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LOCAL AREA The News Herald, Port Clinton, Ohio, Wednesday, March 8, 1989 A-3 School board to sell 2 acres Disaster Briefs News Herald reports PORT CLINTON The Port Clinton Board of Education intends to put on the auction block roughly 2 acres of land across from the board office on Portage Drive and bordered by Fremont Road. Superintendent Dennis Rectenwald said there are no potential buyers in the wings. Revenue from the public auction, expected to be as early as spring, will go back into the general fund for capital costs. Perhaps, Rectenwald said, the money could help build a new bus garage. Rectenwald said the school board was given a 20-year lease for the parcel and for the land where the board office sits.

It was part of a federal act to dispose of some excess land, he said. The government purchased the land when it erected temporary apartments to house employees of Erie Army Depot, which boomed during World War II. The housing complex is now known as the Erie Gardens neighborhood, and it is next to the school's property. According to the deed, the board had to use the land for school purposes for 20 years from 1960 to 1980. Aftevward, officials were free to do with it as they pleased, Rectenwald said.

The playground on the three-acre site will remain, since the board has deeded that nine-tenths of an acre to the city for use as a playground. The rest of the property, which includes a green-planked building referred to as the kindergarten building will be for sale. The kindergarten building was leased two years ago by the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services before it was shut down. The playground is a mainstay that the board did not want to interfere with, Rectenwald said. "Whether we lease or sell," Rectenwald added, "we were to consider these kids' needs.

They certainly deserve to have a public area where they can enjoy themselves." Besides that, chances of someone getting hurt crossing Fremont Road to reach the nearest playground are lessened, he noted. "Off 4b? i'le plan update scheduled By PAULA WOJTOWICZ Staff writer PORT CLINTON After April 5, City Council members should have a better knowledge of Ottawa County's disaster plans and how they would affect the city police, fire and EMS departments. Council agreed Tuesday to reserve its April 5 discussion session for about three hours in emergency preparedness training with the Ottawa County Emergency Management Department. Department Deputy Director Ron Pennington spoke to council about the training efforts, explaining that Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Carroll Township will be having a disaster drill Aug. 8 and 9.

Other drills also have been scheduled for this summer to prepare for the graded two-day event, which the nuclear station is required to have every two years. The emergency preparedness training will allow the city officials to learn how nuclear accidents and other disasters would be handled in Ottawa County, Pennington said. City procedures call for the mayor, safety service director, council president and president pro tern to be involved in disaster proceedings, SafetyService Director Max E. McLaury said. Having other council members aware of the proceedings would be beneficial in case those four people are not available, Pennington said.

In other business, council: Learned GTE Telephone Operations officials are receptive to plans for the city to lease part of the GTE parking lot on Jefferson Street. Councilman-at-large Robert Edwards Sr. said he, McLaury, councilman-at-large Ronald Harger and Fourth Ward Councilman Larry R. Hamann will meet again Friday to discuss leasing arrangements. Edwards said he expects more details by next Tuesday's meeting.

Heard that an artist has been working on design plans for the proposed art work on the wall at City Beach. Second Ward Councilwoman Trudy Baum-barger said the artist may have designs available by the March 28 meeting. EHOVE students in final training phase MILAN Some 15 vocational programs at EHOVE Joint Vocational School are now preparing students for their final phase of training. Beginning March 28 seniors who are qualified can be released from school for half of their day to gain on-the-job experience. This program, known as "Early Placement," has been operating for the last 14 years with more than 50 percent of the seniors involved each year.

It provides seniors with a chance to gain job experience while still working with their instructor. Many of the seniors remain with the employer on a full-time basis after graduation, but some of the job stations are set up on a "part-time only basis" just to help the school. Anyone interested in participating in this program may contact the placement counselor, John Marett, at either 499-4663 or 627-9665 between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. EHOVE serves students from Danbury High School and other schools in Huron and Erie counties.

The following programs will have students available for employment in March: Landscape and resource conservation, office specialist, heating and air conditioning, auto mechanics, early childhood development, electronics, data processing, welding, diesel mechanics, graphic communication, auto body, carpentry, electricity, secretarial specialist, machine trades and restaurant services. United Way application info now available TOLEDO Application packets for agencies interested in applying for United Way affiliation will be available for distribution in April. Applications must be received by Aug. 31 for approval in January 1990. Funding for newly-affiliated agencies will begin Jan.

1,1991. "This time schedule reflects a change in the affiliation process," Terry Reuter, United Way director of planning, said. "The new time frame includes a year-long funding review process. This will allow agencies that are approved for affiliation more time to present their funding needs and an opportunity to fully participate in the allocations process." Minimum requirements for United Way affiliation include tax-exempt status and a voluntary board of directors. The program also must address current United Way funding priorities.

If an agency meets the minimum requirements, the program is then evaluated using the following criteria: need for funding, program effectiveness and community support. The United Way serves Lucas, Wood, Ottawa and eastern Fulton counties. Further information is available by calling Reuter at 246-4621. Genoa fighting power restriction bill GENOA Challenging the constitutionality of a proposed Ohio house bill, village council passed a resolution Monday to show its opposition to restrictions on municipal electrical service areas. Genoa is one of several muncipalities in Ottawa County which provides power to its residents.

But House Bill 27, now in committee, would restrict the service to within the corporate limits, Genoa administrator Ed Griswold said. For example, the bill would nix any chance of Genoa extending service along Ohio 51, where service is available up to the village boundary line, he said. The same would apply to Oak Harbor or Elmore officials who might wish to extend outside their limits, he said. A similiar bill was introduced last year, but died on the house floor. Griswold said larger Ohio power companies are behind the bill, working to cut down competition for areas bordering corporation limits.

rwj 1 i Driver freed News HeraldMary Kay Quinn bert D. Mahoney, 85, Harper Woods, was taken to H.B. Magruder Hospital in Port Clinton, but employees refused to release any information on his condition. Mahoney was cited for failure to control, a seat belt violation and having no driver's license. His car is in the background.

Members of the Erie Township EMS load a Michigan man into their ambulance after freeing him from his car Tuesday after it skidded and then landed onto its top after he failed to negotiate a curve on Lake Shore Drive when approaching Ohio 2. Ottawa County sheriff deputies said Al- Police Celeste stumps in Toledo for his education package point increase in the income and corporate franchise taxes. The proposal would raise about $1.8 billion over two years for primary, secondary and higher education. However, the proposal still needs to be approved by the Legislature before it goes on the November ballot, which won't be an easy task, he said. Continued From A-1 storm sewers on Cedar Street.

Fourth Ward Councilman Larry R. Hamann Jr. said he prefers the lift station be installed before resurfacing is expected to take place this year on Perry Street. Cedar Street has been the site of flooding incidents in recent years. "Those people are still floating up to their steps," Hamann said.

But scheduling the two projects to do Cedar Street first may cause some problems because of state funding for improvements on Perry Street, McLaury said. CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS Associated Press TOLEDO Gov. Richard Celeste has vowed to continue fighting for his education tax initiative, even though some legislators have steered clear of the proposal. "I will continue to speak out in every way I know how, because there is nothing more important than education in this state," he said Tuesday before told a crowd of about 300 students and faculty at the University of Toledo. Celeste has proposed a constitutional amendment to be considered by voters in November that would include a 1 percentage Computer club meeting at Huron church HURON Personal Accounting and Q-Link will be the subject of discussion and demonstration when the Commodore Erie Bay Users Group meets at 7:30 p.m.

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