Panama City News-Herald from Panama City, Florida • Page 11

NEWS-HERALD, Panama City, Thursday, July 20, 1972 Page IB Odor Removal Method Announced Development of a method to remove the unpleasant sulfur odor from a major commercial papermaking process was announced Wednesday by Owens-Illinois, of Toledo, Ohio. Company officials said the new method eliminates the sulfur odor in the "neutral sulfite semi-chemical" process of papermaking. Officials at the Panama City Parker Rules Eyeing For Lake By JIM RUNNELS Staff Writer The Parker City Commission has made plans to meet with representatives of the City of Springfield and the Bay County Board of Commisioners to regulate skiing and boat racing on Martin Lake. Parker Commissioner Jessie Merchant brought the matter up for discussion in the city's regular meeting this week, originally asking for a 100-foot stand-off ordinance for all ski boats and high powered racing boats. Merchant withdrew his motion after the commission asked him to set up a meeting with Springfield and the county to discuss ways the problem could be solved.

One young man, who said he represented the water skiiers on the lake, said the weekend boaters were willing to do their own patrolling and ticketing if the city would let them. Merchant told the boy that the matter would be between him and the police chief. Merchant said Springfield commissioners wanted a 200-foot stand-off originally, but he said he talked them down to 100 feet. The commissioners also discussed fire insurance, which led to a discussion of the purchase of a 750-gallon pumper for the fire department. Merchant withdrew a motion to buy the needed pumper after the commission pleaded "no money." Merchant introduced several motions In the meeting, including one to ask the Bay County School Board to hire three appraisers to study the land the Parker City Hall and Fire Department stand on to determine its worth.

The commissioners expressed a wish to buy the land if the price agrees with their "limited budget." City Attorney Ben Redding said the land could not be valued very high, as the city holds a 99-year lease on it at one dollar per year. Merchant also introduced a motion to have a study of Sunset Drive made so the city could determine whether or not it could afford to have it re-surfaced. The motion passed by unanimous vote. Commissioner Frank Piccolo reported to the commission that damage done by a construction firm to city streets still had not been repaired. The commission, which paid a $13,700 bill to the company, said private land owners must come before the commission to report property damage by the company before the last bill is paid.

"The company is bound by contract to repair any damage it does during construction," Piccolo said, "but we can't make them repair what we don't know is damaged." In other action, the commission: moved a street light; discussed police standards and decided to hold a meeting to set regulations and salary rates; bought a new lawnmower, and hired an auditor to prepare the city books for the yearly audit. Tanker Runneth Over! A tanker which spilled more than 300 gallons of oil into St. Andrew's Bay this week reportedly polluted the area with a similar spill several months ago. Marine Patrolman Tilman Ward said that the Carolyn E. Conway had emptied its bilges with oil at the Panama City mill port earlier this year.

Captain of the boat, Guiliano Foleo, was released on $500 bond Tuesday, after he was arrested and charged with the current spill. The tanker, which was representing the Humble Oil cleaned up the first spill. Employes at the International Paper Co. removed the skim of oil from St. Andrew's Bay Tuesday.

Although they were not responsible for the mishap, they took voluntary action when the oil slick threatened to wash up on nearby private beaches. According to a representative from the marine patrol the spill did not harm any marine life. It was contained in an L-shaped inlet at the Panama City mill port. Officials at International Paper Co. had no comment on the oil spill but one spokesman said, "It's that same boat again." A sample of oil from the spill will be sent to the Marine Patrol laboratory in Ft.

Lauderdale. It will be analyzed and used as evidence court hearing, tentatively scheduled on Aug. 14. plant of International Paper Co. said they have no information oil the new process and will have to wait for details of "a milch technical nature." "You can be sure people at our division office in Mobile are checking it out," the local spokesman said.

