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SUNDAY August 25, 1996 7r-Vt id euavin project to begin by spring Village targets Newark-Granville Road for smoother path By BRIAN MILLER Advocate Reporter GRANVILLE Granville is on track to begin a Newark-Granville Road paving project by spring. When finished, motorists will have a smoother ride and cyclists and walkers will have a longer path along the road. The project involves repaving 2.3 miles of the road east of downtown to the village limits. Also included are stormsewer improvements alongside the road, rebuilding a section of sidewalk and extending a bike path. 1 The state allocated $532,000 to Licking County Area Transportation Study toward the $665,000 cost.

The project is in the county agency's plans for next year, according to technical study director Roger The state's funds are originally from the federal government. The rest of the cost will come from the village's general fund, according to Village Street Superintendent Mark Zarbaugh. Zarbaugh said the road Is in "pretty bad condition" with many cracks and holes. Steve Sands, building and grounds superintendent for Spring Hills Baptist Church, which is located on the road, said: I know they need to do something with this road. It is one of the worst streets.

I drive down it nearly every day. I live in Jacksontown." The bike path, now a few hundred yards long, would be lengthened to the eastern edge of the village. That would give east-end Granville residents pedestrian and bike access to the downtown area. "We were looking forward to it because we walk every day," said Ruth Troy, an east-side resident on Wicklow Drive. The project moved forward this week when the state OK'd a village request for permission to use private property along the construction route.

The state OK'd work agreements, which are less involved than temporary easements. Adam Lanier, acting production administrator for District 5 of the Ohio Department of Transportation, said the state prefers temporary easements because under work agreements "property owners can come out and stop a project." Lanier said final plans must be submitted to the state by Sept. 9 to ensure the village receives the funds. Zarbaugh said the road needs emergency repairs before next spring. The village contracted with a paving company to lay a 1-inch layer of asphalt before winter.

The work will cost $23,000, Zarbaugh said. "Vii IW III fmL.) I 0J Cell phones ringing in council again By J.J. THOMPSON Advocate Reporter NEWARK Council wants to ensure Newark city employees aren't giving them a line about their need for cellular phones. Finance committee members will continue looking for any signs of excessive use during their meeting 5:30 p.m. Monday.

Last month, supervisors were asjted to report on how many cellular phones were used in their department and to justify the need for them. Councilwoman Marcia Phelps (D-AL) said the issue will be brought up again because committee wants more answers. "I don't think the explanations given were adequate enough," said the finance committee chairwoman. Cellular phone use was first questioned by Councilman Bruce Bain (D-AL), who said he became concerned after a judge requested a phone, and wanted to know how many city employees were using them. In a few years, the city wentr from one cellular phone to 31, Bain said.

Out of that, the police department has 11, code administration has nine and the fire department has four. The judicial, engineering, information systems, litter control and parks departments each have one cellular phone, according to figures from Newark Chief Financial Analyst Patricia Varner. The city spent almost $8,349 on cellular phones last year. Councilwoman Kaye Hartman (D-2), said there isn't a need to continue; looking into cellular phone use. Hartman said she checked with the; auditor's office and there doesn't ap-; pear to be any misuse.

I Mayor Frank Stare has said the phones are necessary. Council will also discuss Monday: A $100,000 appropriation request' for the East Main Street bridge re- placement during the finance commit-' tee meeting. A request from Police Chief Paul Green to add five officers to the depart- ment during a personnel committee meeting at 6 p.m. Ongoing health and safety prob- lems in the neighborhood of 175 S. Fourth St.

The safety committee meet- ing is at 5: 15 p.m. Mickey Guisevvite Bite by bite, plate by plate we remember relatives on holidays There are two things you can say about Great Grandma Guisewite's Peach Cobbler: It's the most decadent dessert on earth. If it's served on any holiday, the calories don't count. Ditto for Aunt Rena's Famous Double Fudge Brownies. Ditto for Grandma Duly's Cinnamon Raisin Buns.

