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Page 2 Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Tuesday, March 31. 1987 azardous aste Celeste Urges Veto Override Effort Defended a 1 I i 1 -C" I zJl ma caster Community Concert Association which starts with a kick-off dinner Sunday, April 5. RUTH VAN EVRA, left, and Leota Fouse are co-chairmen of the Membership Campaign of the Lan- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency defends its efforts to enforce hazardous 'waste laws despite objections from a citizens group that wants the federal government to investigate the agency. Allan Franks, public information of-' icer, acknowledged Monday that there are occasional difficulties, including limited funds, but said officials have compared Ohio's efforts with those of other states. "We think we are doing a pretty good job," Franks said.

Members of the statewide Voting Ohioans Initiating A Clean Environment told a news conference earlier that they met with Valdas Adamkus, Chicago regional director of the U.S. EPA, and asked for a federal investigation. Mary Anne Edsall of Circleville, VOICE president, said Adamkus was asked to respond in 30 days but that he did not indicate what he would do. Ms. Edsall and the others cited alleged failures of the state agency that included not only enforcement but hazardous waste policies that "she said favor "waste generators and their lobbyists" over the public's health and safety.

Asked about particular hazardous waste problems the group cited, Franks said: "Occasionally, something falls through the cracks until we find out 'about it." Franks said Adamkus was in Columbus for a routine meeting with state EPA officials. He said he understood one item being discussed was the status of Ohio's EPA application for authority to manage its own hazardous waste program and that he expects the application to be acted on at any time. He said Ohio applied for the authority a year ago but was turned down then because it was unable to meet a federal requirement to take enforcement action within 120 days after receiving a complaint. "We are now meeting that, but I suppose they (U.S. EPA) could pose other problems to us," Franks said.

Mrs. Edsall said VOICE requested the U.S. EPA not to grant the authority. As a result, Ohio's programs would continue under federal surveillance. Mrs.

Edsall said she didn't know whether that would be much better. She said the basic problems stem from politics and the influence of business-oriented lobbyists dating to the creation of Ohio EPA by former Democratic Gov. John Gilligan in the early 1970s. Among the problems cited by VOICE were wastes generated by the Mead Paper Corp. at Chillicothe and Jackson, the Green Landfills in Hocking County, the Fondessey Landfill at Oregon in Lucas County and a similar facility at Vickery in Sandusky County.

LCCA To Begin Season Membership Campaign Celeste said 7,655 Ohio construction jobs would be lost if the money is not quickly made available. He said the state so far this year has let contracts for 122 projects at less than $50 million, compared with 229 projects valued at $193.5 million let during the first three months of 1986. "Ohio's transportation system has been, and will continue to be, the cornerstone of our economic recovery and growth," Celeste said. "To lose an entire construction season would be tragic in terms of losing thousands of jobs, jeopardizing hundreds of projects and compromising the traveling safety of millions of Ohioans." Nationally, the bill would provide $70 billion for road and bridge projects and $18 billion for mass transit over the next five years. In addition, it would allow states to raise the speed limit to 65 miles an hour on rural stretches of the interstate highway system.

Both the House and Senate approved the funding measure by overwhelming margins. But last Friday Reagan vetoed the bill, calling it "a textbook example of special-interest, pork barrel politics." A A two-thirds majority of both the House and Senate would be needed to override Reagan's veto. Reagan's objections stem from $890 million earmarked for more than 150 highway "demonstration projects" in various legislators' home districts. The Ohio projects include $10 million to upgrade Ohio 2 between Toledo and Port Clinton and $4 million to replace a highway ramp in downtown Cleveland. Rep.

Mary Rose Oakar, D-Ohio, said she intends to work hard to override the veto. "It's easy to categorize these projects as pork barrel," Ms. Oakar said Monday on the House floor. "But I would defy anyone to come to Cleveland, Ohio, and look at what is called the Eagle Ramp that leads into the heart of our industrial base. If you stand under this ramp long enough, you will be hit on the head with chunks of concrete.

It is deteriorating tremendously." Rep. Douglas Applegate, D-Ohio, a member of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee, predicted Congress will override the veto, relatively easily in the House and with a closer vote in the Senate. "I very adamently oppose the president," Applegate said. "I think he's made a grave mistake by vetoing this. WASHINGTON (AP) Gov.