Ke indicated the process may, be similar to one tried here several years ago that did cut down slightly on the odor, but greatly increased water pollution. 'We don't use the system of processing they mention in the newb the spokesman said. IPC is spending $300,000 to eliminate, odor from the plant here, a piocess that will be completed by the end of this year. "At Lie heart of the new process is a different chemical mixture for cooking wood chips which eliminates sulfur without sacrificing the quality of the corrugating medium," James A. Cobb, an Owens-Illinois vice president, said Coub his company conducted tests at plants in Big Island.

and Tomahawk, Wis. "With the new system, the only ocior created in the pulping process is a slight scent of wood cooking," he said. The method developed by Owens-lllionois may apply to three other major paper producing processes kraft, acid sul- i I and groundwood. Cobb called the neutral sulfite odor- free process a "major technological breakthrough for paper muh using hardwoods." Demo Executive Group Will Meet The Bay County Democratic Executive Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. today at the Seven Seas Restaurant Purpose of the meeting, according to Chairman De Delaney, is to discuss and arrange rallies for the forthcoming Democratic Primary Other business also will be discussed, Delaney said, He urges all committeemen and committeewomen to attend.

The chairman said the committee has approximately 33 members. Tag Sales Today Now auto license tags will be on sale at Springfield City Hall today from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. according Bay County Tax Collector Donnell Brookins The special location is an attempt to make the tags available to the public without creating a parking problem around the courthouse, Brookins said. Charge Dismissed A charge of interstate transportation of mortgaged property against Jim Sumpter, former news director of Panama City Beach, was dismissed in Washington County Wednesday The charges were filed by B.

J. Sanders, Panama City Beach, June 7 Sumpter, 52, is a former resident of Vernon wamm Panel To Study Death Penalty TALLAHASSEE (UPI) In a temporiing move labeled a "cop-out" by Senate President Jerry Thomas, House Speaker Richard A. Pettigrew named a special committee Wednesday to study the problem of capital punishment. Gov. Reubin Askew has called for a special session next vember, right after the legislature's one-day organiational session for electing new officers, ture's one-day organizational session for electing new officers.

Scouts March Toward Camp Somewhere between St. Andrews and DeFuniak Springs a contingent of Boy Scouts woke at daybreak this morning to he- gin their fourth day's march toward Camp Euchee Troon Nine, led by Scoutmaster Robert Wilson, is as far as he knows, the only troop in the area that chose to hike all the way to the Spanish Trail Scout Reservation. The boys left Oakland Terrace Park at 5:30 a.m Monday, walked out S. 98, the Back- Beach Road and up State Road 79 to West Bay They completed the 22-mile hike in 12 hours, and camped at the south end of the West Bay Bridge. Wilson said the troop staged preliminary five and 10-milo hikes to prepare for the trek.

By Monday night all had competed requirements for their Hiking Merit Badge. The scoutmaster said all members of troop nine wanted to make the hike but six were unable to get away for the extra week. Ten boys and two adults are participating. Wilson said a truck follows along behind them for safety The scouts carry everything but cooking water and the heavier cooking equipment, which is transported in the truck The line of march called for stops Tuesday night at Pine Log Creek and Wednesday night at Bruce. They are to camp in Freeport tonight with a stop at Itchy Acres Farm Friday night.

Hopefully, they will arrive at Camp. Euchee Saturday The troop will then spend, a week in camp. They will return to Panama City the following weekend by car. LONG ROAD TO EUCHEE Panama City's Troop Nine is discovering exactly how many steps there are from here to Camp Euchee, the Spanish Trail Scout Reservation near DeFuniak Springs. The troop left at daybreak Monday on a hike that will continue about a week.

Four of the Boy Scouts, top, left to right, are Freddy Douglas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Douglas; Dennis Dunnigan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dunningan; Jon Royston, son of Mr.

and Mrs. John Royston, and Donald Wilson, son of Scoutmaster and Mrs. Robert Wilson. Tommy Dykes, below, wears a peaceful smile that indicates it's nice to sit down after the first day's 22-mile hike completed in 12 hours, even if it's as the official dishwasher. Hearing Set On Budget By ANN HOUPT Staff Writer Bay County schools will spend a total of $19,202,144 this coming school year if a tentative budget submitted to the school board is approved.

The budget is up $4,045,500 from last year's total. The tax rate for the district will drop, however, from 8.4 mills to 8.3, the decrease reflecting a drop in tax rate for debt service. A public hearing for the budget has been set for 1:30 p.m. Friday in the administrative board room. The operating section of the budget accounts for the largest portion of spending with $13,628,377 earmarked for operation of the county system.

