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not meet new EPA standards for particulate
going into effect, and it did not meet the old
standards.
One lingering question about the health
effects of local air quality has centered on
a specific airborne contaminant with likely
local origins, manganese. But even answers
about that might be slow in coming for area
residents.
In May 2000, former U.S. Sen. Mike
DeWine petitioned the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry at the Centers
of Disease Control on behalf of concerned local
citizens to determine whether air emissions
from the former Union Carbide facility on
State Route 7 are potentially harming the
health of nearby residents, and if a community
health study is warranted.
The facility – which now houses at least
five distinct industrial operations – sits about
four miles southeast of Marietta. The ATSDR
installed an air monitor at the Washington
County Career Center and began its
investigations.
Over the years that air monitor
has consistently detected manganese
concentrations
exceeding
health-based
guidelines set by both the ATSDR and U.S.
he Presidential Primary Election will
be held throughout the State of Ohio
on Tuesday, March 4 and time is
running out for citizens to make sure they are
registered to vote.
The deadline to register is this upcoming
Monday, February 4. The Washington
County Board of Elections will be open until
9 p.m. that evening for people to register. It
takes just five minutes to do.
The Board of Elections is located on the first
floor in the Washington County Courthouse
at 205 Putnam Street in downtown Marietta.
Seventeen year old voters must also be
registered by February 4. They are allowed
to vote in the Primary Election if they will
be 18 on or before the November 4 General
Election. They may vote only for candidates.
They may not vote for tax levies.
Absentee voting begins on Friday, February
8.
Absentee voters can vote in the March 4
Primary Election at the Washington County
BOE beginning February 8. Office hours are
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The
BOE will be open from 8 a.m. to noon for
absentee voting on Saturday, March 1.
Absentee voters may also call the BOE
and request an application for an absentee
ballot. The applications must be completely
filled out and returned to the BOE. After the
application is verified the voter will be mailed
an absentee ballot. When the voter completes
their ballot they may hand deliver or mail the
ballot back to the BOE.
The BOE is now accepting requests for
absentee ballots. Absentee ballots will begin
being mailed out on February 8. All absentee
ballots must be received by the BOE by 7:30
p.m. on Tuesday, March 4.
There are three types of ballots available in
the Primary Election from which voters may
choose. They are Democratic, Republican, or
Issues Only ballots. Voters must state to the
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illions of Americans are now
regularly asked to prove who they
are, and handing over their driver’s
licenses to be swiped and scanned by computers
for a similarly large number of reasons. But the
larger question echoing across the U.S. is what
sort of ID Americans should have and what it
should be needed for.
The national debate over ID has been fueled
by illegal immigration, rampant identity theft,
and a past finding that all but one of the Sept.
11 hijackers had multiple forms of ID, mostly
state driver’s licenses.
That debate is now coming to a head even
as some federal officials are trying to bring it to
a close with final rules for Real ID.
On Jan. 11 the Department of Homeland
Security issued final rules for the Real ID Act,
legislation that was slipped into an emergency
spending bill for Iraq and quietly passed by
the House and Senate and signed into law
in May 2005. The act authorized the federal
government to establish minimum security
standards for state-issued driver’s licenses and
ID cards – the creation of what privacy and
civil rights advocates are calling a personal
privacy nightmare and de facto national ID.
Real ID officially goes into effect May 11.
However, since it took the DHS nearly
three years and a couple prior attempts to craft
these final rules, states have been allowed to
file for an extension of the Real ID compliance
deadline. An extension signals to the DHS that
a state intends to comply and just needs more
time to meet the federal mandates of Real ID.
Ohio was the first state granted an
extension. None of the 50 states issue driver’s
licenses or ID cards compliant with Real ID,
and 17 states have already passed their own
legislation and resolutions saying that they
won’t or don’t want to comply with Real ID.
The DHS estimates the new (and largely
Real ID continued on Pg 9
Volume II - Issue No. XXI - Jan 30, 2008
Air quality issues have lingered for decades
By Tom Lotshaw
H
ealth questions about the local air
quality in and around Marietta
run back for decades. There is a
heavy concentration of coal-fired power
plants, chemical manufacturers, and other
industrial facilities in this stretch of the Ohio
Valley, a geographical “mixing bowl” that can
sometimes tend to accumulate its airborne
contaminants much more readily than it
flushes them.
The resulting air, referred to in the past
by some as a “Toxic Stew,” makes questions
about specific health effects from specific
contaminants in the air much more difficult
to answer.
One could perhaps just write the air quality
off as collectively bad.
