Sidney Daily News from Sidney, Ohio • 16

Maplewood tower to enhance public TV Ohio 121 through ussia By Mike Coleman Page 16 Tuesday September 20 1977 Clinic to have annual Sidney School Board adopts tax rates Monday 46 years later Thaman Sidney holds a By Helen Waldsmith Educatior Writer Sidney Mayor Gary Van ossen signs a proclamation declaring Sept 24 as Na tional Hunting and ishing Day while I The Citizens Comet Band of Rosewood consisted of about 13 members in 1910 Note the highly decorative uniforms In the first row 1 are Pete Wilkinson Newt Wooley and Glenn Buck Second row are Garsh Wilkinson Emerson Bailor Tennyson Draper Cleo Davis AB Buroker and IL Gross Bringing up the rear are two unidentified men Ho mer Long and John Davis The photo was submitted courtesy of Mrs Ruth Ann Smith 7543 Elm Tree Road Sidney MAPLEWOOD An automatic relay system' recently constructed off Ohio 119 near Maple wood means public television broadcasting will become a reality for area residents The system picks up the signal of WPTD (Channel 16) in Dayton and rebroadcasts it on Channel 63 in the Maplewood area A second relay system has been constructed at the West ern Branch of Wright State University instem Branch of Wright State University in stem Branch of Wright State University in Celina where residents can tune in on Channel 17 The system which uses two one kilowatt translators were constructed by the Ohio Edu was presented to her by (l r) John Muller Stamford' Conn president of General Housewares Corp and Richard Ryan Terre Haute Ind president of the cookwares group Miss Thaman is a clerk in the production control and pay roll offices (Staff photo by Rob Goebel) The annual meeting of the Shelby' County Mental Health Clinic will be held Sept 29 at the Holiday Inn in Sidney Residents who have an interest in the clinic have been invited to attend Persons who con tributed financially during the past year are considered members of the corporation and are eligible to vote during the business meeting The evening will begin with a social hour at 6:30 pm Dinner will be served at 7:15 pm A short business meeting to elect members to the board of trustees will follow cational Television Network Commission are a direct response to the network longstanding plan to provide edu cational television to all of the people of Ohio as mandated by the Ohio accord ing to Dave omshell executive director of the commission "There has always been a gap between the service areas of WPTD in Dayton WOSU in Co lumbus and WBGU in Bowling added Clair Tettemer general manager of WPTD addition of these two translators closes that gap and assures public television coverage for all of western The system has been in operation since yes Catherlne watch given to her yesterday for being employed for 46 years at Wagner Divi sion of General Housewares Corp Miss period of employment is the longest of any of the 1500 persons em ployed by Housewares Corp The watch He has worked with the Dayton De partment for eight years and with the Commu nity Mental Health Center Dayton Kohlrieser also serves as a clinical consultant to other chil services agencies The workshop will deal with families in trou ble communication in the family and under standing the family under stress tense and sometimes violent emotions Kohlrieser will lead role playing in tech niques methods and principles of dealing with family crises The role playing will also be cri tiqued About 25 persons are expected to attend the one day program Reservations must be made by Sept 26 A $10 registration fee will be charged Among those invited to attend were repre Music programs feature a wide range from countrywestem to opera WPTD currently car ries five weekly musical programs and are typical of continuing British drama series airing on WPTD Special interest programming changes each season but typical are Yoga and You" "crocKett victory uaruen dinner Tennis and "Cooking with a Continental In addition Ohio State football Grand Prix tennis 'and high school tournament finals are broadcast throughout the year 8:47 am An unidentified resident was tak en from Southland Road Botkins to Lima Me mortal Hospital by Anna Rescue Squadsmen medical reasons 11:29 am Marvin Cossle 31 1 Jack son Center taken to St Hospital from Henschen Industrial Corp Jackson Center by Jackson Center Rescue Squadsmen medical reasons 2 pm Shelby County Deputies transported Robert Radecki Tawawa Maple wood Road to Dettmer Hospital in Troy medi cal reasons test plots for crops there Board members also discussed establishment of a type of teachers aide program in the en richment program in English Edison State Community College students studying education could be used in a work study program for air lawn teachers The matter will be studied further before ac tion is taken Also discussed was dampness in the Platts ville gymnasium which has been repaired by custodian Charles Valentine Conard said some cracks in the wall of the gym allowed wetness to get in but cement had repaired them Conard reported sanitarians of the