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f-B DAYTON DAILY NEWS LOCALSTATE SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2002 1 Ohio Turnpike Commission under joint investigation Commission, Inspector General Tom Charles said Friday. One legislator's office said Friday the investigation apparently involves turnpike employees Sen. Jeffry Armbruster, a North Ridgeville Republican, learned about the gift allegations a month ago, said Kevin Hughes, Arm-bruster's legislative aide. Armbruster is the Ohio Senate's representative on the Turnpike Commission. Charles said he and David Freel, the Ethics Commission executive director, decided to launch a joint investigation after receiving an outside complaint.

Charles would not discuss the investigation or comment further. Freel declined to comment. Last month, Charles told state Rep. Rex Damschroder, a Fremont Republican, that he was investigating "irregularities" at the commission, Damschroder said. Damschroder is chairman of the Ohio Turnpike Oversight Committee.

Thursday, Commission Chairman Tim Greenwood defended both the commission and executive director Gino Zomparelli. Zomparelli "has exhibited excellent management skills and installed sound fiscal policies with regard to the commission's finances," Greenwood said. He said he had no reason to believe any turnpike employee had participated in inappropriate conduct A message was left with Zomparelli seeking comment. Lawmakers created the oversight committee in 1997 after the commission adopted a plan, without seeking legislative approval, to add a third lane both ways between Youngstown and Toledo and to pay for it by an 82 percent phased-in toll increase. 1 Improper gifts alleged, official says Associated Press COLUMBUS The Ohio Inspector General and the Ohio Ethics Commission are conducting a joint investigation of alleged wrongdoing at the Ohio Turnpike ON THE WEB www.ohioturnpike.org Ohio Insptctor Central: www.state.oh.uswatchdog Ohio Ethics Commission; www.ethics.state.oh.us ethicshome.html 7T Aryan Nations figure guilty on weapons charge if V4 This Oscar is for remembrance court records.

It was unclear when Graham intended to sentence Kincaid, identified as "the Ohio Aryan Nations (AN) leader" in an affidavit filed in July by Tymothy Burkey, a special agent with the FBI in Dayton assigned to investigate domestic terrorism. In the affidavit, Burkey alleged the group's goal is "overthrowing the U.S. Government and creating all white country in the Northwest part of the U.S." "Since the group's inception in the early 1970s, AN members have committed various crimes to further their goals. Included in these criminal acts have been armed bank and armored car robberies, murder and explosive and weapon violations," Burkey said in the affidavit supporting a search of Kincaid's home. In September, Richard Butler, founder and long-time leader of the Aryan Nations, named Dayton native Harold Ray "Butch" Redfeairn heir apparent to the top spot in the group.

Since then, Aryan Nations leaders have announced plans to move headquarters to Pennsylvania following the power shift and a court ruling in a civil lawsuit that cost the group its compound in Hayden Lake, Idaho. Three weeks after federal agents searched Kincaid's home, Dayton police detonated a pipe bomb in woods near Centerville Park Apartments inWesfr Oarrollton, which the FBI linked to Kincaid and the Aryan Nations. Authorities did ppt. identify the man involved in this case. But David Godfrey, a Montgomery County man, is alleged to have transported a pipe bomb from his home to Kincaid's home in rural Delaware County, according to court records.

The bomb was detonated, three days before federal agents raided Godfrey's Montgomery County apartment, according to Burkey's affidavit in the Kincaid case. Godfrey has not been charged in the case, authorities said. Contact Lawranca Budd at (5 1 i) 932-6776 or e-mail him at larrybuddcoxohlo.com Craftsman Paul Laursen uses a pneumatic grinder on a bronze sculpture of Oscar in Columbus on Thursday. Oscar, a deceased silverback gorilla from the Columbus Zoo, was finished at the Geisterhole Foundry. This sculpture will be displayed near the African Forest section of the zoo.

i ANTIOCH: Names first woman president FT It. i DORAL CHENOWETH HIASSOCIATED PRESS Deal in works on hospital move i Cox News MIDDLETOWN Middletown and Turtlecreek Twp. officials have drafted a "working document" outlining how tax revenue and responsibilities might be shared if Middletown Regional Hospital moves to Warren County, Middle-town Mayor David Schiavone said. "We've got a good working document we would like to move on," Schiavone said Thursday. But Turtlecreek Twp.