Based on estimated emissions data from
the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, the Title V
facilities in Washington County collectively
release millions of pounds of toxic chemicals
into the air every year – making it consistently
one of the top three air-polluting counties in
Ohio.
Groups like the American Lung Association
gave the county an ‘F’ for air quality last year
and probably the year before. The county does
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January 30, 2008 - Pg. The Marietta Register
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Council Round-up
By Tom Lotshaw
Joint Employee Relations
Buildings, and Parks
&
Lands,
The administration presented all seven
members of Marietta City Council with
a proposal to consolidate several city
departments into one department at a
contentious joint meeting of the committees
last Wednesday.
The proposal is a rehash of one made two
years ago.
“In the previous administration we
presented opportunities where we thought
the consolidation of departments made sense
and we are here today to discuss another
opportunity for that,” Mayor Michael Mullen
said.
The proposal amounts to a consolidation
of the Cemetery Department, the Lands,
Buildings, and Parks Department, and the
Recreation Department into one Public
Facilities Department.
The administration contends that the
consolidation would improve worker to
supervisor ratios, streamline operations,
improve efficiency, allow additional flexibility
in coordinating city employees, and allow the
city to get rid of the Lands, Buildings, and
Parks facility on Franklin Street.
“We sort of have our public facilities
spread among these three departments in
terms of responsibilities right now, and this
would bring all of that under one umbrella,”
said Safety Services Director Dave Sands.
Councilwoman Kathy Shively and
Councilman Tom Vukovic spoke out against
the consolidation proposal, as did several city
employees who were present. “I’d just say if it
ain’t broke don’t fix it,” Shively said.
LBP Chairman Jon Grimm said he would
take the proposed consolidation under
advisement.
Mullen also told council he thinks there
could be an opportunity to contract day
to day operations of the Marietta Aquatic
Center. “We would like to see if we could get
anyone interested in that as we look for ways
to deliver services more efficiently,” he said.
“Are we losing money on the Aquatic
Center?” asked Tina Lones, secretary of the
City Engineering Department.
“Absolutely not,” said Donna Medley,
supervisor of the Recreation Department.
“So why would we want to go out and
spend more money on that?” Lones asked.
“We won’t know [if it would cost
more money] until we go out and look for
proposals,” Mullen said, adding that he
will be checking with the Law Director to
determine if legislation is required for the
administration to see if any entities would be
interested in managing it.
“If we do need legislation I’ll bring it back
[to the committee]. But I want to keep it
on track to get the people in place to have a
good season at the Marietta Aquatic Center,”
Mullen said.
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By Steven Allen Adams
it used to be. We tried to restore it, turn the
lights on again...and that’s what we’ve been
working at,” he said.
The building, which is practically in its
original form, has 16 foot ceilings and oak
floors. According to Kent, the building was
built around 1905. “It’s a beautiful building,”
he said.
Kent said the most recent unit completed
in the building was Dean Michaels Salon,
which is on the second floor. “We put it back
originally like it was years ago...original walls
and ceilings and floors. There are a lot of salons
in town and this one has a unique feeling to
it because it looks like it did 100 years ago,”
he said.
Ryan said filling vacancies downtown is
Filling downtown vacancies a priority
owntown Marietta may seem like
a bustling city by day, but do not
be fooled. Walking into a ground
floor business may be somewhat misleading.
For while the ground floor is occupied, what
happens upstairs? Unfortunately for most
of the buildings in downtown Marietta,
absolutely nothing.
Just what exactly are citizens of Marietta
missing out on? Ryan Smith and his dad Kent
know. For the past year Ryan and Kent have
been working on filling vacant space in a
building at 219 Second Street.
“Right now we have an office rented by
Tampico and Crowl Security Company has an
office rented from us,” Ryan said. According to
Kent Smith, he and Ryan bought the Second
Street building last February at a Sheriff’s sale.
“We went in and tried to put it back the way
Officials weigh In
on court
n the continuing battle between the
Washington County Commission and
the Washington County Common Pleas
Court, there are many perspectives.
The commission is holding out on
budgeting an extra $80,000 to the court.
The court issued orders to the commission
for the monies for the hiring of a part-time
magistrate and part-time mediator, due to
an increasing criminal and civil caseload.
The county has held its ground, says that the
monies are not available.
The judges could hold the commissioners
in contempt and sue for the added funds. So
far this has not happened, and the judges and
commissioners are both on the record saying
they’d like to work things out.
Much of the caseload comes from the
Washington County Sheriffs Department.
There’s been an 87% increase in criminal cases
alone from 2000 to 2006, and the number
isn’t going down anytime soon. Washington
County Sheriff Larry Mincks understands
the strain he’s putting on the court system
and is for increased staff for the judges.
