.
Earth 'N Wood levied the tipping fees. The city's total
cost for fall 1990 leaf pick up
is $8,325.
Finney Drugstores at Belden
Village and 6300 N. Market St.
have been designated collection
stations for Nortli Canton water, sewer, garbage and trash
payments.
N.C. School Board
joins funding coalition
The North Canton School
Board is thinking about joining
the Ohio Public Schools Coalition for Equity and Adequacy in
Public School Funding.
The Coalition plans to lobby
and use legal tactics to influence the legislature to come
up with a new formula to fund
public education in Ohio.
The cost to the district
would be $2,000 or about 50
cents per pupil. Money would
be used for legal costs.
Marlington and Tuslaw school
districts have joined the Coalition and other Stark County
districts are considering membership, according to Suparin- .
tendent of Schools Dr. Robert
P. Roden.
The Coalition's position is
more comprehensive than the
suit filed by the Cleveland
Public Schools and should not
be confused with that action,
Dr. Roden said.
Coalition leaders feel Ohio
is ripe for legal action because of inadequate means of
funding public education, ac
cording to Dr. Roden.
The Board may vote on Coalition membership during tlie
March 14 meeting.
The Board is also considering restructuring the school
day at Hoover High School to
create more but shorter class
periods. The length of the
school day would not change.
Hoover currently has a seven-period day. An extra class
period would give students time
to schedule new soon-to-be-
required social studies classes
along with electives.
Hoover High Schcol teacher
R.C. Green was appointed summer
school principal at a salary of
$1,500 from the self-supporting
summer school account.
Mrs. Peggy McClain was appointed coordinator of the
Spectrum program at a salary of
$745 from the self-supporting
Spectrum account.
The Board approved new language arts textbooks for grades
one through eight at a cost of
approximately $76,000. Money
came from the General Fund.
Lake's dance team a winnner!
"We really did well and I am so proud of
these girls. They really worked hard!" exclaimed Nancy Rouser, coach of the Lake High
Schcol Pompom Squad.
The squad returned last week from Orlando,
FL, where they competed in the 1991 National
Dance Team Championship.
"For us, being a small rural school, we did
really well placing in the top third," said
Rouser.
"Some of these teams came with their own
choreographer and hair stylists! And, in some
of these bigger schools, dance is offered in the
first semester and they even get credit for it,"
Rouser continued.
Asked if they were nervous during the competition, the girls were quick to say "no", stressing the fact that they were more excited than
nervous. Most of the girls agreed that it was a
good experience for them and that it prepared
them for competition for next year.
The squad is open to all Lake girls in grades
9  through 12.  According to Mrs. Rouser, it is
not necessary to have had dance experience to be
on the team, although because of the rehearsing
and work the team does, it helps to be a good
student with a good grade point average.
Tryouts for the team will be late in tlie spring
and .interested girls are advised to watch for
the announcement.
The girls presented Lake High School Principal .David DeHaven with a plaque for the school
trophy case. Shown with Mr. DeHaven are, frcm
left, Courtney Stafford, grade 10; Steffany
Keegan, grade 10; Monica Phillips, grade 10;
Heidi Varner, grade 12; Mr. DeHaven; Tiffany
Gibson, grade 12; Mrs. Rouser; Julie Hollings-
head, grade 12; Dina Braccio, grade 11 and Amy
Brown, grade 9. Missing when the picture was
taken was assistant coach and choreographer,
Suzanne Rouser.
"I would like to encourage any girl who is
interested in trying out for the squad to do
so," said Nancy Rouser. "It is a lot of work
but tlie girls have a lot of fun too!"
Lake Trustees hold public hearing
ly: I«tty O'iMill Roderlsk
Lake Township Trustees heard
frcm 35 residents who appeared
before the board during a public hearing Monday evening on a
proposed zone change on Midway
St. NE.
Dan Jones said he and his
wife, are seeking the zone
change to construct an above-
the-garage type apartment for
his 81 year old mother-in-law
Hazel Wagner. Jones requested
the change for his nine acre
tract frcm single family residential to allow for duplexes.
