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COMMENTARY B6 7 OBITUARIES B2 UPCOMING EVENTS B5 focus A Ug i rom staff and news services frime to seek cozy haven from approaching big chill T9 SUNDAY OCT 221995 THE LIMA NEWS Sue Breckenridge Warner Cable spokeswoman genial place in west central Ohio to hunt for second hand books The town also boasts the re best used bookstore in Bob and Marjorie Books on Main established 1993 Books on Main caters to a slightly more upscale clientele than the Book Cellar ind of the day: A first edition of The Irreverent Mr Edgar affectionate biographic al musings on journalist and iconoclast HL Mencken Price: $10 Where the Book Cellar re He works on the chain 25 to 30 hours a week if he has the wrappers is just a hobby something to do to kill time You know how you get bored and have nothing io do or no where to go? why I do it to keep Castle admits breaking the record will take some effort Bicyclist hit killed IRONTON (AP) A man was killed in a hit and run accident the State Highway Patrol said Patrick Steele 29 of Pedro was riding a bicycle when he was struck ri day night by a vehicle traveling on a Lawrence County road near the south ern Ohio town of Ironton Have a story or photo idea? Call our tips line 993 9669 Warner can be held accountable for the short notice but they are looking into it the part that disturbs us And our attorneys are looking into she said Both WTVG and WNWO will run advertisements during the next week to tell viewers where to find shows once the switch occurs WNWO decided to become an NBC affili ate That switch may not affect Lima view ers much But it does have an effect in Kenton and Delphos Both markets for merly had two ABC and two NBC affili ates They will now have three NBC and only one ABC affiliate each said Warner Cable spokeswoman Sue Breckenridge we try to do is have a number of different affiliates originating in differ ent cities so the customer gets everything they want from that Brecken ridge said The fact that the switch was an nounced with only nine notice also has Warner Cable representatives upset required by law to give our cus tomers 30 notice (of changes) This circumvents that law and disturb Breckenridge said Breckenridge said she is uncertain if The only ABC affiliate on the Lima jble system will be switching to an NBC Affiliate next week The good news is the lieighboring NBC affiliate will be switch ing to ABC ABC affiliate WNWO TV Channel 24 will switch affiliates with iWTVG Chahnel 13 also of Toledo as of JOct 28 That means WNWO channel 12 Jon cable system will be an NBC Station and WTVG channel 13 on Lima Icable will show ABC shows The switch was made because Capital jCitiesABC bought WTVG making twoABC affiliates in the Toledo market So COLUMBUS Ohio hospital in cancer study Researchers at one Ohio hospital and 22 other hos pitals around the nation are studying 20000 childhood cancer survivors to deter mine how the disease af fected their lives Enrollment in the study just ended with 747 partici pants chosen from records of Hospital in Co lumbus Doctors consider pa tients cancer free if they i haveno signs of the disease for five years The National Institutes of Health is supporting the $98 million study considered the largest of its kind The five year study based at the University of Min nesota began in 1993 LIMA Red Ribbon event starts feed Ribbon Week in Limd City Schools will begin at Lowell Elementary at 10 am Monday Mayor David Berger is expected to make an official Red Ribbon Week proclamation at the City Council later in the day All neighbors are asked to turn on porch lights from 7 to 9 pm to symbolize sup port for alcohol and drug abuse prevention Residents are dated to decorate their homes and cars with red rib bons Oct 26 31 A drug free skate party will run at Edgewood Skate Arena from 6 to 8:30 pm Wednesday Student admis sion is $2 Skate rental is $1 Adults may receive free ad mission and free rental Stu dents wearing red will re ceive a free soft drink The Red Ribbon Celebra tion was developed to honor the work and memory of Drug Enforcement Agent En rique Camarena who was murdered by drug traffickers in 1985 REGION Phone book recycling ready Sprint United Telephone Centel is holding a recycling program through Nov 15 for old telephone books in'Lima Delphos Ada and Bluffton Containers for old phone directories have been set up at: 122 Elizabeth St Limacorner of Elida and Pi oneer roads in Elida comer of ort Amanda and Won deriick roads in Shawnee 211 Main St Ada 132 Jackson St Bluffton and Restaurant in Del phos fees offerings in cluded decaf vanilla almond and apricot and cream The cafe with six small tables opened Oct 2 for a three month trial Coffee and fresh baked pastries are provided by the Daily Grind coffee shoo and delicatessen any wvlll SOU UlaULGIlUU UrUWacra U1SU PIUXILO WlU las opuv have a place to rest read or riends of the Library required by law to give our customers 30 notice (of changes) This circumvents that law and disturb ones that are healthy space and shelving being able to get around is just an ongoing said Weaver a retired University of New Mexico dean He guesses he has 10000 books mostly out of print hard backs stuffed into less than 1000 square feet Before long the Weavers hope to expand into an upstairs apartment over the shop 1 But the seeming clutter is surprisingly well organized When a browser with a volume of PD James under his arm asks Weaver to pick out a cou ole other mvstery writers worth getting acquainted with the pro Weavers nave learned to live pneior goes srruigm with a degree of books piled on rence Block and Dick rancis bodes clutter Prime stuff used bookstore at least 'And a bargain to boot riday was one of those cold Mark pre winter days that areperfect for settling into some quiet nook with a cup of coffee Jand a good book Better still a good cheap fcnk And no better place to 2do it than the basement of theindlay Hancock County PublicLibrary The basement specifically Jhe area that library officialdomcalls the lower lobby is home if the Book Cellar Operated by Iriends of the Library and Staffed by two dozen volunteers yhe little alcove is open three clays a week and crammed with anore than ouuu books of day