Howland Bandwagon (Newspaper) - March 16, 1977, Howland, Ohio HOWLAND 1177 Award VOICE OF HOWLAND Third No. 52 36 Pages MARCH 1977 Entered As Second Class Post Off TWENTY CENTS A COPY Levy must pass WHERE DOES THE MONEY graph compiled by the Citizens for the shows how every dollar of income is Howland stream is polluted by unknown green substance Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the source of an unknown green iridescent substance which was dumped from Rt. 82 into the stram that runs through Howland to Mosquito According to a truck was seen pumping a substance into the creek early last An eyewitness was only able to see the last four letters on the For a day and a the stream turned iridescent Since including and salamanders are common near the area residents feared the substance would result in a The fast-running stream was clear by Thursday District emergency chief of the James said his agency is trying to track down the but added that prosecution is unlikely since the leads were so By the time he visited the most of the substance had been washed preventing him from getting a good Although his sample was too diluted to Irwin said the substance was probably an obscure chemical used by only a few industries in the Those living in the area said pollution is not They said it is a com- mon occurrence to see a car draining motor oil into the creek near Rt. 82. Residents are reminded that anything dumped into storm sewers also unprocessed into the as much a member of the taxpayer's revolt as anyone said publicity chairman of the Citizens for the Howland not at the ex- pense of my Lisby and other members of the group have been speaking to groups in the community for the last trying to convince them that the March 22 7.9 mill school levy must changing some said show them the facts and they realize that the only solution is to pass the He thad some people hold unshakable beliefs about the school system and refuse to be The group's approach has been an unemotional them the Group recalls who originally volunteered for the group were not wanted to see the and Cookbook entries accepted Recipes are now being accepted for the 14th annual published by Phoenix publishers of this The edition is scheduled for publication in late May and recipes will be accepted until April 8. AS in previous there will be eight categories with and a choice of prizes for winners in each of the In 30 honorable mention ribbons will be The grand prize winner will receive the traditional engraved plaque with a silver spoon and also have the choice of selecting one of three grand a microwave turkey valued at a 16 cu. ft. upright valued at or a home en- console with radio and valued at Prize winners in the eight categories will have a choice of eight in- an electric an See determine whether or not the levy was really They were And armed with small group members have organized and will be spending the final week before the vote talking to anyone who will Speeches are scheduled at area churches and at homes have been lot of people want to believe that there is waste and bad said So the group has compiled an impressive array of financial facts and showing the Howland system's position in relation to other One graph shows Howland's cost per pupil as behind and The is not according to A graph of school tax including and vocational education mills shows Howland's 28.30 mills as lower than Page in the state Class AAA wrestling tournament In the 167-pound division was Howland's Craig who lost a decision to Steve Foley of In the Jennings had defeated John Zele of Cleveland St. Joseph in the to gain the title The Tiger grappler earlier had pinned Bob Hamilton of Toledo Rogers in and Mark Johnson of in preliminary Board institutes student fees in effort to save money Howland Board of Education voted unanimously at its last meeting to institute a fee scale for all el students and for junior high and high students taking centain The according to the are another step in the system's austerity The which range from a flat per year for elementary students to for a special wood class in the high school will bring in about extra revenue in the 1977-78 school The Board emphasized that the along with the cuts in personnel and supplemental contracts instituted at the last Board will not go into effect if the levy passes March 22. Several citizens present asked if the fees were Superintendent Powers said that he had checked with the County Prosecutor who told him that as far as he it is legal in The institution of fees has been tested elsewhere in the country and has been declared illegal in many In other engineer for Atlas which holds rights on the gas wells on the owned Ernie Hall property explained that the Board is entitled to 12 and a half percent of the proceeds from each At the current price of he estimated that the Board will receive over the next 15 The system's total budget was close to million in 1977. Several high school students protested the cuts made at the last Board Lee Ann Ledgerwood asked why vened and voted to eliminate section of the agreement between the Board and the Township which created the Park The effect of eliminating this according to Francis Administrative Assistant to the is to for the a requirement for liability insurance for the project and to enable the Park Board to get going without tying them up with the insurance Day said representatives of the Board will be meeting with representatives of the Park Board and Trustees in the near future to determine how liability in- surance for the new park will be The Board approved the following personnel adjustments on the recommendation of the Nancy J. Galloway was approved as a substitute teacher for the rest of this school the resignation of Ronald Saczalski as head junior high football coach was accepted effective at the close of the current contract Betty Fluharty was extended a con- tract as two-hour cook for the rest the contract year at per the contract of Veronique was amended from cashier to two-hour cook for the rest of this contract year at per Gloria Kosiba was extended a contract as monitor for the rest of the contract year at per Robert Cunningham's contract was amended from Carpenter Assistant to Carpenter for the rest of page AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE dumped in the stream running through the back trying to determine who dumped the 82 showed up Iridescent green of Laurelwood The EPA is substance and what it Is. Inside the Bandwagon There's a lot of interesting reading in the Bandwagon On page 3 is our regular gardening this propagation is On page find out how candy helped an area school buy needed gym And on page 12 are pictures of a miniature circus which performed in Howland last On today's Feature the eighth in the Choices in Contemporary appears with today's article dealing with law and Also on the Feature Page are the regular CB radio and Gossip Columns plus Mike in which he relates his feelings on the Today's editorial page contains the usual feature columns by Joan Keith McKnight and Ralph Sr. plus other in- McKnight's column features includes comments about State Treasurer Gertrude and how a leading Democrat is going to ask her not to seek re- Mr. Ingersoll's My column defends his proposal of several weeks ago which he called on legislation to make it illegal to manufacture automobiles which do not give 40 miles to a gallon of Also included in today's issue is a review of the by Joan Cochran plus other interesting items on the including an update on the Hawaii tour scheduled for March 16. JON CAPECCI Capecci qualifies for finals son of Mr. and Mrs. 140 Quail qualified Saturday for the National Forensic League National Speech which will be held June 20-24 in Wash. Capecci earned the spot in the national tourney by placing first in page SPAPERI
