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It's also important to remove pot holders and other combustibles and make sure they are not too close to the burners. 7- Dayton Daily News 7U For Internet updates, point your web browser to our online partner at www.actfvedayton.com TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1997 WEATHER METRO AREA QUICKREAD irssBgois i 1 1 nnonnn r. i i Irl 1 1 IV- Trotwood OKs manager offer I i a a if I MARVIN FONODAYTON DAILY NEWS The higher-than-normal temperatures of the past few days mean outside activities such as bicycling can still be enjoyed. These riders are on the bike trail near Carillon Park on South Patterson Boulevard. Fall has late-stammer feel Higher temperatures forecast By David Kepple DAYTON DAILY NEWS Trotwood City Council accepted.

City Manager Mike Ratcliff resignation by a 7-0 vote Monday night, after agreeing to pay him a $55,000 "separation allowance." Mayor Sara Combs said after the meeting that Ratcliff, who turns 55 in December, was "retiring" after nine years and said, "I don't remember us asking him to resign." But Ratcliff, who did not attend, later said Combs told him in a Sept. 16 letter that the council had "a sub stantial lack of confidence" in his leadership and wanted him to Ratcliff, who made about year, maintained he had a contract good through 1998, leading to negotiations culminating with Monday's action. i Ratcliff departure, effective Immediately, sets the stage for a potentially divisive battle about who will be I named acting city manager. I More than half a dozen citizens in the overflow crowd voiced strong support for Assistant City Manager Anna Taylor-Clarke. However, Combs noted that Jpe -Mclntyre, community development director, also won citizens', support.

The council will meet in executive session Thursday morning to discuss the interim appointment, and Combs said the council will fill the post Oct. 20. if:" Taylor-Clarke, who declined com-ment, received an endorsement from her former boss. -l Sources said the council decided to oust Ratcliff after recent setbacks for Trotwood, including the city's failure to land the new Montgomery County District 1 Court building and Penney's decision to close its Salem Mall store. Ratcliffplayedakeyroleintlje -effort to merge Trotwood and the former Madison When the merger took effect Jan.

1, 1996, Trot- wood became Montgomery County's fourth-largest city with roughly! 30,000 residents. CONTACT David Krjpple at 225-2223 or e- -mall him at davekepplecoxohio.com Centerville City Council denies appeal to stop day care center The Centerville City Council voted 4 to 3 Monday to deny an appeal filed on behalf of Tim and Cindy O'Brien and other neighbors opposed to a proposed day-care center to be built on the rear lot of 232 N. Main Centerville. The appeal was based on traffic and noise concerns and was against the Aug. 26 decision of the Centerville Planning Commission.

They voted unanimously to approve the special approval application submitted by the PRD Corporation, of Centerville, for a two-story building to be erected on the parcel, located in the city's Architectural Preservation district. Residents turned in petitions with signatures of 107 people opposed to project. 2 Miami County men held on drug charges Two Miami County men are being held on bond after their arrests in Troy on Friday night when they attempted to sell more than 13. pounds of packaged marijuana, according to the Miami County Sheriffs Office. Deputies arrested Victor Lozano, 18, of 720 E.

Kessler-Cowellsville Road and Christopher L. Proffitt, 19, of 826 Boal Ave, Piqua, after an informant told them a large marijuana sale would be taking place in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart on Ohio 41 in Troy. Lozano is being held in lieu of $20,000 bond, and Proffitt in lieu of a $10,000 bond. Both men are charged with trafficking in drugs. Trial dates set for 3 indicted in Culberson murder Trial dates were set Monday for three Blanchester men indicted in connection with the murder of Clarissa Ann "Carrie" Culberson.

She was reported missing in August 1996, and her body has never been found. Her ex-boyfriend, Vincent Doan, was found guilty of aggravated murder last August and could receive the death penalty or life in prison at his Nov. 3 sentencing fti Clinton County Common Pleas Court. Doan's father, Lawrence Baker, and his half-brother, Tracy Baker, as well as Blanchester Police Chief Richard Pay-ton were indicted last month in connection with the case. Tracy Baker's trial is set for Jan.

26, 1998. His father, Lawrence, will go to trial April 6. Payton's trial is scheduled for Feb. 17. Carlisle schopl board names interim superintendent The Carlisle school board Monday appointed Dennis Hern interim superintendent.