“I do think that the judges need that
magistrate for me to do my job when we’re
out there arresting people,” said Mincks.
“We’re all part of the criminal justice system;
us, the prosecuting attorney, and the courts.
Without us giving appropriate sentences, it
really cuts down on our effectiveness. If we
arrest people and they can’t be prosecuted
or they don’t go through the court system
because of backlogs that cuts down on our
deterrent effect.”
Mincks says the increase in arrests
comes from the increases in drug abuse. It’s
a problem he says will only get worse if the
court system is backlogged.
“Our caseload has increased; there’s no
secret about that,” said Mincks. “The number
of narcotics cases our major crimes taskforce
brings in continues to escalate. I do feel that
the court system needs assistance up there.
I haven’t had an analysis of who does what,
but I do know one thing; the number of cases
we’re sending up there is increasing and they
still have the same staff they had up there 15
years ago as far as I know.”
Even the Sheriffs Department has had to
increase road deputies and narcotics officers,
which costs money. Curtailing the flow of
drugs into the area is an important job.
“The number of cases we used to have was
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The Marietta Register - January 30, 2008 - Pg. Six years of No Child Left Behind
still a “mixed blessing”
Evergreen Arts & Humanities Series
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Callie Lyons
By Tracey Maine
O
n Jan.8 2008, President George
W. Bush’s “grand plan” to
permanently wipe the stain
of illiteracy from the face of America’s
struggling public education system officially
turned six
Though, judging from the controversylaced impact No Child Left Behind has had
since its mandated arrival, instead of a day
for national celebration, this event turned
out to more of a “private party” where the
only person apparently celebrating was the
“What were all public school
teachers before NCLB?
Unaccountable screw-ups?”
Commander-in-Chief.
Initially, this law professed three
primary goals: 1. To make it possible for
students who are disadvantaged and or have
disabilities to have the same educational
opportunities as their piers. 2. Make
educators more accountable and 3. Motivate
the public education system to initiate a
systematic series of expensive standardized
testing geared to make all America children
proficient in both mathematics and reading
by the year 2014.
In the years following its arrival NCLB
has perhaps been better known as a problem
plagued lightning rod that has attracted a
multitude of criticisms from observers like
New York Times writer Michael Winerip.
In his ‘03 article “A Failure of Logic and
Logistics,“ Winerip professed that the
plan set “impossibly high standards” and
“may go down in history as the most
unpopular piece of education legislation
ever created.”
Another major point of contention is the
law’s questionable rewards system. On one
hand, schools that “make the grade” can be
expect “No Child Left Behind Bonuses.”
Also, under certain time restrictions,
states that have met NCLB demands are
also subject to receive a one-time only
“Accountability Bonus.”
On the other hand, individual schools,
and or entire districts, that continually
perform below NCLB expectations can
be subjected to a series of “corrective
measures.” Some of these include the loss
of federal funding, the potential relocation
of teachers to other schools, the firing of
entire school staffs, and it ultimately gives
state government the authority to take
over any schools that continually fail to
“measure up.”
In addition, NCLB has also ignited
several controversies including a recently
revived lawsuit by the nation’s largest
teacher’s union, the National Education
Association. In their suit, the NEA
challenges the federal government’s right to
refuse to pay for the standardized testing
they themselves have mandated.
Presently, all funding for standardized
testing comes out of a respective school
district’s budget.
However, the most unnerving cry of
“FOUL!” comes from the Quaker-based
group, the American Friends Service
Committee. They have evidence to suggest
that the results of all standardized testing
currently gives the military access to
private student information. As a result,
this information can allegedly be used by
recruiters to solicit unsuspecting young
men and women into joining the armed
forces.
As for genuine success stories accredited
to NCLB, unlike the alleged weapons of
mass destruction in Iraq, they do exist.
However, they are on an extremely small
scale and usually take years to identify.
Though, despite a 2005 report from
the National Assessment of Educational
Progress-aka the “national report card-”
clearly stating that NCLB has not been a
success, a failed movement last year to have
the law revised, an ever escalating high school
drop out” rate, and a rapidly growing AntiNo Child Left Behind online communityPresident Bush continues to defend the law
and according to a Jan 8, 2008 New York
Times article, “will strongly oppose and
veto” any proposed changes he disagrees
with-leaving our nation’s educators to
make the most of what appears to be a very
difficult situation.
Hence, for the time being, a special
provision authorized by President Bush
allows NCLB to remain a fully functioning
law until it has been reauthorized-or notby Congress.