Ditto for any recipe created by any elderly or dearly departed relative and served at any holiday event. Ancestry negates fat content. Holidays negate calories. It's as simple as that. Two powerful forces combining to make all major holidays food free-for-alls.

They're like family reunions of lost loved ones on paper plates: Grandma Helen's Potato Salad seated next to Uncle Willie's Barbecued Ribs smashed up against Great Aunt Louise's Baked Beans. To reject any of these items is to reject the people themselves. To dive in with zeat and zeal is to make ourselves as much a part of their era as it is to make them a part of ours. But it isn't just the recipes of our own deceased and elderly relatives we can consume completely guilt-free on the holidays. It doesn't matter if it is your Great Aunt Millie or someone else's Great Aunt Millie.

The fact that there was a Great A tni Millie at some point in history who brought her homemade deep-dish apple pie to the picnic gives the food historical relevance and therefore makes it OK to eat. All of these rich, hearty foods are the tantalizing legacy that connect us to. the warm, loving, robust, exuberant generations before us. In fact, any recipe served on any holiday containing the words "aunt," "grandma's" or "old-fashioned" in the title is an open door to an open mouth. Aunt Sophie's Old-Fashioned Lemon Pound Cake.

Grandma Winnie's Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies. Grannie Anne's Old-Fashioned Country Fried Chicken. These recipes conjure up a time when butter flavor came from butter, not from ingredient No. 27 on the can. They connect us to an era when sour cream was a positive thing.

They take us back to when sugar was sugar, chocolate was chocolate, eggs were eggs, and no one attending the family reunion was dressed in spandex running shorts and a sports bra. All of these rich, hearty foods are the tantalizing legacy that connect us to the warm, loving, robust, exuberant generations before us. No wonder we keep serving them up. What recipes from our current lifestyle would fill the bill for our own kids and grand kids? Brianna's No-Bake Vegetarian Tofu Loaf? Jennifer's Fat-Free, Sugar-Free, Egg-Free Bran Muffins? Susan's Prune-Sweetened, Flourless Brownies? Hmmm. As for myself, I will prepare for the upcoming Labor Day festivities by making room in my heart for family and friends.

And as I do every year, I will make a little extra room in my stomach for Great Grandma Guisewite's Peach Cobbler. Denison University graduate Mickey Guisewite writes this nationally syndicated column for King Features. Write to her in care of The Advocate, 22 N. First Newark, Ohio 43055 or send e-mail to mguisewiteaol.com. Lester Baughman downplays the importance of his role in Frazeysburg community development.

Jeff Groves, The Advocate) Across the fence Source of local pride Frazeysburg' Baughman aids in community development By L.B. WHYDE Advocate Correspondent FRAZEYSBURG' Sitting in his home, surrounded by 1 1 cats, Lester Baughman is a picture of quiet, humble dignity. He denies playing an important role in the development of this tiny community just over the Muskingum County line. "Oh, I don't think I do that much," says Baughman, 82. I just like to help people." Baughman is involved in several community organizations and his church, but his first commitment is the Frazeysburg Lions Club.

He is the only living charter member of the organization and remains active, never missing a meeting. "I transport eyeballs," Baughman says proudly. Transporting eyes is part of the Lions Club eye express. Baughman, with other area Lions, are on 24-hour call to transport optical organs to hospitals mainly University Hospital in Columbus for transplants or experiments. I never know when hey are going to call me," he says.

Retired since 1980, he sold the funeral home run by his family since his father, Daniel Brice Baughman, Bryan, 'Bully' By INEZ CARDOZO-FREEMAN Let me tell you what Robert McDan-iel's uncle told him about the year 1912 when Theodore Roosevelt wanted back in the White House. In July, Roosevelt stopped in Newark and spoke to the folks on the east steps of the courthouse. He was a vigorous man and used many gestures, waved his arms and pounded his fists into his hand. He was very compelling. His favorite word was bully.