Sidney Shelby Coun ty Board of Health inspected the school areas recently and issued a list of correc tions to be made Most of the deficiencies have already been corrected he said Among those were a broken swing at Pemberton repairs in walls and ceil ings repairs of broken wooden seats and work in the rest rooms Conard reported the school needs hand tools for the industrial arts programs He asked local residents who have tools to donate to contact him Among items needed are hammers power tools and saws In addition he asked that persons interested in being hired as bus drivers should apply to him Board members approved the Title IV pro gram for the year clearing the way for teach ers to apply for federal grants to fund projects in their classes Last year airlawn schools received $7000 in grants Conard said the amount was one of the high est in all school districts in the state Teachers can apply for as much as $2000 for a classroom project Board members also took the following action: Accepted a resignation from Orville Tuss ing who resigned as cross country coach be cause of time conflicts Tussing will continue in his capacity as teacher athletic director and track coach Hired Craig Inman to cany out the duties of cross country coach at a salary of $280 per year Accepted the resignations of Richard Cost as bus driver the Rev Wayne Nelson as bus driver and Mrs Emma Jean Andrews as cook Hired Gary Allen as junior high school in tramural director at $200 per year Hired Ronald Middleton as bus driver The salary has not yet been set Approved the new handbook and student handbooks for Pemberton and Platts ville VERSAILLES County and village offi i ciais concerned with the proposed construc tion of a new section of Ohio 121 through Russia agreed Jo consider one obstacle at a time last night at a special meeting at Ver sailles High School The first obstacle to the proposal is ar ranging an acceptable trade with the Ohio Highway Department for a stretch of pres ent state highway to be turned over to a county or township The second obstacle would be funding the project Hugh Simpson a representative from Di vision Seven of the highway department said the state is reluctant to allow Construction of new mileage without a compensating trade to keep total state mileage about the same Greg Taylor a representative for thq con sulting firm Ralph L'Woolpert Company Dayton reviewed alternative proposals for the state route outlined at a Russia Village Council meeting held Aug 29 Taylor said the best alternative calls for the conversion of Versailles Road to a state highway (Ohio 121) which would meet at McGreevey Road in Darke County He also outlined possible sections of high way to be redesignated county or township roads and suggested all parties concerned confer and arrive at a definite trade propos al to present to state highway authorities One of the main purposes of the meeting was to formally present the proposal to Shel by and Darke County Commissioners or about one half hour it appeared Darke County Commissioners would not be repre sented but Commissioner Norman Trittschuh who said he had been at another meeting arrived apologized for being late and gave his personal tentative approval of the proposal Trittschuh said Darke County was spend 1 renovate 16 bridges which have been impass ante to scnooi Duses Although no Darke County money would be immediately available Trittschuh said he would consider the proposal He also said two other commissioners could not be present because they were at tending meetings in other parts of the state Shelby County Commissioner Donald changed for the 574 mile section proposed Conklin said the commissioners al between Russia and Versailles DrZvhitman noted the reduction in bond re tirement was instituted revenues cur rently being brought in are more than enough to pay the yearly coupons don know how lucky you are to be so low in your bonded indebtedness" Whitman told board members Breakfast program The breakfast program at Central Elementa ry School had a total of 38 participants the first day and that figure has risen to between 50 and 60 daily now according to Administrative As sistant Jacob Angerer commented "and they do a good job of Whitman added there is little waste per haps not even a "We had one youngster who had his first ex perience with a Angerer said getting along fine Angerer noted the stu dent a kindergartner had come to school used to eating from a baby bottle Central is the only school in the system that qualified for the breakfast program instituted by law for any building which has at least 13 of its student population on the free or reduced lunch program The building is also the first inthe history of the city schools to mandatorily be put on the program Damage caused to Longfellow Elementary School recently by an auto accident caused a minimum of $4000 damage according to Whit man who noted the car which crashed through the south wall there however caused lit tle damage to our own equipment" Damage estimate Part of the problem encountered in