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Newspaper
The Gazette
Location
Medina, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1978
Page
2
Chatham Township Trustees selected Kenneth Siman as chairman for the ensuing year at their final meeting on Monday. William Brown will serve as vice chairman, and the board will continue meeting on the last Tuesday and the second from last Tuesday each month.
The report notes four inches of snow over Saturday Sunday and Monday and a 19 degree dew point with 48 percent humidity and southwest winds of 5 to 10 mph. It also lists Patty Jarrett as zoning inspector earning 400 annually and Robert Rose as road maintenance supervisor at 4.25 per hour. A temporary appropriation was approved to pay current bills with a permanent appropriation to be presented at the January 17 meeting.
Snow is forecast with a 50 percent chance diminishing to 20 percent by evening. High near 20 today with lows in the lower teens. Partly sunny Wednesday with highs in the lower 30s. Across Ohio expect partly sunny skies with scattered flurries today.
Medina County roads were largely safe with no fatal accidents. OSHP Medina Post logged 24 crashes across the three day weekend. 13 people were hospitalized for injuries. Notable incidents include a Lit chfield Twp truck overturn at 8 a.m. Saturday and a two car rear end on Erhart Road.
The year’s first infants born in Medina County hospitals are nonresidents. Patrick Wayne Russell of Doylestown weighed eight pounds 11 ounces at Wadsworth Rittman Hospital at 6 20 a.m. The Medina Community Hospital baby, an eight pound 10 ounce boy, is son of Mr and Mrs John Kurtz of Burbank born at 9 10 a.m. Sunday.
Trustees named Rice chairman of Spencer Two as Robert Rice starts his second term replacing Jack Cowling with Fred Brown as vice chairman. Frank Rice was chosen to replace Brown on the Township Zoning Board of Commissioners. Zoning Board and Board of Appeals will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. in town hall for organizational meetings. Cemetery fund increased to 90 dollars and a temporary appropriation of 92 640 approved with allocations across general fund motor vehicle gas tax road and bridge cemetery fire district and federal revenue sharing. Dalgleish to remain road maintenance supervisor and cemetery sexton with 25 cent raise to 4.55 and 200 dollars annual zoning inspector pay.
A Medina Landmark report notes commodity price movements with caveat that quotes may change. The brief item highlights market levels and potential shifts ahead of trading sessions.
State Auditor Thomas E. Ferguson announced December subsidy payments to Medina County School districts totaled 781,059 after deductions for school employees and state teachers retirement funds. Individual district amounts include Brunswick 291,596 Medina 62,804 Wadsworth 146,567 Black River 46,210 Buckeye 49,985 Cloverleaf 109,123 Highland 74,773 and Medina County Board of Education 28,897. Payments to the Medina County Joint Vocational School go to its clerk treasurer. Cash flow needs delayed retirement system payments to early next year.
Services occurred at Carlson's Funeral Home Brunswick for Norman A. Knudsen 66 of 3273 Laurel Rd Brunswick who died Thursday Dec 29 1977 at Parma Community Hospital. Coroner's office investigates. He worked 35 years at Hincliff Builders Cleveland and belonged to Brunswick Eagles and Medina Royal Order of the Moose. Survivors include wife Louise sons Lyle Phoenix and Ronald Brunswick daughters LaVerne Melvina Darlene Marilyn Shirley two with married names Lulubelle Handel Blanche Kleppe Dawn Ulmer and brothers Erling Columbia Station Roland Duluth. Fourteen grandchildren two great grandchildren. Burial Eastlawn Memory Gardens Brunswick officiated by Dr Ralph Schibler.
Westfield Township Cloverleaf Board of Education calls parents and citizens to a Thursday 8 p.m. meeting at the high school to discuss rising enrollment and crowded classrooms. Officials will review current and future needs possibly including population shifts or new construction and note the 1978 board reorganization.
Medina City Council Organization meeting at 7 30 p.m. in city hall. Trustees in several townships meet at 7 30 to 8 p.m. at their respective offices. Brunswick Parks and Recreation and Building Appeals meet at city hall. Wadsworth and Westfield council sessions, Medina County Joint Vocational School Board meeting at Board conference room.
The legislature weighs raises for judges officials and lawmakers and may redirect heating discount funds if federal backing comes through. Senate leaders plan a 10 million special industrial development fund to aid firms in Ohio like Ford and Honda with state subsidies. RIFFE backs a joint committee to study school finance while Ocasek favors continued independent work by existing education committees.
President Carter will discuss oil arms and money with Saudi leaders during a visit. Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil supplier, joined Iran and others in keeping oil prices frozen with OPEC and may seek increased U.S. arms sales while urging Israel toward a Middle East settlement. Saudi mediating role complicates full support for Egypt’s peace initiative.
A readable fragment notes a fundraising effort tied to the Give Heart Fund and the American Heart Association. Details on organizers, dates, or exact aims are unclear in the OCR excerpt.
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