COMMUNITY: Local groups are pitching in for Make Difference Day on Saturday By YOLANDA PUTMAN The Uma News wide assortment of mysteries and bestsellers of yesteryear something for any biblio phile no matter how impecu nious or parsimonious No book is priced at more than $3 and paperback romances are a dime ind of the day: from Sidney rank lively and frequently true reminiscences of his unlikely ca reer as a bullfighter from Brook lyn bound in unpretentious in destructible library buckram Price: 10 cents Barbara Lindamood the Book manager and sole paid AmnlnwA estimates that such Durchases along with periodic the alcove has been transformed artmr nnnlr sales one or tnem Titles mostly withdrawn from upcoming this week generate indoors The Cellar Cafe fea ihe library itself span biogra $4000 to $5000 a year for the tures cookies pastries and a ra 'phies and history how to a library volving assortment of exotic cof In the midst of violence poverty drugs and other societal ills there are several Lima residents who think they can still make a difference They will be helping others by Celebrating Lets Make a Difference Day on Saturday St Charles Social Concerns Commit tee consisting of about 15 members of the St Charles Parish has been collect ing infant formula to donate to needy families Their last collection will be 12:30 pm today after Mass at the par ish The formula will be distributed from Heartbeat of Lima Pregnancy Service Center next week Dollie Taylor president of the River side North Neighborhood Association will host a day at the Bradfield Center especially for children and teen agers ages 4 to 17 from noon to 4 pm Satur day The day will include karate and box ing demonstrations by professional in structors a cooking class a parenting class for expectant teen mothers a the ater group and cartoon character draw ings One of the main attractions will be a basketball game: community police vs Lima youth The event will be sponsored by River side North Neighborhood Association and Veterans of oreign Wars Post 1911 Lori Saffle Gomer Cub Scout Pack 84 den leader and her scouts have always made a contribution to the area but in honor of Make a Difference Day they hope to do more been sponsoring a recycling day once a month before Make a Difference Day celebrations started They also make monthly visits and play bingo with elderly residents at Lima Manor They always bring token gifts This time they plan to give items that residents can wear and use like jewelry or stationery note pads Julie Wright administrative assistant of volunteer services at Samari tan House will lead youth groups from Trinity and irst United Methodist churches in a fund raiser to call atten tion to the homeless The two groups will sell luminary kits which will be lit and displayed on Thanksgiving The goal is for 1000 lu minary kits to be lit Thanksgiving night All proceeds will be contributed to Samaritan House Lima man hopes to wrap up a record HOBBY: Eddie Castled 4800 foot chain of gum wrappers is inching toward the 12105 foot record length By RUSS SMITH The Uma News Toledo stations swap affiliations TELEVISION: The switch (involving WTVG and WNWO takes Effect Oct 28 By BART MILLS Uma News DAVE POLCYNO The Uma News Eddie Castle adds to his chain of gum wrappers together and then joins the link to the could take a big while longer I'm trvmn io net Deouie to locus mure uu (LULfr LAJ UAD A UXVCUk UW XVW4M a imtv a lot of time I try to focus on what I have to do If want to beat the record I have to get going why I am for wrappers The longest gum wrapper chain on record was made between 1965 and 1994 by Canadian Gary Duschl of On tario The longest gum wrapper chain in the United States is 7400 feet long and was made between 1969 and 1992 by Cathy Ushler of Redmond Wash Region Ohio Good deeds The Book 1 Cellar con ceived by li brary director Luren Dickin son and incor poratedinto the nflfl been a haven for bargain hunting book lovers almost since the horary opened in 1991 Now thanks to another Dickin enn hrninrhild hrnwonr nlsn i 1 argue the relative merits of Ker So far Lindamood said the a Ast a Zu fleets the everything in its place The wide passageway outside cess Book CeUar salescauy orderline8a ofa library the oIamm haa Kaark trancthrmori lUCreaSU LU Utt3 LOU vub U1U U1VUTU 1UAU WW11 MfkCMfc lAAMMAn VA llm 5 into a sort of sidewalk cafe only years increase nas oeeu greauei uioii laov j'ocu The cafe only enhances ind standing as the most con i 7 Newsscan Eddie Castle gave up chewing gum two years ago when he began wearing dentures Despite that he has his sights set on breaking the record for the longest gum wrapper chain The 35 yearcld Lima man who had lived in Kenton for years has quite a way to go Castle estimated his chain exceeds 48QQ feet while the longest gum wrapper chain listed in The Guin ness Book ot Kecords 1995 measured 12105 feet am trying to get myself in the Guinness Book of Castle said the greatest hobby ever Bom epileptic Castle said he likes to show people he can work with his hands He began the tedious project in 1975 while a high school freshman after his sister quit making her chain Sister Deb Castle (now Ellis) his senior by 10 months passed on her skills to him! but not the chain when I was a teen ager I thought about setting a world record I think there was a record I found out a month ago what the record was It was a little shocking he said i Castla keeps his collection in a wood en hinged box in hit sixth floor apart ment at the Argonne Residence Inn At quick glance the wrappers look like a 'master chain multicolored rug The aluminum foil it hoi used ellow residents friehfls theratiy art supposed to save that and put 14 sodates and relatives allsave gufrt their gum in he said 1 wrappeia Lur vuauu vviul per foot he estimates his chain has 1 more than 118000 wrappers He may need 200000 more tp break the record Castle uses mly long stick gum wrappers for his chain Separating the wrappers by color he creates each link by opening the wrapper and tearing off the strip at the end He tears both pieces in half folds them inserts them Cntiimniet far The Uma News 03: "'C 'Tl Wl: AcfgJW UH 1 1 nriaMBi 1 1 JK Ah' rn i WS3L 1 ap Ji? 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