gathering damage estimates lies with the heating unit affected Angerer said He said the unit is pres ently being checked for internal leaks Board President William Lonsbury reported workers from erguson Construction Co did a in getting tip a temporary wall for A program is planned for the balance of the evening but the speaker has not yet been announced Reservations should be submitted not later than Sept 23 to the mental health clinic air Board meeting The Shelby County Agricultural Society (fair board) will meet tomorrow at 8 pm at thd fair grounds An agenda of items to be discussed was not available ways thought positively on it (the proposed state However Conklin said right now Shelby County is obligated to funding the Shelby HillsSchool Consultant Taylor said the estimated cost of the new highway would be just over $1 million Shelby share to be about $800000 and Darke just over $200000 I Versailles Village Council asked whether the proposal would cost the village It was noted that it would be possible to route the highway through the village on existing state highways with only normal maintenance costs being incurred Russia Planning Commission President Thomas Cordonnier reiterated the case for the advantages and necessity of the high way' He said it would put first class road through there (Russia) Cordonnier said Russia isgroWing and called the highway situation He said he think there was a turn between Versailles and Russia that a truck could ne gotiate without backing up or at best taking up the entire highway A direct highway would also be of benefit in emergency situations and for snow remov al Cordonnier added1 Shelby County Regional Planning Com mission members said the proposed highway had been part of their plans for several years Asked how long it would take to begin the project if plans proceeded smoothly Russia Mayor Edward Borchers said years Taylor said if the project were delayed a year it might raise the estimated cost as much as 25 per cent There was other discussion about width re quired by the state of the new highway and how close trees and houses could be located ing most of its available highway funds to to the right of way Simpson said the state is requiring about 80 feet of right of way about twice as much as some existing roads have He also said no immoveable objects are permitted closer than 30 feet to the edge of pavement Taylor suggested the groups concerned de velop a definite proposal for a section or sec tions of existing state highway to be ex to sponsor workshop Shelby County Services staff will sponsor a family crisis intervention and family therapy workshop for other social service agen cies on Sept 28 at the home The program is to be presented by George Kohlrieser a clinical psychologist from Dayton who has had comprehensive training in group the school 7:30 just about had 7 dynamics family therapy conflict manage it all boardetkup and ready for school to start" ment crisis intervention and communication The auto involved was insured just one day therapy before it was driven through the school wall Angerer reported He said he is still attempting to get all figures together for an insurance claim report Whitman reported that the state auditor and others are now encouraging all who have tack taxes owed by the Penn Central Railroad to pur sue a 100 per cent return Members changed their ebruary position and decided to go for 20 per cent of the monies in 1978 with 80 per cent in' promissory notes unless changed by federal backing The total owed is between $50000 and $70000 to the local system Whitman said McKee Scholarship The superintendent also reported the district received about $800 a week ago from the Gart Hunting fishing day proclaimed Adolph Meyer (left) and James Bashore of Ohioans for Wildlife Conservation look on (Staff photo by Mark Brenberger) They were Mrs Shirley Knox treasurer Mrs Karen Shoup secretary and Mrs June ullen kamp teacher representative Area prisoner slashes wrists RUSSELL'S POINT Ralph Kissling 25 Russells Point a prisoner at the Logan County Jail attempted to kill himself Saturday eve ning according to Logan County Depu ties Kissling was awaiting sentencing after being convicted of the June 22 rape of a Bellefontaine teenager He was discovered bleeding severely after he cut his wrist with three pieces of a safety razor and a fork deputies said He was taken to Mary Rutan Hospital for treatment and released Kissling was returned to the jail later He had been found guilty Sept 1 of two charges of kid naping one charge of rape and one of sexual imposition A Donald Maurer 20 27 Greenback Road ort Loramie escaped injury Saturday when he fell asleep at the wheel and his car crashed on Ohio 66 at Mason Road Shelby County Deputies reported today Deputies said Maurer was northbound on Ohio 66 when he fell asleep went off the left side of the road and crashed into a mailbox and ajawn owned by John Barhorst 9005 Ohio 66 ort Loramie The car was moderately dam aged ormer area man burns self WAPAKONETA Mark Malatesta 27 for merly of