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Newspaper
The Gazette
Location
Medina, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1973
Page
1
Medina County commissioners welcomed Gov. Gilligan's executive order removing the county from NOACA and placing it in a five county authority. They cautioned coordination with Cuyahoga County remains a concern while Akron officials discussed implementation challenges and a broader plan.
Governor Gilligan outlines a two tier regional alignment for Ohio counties Medina and nearby areas to house planning offices with headquarters set by local officials. The state provides 1.2 million dollars first year to boost efficiency and consolidate 366 districts amid NOACA concerns.
Gov. Gilligan promotes a new community of interest in the five county agency. Approval from federal agencies, especially HUD, is needed to validate the re alignment. If federal groups demur, NOACA could freeze. The plan shifts most decisions to five county officials with top tier input on major projects like the Cleveland Jet port and regional drainage. The next NOACA board meeting is in Boston Heights at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Hinckley Environmental Protectors Inc. asks for a declaratory judgment against Medina County Commissioners claiming public hearings on the Hinckley Township sewer line were void due to deficient notice. The letters to property owners allegedly misstated rights and violated statutes and regulations.
Mrs. Jo Spechalske fifth grade class planted a flowering crab tree Royal Ruby in Lodi Community Park funded by the class with Anderson Nursery of Lodi. Students Arlene Dobbins Toni Perdue Lawrence Brooks Robert Lewis and Brian Yost assisted as the ceremony urged community stewardship and park respect.
Forty students including suspended sophomore Darrell Beck will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday May 4 in the school gym. Tickets cost 1.25 for adults and 0.75 for students and are on sale at the school or at the door.
Medina school negotiators opened sessions over increasing hospital benefits for teachers. Leonard Morse urged focusing on 345 employees, noting existing salary promises and implying education allocations have shrunk while funds in a contingency fund remain. Superintendent Kaczenski defended conservative budgeting and not pleading poverty.
Allen Robishaw 25 of Spencer pleads guilty to manslaughter in the March 1972 death of Marion C. Lewis in Medina County Common Pleas Court. The charge carries a one to 20 year penitentiary maximum.
Security Federal Savings and Loan in Medina filed foreclosure on 22 homes owned by Albert DeVaul and Heritage Building Corp. The suit names DeVaul’s wife Jean M. Carl, Karen Rippert of Lodi, Daniel K. Swihart and Sue Swihart of Westfield Center, and Kathleen DeVaul of Medina. A court receiver Archie W. Skidmore was appointed to take possession, with Nicholas T. George as counsel, and must report in 30 days. Proceeds from sale, after expenses and bond, would cover $700,380.25 on promissory notes and mortgage deeds.
The Brunswick Chamber backs an $2,375,000 May 8 levy to fund a new school with no tax increase. Advertising work for a cross directory continues for two weeks with local residents listed by name and house number. A separate note mortgage activity and local arrests are noted along with school salary costs and health coverage details.
The Medina County Sheriff's Department reports cattle theft at Kennard Road Lodi where a calf was taken between 5:30 a.m. April 19 and 21 with a $60 loss. A Brunswick auto shop owner says two tires and wheels were stolen from a vehicle, and a bald tire was fitted. the car belonged to Wayne Makoski of Columbia Station.
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