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CCYYMK Sept. 9-11, 2005 John S. Knight Center Downtown Akron An exciting and unique weekend of creativity and fun for sewing, arts and crafts enthusiasts! Presenting Sponsors: Sign Up for a PBS 45 49 Make It Myself! Workshop! Glass Design Basic Stained Glass With Vicki Payne Host of Public TVs Glass With Vicki Payne Cost $45, including all materials Have you always dreamed about creating beautiful stained glass objects? Here is your opportunity to learn from nationally known stained glass artist and instructor Vicki Payne. Mosaics for Your Home With Sloan Rutter Host of Public TVs For Your Home Cost $45, including all materials Fun, festive and useful mosaics are everywhere in the world of home dcor. Join Sloan Rutter as she shows you the basics on design, material selection and the how-tos to make your very own mosaic project.

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Willard eaconJ ournalC olumbusB ureau COLUM amiliarfaces teamed up to form Ohioans for esponsibleG overnment heorganization sstatutory agent is William odd an attorney withS quires empseyand a registered lobbyist for the Ohio Chamber of ommerce omN eedles a lobbyist for avidB rennan sW hiteH at anagementcompany homW hatman a formerhigh ranking official in the Ohio Republican arty are involved hatman and Todd teamed with Brennan in the past to form I nformedC itizenso fOhio issue advocacy group that raised and spent money in 2002 onRe- publican Ohio Supreme Court candidates Maureen onnor and Evelyn tratton odd also was involved in itizens for aS trongO hio much malignedissue advocacy group that ran attack ads against incumbent Justice Alice Robie esnick in 2000. The adswere deemed savage by critics, and the message backfired, leading to esnick sre election oryears itizens for a trongO hio fought a legalbattle not to disclose the source of the $4.2 million raised to pay for the attack ads. InJ anuary after being ordered by a court, the group released a list of donors andcon tributions that includedB rennan giving $2 5,0 0 0. ennisJ. Willard can be reached at 614-2 2 41613 or dwillard thebeaconjournal com Brennan Surpluses could be returned to taxpayers ontinued from Page B1 the initiative petition drive.

A rnoneeds to collect 322 899 valid signatures, or 10 percent of the total vote in the 2002 gubernatorial race, byM ondayto place the issue before voters. If successful voters would be asked to amend the Ohio onsti tution to tie increases in state government spending toinfla tion and populationgrowth rates some cases, budget surpluses would be returned to taxpayers eneP ierce a tax reform spokesman his group was not required to file areport chose to voluntarily disclose the sources for the 302 000raised by his organization. have gone above and beyond the law to be iercesaid hatis not transparent is where Ohioans for Responsible overnment raised the 225 000 it gave to Citizens for Ta xRe- form eedles would not say where his money came from or how much Brennan was contributing lackwell is honorary chairman ofC itizens for Ta xRe- form has in the past called for full disclosure of funding sources for issue advocacy groups. arloL oparo Blackwell spokesman finance reporting laws distinguish between ballot initiatives and political campaigns oparosaid corporations, individuals nonprofit organizations and unions are allowedto give unlimited contributionsto ballot issuecampaign committees yoperate with very few restrictions oparosaid itizens for Ta xReform listed 16 contributions in 2005, including the five from Ohioans for Responsible overnment woindividuals and two companies also gave money to the tax reform group. In 2004 the tax reform group, then known as Citizens forTa epeal more than 117 000 from 725 smallercontri butions lackwell is lendingmore than his name to the effort to amend the constitution.

Hi scampaign committee contributed $1 0,2 1 2.6 9in in kind contributions toC itizens for Tax eform for office space and staff. here is opposition to the proposed constitutionalamend ment nothernonprofit oali tion forOh i uture has been formed to fight the issue. ennyC amper a spokeswoman for that group, said her organization has no plans to filecon tribution and spending reports until required to do so by law. amper said the firstr would be due in October if the amendment reaches the ballot. By a supporting or opposing an effort to go to the ballot with aconstitutional amendment are only requiredto disclose monies raised or spent after the initiative has beencerti fied ennisJ.

Willard can be reached at 614-2 2 41613 or dwillard thebeaconjournal com Zoo Official says passes just a promotion ontinued from Page B1 scenes look at the the letter states. A rshinkoff received thelet ter and two passes, valued at $8 each addressed to him asa member of the county Board of lections esent them backalong with a letter telling Simmons that he believes that taking the tickets would be an ethics violation eA kronZo ois a public body that has had businesswith the Summit County Board of lections and is expected to do so again within the next year. A saboard member who sits in judgment of Akron Zoo filings, your tickets may be considered an illegalgratuity his letter states A rshinkoff questioned the of giving free tickets to public officials who vote to give the zoo publicmon y. esaid he would ask the state Ethics ommission county rosecutor sO fficeand the state A uditor sO ffice if the tickets and tours can be legally given to and accepted by public officials you get this kind of afree gift can get into he said. you just take these ethics things indaT routman president of communications for the zoo said the zoo trying to cause ethics violations for officials but simply trying to promote the zoo.

Sh esaid the passes were sent to more than 1 000 people elected officials as well asother community leaders in the same way the zoo might give out free passes to radio stations to give away as promotions. rintention was in no way to influence anybody in any way.W ebelieve the zooi sa great product and that ifpeople come once, lcome routmansaid incereceiving A rshinkoff letter she said the zoo contacted the Ohio Ethics Commission and asked for advice on whether the ticket giveaways are a problem avidF reel executive director of the Ethics ommission said his office received A rshin koff sletter but not a formal re- quest for an opinion from him. routman said the zoohas sent similar letters in the past, but this is the first time free passes were included. lectionsB oardmember ussPr a Democrat said he never received his free passes because they were sent tohis old address by mistake. Pr lawyer who represents the zoo, said that accordingto his understanding of ethics laws accepting the passes would not be a violation.