Wapakoneta died in Columbus Sunday after he doused himself with gasoline and'lit a maiui wnne standing in front of his apartment Columbus ire Battalion Chief Robert Bart lett said Malatesta 1357 High St Colum bia was "probably dead in one breath" irefighters received numerous calls within seconds after Malatesta set himself on fire but he was dead by the time they arrived His death has been ruled a suicide Police said an empty five gallon gasoline container was found in his apartment He was the son of Mrs Ellen Malatesta 109 Ben ton St Wapakoneta Sidney City Board of Education members conducted a number of routine businesses in a brief meeting last night including accepting the 1978 tax rates and heard a report on the break fast program at Central Elementary School At the end of the meeting an executive ses sion was held to discuss the impasse in negotia tions reached between bus drivers and the board No action was taken however As many as 15 days each can be taken to se lect both a board and a bus driver representa tive for a three person advisory panel accord ing to Supt Robert Whitman who said those representatives are presently in the process of selecting a third person for the pan el Members adopted tax rates for 1978 as certi fied to them by Shelby County Auditor Thelma White from the county Budget Commission as follows: operation 254 mills (same) bond retirement 7 of a mill (reduced 9 of a mill) and permanent improvement 8 of a mill (same) Motorist falls asleep at wheel terday at 8 am according to WPTD officials Weekday mornings and early afternoons are programmed for school classroom use through the Southwestern Ohio Instructional Television Association including such series as and Evening and weekend programming is de signed for adults The staion offers non com mercial programming particularly in the'areas of public affairs music drama science and special interests Public affairs programming includes the Cmmir aniowl wuuuiig news analysis ScrlcS "The MacNeilLehrer "Washington ween Review and "Wall sentatives of police arid sheriff's departments local social service agencies including the Shel by County Mental Health Clinic Also attending will be representatives of Miami County Juve nile Court Logan County Services 7 and other area agencies Persons interested in attending the workshop should contact Pamela Davis at ser vices Rescue calls Road proponents to proceed step at time airlawn Board of Education members last night discussed establishment of a vocational agriculture crop testing area behind the high school and took other action during their regu lar meeting last night feel it would be a great educational expe rience for our students in the vo ag said Supt James Conard Officials have sent soil samples to Ohio State University for testing to see if the soil is produc tive If the results indicate the soil is capable airlawn representatives may establish several Meet postponed NEW BREMEN A meeting of the New Bremen Historical Association scheduled for last night was postponed to Sept 26 because the guest speaker Joel Hoge was out of town At next meeting Hoge of Hoge Lumber Co New Knoxville will speak on his torical restoriation in which the company is in volved through the Ohio Historical Association Squadsmen offer special program JACKSON CENTER Jackson Center Res cue Squadsmen will sponsor a training session for all area and Shelby County emergency per sonnel in extricating victims from com pickers The session will be held Saturday at 2 pm at Kempfer arm Implement Store Ohio 65 Jack son Center The training session will deal with removal of victims from com pickers and how to take a machine apart The session is free At last regular meeting of the squad members underwent a training session in how to use the newly acquired "build a used for extricating victims with back injuries (Jljr SJailg Sfetva news of the area land Haswell oundry for the McKee Scholar ship und Whitman said he sent the firm a let ter of appreciation on behalf of the board Whitman furnished members a list of pro spective names for membership on the Citizens School Consulting Committee to replace Mrs James Daniels who resigned and fill another va cancy which has been open for some time Two more members are to be appointed to bring the committee up to its full 15 members As mentioned in a recent audit Whitman re nnrtftd aarh ctndpnt artivitv arrniint mnct have were surprised at the Angerer a rationale defining purpose objectives and proposed budget Members authorized him to proceed with writing the rationale implement changes and approve all accounts The proposal for the Disadvantaged Pupil Program is still pending and expected to be ful ly approved by the next meeting Whitman said He noted custodial applicants are still needed for these positions at Sidney High and Whittier Elementary Three members of the Emerson Elementary PTO group were present at the meeting along with Principal Timothy Bickel Services airlawn considering crop testing area Jimi KL ArfWaW Bl 1 CW jHp A tk 1 I S' Sgff Egg I i BSt irAriwm 6.