Trustee Dan George said there have been only talks no document. Schiavone declined to offer details, as did Middletown City Manager Ron Olson. Dayton, Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday.

(Bowman, North) DOZIER, Charles Tech. Sgt, USAF 61, of Trotwood, Sunday. Services 1 p.m. Monday. (House of Wheat) ELMS, Ralph 92, of Dayton, Tuesday.

Services 1 p.m. Monday, Canaan Missionary Baptist Church. (McLin, Northern Hills) FANNING, Barbara H. (Shoemaker) 82, of Oakwood, Thursday in Kettering. Services 11 a.m.

Monday, St Paul's Episcopal Church. (Routsong, Kettering) FLORA, J. Alfred 81, of Vandalia, formerly of Trotwood, Thursday. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday.

(Rogers, Trotwood) FULLER, Willie 53, of 2201 Picadilly Dayton, Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday. (House of Wheat) GIGLIOTTI, Angelo, 76, of Dayton, Thursday. HAWKINS, Emmett 74, formerly of Dayton, of Chillicothe, Wednesday.

Graveside services 11 a.m. Monday, Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort. HEISTAND, James L. "Pony," 68, of Miamisburg, Sunday. Services 10:30 a.m.

Monday. (Gebhart-Schmidt-Parramore, Miamisburg) HOLZSASTER, L. Donald "Mutt," 85, of Huber Heights, Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. today.

(Marker Heller, Huber Heights) HUGHEY, Patricia 50, of Dayton, Dec. 25. (House of Wheat) KNORR, Mary Makley, 82, formerly of Oakwood, Thursday in Cincinnati. Graveside services 1 p.m. Monday, Calvary Cemetery Chapel.

(Geo. H. Rohde Son, Mount Lookout) KOEHLER, Richard M.D., 91, of Washington 1 m-mmJ-'W' Continued from Page IB i i i and teaching values make her an ideal appointment at this time." Straumanis has served as a dean at Kenyon College in Gambier; Rollins College in Winter Park, and at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. She also has been a faculty member at American University in Washington, D.C., Denison University in Granville and at Lehigh. She received her bachelor of arts from Antioch College in mathematics and government, did graduate work in math at the University of Colorado and earned a doctorate Plea bargain drops other counts By Lawrence Budd amn County Bureau COLUMBUS The alleged Ohio leader of the Aryan Nations white supremacist group has pleaded guilty to a single federal weapons charge in exchange for dismissal of 26 other charges.

U.S. District Judge James Graham convicted Danny W. Kincaid of dealing firearms without a license from Oct 7, 2000, to July 2, 2001, when federal agents raided his home outside Columbus. However, Graham dismissed the remaining charges, which were based on weapons violations tied to previous felony convictions in 1965 and 1972, according to court records. Representatives of the U.S.

Attorney declined to comment because Graham has sealed the court record. "Documents have been filed with the court sealing all paperwork in connection with the Kincaid case," said Fred Alverson, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Columbus. Gordon Hobson, a public defender representing Kincaid, had asked Graham to dismiss the charges, claiming Ohio restored Kincaid's right to possess firearms in 1967. On Friday, Kincaid declined comment and Hobson could not be reached for comment.

Kincaid, 56, of Galena was) charged with 16 counts of illegal possession of firearms in the 10 months leading to his arrest. Ten charges accused Kincaid of selling the same guns involved in the previous charges to an informant or undercover federal agent he thought was a convicted felon. Kincaid's trial had been postponed until February after U.S. Attorney Dana Peters asked for more time to discuss a plea bargain with Hobson. Kincaid pleaded guilty to failing to have a license to sell firearms during a hearing Dec.

21 in federal court in Columbus, according to Wednesday. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. Tuesday, Emmanuel Catholic Church. (Newcomer-Barclay) KUNTZ, Gerard "Jerry" B. 65, formerly of Dayton, Wednesday in Owensboro, Ky.

Services 1 p.m. today, St Stephen Cathedral, Owensboro. (Haley-McGinnis, Owensboro) LANKFORD, Donald 66, of Trotwood, Friday. Services 1 p.m. Monday.

