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Local News THE LIMA NEWS FeaturesTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1971, L IM A , O H I ORegional PlannersBegBudgetHike

toAvoid H U D Grants Withdrawal.'Regional planning commission director Philip "Boyle hasasjced his board members to increase the present planningstaff and to nearly double the1972 budget in an effort to avoidclosing the office through theloss of federal funding.."Lima Mayor ChristianMorris ha,s been appointeechairman of a group to studytfie request. '; Boyle told The News unlesscertain criteria is met prior tomid1972, the regional planninggroup could lose Department olHousing and Urban Developrnent funding.Such a loss would not onlystymie future HUD funding tovarious p r o j e c t s in AllenCounty, all of which are routedthrough Boyle's offices, butcould also result in closing ofthe totaladded. RFC program, heBoyle revealed the situation tomembers of the TransportationCoordinating Committee, an

RPC satellite group dealingwith traffic conditions, during ameeting Wednesday.He noted provisions of the1 9 6 2 Highway Act, a federal pro-gram designed to divert federalfunds from areas failing to showprogress in road programs,would be implemented in Julyof next year. In addition, HU Dofficials have compounded thesituation by demanding forma-tion of a citizens group to pur-sue total RPC projects, threat-ening to cut off funding unlesssuch a group is formed by Mayof 1972, he noted.At one point in the meeting,Mayor Morris retorted, "Youcan tell HUD to go toblazes...tell them for me." An dMorris suggested a meeting ofall RPC members to discuss thematter before forming any citi-zens committee.To be discussed would beBoyle's request for $132,000 infunding in 1972, including $90,000in federal funds. Total 1971spending is $74,200, RPCrecords indicate.

Suggested m e t h o d s of in-creased funding include raisingthe participating local govern-- ments' pe r capita paymentsfrom 10 cents to 20 cents, andan outright grant from thetransportation committee of$20,000, Boyle said.Morris suggested cou nty com-missioners, township trusteesand village officials be involvedin the decision-making session.He further suggested some stateofficials attend, noting "localgovernments are spending allthe money" to satisfy state pro-posals and arefor it." 'getting nothingAlthough immediate impact oflost HU D funding would tend toclose the RPC through loss of$30,000 in operational monies,the long-range impact would bemuch larger, Boyle said.Jaycees SponsorGame Workshop

A hunting workshop to teachwater fowl identification, safetyand rules governing the huntingseason begins 7:30 p.m. Mondayat the Jaycee Hall, 13SV 2 W.Market.The workshop is sponsored bythe state Division of Wildlifeand the Jaycees. There is no ad-mission charge.Schedule Dinner

The annual Shawnee BoyScout Council Eagle recognitiondinner is scheduled 6:30 p.m.Nov. 9 in the Holiday Inn, De -

The RP C offices are designat-ed as a clearing house for allAllen County federal fund re-quests, from local governments,and without it, such requestswould find difficulty in gainingapproval, he said.Affected would be future sew-erage and water projects,among other federal grants for,highway improvement or drain-age.Requests for increased man-

power were based on timelimits imposed by "the HighwayAct and the amount of worknecessary to meet requirementsto obtain the HUD certificationto assure continued 'federalfunding, Boyle said.Noting the Lima-Allen Countyagency is not alone in the state-federal pinch, Boyle said of the14 Ohio cities involved in region-al planning, four others sharethe problem.

In other business, transpor-tation committee members au-thorized Boyle to proceed withan updated traffic flow assign-ment pending a computer evalu-ation. Boyle explained he wouldutilize recently received statetraffic assignment studies toplan local road improvements.The state survey indicatesseveral roads including Shaw-nee, portions of Cable Road, Rt.

81 and Allentown Road and Met-calf will be beyond capacity by1975.Local revisions include four-laning of these routes and con-clude with a computer study toindicate if the planning agencieswork would relieve the over-crowded conditions, Boyle said.Street capacity is the figureon which traffic can flow unim-peded at normal speeds, Boylesaid.