Residents appearing in opposition to the zone change
felt allowing the entire nine
acres to be rezoned would
change the character of their
neighborhood. The township
Zoning Commission recommended
denial of the zone change,
stating it would constitute
spot zoning.
Trustees will vote on the
proposed change for this nine
acre tract at their next regular meeting on Monday, March
11, at 6:45 p.m. However, in
the meantime, trustees said
they will also ask the Zoning
Commission to address the issue
of a separate residential type
apartment, (or a mother-in-law
apartment) in the township Zoning Resolution.
In other business, trustees
agreed to support Representative Dave Johnson's bill to
require railroads to pay 100
percent of the costs associated
with providing safety measures
on railroad crossings once they
are reactivated. Recently a
Lake High School student was
seriously injured in a car-
train accident at a crossing.
They also agreed to support
State Senator Scott Oelslager's
legislation regarding allowing
township trustees to advance
money to create a regional
water and sewer district.
Board President Elizabeth Bur-
ick noted that Lake Township
has recently been a forerunner
in this matter with the creation of their own water and
sewer district for Lake Town-
Crimewatch
Leam how to make your home
a tough target for burglars by
attending the cemmunitywide
Crimewatch program on Thursday,
February 28, at 7 p.m. in the
North Canton Civic Center Mack
Room. Lt. Richard Hammond of
the North Canton Police Department and Pam Goddard, Crime
Prevention Officer with the
Stark County Prosecutor's Office, will lead the program.
ship.
Trustees are still accepting
applications for membership on
the first Board of Trustees for
the Lake Township Water and
Sewer District. Applicants
should submit their names and
resumes at the Lake Township
Hall before March 11, if they
wish to be considered for a
seat on this board.
Work continues on negotiations for a contract for the
Uniontown  Police Department.
Trustees held a special meeting
'with Attorney Bob Tscholl on
Monday afternoon to discuss the
contract, which will affect
four members of the Uniontown
Police Department.
Trustees also authorized
spending an additional $100 to
update zoning maps of the township by Broemson Surveyors,
this cost would include the
addition of private streets,
which are named and have residents .
North Canton Rotary
Cel Aman, program chairman,
will introduce a representative
of AIM (Accuracy In Media) fran
Washington, D.C.
Tlie North Canton Rotary will
meet on Thursday, February 28,
at 6:15 p.m. in Community
Christian Church.
Nominees Being Sought
The newly formed Hoover High
School Alumni Association Committee is seeking nominations
of individuals or groups frorr
the community, former students
or former teachers who have
made an outstanding contribution to education in Nortli
Canton.
If you have anyone in mind
you would be interested  in
nominating please send the person or group's name, date of
graduation from North Canton
City Schools, present position
of nominee, present address of
nominee and reason for nominating, to the high schcol.
All nominations can be sent
to Rita Palmer, c/o Hoover High
School, 605 South Fair Oaks,
Nortli Canton 44720. Nomination
deadline is March 22.
Lake Township Rotary
Tlie Lake Township Rotary
Club will meet March 5 at 6:30
p.m. at the Hartville IGA Su-
percenter,
The  program will include
information on the April membership blitz and changing the
club meeting date and times.
Wayland Ritzman will deliver
tlie invocation and pledge.
Lake Township Zoning
Notice is hereby given of a
meeting of the Lake Township
Board of Zoning Appeals to be
held at the Lake Township Hall,
12360 Market Ave. N, Hartville,
on March 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Planning Commission to meet
The North Canton Planning
Commission will hold a meeting
on Wednesday, March 6, at 8
p.m. in the Council Chambers at
North Canton City Hall.
Zoning Board of Appeals
Minutes of the February 13
meeting- and a review of rules
of the commission will be on
tlie agenda.
The North Canton Zoning and
Building Standards Board  of
Appeals has cancelled the February meeting due to lack of
agenda.