Independent Weekender, The (Newspaper) - March 3, 2007, Massillon, Ohio MOVIES A motorcycle road trip with plenty of plot holes LEARNING Students celebrate May of Dr SPORTS Perry stuns McKinley with buzzer beater FILM REVIEWS PAGE March Dalton grad survives fatal crash SUBAUGH By JEFFREY ZUPANIC Jeff Dalton High baseball coach Mike Berg said his mind immediately flashed to the worst possible scenario when he heard the news that a charter bus carry ing members of the Bluffton University baseball team plunged off an Atlanta highway Friday Among the 35 passengers was former Bulldogs center fielder Allan Slabaugh a 2005 graduate of Dalton High Slabaugh was one of 29 who suffered injuries in the crash But he was among the lucky ones Four of his teammates and two others died in the mishap I didnt know Allans status right away and I was pretty shaken said Berg who coached Slabaugh at Dalton I think naturally your mind goes to the worst right Slabaugh who is a sophomore out fielder for Bluffton suffered minor in juries according to his mother Kellie I spoke with him briefly and he is do ing she said He has very minor injuries and had to get some stitches in his knee I feel horrible for the parents Clownin around PHOTO BV GLENN B INDEPENDENT Ally Temsey left and Emily Boda practice their routines before the Comedy Clown Clinic show at Knapp Elementary School on Friday GLENN S INDEPENDENT Brittany practices funny clown faces after a makeup session Professional clown passes down fine art to students A million little thoughts ran through Jeff Potts mind as he held the big bow tie between his fingers I Potts said thoughtfully it needs a white He quickly untied the bow retied it so that it indeed had a white middle and held it up against the clown costume one student was wearing Satisfied Potts nodded and gave the boy instructions for completing his clown outfit For five years Potts has been passing on the secrets for the per 9 Please see CLOWNING Page A2 Brief outage some overflow after burst of rain By AMY L KNAPP Heavy rainfall late Thursday and early Fri day totaling nearly one inch caused some mi nor flooding in the area but was not a factor in a power outage that hit about Ohio Edi son customers on northwest side Massillon Parks and Recreation Director Ken Kaminski said flooding was an issue at Reservoir Park but no damage has been dis covered There has been no damage due to the flood ing that we can tell at this Kaminski said Flooding at Reservoir Park is nothing new Kaminski said The flooding occurred in the same spots they see flooding every time there is a heavy rain fall or a quick thaw Its nothing Kaminski said Its going to get pretty wet down Water tends to leave its banks around the dog park as well as where Lincoln Way splits the park from South Sippo Park Kaminski said Kaminski warns residents especially chil dren to stay away from the water as well as any water that has flooded the park Other city parks including Wampler and South Sippo always see flooding Kaminski said At this time of year it gets really Kaminski said Any park were the river runs through youll see some Please see BURST Page A2 of the kids who didnt make Kellie also said that Allans father Chester was en route to Atlanta to be with his son Berg said he found out Slabaugh was all right after Chester talked with Dal ton Middle School Principal Broc Bid lak Broc told me that he talked to Allans Please see SURVIVES Browns record at Massillon spotless By GREG KOHNTOPP While Akron Buchtel head football coach Claude Brown was arraigned in Summit Coun ty on charges of sexual battery earlier this week personnel files from his days with the Massillon City School District raised no red flags Brown who is accused of having a consensual sexual re with a female Buchtel student was a teacher at the Massillon City School Districts Alternate School from 19911993 Brown was also a freshman football coach at Washington High School and received a supple mental coaching contract At the Alternate School Brown taught students who had various difficulties or had been suspended from Washing ton High School I have reviewed his person nel record and Ive found noth Please see BROWN Page A2 Firefighter rehired another hi arbitration By MATTHEW RINK The city will welcome back an embattled fire fighter but it is fighting to keep another off the force This week fire Chris Orth was given his job back but without back pay Orth was fired in October for allegedly abus ing sick pay The city accused Orth of working for Emergency Medical Transport a private lance company on days that he called in sick to his job with the Mas sillon Fire Department Orth allegedly called in sick three consecutive days in September submitting a work ORTH Please see REHIRED Page A2 YEAR NO 206 Business Classifieds Comics Crossword Education INSIDE TODAY C1 Living B8 Nation Sports A4 PROGRESS 2007 The Inde is gearing up for its annual progress report on the region Were looking for leaders in the fields of busi ness industry education and hearth care to profile in five weekly special sec tions starting in March Nominate your coworkers as Movers Shakers by emailing OBITUARIES A5 Monica M Kostic Massillon Hazel S Bachman Massillon P Bamhart Massillon OUTSIDE mm Snow showers Colder