Phonics ClassAids Parents"Teaching Children to Read," is the theme of an all-day work-shop scheduled 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at M arket Street Pres-byterian Church, 1100 W. Market.The lecture sessions are sponsored by the National ReadingReform Foundation headquartered in New York City. _Teachers and parents from the 1 " \ ~Lima area are invited. Princi-1 Science Research Associates,pal speakers will be Robert , Price !" '-*""- - "w-1

ROBERT PRICE.Phonics Advocate

Price, vice president of RRF;Sister Monica Foltzer, directorof Phonics Institute Xavier Uni-versi ty graduate department;an d N o r m a n Wolverton of

Awards Total$689,371Hospital Contracts Far Below Estimate

fiance.O ne hundred Eagle Scoutsan d their adult sponsors are ex-pected to attend the meeting.Guest speaker is State Sen.Howard C. Cook, R-Toledo. decade.

The total contract cost forMemprial Hospital's Phase Cimprovement and remodelingprogram will be nearly a thirdof a million dollars less than es-timated.Mayor Christian Morris todayannounced the awarding of con-tracts for the work. The costwill t o t a l $689,271. This is$327,229 under the architects' es-' **>***+*~**~*r** Eight L SHPrisonersWill M ove

Patient count at Lima StateHospital for the Criminally In-sane will be trimmed by at leasteight in the next few weeks as aresult of continuing transfer ac-tion.The program was institutedast May by a team of privatejsychiatrists appointed by Pro->ate Judge David .0 Steiner.They examined patients for pos-sible transfer to other state hos-jitals. More than 24 patientslave been transferred sincehat time.The transfers of eight patient-nmates, including one woman,approved today. Their re-moval from LSH will be fina-ized within several weeks.Patients questioned today hadbeen at LSH from two to 31^ears. Charges against eachlave been dropped by court of-ficials in their home counties.Approved for transfer to otherstate h o s pi t al s were Hugo[hompson, 56, of Fredricksburg,committed Sept. 27, 1946, forjreaking and entering; JamesGorwanz, 28, of Fostoria, com-nitted Feb. 14 , 1969, for carry-ng a concealed weapon; FlinoalDorter, 27, of Akron, committed19, 1966, for attemptedBreaking and entering.Also William Melvin, 51, ofCast Liverpool', committed Nov.3, 1968, for assault with a dan-gerous weapon; John R. Cook,6, of Akron, committed Jan. 27,958 for jobbery; Martha M.Bock, 30, of Fayette, committedApril 21, 1967, for arson; Harold,'ringle, 29, of Cleveland, com-mitted Sept. 7, 1961, for burgla-y and grand larceny; andThomas D. Osoki, 30, of Akron,ommitted in 1961 for feloniousissault.Th e transfer plan wa s recom-mended- by hospital administra-tors and is aimed at removingpatients not criminally insane,but not necessarily qualified fortotal release, for treatmentunder improved environmentalconditions.Dr. T. J. Reshetylo, acting -hospital superintendent, said theplan has reduced the hospital'spopulation to near the 1,000mark, is the lowest in the past

timates. Hospital administratorJohn Paplow indicated at thetimeweek bidsthat were openedthe estimate lastwas$1,016,500.The general contract will goto Stedke Construction Co. ofLima for a total of $389,395. The,company's base bid was$189,806, the second lowest. A

company from Springfield bid of$183,000.However, with inclusion of allthe alternates the bid came tothe $389,395 figure and this wasthe lowest, the mayor said.Morris said he awarded thecontracts on recommendation ofthe hospital's board of trustees,which met Wednesday night toreview bids.

The trustees unanimously en-dorsed the recommendations oftheir building and lands com-mittee, according ,to a letter toMorris from Paplow.Funds to cover the cost ofPhase C are-on hand or will be.Hospital officials were in Co-lumbus today meeting with fed-eral officials. They hope to ob-tain a $510,000 H i 11 - B u r t o n

grant.Th e phase C program involvesmajor reconstruction and remo-deling of the basement andfirst-floor level of the older por-tion of the hospital.A $26,012 plumbing contract isbeing awarded to B. F. KohliInc. of Lima; a $216,522 heating,ventilation and air conditioningcontract will be awarded to

Terry P. Smith Inc. of Lima;and a $57,342 electrical contractaward is going to Reyn oldsElectric Co. Inc. of Lima.Stedke Construction is cur-rently c o m p l e t i n g work onPhase B of the hospital im-provement.All companies bid completionof the work within 450 calendardays of start.

will lecture on "Read-P r o b l e m s , Causes andCures" an d will conduct a dem-onstration on "Sure Steps toReading and Spelling." Price isa psychologist and director of apr ivate reading an d speech clin-

Sister Foltzer will conduct avorkshop on "Professor Pho-nics Gives Sound Advice." Shethe author of a manual oncaching phonics.A description of "Engelmann'slode Cracking System" will begiven by Wolverton. A former:eacher, he is the author ofPreventing Fai lure in the Pri-mary Grades."The workshop chairman isV I r s . Harris Harry of Akron,lead of the Ohio Committee ofRRF.In addition to the speeches anexhibit of new phonics-basedreading books is planned.

