The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1996-01-10

              Lake music teacher retires, page 3
Hoover swimmer honored, page 6
North Canton, Lake Township, Plain Township
v*bu. 74 NO. 11
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10,1996
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Zoning plan to get public air
By DOTTIE McGREW
Sun Journal Correspondent
Hoover land prdposal to be heard Feb. 12
NORTH CANTON - Some people look at the proposed rezoning
plan for 263 recently annexed acres
at Easton Street and North Market
and see a handsome, new eastern
gateway to North Canton.
Proponents of the proposed
retail development see it as a boon
to the city's economy. The projected
residential development will attract
new families to a city where single-
family building lots are almost nonexistent. The plan would preserve
the best of the old - Hoover Park
Wastewater
renovations
fall behind
schedule
By GINNY ADAMS
Sun Journal Community Editor
HARTVILLE-The $1.1 million
waste water treatment plant
improvements may not make the
Feb 1 completion date, according to
a report submitted to Hartville
Village Council.
Council was informed Jan. 2
that the scheduled completion date
of may have to be amended because
of adverse weather conditions during lecent weeks.
The .improvements, specified
■ New Hartville mayor to /
carry oh tradition  ...
See page 3
under Environmental Protection
Agency guidelines, include installation of a new tank at the facility.
The general construction project
was awarded Dec. 20, .1994. to
Stanley Miller Construction for,
$886,913 and a $115,785 electrical
contract to Thompson Electric,
A temporary budget appropriation of $1,119,363 was approved for
1996 until a final budget can be
established. Council has three
months to accept a final budget.
Council also approved a four
percent increase for engineering
consulting services from C.T.
Consultants, The previous contract
had been for $340 a month but
council approved a new monthly fee
of $355. Under the contract, the
consultants are available during
council meetings, and for village
projects.
Hartville will contribute $17,500
towards the hiring of a Drug Abuse
Resistance Education (DARE)
police officer for the Lake Local
School District. The schools will
contribute $2,500 and Lake
Township Trustees have approved
contributing $17,500 towards hiring the DARE officer.
The W&R Railroad has
informed council that the railroad
crossing at East Maple and North
Prospect has been completed. The
blacktop will be included with
future village paving projects.
Council approved splitting a lot
at 600 Woodland. The new lot will
be rezoned as Rl - Single Family.
During departmental reports,
council was informed that six. trees
have been planted on East Maple
and seven additional will be added
inthefuture.
and the Hoover Historical Center -
while adding a city park and land
for Walsh University, they say.
But others look at the same plan
and see the dark side of growth.
While these people applaud the
new park and preservation efforts,
they question the need and the size
of the area set aside for retail. Commercialism, they say, will irreversibly damage the traditional
quality of life in North Canton.
They predict lines of traffic as
long as eternity. They are con
cerned about crime and diminished
property values. They predict a
domino-effect that will lead to satellite commercial area - a mini-
Belden Village in the midst of a residential community.
It is now the responsibility of
pity council to determine with
which vision it will guide North
ponton's future.
{ Council set 6 p.m. Monday, Feb.
12, at the North Canton Civic
JCenter, West Maple Street, for a
bublic hearing on the rezoning
package submitted by The Hoover
Company. The rezoning plan was
unanimously approved by the
Planning Commission on Jan. 3.
The Planning Commission vote
came after a lengthy public hearing
that drew a crowd estimated at 150
to the North Canton Civic Center.
Members of Residents Against
the Maytag Mall (RAMM), a citizens group opposed to the size of
the commercial development, are
skeptical about the outcome of
council's deliberations. All council-
Igloo building time
When school closed (again) on Monday, Jan. 8, Trent and Drew Wolf of North Canton knew what to do. The fourth
and fifth grade boys continued work on their backyard Igloo. Big enough for the two youngsters to fit Inside, the
doorway was left small to keep out grownups. Trent, right, and Drew attend Lake Center Christian School and live
on Sixth Street NE in North Canton. Their parents are Tim and Laura Wolf. (Sun Journal photo by Ken Miller)
men have gone on record in favor Of
the proposed rezoning plan. '-'''
Second Ward Councilman Greg
Sarbach said he favors the plan but '•'
wants it "to go through the process
to see if any new light will be shed"
by citizens other than those who
have already expressed their opin-"
ions." '.'
RAMM spokesperson Kathy'
Magel said in a phone interview
that there is "room to negotiate dif-'
ferences." - «.
The group is most concerned-
about the use of three out-parcels
surrounding the proposed Village .
See ANNEX on page 2
LakeTwp. §
zoning issue
placed on
March ballot
By BETTY O'NEILL-RODERICK
Sun Journal Correspondent
LAKE TWP. - The rezoning of ;
approximately 8.5 acres on tha ;
west side of Pleasantwood Avenue,. >
north of Mt. Pleasant Street in the '
southwest section of Lake Town- ;
ship, will be on the March 19 ballot. ;
At a special meeting Wednesday <
evening, Lake Township trustees .,
passed a resolution to place Zoning ,':
Amendment 95-147-ZA on the bal- ;
lot. The amendment authorizes the ;;
rezoning Residential Low Density >•
Two Family District to an Adminis-v
'tfativeBuilerDistrict'.'  V""
The Lake Township Zoning
Commission and Stark County
Regional Planning Commission
have recommended approval of the
zone change.
