Lancaster Eagle-Gazette from Lancaster, Ohio • 6

ON Eagle-Gazette, Saturday, July 15, 1995 Jumping on the band wagon Peter Kellough of Lancaster listens to Tropical Winds of Akron at Friday Night Bandstand Friday. (E-G photo by Rose Shriver) Airport to host 'Wings of Victory' open house By JOSH WRIGHT The Eagle Gazette Staff Fairfield County Airport will be the site of the newly expanded "Wings of Victory" open house July 21 to 23. The event recently has been taken over by the Historical Aircraft Squadron, which has incorporated several new features to increase the size of the yearly event. "Last year, they had a normal open house with parachute drops and other things," said Jim McGraw, public affairs officer for the Historical Aircraft Squadron. "When we got involved, we decided to make it bigger.

We want to make it bigger every year." This year's event will include a display of several World War II airplanes and military vehicles, sky diving and a hangar dance. Airplanes on display will include a B-25 Mitchell Bomber, a C-47 Transport and a B-17 Flying Fortress. Tours will be available and would be willing to lease it to through the latter two planes. All the Historical Aircraft Squadron. planes were acquired through Dave "There's a great possibility it will Tallichet, chief executive officer of be brought here," McGraw said.

Specialty Restaurants Anaheim, Increased interest also could lead' Calif. to the addition of an air show next The open house and dance are in- year, which would be radically diff: tended to raise interest in the Histori- ferent from the open house. cal Aircraft Squadron, which recent- "Next year we hope to have an air ly has moved to Lancaster. McGraw show, where planes would said the group is planning bigger and fly, and there would be a lot more better things if enough interest is ex- planes," McGraw said. "But the expressed.

pense behind that is unbelievable. "Hopefully we'll have two to We would have to have community. three buildings at the airport that we backing and several sponsors for that can use for museums," he said. "Our to happen." goal is to have a place to display the Anyone interested in joining the World War II airplanes. Other than squadron may call McGraw at (614); Wright-Patterson (Air Force Base in 239-8264 and request an Dayton), there is no other museum Membership is open to all.

of that type in this area." Admission to the open house, If the group receives the interest it which is sponsored by Saturn, Starneeds to build the museums, one of rett Aviation and Fairfield County the planes included could be the Airport, is $2 per car. The hangar Memphis Belle from the movie of dance will be held at 8 p.m. July 22, the same name. Tallichet, who flew and admission is $12 per person or the plane in the film, owns the plane $20 per couple. Hollister says 4 percent pay raise for state Cabinet is justified COLUMBUS (AP) Members of Industrial Relations, $75,587.

Gov. George Voinovich's cabinet have As a result of the increase, received 4 percent pay increases that the cabinet officers will range administration said Friday were justified. $75,587 to $104,143 for Dr. The raises took effect June 28 for all mani, director of the the department heads, with three excep- Health. tions.

Somani previously was the Effective dates of increases were left net member earning more than pending for Donald Anderson at Natural Joining him after the June Resources, whose salary would rise to was R. Gregory Browning, William Howell at the Ohio the Office of Budget and Lottery, and Andrew Lyles of at $100,568. Browning is Cigarette theft gets city man one year in prison By JOAN SLATTERY WALL The Eagle Gazette Staff A Lancaster man convicted of repeated theft offenses will serve a oneyear prison term after stealing a pack of cigarettes. Franklin Delano Farley, 57, Lancaster, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of grand theft. He was accused of stealing a pack of cigarettes from a local store June 14.

The charge was a felony because Farley has two or more prior theft convictions, the indictment stated. Farley was sent to prison for a sixmonth ten.n in May 1994 after a theft conviction and released in August. In addition, he served a one-year prison term from December to May for another theft offense. Both times, I he was released after his term expired due to good behavior and jail credit, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Fairfield County Common Pleas Court Judge Joseph Clark Wednesday sentenced Farley to one year in prison and fined him $250.