CHEERING SECTION Two of 900 city elementary schoolsafety patrolmen take tune out during a recent Lima SeniorHigh School football game at the stadium. With police safetyofficer Willis Meier are Virgil Spencer (left) of 706 N. Rose-dale-and Chester Fisher of 618 N. Rosedale. School safety pa-trolmen from 18 public elementary schools are attending Se-nior High games and students from the four parochial schoolsare attending Lima Central Catholic games. (News Photo)

Poulston Denies He Voted;Candidate, Qerk Say H e D idCity council president candi-date Clementina DePalma ha srenewed her charges incumbentJames R. Poulston has used hispost for personal business gain.Poulston, seeking a secondterm at next Tuesday's election,Wednesday denied her charges.He said he hadn't voted on acity ordinance on Dec. 21, 1970,which set a maximum amount acompany he owns would have topay toward the cost of improv-ing a sewer lift station.The ordinance action, alleged-ly to correct an oversight in an-other ordinance the year before,

saved Poulston's firm, Ameri-ca n Development> Inc., at least$20,000. The firm is developingCrestwood Estates, a mobilehome area north of city limitson Cable Road.Mrs. DePalma insisted thatPoulston did vote on it. A checko f city council's recordsports that contention. s u p -

* * * *Morris, Ghaster Clear UpLand Purchase 'Confusion'Mayor Christian Morris andveteran city planning commis-sion m e m b e r Earl Ghastertoday moved to clear up whatthey feel has been "misinforma-:ion" and "confusion" concern-

ing city purchase of propertyfor right-of-way and upkeep ofthe new South Main Streetbridge over the Ottawa River.Ghaster is involved becauselis business sold the land on thesouthwest side of the bridge tothe city. The land was used forsigns by Ghaster Outdoor Ad -vertising Inc.Earlier this yea r , the citypaid Ghaster Properties Inc.$16.000 for the site. That was$2,300 u n d e r the appraisal ,Morris said.Morris and Ghaster want toclarify the issue because theybelieve citv council presidentcandidate Clementina DePalmain radio and TV broadcasts hasspread what the mayor cal led"misinformation."Morris and Ghaster said Mrs.DePalma i n c o r r e c t l y ha s

claimed that the land is on thenorthwest side of the newbridge and that a n o t h e rmember of the planning com-mission made the appraisal onwhich a sale price was based.Her inference as in Mrs.DePalma's campaign againstincumbent Council PresidentJames Poulston was thatthere has been some conflict ofinterest.Mayor Morris pointed out,theappraiser hired by the city wa sWilliam F. Smith, a professionalappraiser and real estate agentwho years ago was on the plan-ning commission and has donecity appraisals for about 10years. He also did land apprais-als for the state highway de-partment, Morris noted. The ap-praisal wasn't made by GarySmith, a member of the cityplanning commission and a rea-ltor, Morris emphasized.Some confusion ha s arisen,Ghaster and Morris said, be-cause of a "clerical error" inthe ordinance which authorized

the purchase. The ordinance inits "descriptive section," theportion between the preambleand the legal description ofthe property, said the land wason the "northwest" side of thebridge.This is wrong, the mayor said,adding that the ordinance'slegal description of the properyproperly identifies where theland and 1 sign were located. Thelegal description is binding,Morris said."In form and content the ordi-nance ob viously refers to thecorrect piece of property, andthere is no logical reason to con-fuse the issue," Ghaster said ina statement today.Ghaster noted, too, the ordi-nance "contains the propertynumber, location and legal de -scription of the property in-volved."Ghaster said he is issuing thestatement "to set the record

The original copy of the ordi-nance, number 236-70, shows avote of 8-0, meaning all eightcouncilmen voted for it. Coun-cil's minutes of the Dec. 21meeting also state the vote was8 - 0 .Bu t Poulston remained equal-ly insistent that he did not vote,bu t rather abstained. He alsosaid that at the Dec. 21 meetinghe declared to council and thejublic that he was not votingBecause he was affiliated withAmerican Development. \Poulston on Wednesday main-tained council clerk Margaret