Richard Celeste has urged Ohio's congressional delegation to vote to override President Reagan's veto of an $88 billion transportation bill. The House planned to vote on the measure today, followed by the Senate. The five-year bill earmarks more than $2.5 billion for Ohio highways and mass transit and would pump $417 million into the state in fiscal 1987 alone. According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, 141 projects worth $323 million are on hold until the federal money is provided. "Ohio has already suffered through six months without a highway bill, and if the veto is sustained, Ohio may lose an entire construction season," Celeste said Monday in letters to the state's congressional delegation.

"The consequences will be devastating." Warner Spends Night In Jail; Release Sought CINCINNATI (AP) Former Home State Savings Bank owner Marvin Warner spent his first night in jail for convictions stemming from Home State's 1985 collapse while his lawyers worked for his release. Lawyers for the multimillionaire businessman were to go before a three-judge panel of the 1st Ohio District Court of Appeals this afternoon to argue for an order that would allow Warner to be released on the $3.5 million surety bond he had previously posted. Warner was jailed Monday after Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Richard Niehaus sentenced him and imposed a $22 million bond, decreeing that it would have to be posted in cash or securities. Niehaus made the bond's amount equal to the restitution he had ordered Warner to pay to Ohio for the cost of cleaning up after Home State's failure. Co-defendant Burton Bongard was due back in court today to be sentenced.

Bongard appeared in court Monday with Warner and a third defendant, David Schiebel. But the judge postponed Bongard's hearing until this morning because a defense lawyer appeared confused about how a 1983 change in Ohio law would affect Bongard's sentencing. Two local women have a busy month ahead of them. Ruth Van Evra and Leota Fouse are co-chairmen of the Membership Campaign of the Lancaster Community Concert Association (LCCA) which will start the kick-off dinner Sunday, April 5. The women will direct the work of some 60 volunteers who will contact present LCCA members for renewals and solicit new members.

This campaign marks the 51 year the LCCA has provided internationally known artists to the community. Each year the LCCA sells memberships for the series of concerts for the coming season. All monies collected for the memberships is used in managing the concert series. There are no paid workers in the LCCA. From the president, Mrs.

Dorothy Brengmen to the last worker on the list, all work is volunteered. The kick-off dinner is slated at Olivedale starting at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by the Covenant Bell Ringers from the Presbyterian Church and the North School Elementary Singers under the direction of Howard Rea. Each year, three or four concerts that Deadline Is Extended On Pay Raise Proposal For Judicial Salaries Bremen Needs Street Superintendent the village of Bremen is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of street superintendent. This person should be a self-starter with some supervisory experience and must be able to operate all related equipment along with possessing a good driving record.

Salary will be commensurate with ability. Applications will be taken at the Village Council Chambers at 132 Mulberry Bremen April 2 and 3 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and April 4, 9 to 11 a.m. No phone calls. Carroll Sewage Problem Topic At April 16 Meet for part-time county court judges would be paid by local governments, Jacobs said.

Those governments now pay part-time municipal judges $30,750 and part-time county court judges $21,000 a year. Ralston said the use of part-time judges does not apply to Fairfield County. It would only apply in those counties where there is no municipality and a part-time county judge is required. If the proposal is approved, the salary for the chief justice would rise from $81,000 to $100,000 by 1989; associate Supreme Court judges from $75,500 to appeals court judges, $70,000 to common pleas, $66,500 to and full-time municipal, $61,500 to $80,000. THESE SIX guitarists made it through a preliminary round of competition in Coffman Music Store's Guitar Stud '87 contest.

They are: top-point scorer Steve JL Hli UDf fKii -A make up the local series are presented at Lancaster High School. However, any new member is invited to attend the last concert of the current season as a bonus. All LCCA members are invited to attend concerts in Cambridge, Marietta, Parkersburg, Waverly and Zanesville at no added cost. The final program of this season is "Shakespear At The Opera." A group of five talented singers will present arias from the more popular works of the "Bard" such as "Kiss Me Kate," "West Side Story" and "Romeo and Juliet." For all details of this "musical bargain," contact any LCCA member. LCCA headquarters will be at Coffman Music Center, 113 N.

Columbus St. starting April 7 or contact Van Evra at 1959 Coldspring Fouse, 530 Frederick Circle or Anne Baumgardt, 655PleasantvilleRd. Fisher Registration Fisher Catholic registration for eighth graders and new students is Tuesday, April 7, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and Thursday, April 9, from 3-5 p.m. For more information call the school office.

