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B-4 METRO THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER Sunday, June 24, 1 984 Environmental Organizer Working For River Renewal "We don't want the Ohio River referred to as an industrial river. It's everybody's river. Jerry Davidson bacteria count in discharged water to meet federal standards, will cost an estimated $89.2 million. Half of the project funding could come from federal grants, according to a consulting engineer. "IF YOU can find a bigger polluter (than Cincinnati), tell me who they are," Davidson said.

"They should have their noses stuck in it. They have a legal amd moral responsibility to the people downstream who have to drink this water." Davidson's comments were substantiated in the minutes of a Jan. 13, 1983, ORSANCO commission meeting in which executive director Leo Weaver said Cincinnati's Mill Creek and Louisville's Morris Forman sewage treatment plants were "the principal sources of pollution discharge to the Ohio River." Weaver said neither facility provides basic secondary sewage treatment. Weaver said Wednesday the Louisville facility has since made improvements on the quality of its effluent, but not so at the Mill Creek plant. DAVIDSON'S ASSAULT on the river polluters began in January when he presented ORSANCO officials with his "project 2000." The proposal calls for ORSANCO to compile, by the year 2000, a master list of the frequency, amount and names of all known chemicals and man-made materials being dumped indirectly and directly into the Ohio River.

He said ORSANCO officials didn't exactly warm to the idea. "They were getting a little antsy," he said, adding that he was never contacted again about his proposal. But Weaver said Davidson has some good ideas. "Some people might call him a troublemaker, but I call him a concerned citizen who is trying hard for a clean environment. I don't doubt his sincerity one iota," Weaver said.

Neither do his employers at General Motors in Sharonvtlle. In 1983, the automobile giant awarded Davidson, a stock handler, the "silver medal" for his environmental efforts. 15,000 people In several states. Davidson derives his nickname from the letters that stand for his organization, but he does not spell his nickname the same way. THE ORGANIZATION has a grand scheme.

The members want the federal government to make the entire river and surrounding banks a national park the entire 981 miles from Pittsburgh to Cairo, 111. They also want the 20 dams along the river renamed "lakes." Davidson said the changes would be a psychological boost for a river with a bad reputation. "We don't want the Ohio River referred to as an industrial he said. "It's everybody's river." The main targets of Davidson's wrath are the City of Cincinnati's Mill Creek treatment plant, which he calls the river's biggest polluter, and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO), which Davidson says BY TONY PUGH Enquirer Reporter As a child growing up in Mount Adams during the 1940s, Jerry "Wuz" Davidson would walk down the big hill to the shores of the Ohio River where he and friends would fish and swim for hours. He remembers how the "people on the top of the hill" Mount Adams' more affluent residents looked down on eating Ohio River fish.

Davidson and his friends would sell their catch for several dollars to poorer residents, those "at the bottom of the hill." As years passed, Davidson continued to enjoy the river and became concerned when various reports cited the mighty Ohio as unhealthy. So, in 1983, Davidson, now 43 and a resident of Brent, founded Water, Air and Soil (WAS), a non-profit organization of citizens concerned with the environment in the 14 states comprising the Ohio River Basin. Davidson boasts an unconfirmed membership of nearly has not done enough to make the Ohio pollution-free. The Mill Creek plant is owned by Hamilton County, but the city runs it through the Metropolitan Sewer District. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners are currently working on a plan to upgrade the facility to meet federal clean water standards.

The repairs, which would lower the Deaths ff 3 MdO06 MeGte i A 4 1 ti LI mm CHIEMES trusts REDUCED FOR TOTAL SELLOUT DIRECT OFF TRAILER TRUCKS ALL BRAND NEW FURNITURE ON DISPLAY INSIDE WAREHOUSE LOADING DOCK, FOR TESTING AND SELECTION. EVERY PIECE BRAND NEW, FACTORY SEALED IN ORIGINAL HEAVY, CLEAR PLASTIC FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE INSPECTION AND PROTECTION. NONE SOILED, NONE USED. BRANDNEW IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SEALED CONTAINERS VV BRAND NEW 5 I il FREE 5-PIECE CONVERSATIONAL Frank T. Schuerman, 72, of Delhi Township, died Thursday at St.

Francis-St. George Hospital. He was the owner of Schuerman Oil Co. for 40 years before his retirment in 1972, and was a member of the Catholic Knights of Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Ella Mae; three daughters, Mrs.

Lois Jean Lambers, Union, Rita Davey, Delhi Township, and Carole Adams, Chicago; one son, Frank E. Schuerman, Delhi Township, and 15 grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Vincent DePaul Church.

Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. today at the Vitt and Stermer Funeral Home, 4619 Delhi. Memorial contributions may be made to the Davey Scholarship Fund at the University of Cincinnati, 425 Oak Street, 45219 William C. Knodel, of Hyde Park, died Friday at Deaconess Hospital. He was retired from the Norwood Fire Department and had been a 30-year employee of the United States Postal Service.

He was a 68-year member of the Kilwinning Masonic Lodge, a 38-year member of the Scottish Rite and a charter member of the reception unit of the Syrian Temple Shrine formed in 1952. He is survived by his wife, Elsie; two daughters, Margaret Haskett and Virginia Falberg, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services will be atll a.m. Tuesday at the Bamber Funeral Home, 3011 Woodburn Ave. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m.

Monday at the funeral home with Kilwinning Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite services at 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children-Cincinnati Burn Unit. Elizabeth Grace formerly of Cincinnati, died Friday in New York after a long illness. She was an alumna of Wesley College near Boston, was active in the United Nations UNICEF project and had a life-long interest in the arts and music. She is survived by her mother, Hanna L.

Rauh of Cincinnati; a sister, Mrs. Marjorie S. Steiner, Cincinnati, and a nephew, John Albert Steiner, Mill Valley, Calif. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. July 1 at Hillside Chapel, 525 Dixmyth Ave.

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