Superintendent Jim Oldfield submitted his resignation last week upon approval of medical retirement. Hern served as superintendent for the district for three months in 1986 while administrators searched for a new superintendent. Hern, who is consultant for the gifted programs in Warren County Schools, said he plans to apply for the job. Hern has 30 years of experience in education serving as a junior high English teacher, an assistant high school principal and as assistant superintendent. Cox Arboretum invites parents, preschoolers Cox Arboretum MetroPark's Parent and Preschooler Program: Parents and their preschoolers ages 3-6 are invited to join the celebration of author Eric Carle with a craft based on his book, The Very Busy Spider, today beginning at 10 a.m.

in the Cox Arboretum MetroPark Visitor Center, 6733 Spring-boro Pike. Reservations required and limited. For further information, call 434-9005. AARP chapter to meet at 1:30 p.m. AARP BelmontPatterson chapter 3858 will hold a meeting at 1:30 p.m.

today at the Lohrey center, 2366 Glenarm Ave. Afterwards, there will be a question and answer session for candidates for local elections. Contact Charles Clark at 256-5023 for more Information. 85 I O'7 Predicted high TS85 75 1 rtts Normal high jqoz pp-4 69 63 68 68 68 Sto 60" A stream of dry air out of the southwest pumps up temperatures to a level expected in another season. By Janice Morse DAYTON DAILY NEWS If you've suddenly developed a craving for three-alarm chili, a fondness for yellow roses and an urge to do the Boot-Scoot Boogie, blame it on the weather.

A continuous stream of warm, dry air, courtesy of the state of Texas, has been flowing through Ohio, temporarily making fall feel more like summer, said Steve Wilkinson, meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Wilmington office. "Right now, we're in a pattern that keeps the wind coming out of the southwest day after day," Wilkinson said. "As long as we stay in that pattern, we'll keep having temperatures higher than normal." For the past few days, temperatures have been 15 or more degrees above normal, Wilkinson said, but they have still fallen somewhat short of record levels. On Sunday, when the normal high Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Actual temperature GREGG DEGROATDAYTON DAILY NEWS SOURCE: AccuWeather tures are most common during "transitional periods," which come at the end of one season and the beginning of another, Wilkinson said. But, Wilkinson said, the weather pattern could change by the weekend, "and when it does change, it'll come roaring through, I'm sure." would have been 69 degrees, it reached 85.

The record is 93. On Monday, temperatures hit the low 80s; the record for that date was 87. Today is expected to be mostly sunny with a high in the mid-80s. Similar but slightly cooler weather is predicted throughout the week, with highs in the mid-70s and low 80s each day, and lows in the 50s and 60s. Abnormally high or low tempera CONTACT Janice Morse at 225-2220 or her at janlcemorsecoxohio.com AVIATION Waco museum plans kickoff event CAMPAIGN FINANCES House to look at 'loophole' in new law 1 i -i -i A ribbon-cutting ceremony begins the path to a fly-in operation.

By Timothy R. Gaffney DAYTON DAILY NEWS Just 11 months after laying plans for a fly-in museum near Troy, Waco Historical Society officials have scheduled a ribbon-cutting Saturday for the museum's first element: a new grass airfield. The ribbon will be snipped by a low-flying Waco, of course, said Pat Horgan, director of the Waco Museum and Aviation Learning Center. Thousands of Waco airplanes were built in Troy in the 1920s, '30s and '40s. Many Wacos still survive and are considered among the finest classic airplanes.

In their time, Horgan said, they were "the Cadillacs of the sky." Waco and aviation enthusiasts are building the museum as a place where the public can learn more about local aviation history, where By Tim Miller COLUMBUS BUREAU COLUMBUS Worried that a millionaire Toledo businessman will tilt the political scales in favor of the Democratic Party next year, the Republican-controlled Ohio House might move soon to close what state Rep. Jeff Jacobson calls a "serious loophole" in the state's new campaign finance law. The House Ethics and Elections Committee, chaired by Jacobson, R-Phillipsburg, meets today and might vote on some changes to the reform package enacted two years ago by the Republican legislature. Jacobson said Monday his major concern is the impact caused by a privately financed statewide political candidate. Under the new law, if a candidate announces 60 days before an election he intends to spend more SEE 'LO0PH0LE'2B sU FOR NEWSLINE UPDATES, call 463-4636 and enter 9000 or one of these codes: TV OREENLCESDAYTON DAILY NEWS A Waco VPF-7 biplane piloted by Mike Winblad Is on the ramp of the new field; Crime of the week 1101 Most wanted tottery 1004 News 1005 WHI0 Radio traffic 1290 Weather 1400 1102 just south of Troy.

The only completed part so far is the flat, airstrip. Horgan said several Wacos are scheduled to fly in for the SEE WACO2B Waco airplanes can be seen flying and on display; and where children can learn about math, science and aviation. It's located on a 72-acre tract at 1865 S. County Road 25-A in Concord News tip 1010.