(E-G Photo by Rocco Arcieri) Marietta store Saturday at 1 p.m., upstairs at the Lancaster music store. The public is invited to attend. First prize is a Whetstone Spectrum II guitar, valued at $449. fiarber. local disc jockey.

Saturday's winner will walk away with a $449 Whetstone Spectrum II guitar. The event, along with promotional sales events at both store locations, are designed to encourage young people to become interested in guitar playing. Ohio Lottery Number CLEVELAND (AP) The winning number drawn Monday in the Ohio Lottery's daily game, "The Number," was 794. In the "Pick 4" game, the winning number was 1891. The lottery reported earnings Monday of $1,046,103.50 from wagering on "The Number." Sales in the parimutuel "Pick 4" game totaled $196,188.50.

Winners are entitled to share 45 percent, or $88,487. A winning $1 straight bet is worth $2,904. A winning $1 boxed bet is worth $242. FUNERAL HOME Ward Halteman James Fett Corner North Brood and Fifth Phono 653-3022 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Recently a 10-member Joint Select Committee to Study Judicial Compensation submit-, ted a pay raise proposal to the state legislature designed to bring judicial salaries in Ohio in line with those in comparable states by 1989, said Leslie Jacobs, head of the Ohio State Bar Association and committee member. The report, which was to be delivered last Friday had its deadline extended and is due to the Legislature Tuesday, I according to Joel Potts, a spokesperson at the state senate's clerk's office.

The report recommends that local govern-i ment shares of salaries for common pleas and full-time municipal 'judges remain the same. i Lancaster Municpal Court Judge Joeseph Ralston said the importance of the proposal is that for the first time it includes state funding for municipal judges, in addition to the present county and local government shares. He said the measure should help local govern- ments by not increasing their share. Fairfield County Brar Association president Don McAuliffe, said he agrees with the raise in judge's salaries because of their "demanding" position of daily casting judgement on people and other duties. He said "there are certainly attorneys that make substan-ff tially more than the proposed figures.

Jacobs said, "Ohio has in the last three or four years slipped behind other comparable states which have a similar geographic mix and a mix of an industrial and agricultural economy as well as population." The average increase for full-time municipal court judges would be $10,500. Local governments, which now pay full-time municipal judges $61,500 a year, would pay the same portion after the increase and the state would pay everything over that figure. Common pleas court judges would receive a raise of $9,500 this year, depending on the population of the county. The formula that sets minimum and maximum county shares of a common pleas judge's salary, which now ranges between $3,500 and $14,000, would not change. Recommended annual raises for the chief justice and associate judges of the Ohio Supreme Court and appeals court judges would be paid entirely by the state, he said.

"There is absolutely no question that they need a raise," Jacobs said. "Judicial compensation increases in Ohio have lagged behind increases for other public employees. In some counties, prosecutors make more money than the judges before whom-they appear." David Landefeld, Fairfield County prosecutor, said only in the 12 largest counties, those with populations over 250,000, does this prosecutor-judge relationship exist. He said his salary for this year is $36,465.19, and next year will be $38,288.45. The proposal also asks forincreases through 1989 of $1,500 a year for part-time municipal judges and $1,000 a year Lancaster Eagle-Gazette (USPS 303-980) If It's For Fairfield County, We'reForlt A consolidation of the Lancaster Eagle, 'established in 1807, and the Lancaster Gazette, established in 1826.

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Chestnut Lancaster, Ohio 43130. Carroll' is currently fourth on the EPA priority list for unsewered communities. O'Hare said at present both residential and commercial properties dispose of sewage through a septic tank and leach beds. He said some of the newer structures most likely are also fitted with aeration devices. Still, the village suffers from partially treated sewage getting into storm sewers, roadside ditches, and nearby streams, according to a 1986 report done by URS for the village.

O'Hare said the village was told in 1976 to get a discharge permit but did not. He said so far no agency has formerly held the village in violation of any health standards. Although O'Hare admits the village's problems, he said as bad as it may seem he knows of no incident of someone becoming sick because of the problem. He also said he figures Carroll's problem is no better or worse than many small villages. Besides health benefits, he said, there is economic incentive to acquiring a sewer system for the village.