(Kindred, Englewood) NASH, Annie 65, of 511 Elmhurst Dayton, Thursday. (Thomas) NIHIZER, John Paul 60, of Englewood, Tuesday. Private services. (Kindred, Englewood) PIGFORD, Jessie Gladys David, 88, of Dayton, Dec. 28.

PROCTOR, Bertha, 97, of Dayton, Wednesday. Services noon Monday, Faith Vision Missionary Baptist Church. (H.H. Roberts) RANDOLPH, Kathleen 80, of Dayton, Friday. Memorial services 5 p.m.

Tuesday. (Tobias, Belmont) RASNAKE, Clyde, 54, of Dayton, Thursday. (Weaver) RENAKER, Helen 89, of Kettering, Thursday. (Tobias, Belmont) REY, Sidney 83, of Dayton, Wednesday. (House of Wheat) SHROUT, Buford, 77, of Dayton, Tuesday.

Private services. (Tobias, Far Hills) SMITH, Kimberly 32, of Huber Heights, Friday. (Marker Heller, Huber Heights) WHITAKER, William Henry, 80, of Englewood, Wednesday in Dayton. Private services. (Tobias, Englewood) ZIMMER, Glenn E.

"Pete," 80, Deaths and Funerals in philosophy from the University of In her current position, she evaluates grant proposals for an office within the education department that provides funding for innovation and reform in higher education and adult education. Straumanis replaces Robert De-vine, who stepped down in October for health and personal reasons and to focus on a fund-raising campaign. Hall has served as acting college president. Hall who as chancellor oversees Antioch College and Antioch University McGregor in Yellow Springs, as well as Antioch GERALD, James 59, formerly of Beavercreek; of Irvine, Calif. Memorial services Jan, 13 in California.

HENRY, Beverly 82, formerly of Greene County, Friday in Dayton. (Tobias, Beavercreek) MEREDITH, Willard 82, of Xenla, Friday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday. (McColaugh, Xenia) MILLER, Dorothy 83, of Xenla, Friday.

Services 1:30 p.m. Monday. (Neeld, Xenia) PHHUPS, Larry 44, of Fairborn, Wednesday in Xenia. Services 11 a.m. Monday, Fairborn Free Will Baptist Church.

(Bur-cham, Fairborn) PIERCE, Joseph 61, of Fairborn, Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday. (Belton, Fairborn LOGAN COUNTY SHEWARD, Lena Maxine (Dalton), 79, of Lakeview, Wednesday in Columbus. Mass of Christian Burial 11 a.m.

today, St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church, Russells Point (Van Horn, Lakeview) MIAMI COUNTY BAKER, Russel 90, of Troy, Thursday at Vandalia Park Nursing Center. Services 10 a.m. today. (Morton Whetstone, Vandalia) McGUXVARY, Keith Noel, 61, of Troy, Thursday.

Services 10:30 a.m. Monday. (Baird, Troy) MONROE, John 92, of 534 First Piqua, Friday at Koester Pavilion. Services 1 p.m. Monday.

(Jamieson Yannucci, Piqua) SMITH, Donald 82, of Troy, Friday. (Kindred, Englewood) campuses in New Hampshire, southern California and Seattle has told trustees he will step down as chancellor late this year. Krinsky said the board soon will adopt a timetable for the search for a hew chancellor. After a chancellor is named, a national search for Antioch College president will be launched. Straumanis, the 20th president of Antioch, said it's premature to speculate whether she would be a candidate for the president's post beyond the 2Vfe-year commitment she has made.

Contact Mark Flshar at 225- 2258 or by e-mail at markflsheriScoxohlo.com MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALLEN, Joanne, 65, of Dayton, Tuesday. Services 4 p.m. Woodland Mausoleum Chapel. (Magetti Gavin, Valley Street) BAKAITIS, Mary.J., 84, of West Carrollton, Dec. 31.

Memorial Mass 7 p.m. Thursday, St. Leonard Chapel. (Tobias, Far Hills) BARKER, Roy Lee, 69, of Dayton, Thursday. Services 11 a.m.