However, residents of Pleasant-
wood Avenue voiced opposition to
the rezoning, and subsequently circulated petitions asking that the
issue be decided by voters. Although the tract is zoned for multi-
family dwellings, there are a number of single-family dwellings
already present, and owners feel
the rezoning could hurt the resale
value of their homes.
Trustee Sue Ruley reiterated
the board's position that an Administrative Buffer is the best zonijjg.
for the district, which is located
adjacent to the township's Industrial Park. The buffer zone would allow for office buildings, research
facilities and other office-type structures, with landscaping required,:
and parking in the rear of the:
building. . t
"There is no single family zoning
in the immediate area," Ruley said,
See TRUSTEES on page 2
Snow days no holiday for school schedule
By JOANNE MALENE
Sun Journal Correspondent
Stark County school children woke up
Monday morning to hear local radio stations
pronouncing a familiar litany of school closings.
North Canton, Lake, Plain, Jackson ... the list
went oh and on.
Many students were delighted, looking on the
Monday snow day as a special bonus since
exams for most schools start next week.
School administrators, though/iexpressed
concern, since state law allows each; school district, including individual schools, only five
calamity days per school year. North Canton,
Plain, Lake, Jackson, Central Cathblic and St.
Thomas Aquinas High Schools have already
used four days and it is still early in the winter.
If a school district closes for more than the
alloted five days for reasons such as the weather, lack of heat, burst water pipes or vandalism,
the students are required to make up the missed
days.
According to Thomas Shoup, superintendent
of North Canton City Schools, it is up to the individual district to decide the dates of the extra
contingency days. North Canton's dates are
already scheduled on the school calendar.
Peggy McClain, director of curriculum for
North Canton Schools, said "If the district uses
just five days we are OK It is after we use the
fifth day, that the contingency days come in. If
we have a sixth snow day, then March 15 would
be the first contingency day. Instead of having
the day off, students would go to school. June .7
is the contingency day for the seventh snow day,,
followed by April 12, April 11 and April 10." „
Shoup noted that closing schools is not an;
easy decision. '-.— '
"It has gotten more complicated. We hiive;
vocational kids traveling from other districts
and our kids going somewhere else. It's a djjci-.
sion that if you have until 10 a.m. to make it,
you make it right. But obviously our time period
for decisions is well before 10 a.m."
One of the things North Canton Schools want
to examine is the notification policy. Just about'
See CLOSINGS on pag? 2
Family is vital key in locking out drug abuse'
Battle against drugs begins with parenta!teaching children to resist temptation
By GINNY ADAMS
Sun Journal Community Editor
The family is the vital key to
locking out drug 'abuse, according
to a former drug dealer and abuser.
"It starts at home," said the former dealer, whose identity cannot
be revealed because'of fear of retaliation from those1 inside the drug
business. -V''
"Before the children go to school,
parents must be1 ttbhest what's
going on in the'streets," the dealer
said. "And if the parents are not j
streetwise, they had better get j
wise."
The former dealer told how stu- -,•
dents in need of money become o
easy targets of drug "businessmen" "'•
wanting to recruit dealers among j;
the young.
'They (the dealers) become a i
friend. They "want to help' the stu- -
dent by offering cash to the stu- -i
dent, They'll, give them maybe $20 0
and tell them there's no strings._.,-.
But there really are no free rides.
"They pull out a knot of money,
a thick roll of bills. It enticed me,"
said the former-crack user who
accepts the fact that the lure of a
Second in a series
crack-high will be a daily struggle.
The current drugs of preference
of many North Canton, Jackson,
Lake, Peny, Plain and other nearby area youth is marijuana and
LSD, according to undercover officers of the Stark County Metro
Narcotics Unit.
"The kids buy "blunts,' which are
those big cigars which have the
tobacco taken out of them and are
filled with,marijuana. They are
enough for fiye or six joints,"
The large.cigars, or blunts, are
re-rolled in the.outer wrappers and
look like a normal cigar. Because of
scientific cultivation, the potency of
each joint equates to about 15
times that,9f|aJoint rolled in the
60s, according to narcotics officers.
.,. Sep DRUG on page 10
Indications of drug abuse
• Deterioration in hygiene, Habits,
appearance »
• Major change In style of dres|
• Frequent tardiness, absence tt
school '*-
• Unusual temper flare ups     -'''
• OverreactJon to criticism     V
• Wide mood swings       ■■/..-.'• y
• Disruptive behavior       ''','-W
• Withdrawal from responslWllt^
• Withdrawal from family and old
friends
•New set of Mends
• Secretive behavior