"I think it is reasonable to assume the (U.S.) 33 corridor will continue to develop north of Lancaster toward Columbus, and I think it is reasonable to think businesses will find it attractive to locate in the village. But first we have to have something to offer them." For now, O'Hare knows there are both people for and against the issue. "I would like people to attend the meeting to voice both pros and cons to the idea. This project will require community cooperation and fair input." The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. April 16 in the municipal building, 65 Center St.

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DUBLINGRANVILLI RD. COLUMBUS, ON 7:00 P.M. The village of Carroll has planned an informational meeting for the area's sewage problem April 16 and the mayor would like to see a large turnout "broad support" from the village. "I would hope that everyone would be in favor of it at this point," said Mayor Charles O'Hare. He said the April 16 meeting at the village municipal building is only to receive an update on the present facilities plan.

He said no cost figures are available yet. The plan is the first part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Municipal Grants Program, according to William Benko, project engineer for URS Dalton, of Columbus. Benko predicts about half of the plan will be complete by the April meeting. Benko said besides the update, the meeting will include a discussion of existing wastewater treatment and its problems, an introduction to the grant program, and the alternatives available to treat the problems.

The grant program can fund village projects from 55 percent to 75 percent. BU Kindergarten Registration Open Any child whose birthdate falls beteeen Oct. 1, 1981 and Sept. 30, 1982 will be eligible for the 1987-88 kindergarten class at Berne Union. Registration is Tuesday, April 7, 7 p.m.

in the high school library and Wednesday, April 8, 9 a.m. in the school cafeteria. Kindergarten teachers will be present to answer any questions and to distribute informative handbooks. According to guidelines provided by the Ohio Departments of Education and Health, children entering kindergarten should have or be in the process of receiving the immunizations for poliomelitis, measles (rubeola), D.P.T., rubella (German measles) and mumps. Doris Shiltz, school nurse, will be present to answer any questions parents may have relative to health and immunization requirements.

She will also hand out a health record that must be completed by the child's doctor after a physical examination. Mrs. Pam Ryan, speech and hearing therapist at Berne Union will be present to answer questions concerning speech and language development. At time of registration, bring the child's birth certificate and proof of custody of the child. Call the elementary office for questions concerning registration.

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ROSE CEMETERY 100 Guitar Enthusiasts Enjoy Competition At Coffman's Music Theado, Matt Rice, Tim Bova (not pictured). Shad Reliford, Chris Conner, Jason Davis, and Matt Eddy. They will compete in the finals along with semi-finalists from the M-vpnrs-nld. were iudced on musical composition, creativity, showmanship, and audience response. Many contestants used audio effects to change the sound of the guitar to that of an organ or violin, or to add fuzzy distortion.

Musical styles varied from heavy metal, to blues, to classical, to free-form playing in the anything-goes atmosphere of this competition. The first round winners of Guitar Stud '87 were: Steve Theado, Colum-bus; Matt Rice, Lancaster; Tim Bova, Grove City; Shad Reliford, Lancaster; Chris Conner, Lancaster; Jason Davis, Lancaster; and Matt Eddy, Grove City. The finals, open to the public, will also include winners from the store's Marietta location. The judges for the contest are Pat Ashby, studio guitarist and writer for the Columbus review; Sam Hooff, professional drummer; Wonrlv Rarrv. local radio personality; Brian Nusser, amateur guitarist; and FRANK E.

SMITH FUNERAL HOME Member By Invitation I Directors 'wrMH Trvinp Smith ISSm Frank R. Smith 405 N. Columbus St Phone 653-0652 vmu Over 100 guitar enthusiasts recently filled the second floor of a local music store to hear twangs, screeches, and original melodies played on electric guitar by 13 contestants, seven winners will appear Saturday in the final competition. Sponsored and held at Coffman's Music store, on South Columbus Street, the preliminary round gave each contestant three minutes of stage time to perform. The guitarists, from 15- to Bremen Legion Plans Fish Fry The Bremen American Legion Post 20 is holding its annual spring fish fry Saturday, April 4 at the Post Home on N.

Broad Street, Bremen. Serving is from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The menu will include perch, smelt, French fries, baked beans, slaw, rolls, coffee and tea. Tickets for all you can eat are $4 for adults and $2 for children under 12. The public is invited.

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