G r i f f i t h ha s "made a mistake"an d that her records are wrong.Asked if this is possible, Mrs.Griffith replied, "No."Poulston said, "To the best ofmy knowledge I have alwaysabstained from voting and with-drawn from discussion of anymatter in which I have had abusiness interest.Despite his claim thatMrs.Griffith has made a mistake, hesaid he isn't doing anythingabout it. "Well, it's there (onthe record) so there's nothingelse I can do,"said the councilpresident.Bu t Mrs. Griffith insisted, "Idon't think I would have made amistake twice." She referred toher tallying the vote on the ordi-nance as 8-0 with a checkmarknex t to each councilman's nameas he voted and then later writ-ing the meeting minutes an dagain stating the vote as 8-0.The council clerk also notedthere was no move to correctthe minutes the following week.If there had been a mistake,Mrs. Griffith said it probablywould have been caught at thattune.The

sewes lift station.City Engineer James Sch-menk a n d Mayor ChristianMorris both said Wednesday the1969 agreement was for the firmto pay half the cost of the im-provement, up to $30,000.It was believed at the timethat the $30,000 would coverabout half because original en-gineering estimates were for$60,000 to improve the station byincreasing its capacity from 700gallons per minutes to 1,200 gal-lons.But the original ordinanceadopted by city council in 1969

b e f oremember of Poulstoncouncil was amerely

minutes of the Dec. 21meeting also fail to reflect anycomment made by Poulstonabout abstaining from the voteor about his affiliation with thecompany.On Wednesday , Mrs. DePal-ma accused Poulston with a"miscarriage of his duties" be-cause of his vote on the legisla-tion.American Development in

1 9 6 9 negotiated an agreementstraight as to my company or with the city whereby it would(See PURCHASE, Page 38) pay half the cost of improve-ments to the Allentown Road

stated American Developmentwould pa y "half the cost." The$30,000 ceiling wasn't included.When bids were received an da contract awarded, projectcosts had soared to $100,000.More sophisticated pumpingequipment wa s decided upon,which helped boost the cost,Schmenk explained.When the city engineerrea-lized the original ordinance .didnot specify American Develop-ment would pay no more than$30,000, Schmenk went to coun-cil asking the ordinance beamended to include that ceilingOtherwise, American Develop-ment would have been facedwith a $50,000 charge. Schmenksaid the city should live up toits side of the original agree-ment.So council' voted to amend theordinance to include the $30,000maximum cost figure for Amer-ican Development. The argu-ment is whether Poulston votedfor that amendment.Mrs. DePalma charged thelegislation is making the "tax-payers of the city liable for the$20,000" Poulston's companywon't have to pay.The council president, howev-er, said, "Even with my vote, itwould have made no differencebecause it needed only six votesto pass." He noted by the timethe vote came to him, it alreadywas 7-0 for passage. The councilpresident always votes last.However, he still contendedthe record of a vote by him,rather than abstention, "is amistake made by the clerk."

Magic ShowMaterializingIn Defiance

Northwestern Ohio Magiciansassociation (NOMA) is sche-duled to present a magical Hal-loween "trick-o-rama" show 2p.m. Sunday in Defiance, ac-cording to president Earl Beyer.Beyer said the two-hour show,sponsored by the Defiance Jay-cees, will be in the junior highschool.P r o g r a m includes NOMAmember Doug Ferguson, mas-ter of ceremonies, and perform-ers, Najef and Nancy, DickHaas, Bob McCune, Theo Man-drake, R e e d e r Hutchinson,Beyer, D a n n y Johnson an dResor.Smily Kimpel will be stagemanager and Joe Gaietto willbe in charge of music andsound.Other NOMA club memberswill provide assistance for theperformers, Beyer said.Members are asked to meet 11a.m. Sunday at the local clubrooms so automobile rides toDefiance can be pooled, Beyernoted.