Meanwhile, here in Marietta, Ohio,
while other public school administrative
teams are struggling to cope with the
demands of NCLB, the atmosphere in
Marietta City Schools is, according to
Director of Instruction Jennifer Machir,
“Optimistic.”
In conjunction, Superintendent Dr.
Doug Baker Ed. D. added that MCS
recently reached an important NCLB
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The Marietta Register - January 30, 2008 - Pg. Middle School principal under investigation
By Steven Allen Adams
M
arietta Middle School Principal Mark
Doebrich is under investigation by
the Marietta City School system.
Doebrich was transferred from his job at MMS
and is now on “special assignment” while
school officials conduct an investigation into
complaints filed against the principal.
Sources close to the case have confirmed
the investigation. Several complaints were filed
against Doebrich at once, as well as a grievance
filed by the teacher’s union; the Southeastern
Ohio Education Association. The complaints
range from inappropriate jokes and comments,
to sexual harassment. One incident allegedly
involved a meeting where Doebrich made a
vulgar comment.
“Mr. Doebrich’s duty station is currently
here at the central office,” said School
Superintendent Doug Baker. “Currently we are
reviewing a personnel matter. Essentially until
that review is done I don’t feel at liberty to make
a comment on it since we’re only dealing with
an allegation. The allegation has nothing to do
with students however.”
Baker’s office is conducting a review, which
is being handled by procedures the school has
in place regarding allegations. The duties that
Doebrich has while on “special assignment” are
unknown.
“The transfer occurred last Thursday
afternoon,” said Baker. “Friday was Mr.
Doebrich’s first day on reassignment. The
assignment is temporary in nature until the
review is concluded. We’re hoping the review
will be completed by the end of this week.”
At this time, Baker says it would be
inappropriate to elaborate on the allegations, in
case they turn out to be untrue.
“I just feel it would be unfair to everybody to
go into details of the allegation without it being
substantiated or unsubstantiated”
Assistant Principal Bill Bonar is in charge
of the middle school while the investigation
continues.
Doebrich was unavailable for comment.
Eramet continued from pg. 1
EPA for environmental inhalation exposure to
the potentially neurotoxic metal.
The ATSDR has published several health
consultations that are available both online
and at the Washington County Public Library
in Marietta.
The most recent consultation, released
last July, identified airborne emissions of
manganese particulate from Eramet Marietta,
a refiner of manganese ore and producer of
manganese alloys, as the chief contaminant
of concern in its investigation, and the only
contaminant from the former Union Carbide
facility warranting future monitoring.
Last March the ATSDR installed four
additional air monitors to better assess the
extent of exposure to airborne emissions of
manganese from Eramet. One monitor was
sited in Boaz, another was sited in Vienna, and
two monitors – one for data verification – were
sited in Harmar.
The ATSDR has also conducted advanced
computer modeling of air emissions from
Eramet. The modeling predicted air
concentrations of manganese particulate
varying from two- to sixty-times higher than
health-based guidelines for environmental
exposure within a five mile radius of the
facility.
Officials from the ATSDR held a meeting
in Marietta last September that was not public
announced but attended by The Marietta
Register. The ATSDR officials met with
officials from other public agencies, including
the U.S. EPA, the Ohio EPA, the West Virginia
Department of Environmental Protection, the
Ohio Department of Health, and the MidOhio Valley Health Department, to discuss
data collected from the four new air monitors.
At that meeting the ATSDR could not
account for unexpectedly high readings in
Boaz and Vienna and maintained that it will
need at least one full year of data from the
new monitors to sufficiently assess the regional
extent of exposure and determine if a health
study is warranted, as previously reported.
ATSDR officials could not be reached for
comment last week. A spokesman for the Ohio
Department of Health said on Friday that the
ODH was no longer actively participating in
the health consultation, and that the matter is
wholly “in the hands of the ATSDR.”
The Ohio EPA would not provide the most
recent data collected from the new air monitors
last week, although it was secured from other
sources.
An official in the Division of Air Pollution
Control at the Southeast Ohio EPA office in
Logan – the agency responsible for collecting
data from the new monitors – said last week
that only the Ohio EPA in Columbus could
provide data collected from the monitors.
Phil Downey, at the OEPA office in
Columbus, said the SEOPA is responsible for
providing that information since they collect
it. “The protocol is they distribute it,” he said.
When confronted with that information,
the SEOPA official, Dean Ponchak, asked if he
could call The Marietta Register back shortly,
and never did.
2007 Manganese Air Monitoring Data from New Monitors
Reference Concentration = .05
Galley Breakfast
Data is in micrograms of manganese particulate per cubic meter of air.