Salaries for 750 teachers total $6,315,000. This represents a 5.5 per cent cost of living increase over-last year with an added incentive raise for teachers who obtain an advanced degree, This raise is reflected in a 59,36:5,900 total budgeted for instruction, up $565,240 over last year. The 5.5 per cent increase for all board employes, plus the alternative instructional schedule will cost the system approximately $644,000 more than last year. Officials point out that a good portion of the $4 million increase is earmarked for a third high school. The $3.56 million A.

Crawford Mosley High School, tentatively scheduled to open in September will be constructed on a site near Tom P. Ilaney Vocational-Technical School. Current district taxes of 53,214,712 were computed on the basis of 8.1 mills with a projected value of the mill of $396,878. "We have not received the tax assessor's estimate of the total valuation reasonably expected by him to be assessed on the current year's tax roll," McDonald said. "Therefore, based upon a versation with the tax assessor we have taken the 1971 value and added four per cent to arrive at the total.

The tax assessor advised that he would furnish an estimate at the earliest possible date," he added. McDonald said the budget is divided into four parts. Part Operating, includes the major part of the total budget and provides funds for the principal day-to-day operation of the school system. Part Debt Service, includes only funds for principal and interest and reserve funds for bonded indebtedness of the system and includes bonds sold for Bay County both locally and at state level. Part III, Capital Outlay, includes anticipated revenue and expenditures for capital improvements such as new construction, remodeling, purchase of land, paving and purchase of equipment.

Part rv, Contracted Program Funds, includes funds for all federal programs. Construction of the new high school shows up in improvements, which account for $1,545,243 this year as compared to $1,764,550 last year. The Mosley High School, originally budgeted at $3.25 million, is allocated $3,565,121 of the upcoming year's budget. Available funds include $185,775 from the state, $1,440,554 from the LCI (Local capital improvements) fund and $1,938,811 from the race track bond issue, the records show. The capital outlay includes $15,000 for purchase of additional Callaway property, $50,000 for tennis courts at Bay and Ruther ford High Schools, $60,000 for paving outdoor play areas at 10 other schools with allocation based on a priority schedule and $5,00 0 for fencing school grounds.

Other capital outlay items budgeted include new buildings and additions as follows: Hiland Park addition, Mowat Junior High addition, $227,500: Oak Grove Center, Rutherford Exceptional Child addition, Southport sewage plant, $25,000 and two table classrooms, $10,000. Remodeling expenses under capital outlay include $10,000 for carpet for the Callaway Media Center and other projects; $5,000 to enclose the library room at Rutherford; $5,000 for the University Center; and $66,765 for "other renovation noted in master schedule for fiscal year." Capital improvements also include $20,000 for food service equipment to complete a five- year schedule; $136,850 for various other items of original equipment; $37,730 for five new 66-capacity school buses; $2,500 for equipment for transportation department, and $20,000 for replacement of food service equipment. Other replacement equipment includes $1,100 for administrative equipment, $8,500 for Rosenwald gymnasium bleachers, $8,500 for school furniture, $7,100 for school budgets, $3,200 to replace a 1969 sedan and $4,800 for other replacement equipment. The budget earmarks $39,000 for books for existing libraries, and $41,000 for audio visual materials. Stale sources supply a large chunk of the operating funds, $8,701,493 of which is minimum foundation program (MFP) money.

Total state funds of $8,889,548 include $90,950 for free textbooks, $40,000 from the Racing Commission, $30,000 state supplement-food service, $22,000 for the driver education program and $5,105 withheld for administration expense. The county expects to receive $550,000 in federal impact funds under Public Law 81-874. In addition federal money is received through the state, including $290,000 school food reimbursement and $33,000 school milk reimbursement. Local sources account for $3,237,162 of the operating fund. These are current district taxes of tuition at the voca- Pettigrew, supporting Asxew, said he would not join Senate President Thomas in calling a sooner session, and he asked other House members not to take the third option of calling themselves together through a petition to the secretary of state.

"Unfortunately, such an extra session would not be limited as to subject matter and could conceivably last up to 30 days," said the speaker. "The possibility of a costly extra session wedged between two national conventions or directly preceding the Sept. 12 primary, unlimited as to subject matter, seems undesirable, unduly expensive and unnecessary in light of the efforts and accomplishments of this legislature during the past two years." Thomas said ho and Pettigrew had discussed calling an immediate special session, but that the speaker rejected the idea. The Senate president said he wanted to act now, so that life- termers already convicted of one murder will not be able to kill their guards without risking anything. "I know it's inconvenient, nnd I know we've got a propensity in the legislature to take a problem and study it to death," said Thomas.