Court SlatesDrug., TheftAppearances

On e person waived prelimi-nary hearing in Municipal Courtthis morning on drug chargesand was bound over to the grandjury. Two others pleaded inno-cent to charges of breaking andentering and are scheduled fo rpreliminary hearings.Herman L. Haithcock, 21, of3050 Springview Dr. was bound-over on a charge of possession ofmarijuana. He was arrested by, i m a police Wednesday. JudgeRoger D. Andrews set bond at$3,500.William L. Johnston, 22, of 607W. Way ne and Robert A. Hoff-man Jr., 23, of 771 V z Richie'pleaded innocent to charges ofbreaking an d entering in thedaytime. Preliminary hearingswere ordered an d bond was setat $2,000 each.They were arrested Wednes-day following the burglary ofthe apartment of Wilbur HongMo Fung, 607 W. Way ne .

Same Subject9 Different Methods In ClassroomJob,Academic Acceptance Aims For ExceptionalChildBy MARY MUSICKNews Staff WriterA child is praised by his class-mates because he is able toprint a good "Y" and still an-other is c o n s c i o u s of hisclassroom behavior since heknows bad behavior may spoilhis chances to participate in afield trip.

The youngsters are among agrowing number recognized bythe city and county schools asexceptional children, classifiedas those with an I.Q. of 50 upthrough the academically gift-ed.Exceptional Children Week inLima is this week through Sat-urday.

As part of the observance Ex-ceptional Children Council ismeeting 6:30 tonight in MilanoClub to hear Robert Fisher,Ohio Teacher of the Year for1971. Fisher, a special educationteacher, has written severalbooks.A parents' meeting also isscheduled 7:30-9 tonight in Wa-shington-McKinley School. Jo-seph Fisher of the state depart-rnent of education will speak on"earning Disabilities theNext Step.""Special education used to bea misfit and we would get theunqualif ied teachers," E t h e lNelson, city-county coordinatorfor educable mental ly retardedclasses, said.

Mrs. Nelson oversees the 27EM R classes in the city schoolsystem and at El ida, B at n ,Perry and Snencerville schools.Students in EMR classes aretaught the same subjects ase t her students but the methodsar? different, -.he coordinatorexplained."W e stress building confi-dence. Some of the students arebrow-beaten an d simply don'tbelieve they can accomplishanything, Mrs. Nelson said.Everything, must be well de-fined and routine before thechild is able to follow directions.Teachers -also offer both tangi-ble and intangible 'rewards toimprove student behavior an d

incentive. The reward may besomething as small as a checkmark or the anticipation ofgoing on a field trip with hisclass, Mrs. Nelson said.Roger Miller, EMR teacher atSouth Junior High School indica-ted that at tha t school studentsattend special movies if theyhave earned so many points andare also working toward a trip. ,The EMR teacher must helpeach student realize his ownlimitations. "I have studentswho say they want to be a doctor, lawyer or teacher and I Iv y

ti guide them into a relatedfield," Miller said.EM R classes at the juniorhigh level deal pr imari ly with

jrb preparedness while seniorhigh students are placed in jobsthioughout the city in suchplaces are factories, gas sta-tions and grocery stores. One ofM r s . Nelson EM R gr aduate snow is singing with a band inCalifornia and many othecshave self - supporting jobs. Oneboy was making $143 a weekwhile in the EMR program atSenior High."A studsnt I had who hadspent most of his life in theSouth entered the EMR classesand was able to cover threegrade levels in one year." Mrs.Nelson recal led. "W e want theboys and girls to become con-t r ibut ing m.iriho:s of societyra'her than welfare recipients .

The total program is geared to-ward preparing students forjobs," she added.A second part of the ex:fc-tional children's services offeredin both the city and couniyschools is De .'earning disabili-ties classes an d tutors.Eleanore Pikal is city-countycoordinator for 'he three classesin the city system an d one atSliawnee.Criteria for a ,-tudent's placenient in learning disabilitiescJ.i^seh arc ih;i: the s: K i c . i tmust be wisle: achieving for hispj-.t-ntial, hav? an average I.Q.bnsed on psychological e / a l i w-tion an d have a medical diagno-sis of a learning disability.M r s . Pik-u expla ined Un stu-

a f n t with a teaming disabilityhas an academic def iciencywhich has a nei' inlogical cause.Many of the students desig-nnted as having teaming disabi-lities have atwve average aV!i-tv, according to Mrs. Pikat O neboy with a 1-11 I Q. had tota llyillegible nan writing because ofa visual motor problem. Oncethe tutor worked with him spe-cifically on handwriting, theteacher was able to read the in-tell igent answers which he hadbeen putting down, Mrs. Pikaisaid.The goal of the learning dis-ability classes is to return thechild to the regular classroomas both an academic and social-ly capable person.

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