The Reference Concentration is set by U.S. EPA at .05 micrograms per cubic meter of air. It is an estimate of a
continuous inhalation exposure concentration to people (including sensitive subgroups) that is likely to
be without risk of deleterious effects during a lifetime.
Washington County Career
Center
January: .180
February: .320
March: .170
April: .032
May: .044
June: .031
July: .060
August: .079
September: .055
October: .170
November: .100
December: N/A
Mean Concentration: .11282
Harmar
January: N/A
February: N/A
March: N/A
April: .120
May: .059
June: .035
July: .100
August: .130
September: .082
October: .160
November: .120
December: N/A
Boaz, WV
January: N/A
February: N/A
March: N/A
April: .250
May: .046
June: .130
July: .130
August: .100
September: .110
October: .270
November: .100
December: N/A
Vienna, WV
January: N/A
February: N/A
March: N/A
April: .130
May: .330
June: .200
July: .180
August: .210
September: .170
October: .047
November: .081
December: N/A
The Marietta Register - January 30, 2008 - Pg. Looking Forward: Manganese Health Study
By Tom Lotshaw
A
researcher at the University of Cincinnati
should know soon whether or not she will
have funding this year to study the potential
health effects of airborne manganese emissions
on children here in Marietta.
UC professor Erin Haynes applied to the
National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences last year for up to $3 million to
conduct her proposed study. The NIEHS is now
scheduled to meet on Feb. 19, 20 to determine
which of the grant requests submitted for
2008 should receive funding, Haynes said in a
telephone interview on Thursday.
“I think we’ll find out soon. I wish I knew
now,” Haynes said. “We scored in the seventh
percentile, which is phenomenal. I’m not sure
how to interpret it, but I’m moving along as if
we are funded.”
Few studies have examined the potential
for health effects from low-level environmental
exposure to airborne manganese, especially
among children. “Most of the research has been
done on occupational exposure. It’s kind of
novel research. We’re going to focus on children,
a highly susceptible population,” Haynes said.
The thresholds for health effects associated
with low-level environmental exposure to
airborne manganese are not particularly wellknown. But manganese particulate is a known
neurotoxic metal when inhaled. Occupational
studies have found evidence for a “continuum”
of neurological dysfunction associated with
higher levels of inhalation exposure to the
metal.
Haynes was working on an NIEHS-funded
study looking at low levels of exposure to
airborne manganese in Cincinnati when she
first met Caroline Beidler, a Pinehurst resident
in the local group Neighbors for Clean Air. The
group has asked for a health study for years.
“I met her group and was bitten, I guess.
Past Air Monitoring Data from the Wash. County Career Center
2003:
January: .08
February: .068
March: .24
April: .66
May: .058
June: .4
July: .19
August: .093
September: .14
October: .1
November: .32
December: .22
2004:
January: .022
February: .12
March: .053
April: .049
May: .17
June: .12
July: .14
August: .028
September: .036
October: .12
November: .34
December: .039
2005:
January: .019
February: .14
March: .048
April: .017
May: .14
June: .079
July: .023
August: .076
September: .25
October: .23
November: .21
December: N/A
Since then I can think of nothing else. I’m
drawn to the fact that there is a community
in need of understanding its exposure, and the
opportunity to work with the resources at the
University of Cincinnati is a great partnership,”
Haynes said.
The Cincinnati study Haynes was working
on did not find any health effects associated with
low-level exposure to airborne manganese in
Cincinnati, but the concentrations found there
were significantly lower than concentrations
found in Marietta. “Around 2003 the mean
value in Cincinnati was .0041 micrograms per
cubic meter of air. At that level we didn’t see any
effects. That’s good. But it’s 10 times under the
reference concentration,” she said.
The reference concentration for manganese
inhalation exposure was set at .05 micrograms
per cubic meter of air by the U.S. EPA in the
1990s. It has been consistently exceeded here in
the Mid-Ohio Valley, by as much as 10 times.
Since at least 2001, local air monitoring
conducted by the Ohio EPA and the federal
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry has consistently detected average
monthly concentrations of manganese
exceeding the conservative health-based
guidelines set by both the ATSDR and U.S.
EPA for environmental inhalation exposure to
the metal.
The agencies have linked the manganese
particulate to Eramet Marietta, Inc., a large
producer of manganese alloys. The Frenchowned company deals heavily with manganese
ore at its facility on State Route 7, four miles
southeast of Marietta.