ESCAPE CHARGE NETS SIX MONTHS David R. McCoy, 24, Lancaster, leaded guilty Monday to one count of escape and was sentenced by Clark to six months in prison. He also must pay a $250 fine and $70 restitution to Fairfield County Sheriff's Office for damage he did while trying to escape March 1. McCoy was in the county jail room after an unrelated arrest when a deputy heard a loud bang and discovered the booking room door closed, the door to the interview room open and a window in the booking room open. The deputy found McCoy on top of a mobile book rack.

When McCoy ran from the deputy, he was wrestled to the floor and apprehended. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES RESOLVED Two local men were sentenced on domestic violence convictions in Common Pleas Court. Eligio Colon, 38, Thurston, June 28 was granted five years probation by Clark in lieu of a three- to fiveyear prison sentence after he pleaded guilty June 19 to domestic violence. As terms of his probation, Colon must serve 30 days in the county jail and must complete counseling for anger management at New Horizons. Clark also fined Colon $250 and ordered him to pay restitution fort the victim's medical expenses.

Colon has been ordered to have no contact with the victim of his offense. In a separate case, Russell Christopher Rose, 38, Lancaster, Wednesday pleaded guilty to four counts of do top financial officer. a very talented group of individuals and after the 4 percent increase. salaries for Lt. Gov.

Nancy Hollister, the gover- they need to be reinforced," she said. Three officers have salaries of from Lyles' nor's director of cabinet affairs, said the "Their depth of experience and longevi- $95,617: James Conrad of AdministraPeter So- 4 percent boost was a modest increase. ty as directors need to be acknowl- tive Services, who is to become adminisDepartment of It matched a negotiated increase for edged." trator of the Bureau of Workers' Comstate employees, and a projected infla- Seven cabinet members have salaries pensation; Donald Jakeway, state develonly cabi- tion rate of 3.5 percent. from $90,000 to $98,500, while 13 make opment director, and Michael Hogan, $100,000. "I signed off on those letters that went from $82,035 to $89,980.

state mental health director. 28 increase to the governor for his signature," Hol- Arnold Tompkins, director of the De- Salary for Reginald Wilkinson, direc-1 director of lister said in an interview. partment of Human Services, and Jerry tor of the Department of Rehabilitation Management, "I looked at the pay raises and feel Wray, director of the Department of and Correction, went to $94,889 after the Voinovich's they are extremely appropriate. We have Transportation, each received $98,550 increase. mestic violence.

Clark sentenced Rose to three to five years in prison on three of the counts. Those terms are to be served concurrently to each other but consecutively to a one-year term for the fourth domestic violence conviction. Clark also fined Rose $250 and took his request for probation in lieu of the three- to five-year terms under advisement. PRISON ORDERED IN DRUG CASES Several local residents were sent to prison after recent convictions for drug-related offenses. John W.

Guess, 31, Lancaster, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of aggravated trafficking, one count of having a weapon while under disability and one count of failure to appear. Clark sentenced hir to nine years in prison and fined him a total of $12,500. The trafficking charges refer to allegations Guess sold or offered to sell methamphetamine three times in June 1994. The having weapons under disability charge accuses Guess of having a 9 mm handgun at the time of one of the offenses. The final charge resulted when Guess did not appear for a motion to suppress hearing in his case in September.

Chandler Evens Hall, 27, Lancaster, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of trafficking in marijuana in September 1994 and was sentenced by Clark to three years in prison. Clark denied- Hall's request for probation in lieu of the prison sentence. Hall must pay a $250 fine and $90 restitution to Lancaster Police Department. His driver's license was suspended for six months. Raymond F.

Otting 26, Newport, pleaded guilty July 3 to two counts of trafficking marijuana after prosecutors dropped a charge of obstructing justice against him. Otting had been accused of identifying undercover officers and telling others of the existence of a drug investigation in October. Common Pleas Court Judge John Martin sentenced Otting to a total of four years in prison and fined him $1,000. He also ordered Otting pay $120 restitution to Lancaster police. PROBATION OVERRULED IN VANDALISM CASE Michael Jessie, 27, Columbus, pleaded guilty Wednesday to vandalizing a mobile home in Stoutsville in January.

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