A ccording to information sheets prepared by the Ethics ommission public officials, in general should not accept free gifts tickets or othere n- tertainment ofa na- couldbe used to influence a public official. owever officials are not prohibited from accepting items nominalvalue even if they are given from an improper source, because they have a substantial influence. hoseitems include small gifts such as book a meal at a family restaurant, a promotional item an inexpensive entertainment according to the a nEthics Commission information sheet. lectionsB oardmember Joe utchinson Republican he believe board members can accept free tickets, but he also tthink the zoo was trying to lure officials into violations ethinks Arshinkoff was just being very very just threw the ticketsout not a big issue. They probably tthinking and they were just trying to be he said isaA.

Abraham can be reached at 330-9 9 63737 or labraham thebeaconjournal com To p10 fugitive arrested in Akron eaconJ ournal staff report Ak p1 0Most Wanted list is down to nine with thearrest ednesdayo fasuspected carjacker ackV. Blaurock ,2 fAkron was found by the Northern Ohio iolentF ugitiveT askF orcewith help from Akron police narcotics agents eputyU.S. Marshal Jeff Irwin said a tip led authoritiest oa rantS treetapartment where laurock was found hiding in a closet about 2:3 0p.m. laurock was wantedon charges of kidnapping, aggravated robbery and grand theftauto also faces drug and burglary charges in Stark ounty laurockis accused of trying to rob a motorist June 10 at a endy sdrive throughwindow nMogadore oad A uthoritiessay Blaurock and another man jumped intoa Hond aPassport and demanded money from the driver. hen the driver said he have anymoney the car jackers punched him in theface him into the back seat and drove around awhile, ultimately dropping him near the 100 block of orthA damsS treet police said.

Th ecar was later recovered in uyahogaF alls Schools Revere to give up on construction effort ontinued from Page B1 i nSummit ounty runswick in edina outheast in or tage and Rittman in Wayne ounty anchesterS uperintendent Sa mR eynolds said Wednesday he would recommend tothe school board that the district return to voters in ovember eynolds said voterswill likely again see a request for an 8.5-m i yearadditional levy to raise million annually for operations. rior to the No v.1 election, the district will continueto make nprograms that do not affect he said hose include repairs and textbook and supply purchases. anchester will see no increase in state aid in the next two years. eynoldsis waiting for board approval before outlining to the public the consequences of another levy failure. I fthe levy fails again the cuts would affect both student programming and employ- superintendent said.

everedistrict In th eRevere district, voters overwhelmingly rejected a 3.3-m i yearbond issue for a new high school and other construction projects. This proposal also was rejected in Ma y. evereS uperintendentJ on itchiesaid Wednesday the district plans to shelve the construction plans. think this is just something the communitywasn interested in doing at this point said. going to heed their concerns.W ewill table this for the foreseeable future No itchiesaid the district will shift its focus to school operations.

Revere will have an emergency renewal levy on the November ballot. nlike the bond issue, thisr e- quest would not involve new taxes In Medina runswickvot ers again turned downa 3.9- mill ,5 yearemergency additional levy to raise about $3.7 million a year for operations. Th eschool board will meet Au g.11 to determine whether to go back to voters in ovem ber ithT uesday sfailure district will implement pay-t o- play feeso per high school sport, $239 for band and 230 for middle school sports. ther activity fees also willbe charged eginningtoday can pay those fees online by going to thedistrict sWe bsite www bcsoh org arentscan charge the fees. ithout new money, the district will barely break even at the end of the 6year reasurerP atrickE astsaid ittmanschools choing other school chiefs who saw their issuesdefeated ittmanS uperintendentOr- ville Ullman attributed the district slevy failure to tax fatigue llmansaid theschool board will immediately consider cutting supplemental contracts for spring coaching positions fthe district fails to secure additional tax money by the end of the year, pay to play fees likely will be implemented and busing likely will be reduced ven before uesday slevy failure the district made about 800 000in staffing cuts for the upcoming school year.

heR ittman school board will meet at 7 tonight todecide what to donext oardmem bers will consider various options including placinga school income tax on the No v. 1 ballot, rather than another property tax issue. uesday ittman voters re- jected a1 4.5-m i yeareme r- gency additional levy that would have generated about $1.5 million a year for operations edina sC loverleafalso may seek a school income tax i nNovember hemoney would be used to replace the district s5.9-m i llevy on this levy will end at the end of 2006. If Cloverleaf go the income tax route, it will seekto replace the levy withanother property tax. eforeN ovember lover leaf may bring back some guidance counseling and music education jobs.

But no significant number of hires are planned, eesonsaid verthe last three years, the district has remained solvent by cutting more than 40 positions In Streetsboro approved a 3.5-m i yearadd i- tional levy to raise about $1.4 million a year for operations. In Southeast voters rejected a 8.9-m i yearemergency additional levy to generate about $1.8 million a year for operations atieB yard can be reached at 330 993781 or kbyard thebeaconjournal com e- phanie Warsmith can be reached at 330996 3705 or swarsmith thebeaconjour nal com B4 Akron Beacon Journal hursday ugust4, 2005 www.Oh i o.c MO MO Story System AKRE by ACASEY Time 54:41 Date Color layer: Black 44X Pg. Date Topic: INL TAKES Keyword INL TAKEPage 1 B4, Black, EDITION 4X, DAY 04.