“The air monitoring data really warrants a
study. Comparing the known air manganese
France speaks up on behalf of Eramet
A
ccording to Ohio Citizen Action the French
Embassy in the U.S. has received more than 740
letters from people concerned about the potential
health effects of air pollution from the Eramet Marietta,
Inc. facility, which is located four miles outside of the
Marietta city limits on State Route 7.
Over the last couple of years Ohio Citizen Action has
run a “Good Neighbor Campaign” in regards to Eramet,
trying to get the company to clean up its emissions.
The Eramet facility, which refines manganese ore
and produces various manganese alloys for use in the
steel industry, is owned by Eramet North America, a
subsidiary of Paris-based Eramet SA, an international
mining and metals giant. French-owned Areva, France’s
largest producer of nuclear energy, owns a 25% share
of Eramet SA.
According to Melissa English, who apparently
wrote a follow up letter to the French Embassy on
behalf of Ohio Citizen Action, those 740 letter writers
have finally gotten a response.
The response came from Ambassador Pierre
Vimont, appointed by French President Nicolas
Sarkkozy last August.
“Thank you…for drawing my attention to the
situation of the Eramet Marietta Inc. facility and the
Marietta community, which are of great interest to this
Embassy. Following the receipt of your letter the Embassy
has been in contact with the management of Eramet in
France to discuss these issues,” Vimont wrote.
“Regarding, in particular, the Marietta plant, I
understand that Eramet Marietta is committed to new
investments in the near future, which will not only
serve to modernize this industrial site but should also
improve its environmental performance. More details
will be communicated to the local community by Eramet
Marietta Inc. as specific elements and the strategy are
finalized and approved,” Vimont continued.
Vimont wrote to Mrs. English that Eramet has also
recently joined a consortium of manganese producers
to study the effects of manganese on human beings, in
the framework of the REACH program of the European
Union.
“I am confident that the initiatives taken and future
announcements to be made by Eramet Marietta Inc. will
indicate that the company is committed to a longterm presence in the area and to a good relationship
with the community that it serves. Rest assured that
this Embassy will closely follow this issue,” Vimont
finished.
Joy Frank-Collins, spokeswoman for Eramet
Marietta Inc., could not be reached for comment,
though she had previously mentioned the possibility
of future investment in the plant without going into
details.
In June 2002 Eramet Marietta Inc. applied to
the Ohio EPA for a permit to install that would have
facilitated several large investments in the facility over
four years starting in 2003.
OEPA documents from the permit to install
application show the company at that time intended
to construct a new 50 megawatt sealed electric arc
furnace for the production of manganese alloys, and
to permanently shut down two of its existing furnaces.
It also intended to construct a new raw materials mix
house, a new metal oxygen refining process, and new
casting operations.
levels [in Marietta] to other communities [in
Mexico and Korea] where they found health
effects at even lower levels warrants a study,”
Haynes said.
“And even without the data there is a
[manganese] refinery, and there are reported
emissions that warrant a study; just the level of
emissions. Anyone who wanted to know about
the health effects of manganese on the general
population would jump at this – but it’s hard to
do a study at a distance, and our proximity is
also helpful,” Haynes said.
Haynes has already conducted some
preliminary research for her proposed
Marietta study and presented some early
findings from that last October at Washington
State Community College. She has set up a
community advisory board, which consists of
about 25 members, to help guide the research.
“It’s really a diverse group, from homemakers
to physicians and the colleges,” she said.
There is also an emerging potential for the
Air Quality Center at Ohio University to get
involved with the study, Haynes said.
There are three main aims of Haynes’
proposed five-year health study. She hopes to
recruit about 400 schoolchildren ages 7-8 for
the study – half of them from Marietta and
the other half from a control city, Cambridge.
“We did a thorough review to find a similar
community in Appalachia. Cambridge was
the most similar and the least exposed in terms
of manganese and lead, but we’ll still do some
air monitoring there to verify that it’s a good
choice,” she said.
The first aim of the proposed health study on
children is to determine their level of exposure
to airborne manganese and other metals in
the environment. “We’ll measure the air, dust
in homes, and the drinking water in wells
and cisterns,” Haynes said. Researchers will
also collect biological markers of manganese
exposure such as blood, hair, nails, and teeth.
The second and third aims of the study
are to evaluate potential neurobehavioral
and neuromotor effects, Haynes said.
“Neurobehavioral effects would be things
like cognition, IQ, school performance,
and behavior. Neuromotor effects would be
balance, and the ability to coordinate fine
movements, like with their fingers.”
Haynes calls her proposed health study on
children the Marietta Community Actively
Researching Exposure Study.
“We want to get the community involved
as much as possible. The title of the study is
Marietta CARES because the community
obviously has a concern, and we are going
to engage them in the research process. It’s a
five-year study but I hope we’re able to provide
meaningful results in the shortest time
possible,” she said.