"This is just bully," he was always saying. Well, he spoke and went on his way. But sometime later, another man who was running for president, William Jennings Bryan, came to Newark. He came on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Earlier that day, he had spoken in Cambridge and Zanesville.

When he got here it was very hot and there was a huge crowd waiting for him at the station. Bryan, known as the great commoner," was popular with the working classes, labor and the farm states. He and his wife climbed into an open buggy and went up East Main Street Li founder of Baughman Park, opened it in 1902. "I just loved the funeral business," Baughman says. I played hooky from school to help at the funeral home.

It was a great chance to help people. I buried all my friends. You just feel so bad for people who are feeling the loss." He felt such a loss when his wife of 56 years, Grace, died in February 1995. He participated in the Hospice grief class, which helped him adjust. "We've got to get Hospice working with the funeral homes," he says.

There's a great need there." Baughman is also involved with the Frazeysburg Revitalization Association, finding ways to raise money for community projects. The group, visited Newark during 1912 campaign; which recently completed a town hall project, plans to improve the bandstand downtown and fix the shelter house and restrooms at town hall. I want to see the town restored and beautified," Baughman says. He has been really helpful in the FRA and the Lions," says Carroll Bumpus, a friend of Baughman's for 40 years. He helped the Lions Club tremendously over the years." Kenny Jenkins, president of the Frazeysburg Lions, describes Baughman as a quiet, gentle man who gets along with everybody.

He's got a big heart," Jenkins says. "Anything with the Lions he's there to help. Without Lester Baughman, it would be a great loss to the community." about. You could hear train whistles and bells and fire bells. People were spilling out over the courthouse yard to hear him.

They were out on the Square and down East Main Street as far as the old Ohio Power building. Remember now, there wasn't any amplification back in those days. All you had was lung power. So he stood up there on the porch and spoke and my uncle, who was there when both he and Roosevelt spoke, told me that despite all the noise he heard every word both men said. By the way, both parties were very much interested in reforming the income tax.

Back then, the Internal Revenue Service hadn't been created but people were grumbling about paying taxes. In fact, that was one of the planks in William Jennings Bryan's platform when he first ran in 1896: He advocated the single tax. He made his speech, then stayed over at the Warden Hotel. He was known by his friends as the human garbage pail" because he would go into the dining room wherever he was staying and eat not only his dinner but other peoples'. He'd go up to other tables and say, Do you want to eat that?" or Are you finished?" Then, if they didn't want he'd eat it! He would eat the plates and the kitchen tables if he could have got-; ten hold of them.

He was horribly-obese. Sometimes while traveling across the country, the train would stop and, wait in order to get onto a main track' and if Bryan saw a farmer out in his. garden he'd step down from the train; 4and call the farmer over, "Do you have any radishes?" And the farmer would say, "Sure." And he'd say, "Well, give' me a handful." And the farmer would say, Ain't you ole Bill Brian? Sure thing, Bill." And Bryan would whip a salt cellar out of his pocket, shake salt on the radishes and eat them, dirt, leaves and all. Author Inez Cardozo-Freeman is a professor of folklore and comparative literature at the Newark campus of The Ohio State University. Readers with folklore or suggestions are urged to write to her in care of The Advocate, 22 N.

First Street, Newark, Ohio 43055. Let me tell amid the cheering throng. He was preceded by the Buckeye Band, which later became the Elks Buckeye Band. They were playing his campaign song, Give Me That Old Time Religion." Incidentally, he was an ordained Southern Baptist minister. Finally, the parade ended about where Wendy's restaurant is now and he got out of the buggy and made his way through the crowd in the courthouse yard, shaking hands along the way with all the folk.

He climbed up to the top porch, the same place where Theodore Roosevelt made his speech, and began to talk. Well, it was hot and babies were crying and there were summer noises all.