"But that's really a cop-out. Rep. Jeff D. Gautier, D-Miami, was named chairman of the special House committee making the interim study of the death problem. Other members appointed by Pettigrew are Reps.

L. E. "Gene" Brown, D-Tavares; James K. Tillman, D-Jacksonville; Gwen S. Clvr- ry, D-Miami; John J.

Savage, R-St. Petersburg; William J. Rish, D-Port St. Joe; Elvin L. Martinez, D-Tampa and Don F.

R-West Palm Beach. Confab Under Way tional $4,000, and other local sources, $18,450. The operating fund has a balance at the beginning of the year of $628,667. This includes $533,724 cash and $145,350 inventory. The school system will spend $605,000 for total operation and maintenance of the plant $745,000 in salaries, $78,000 for heating and cooling, $215,000 for utilities other than heating and cooling, contracted services $114,000, supplies $50,000, other operation expenses $5,000 and other maintenance expenses $165,000.

Bay County pays $6,200 tuition to Gulf County for the students living in Mexico Beach attending Gulf County Schools. Sdiuol leaders of a nine-county area were told Wednesday as the Leadership Conference openea at Gulf Coast Community College that all students do learn in the same manner and that teaching methods must be sought that will meet the needs of all students. i lie speaker for the opening session ol the 1972 conference was Dr. Dereck Nunney, vice president for academic affairs of Oakland Community College in Bkiomhcld Hills, Mich. The conference is sponsored by the Pannandie Area Educational Cooperoiive which serves nine Northwest Florida counties.

Nunney told administrators and other school leaders of the area tiiat far too many years educators have planned programs on the assumption that one-lhiia of students will be in the A-b gi'oup, another third in the C-average group, and another thiiu in the failing group. The speaker said that even tests are so designed to accomplish this ratio. Nurmcy said this assumption had become a "self-fulfilling prophesy." Even standardized tests are planned to accomplish the same ratio, he added. "We cannot continue to plan tests that automatically fails one- third of the students." The speaker said educators have jumped from one method to another citing that from the traditional lecture type method, teachers went to an audio type instruction completely. "We have jumped from one pet theme to another." Nunney then described briefly an liistniction approached which Is being used at Oakland Community College in which a "cognitive style obtained, a battery of tests on each of the 17,000 students enrolled.

These maps reflect how students best learn and then the students are sent to prescriptive centers and a program designed best fit their learning needs. The program is called persona 1 i td education programs PEP. I'lic piogram is a result of 17 years of research and has been in operation for about three yeais. Where almost half of the students of the school were failing under the older or more traditional methods, over 90 percent of the students of that school are now passing. Nunney said no method should be thrown out but others should be initiated to reach students wii learn differently.

The speaker listed about seven methods being used at the college in Michigan and said that varying combinations of these methods were being used to meet the individual needs of students. The speaker, who is a native of England and who was educated and began his teaching there, said the Oakland school leaders feel that at least 90 per cent of students should be successful in the learning process. "When fewer than 90 per cent pass," Nunney said, "the college has failed, not the students." Prior to the opening address, School Supt. Luther McDonald and Gulf Coast President Richard E. Morley welcomed the area leaders to the conference.

Bay County is host to the conference, and facilities for the three- day meeting are furnished by the college. Shouppe Howell, assistant director of PAEC, presided au the opening session. Following the general session, tiie administrators met in small groups to discuss specific topics. The nine counties involved include Bay, Gulf, Franklin, Liberty, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington, Iioimes and Walton counties. CONFAB prior to the opening session of the three-day Leadership Conference at Gulf Coast Community College Wednesday, these four educators, all of whom were participants-in the session, got together informally.

They are, from left, Shouppe Howell, assistant director of Pahandle Area Educational Cooperative; Dr. Dereck Nunney vice president of Oakdale Community College in Bloomfield Hills, Dr. Richard Morley president of GCCC, and Bay County Supt. Luther W. McDonald..