If funded by the NIEHS the five-year study
could be up by April and fully running by this
summer, Haynes said.
January 30, 2008 - Pg. BUSINESS
Financial Focus with J. Neil Parsons
This Valentine’s Day, give a present with a future
Any Valentine’s Day gift is thoughtful.
Still, most of these presents have fairly
short shelf lives - f lowers fade, chocolates
get eaten and those little candy hearts
that say “Be Mine” get stale. This year,
why not give your special valentine a gift
that keeps on giving for years to come?
Specifically,
consider
making
a financial gift. Here are a few
possibilities:
• Give stocks. You might want to
give shares of stock in a company that
makes products favored by your loved
one. As an alternative to buying stocks,
you could give some shares of your own.
You’ll need to know what you originally
paid for the stock (its tax basis), how
long you’ve held it and its fair market
value at the date of the gift. The recipient
will need this information to determine
gains or losses when he or she sells the
stock. (You’ll also need to determine if
you have to pay gift taxes. You can give
up to $12,000 per year, free of gift taxes,
to as many people as you want.)
• Contribute to an IR A. The IR A
contribution limit for 2008 is $5,000.
Investors who are 50 or older can also
make a “catch-up” contribution of an
additional $1,000. So, if your valentine
hasn’t fully funded his or hers IR A
for this year, you can help. Because of
their tax advantages, IR As are great
retirement-savings vehicles. (Traditional
IR As have the potential to grow taxdeferred; Roth IR As potentially grow
tax-free, provided the investor has had
the account for at least five years and is
59-1/2 or older.)
• Make a charitable gift in your
valentine’s name. Your loved one, like
most people, probably supports a variety
of social and charitable organizations.
By making a donation to one of these
groups in your valentine’s name, you can
Forest agencies unite
Three agencies responsible for Ohio forest
conservation filed a pioneering memorandum
of understanding to explore ways of providing
additional financial and technical assistance
to private landowners bordering the Wayne
National Forest, to help them better manage
their forest resources.
The MOU, the first of its kind in the country,
was signed Jan. 24 by the USDA Natural
Resources Conservation Service, the USDA
Forest Service, and the Ohio Department of
Natural Resources to better coordinate efforts,
identify conservation needs, and more effectively
deliver assistance to private landowners.
Nearly 90% of Ohio forest land is privately
owned.
“The things we practice as a routine matter
on the Forest we want to spread them to private
landowners in and among the Forest,” forest
supervisor Mary Reddan said in a statement.
“That’s the value of having the three of us
working together seamlessly, so you don’t have to
worry about who to call in order to accomplish
the practice that you want to have.”
add a special meaning to this Valentine’s
Day. At the same time, you’ll be giving
yourself a little valentine, because you
may be able to claim a tax deduction for
your charitable gift.
• Review your estate plans. All right,
it doesn’t sound all that romantic - but if
your sweetheart is also your spouse, you’ll
certainly be looking out for his or her
best interests when you review your estate
plans. If you were to die without a will, for
example, you would cause considerable
anguish to your survivors. And in many
cases, a simple will isn’t enough - you
may need to establish a living trust or
other estate-planning tool. You’ll also
want to go through your financial assets
-including your IR A, 401(k), annuities
and life insurance contracts - to make
sure your beneficiary designations are
still accurate. Beneficiary designations
supersede whatever instructions may be
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January 30, 2008 - Pg. Team efforts
A
t times it seems that to many of us
there’s a sense of complacency about
how things are run in the city. There
are those who make decisions and those who
are impacted by them and the two groups do
not often intermingle. That may be the sense,
that there are those with power who should
make things happen and those not in power
who remain indifferent. But it’s not true. Yes,
people always select themselves into varied
groups. Who’s a business owner and who
isn’t, who’s got political influence and who
doesn’t, who’s got money and who doesn’t. All
these and more are easy groups into which we
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Promoting Teenager Career Awareness
On January 23rd, nine area businesses
hosted about 200 Marietta Middle School
8th graders on field trips to explore different
career opportunities. By all accounts the visits
were a success. The young people were exposed
to different types of careers in real work
environments. Career fields included: health care,
accounting, insurance, manufacturing, science,
engineering, and information technology.
Community professionals in these fields relayed
firsthand the importance of what the young
people are learning in school and the need for a
good education, which is not only a requirement
can place each other thereby defining others
places in our lives and the life of the city.
To follow that thought to its logical
conclusion there should just be a small cadre
of professional class power-brokers to whom
we all give our sovereignty and they’d make
the decisions for us, not only in the political
realm but also in all other segments of life.