Monday. (Newcomer-Barclay, North) BALLARD, Jeanne 92, of Centerville, Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday. (Routsong, Oakwood) BESS, Howard 91, of Dayton, Friday.

(House of Wheat) BLAKE, Rosemary 82, of Kettering, Wednesday. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. Monday, Ascension Catholic Church. (West-brock, Wayne Avenue) BODOGAN, Marjorie, 85, of Vandalia, Thursday in Englewood Manor. Services 10 a.m.

Monday. (Morton Whetstone, Vandalia) CHILDS, Grace 89, of Dayton, Tuesday. Services 1 p.m. Monday, Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church. (McLin, Northern Hills) CHITTUM, Robert 89, of Kettering, Thursday.

Services 1 p.m. Monday, Woodland Mausoleum Chapel. (Newcomer-Barclay, South) COYNER, Forrest 81, of Germantown, Tuesday. Services 1 p.m. Monday.

(Dalton, Germantown) DAVIS, William 81, of Trotwood, Thursday. Services 6:30 p.m. Sunday. (Rogers, Trotwood) DICKEN, Marjorie 90, of Dayton, Tuesday in Beavercreek. Services 5:30 p.m.

Sunday. (Tobias, Beavercreek) DOMINICK, Oscar 92, of of New Lebanon, Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. Monday, Eversolle Church of the Brethren. (Rogers, New Lebanon) 1 PREBLE COUNTY LINDSEY, Georgia Fight, 85, Heartland of Eaton, formerly of Richmond, Ind.

Services 1 p.m. today, Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, Richmond. (Doan Mills, Richmond) MIKESELL, Edith 86, of Eaton, Thursday. Services 1 p.ni. Monday, Church of Jesus Christ df Latter-day Saints.

(Barnes, Eaton) SHELBY COUNTY LEMMON, Robert 72, df Sidney, Friday at Pavilion Nursing Home. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday. (Suber, Fletcher) Hardin-Wapak Road, Sidney, Thursday. Graveside services 2 p.m.

Monday, Glen Cemetery, Pott Jefferson. (Cromes, Sidney) WARREN COUNTY CUNNINGHAM, Marvin Houston, 83, of Lebanon, Dec. 31. Services 11 a.m. today, Lebanon Presbyterian Church.

(Oswald-Hoskins, Lebanon) HARRIS, Janet 60, of 16D Nutmeg Square, Sprlngbord, Thursday in Kettering. Services ID a.m. Tuesday. (Anderson, Springboro) TURNER, Susan, 76, of 688J Shaker Road, Franklin, Thursday in Middletown. Services 10 a.m.

Monday. (Eaton-Anderson Un-glesby, Franklin) j. WEBB, John, 74, of 9207 Bunnell Hill Road, Warren County, Friday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday.

(Eaton-Anderson Unglesby, Franklin) AUGLAIZE COUNTY HEITKAMP, Terry G. "Chi-co," 52, of 164 N. Lincoln Minster, Wednesday in Las Vegas. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. Monday, St.

Augustine Catholic Church. (Hogenkamp, Minster) BUTLER COUNTY TAYLOR, Georgia, 74, of Barbara Park Care Center, Middletown, Friday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday. (Newcomer-Barclay, Kettering) CLARK COUNTY DICKENSHEETS, Alma 95, of New Carlisle, Friday at Belle Manor Nursing Home.

Services 1:30 p.m. Monday. (Trostel-Chapman Christmas, New CcLtIIsIg) MEDVE, Delores L. "Dee Dee," 74, of Medway, Monday. Private services.

(Trostel-Chapman Christmas, New Carlisle) CLINTON COUNTY HICKS, Verna M. (Hale), 72, of Wilmington, Thursday. Services noon Monday. (Reynolds-Smith, Wilmington) DARKE COUNTY MARTIN, Harold Eugene, 23, of 327 13th Greenville, Thursday In Orlando, Fla. Services 2 p.m.

Tuesday. (Zechar Bailey, Greenville) RHOADES, Betty J. (Hel-man), 78, of 750 Chestnut Greenville, Friday in Miamis-burg. Services 10:30 a.m. Monday, First Assembly of God.

(Zechar Bailey, Greenville) GREENE COUNTY i.