We trust all of you reading this would agree
with us that’s not the best way to operate the
city and region. We, all of us, have too much
at stake here to allow others to make our
decisions for us.
The point we want to establish is that it’s
going to take all of us to get the job done. We
all hope for growth and jobs and power in the
state and all the other good things that can
occur as the region grows and thrives. But
it’s going to take everyone contributing their
part. It takes those who stand for office and
those who would never do so. It takes those
who own businesses and their customers.
It takes the media and the readers. All of
us, from the poorest and youngest to the
wealthiest and eldest, need to do our part to
bring things to fruition here in the area or we
won’t get where we need to be.
We all have unique skills and abilities
and backgrounds that can attack different
problems. Each of us can contribute to the
city in special and new ways that no one
else can. That’s the sort of thing we need to
believe in to make it all work. No small group
of the ‘right people’ can possibly succeed in
bringing success to the region. We all have
to do our part and pull in the directions we
thing we need to go. The total of those pulls
can be success. But we all need to get actively
working towards success. The time to just sit
there and expect others to get the job done
are past.
for a good job but the foundation for a lifetime of
continuous training and education.
Washington County is lucky to have a diverse
and dynamic group of businesses engaged in
community activities. I would like to thank the
following businesses for their effort to make
the student visits informative and rewarding:
Marietta Memorial Hospital, Thermo Fisher
Scientific, Pioneer Pipe, Tenney Bailey &
Associates, Schwendeman Agency, Kemron,
Triad Resources, Peoples Bank, and Offenberger
& White.
The administration and 8th grader teachers of
Marietta Middle School also deserve gratitude.
The school made special accommodations to
make these visits possible. While it took valuable
time away from the classroom, I think the
educators’ efforts demonstrate a commitment to
see our children succeed in life after graduation.
The impetus to get kids into the workplace
so that they may be inspired to become more
active in planning their education and training
future comes in large part from the efforts of the
Washington County Family & Children First
Council, a group of educators, agency directors,
employers, parents, community partners, and
economic development professionals. Through its
annual planning process, the Council has created
a Teen Career Awareness project that they would
like to implement across Washington County.
As an economic development professional, I
firmly believe preparing our youth for the rigors
of the modern work world is well worth our
investment. If you would like more information
on the Teen Career Awareness project, or you
would like to learn how your business might be
included in future school visits, please contact
Cindy Davis at 376-7081 or me at 373-3233.
genius to feel the impact of America’s decline
and our correlative loss of liberty. Fiat money
(rag and plastic “dollars” the central bank gets
for free) is the lifeblood of tyranny and the
prolific mother of folly.
But are we ready to repent of making
government our god and savior, the result of
begging for unconstitutional federal grants
and programs? Eating trap bait is costly to our
freedom.
Beware of government promising to supply
all of your needs, for such is a tyranny with the
power to take all that you have.
As to foreign affairs, other nations may prefer
to see us mind our own business and bring our
troops home. There are 190 countries in the
world and we have military bases in nearly 130
of them. This is not defense, but offense, and
can only lead to war. Put yourself in foreign
shoes and look at us as they see us.
For 20 years, Congressman Paul has
demonstrated fidelity to his Christian faith and
oath of office. His polite and unpretentious
manner betrays a servant’s heart, pleading for a
return to sane, limited government which will
again serve a responsible and moral people. If
you have eyes to see and ears to hear, then go to
ronpaul2008.com. We need you.
Sincerely,
Mike Jacoby
Executive Director
Southeastern Ohio Port Authority
Your front page article, “Ron Paul supporters
take to the streets,” arrived just when voters needed
a ray of hope amidst the dictatorial rhetoric of next
generation tyrants who, like so many predecessors,
ignore the Constitution at our peril.
For the first time, perhaps since Andrew
Jackson and James Monroe, we have a candidate
who genuinely opposes the unlawful extension of
federal influence over our lives, and over so many
people around the world. Like Jackson, who
terminated the 2nd Bank of the United States,
Dr. Paul would shut down the privately owned
Federal Reserve credit machine and set our course
toward gold and silver coinage.
Most voters do not yet understand economics
like Dr. Paul, but with our federal debt rising at
over $13,000 per second [!], you need not be a
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To those of us who enjoy gardening,
sports, watching birds or just being
outside, December, January and February can
seem to drag on endlessly! But there’s no reason
to wait until spring to get out and enjoy the
natural world; winter, too, is an essential season
and no less beautiful than any other—in its own
way.
The Mid-Ohio Valley offers uncommon
natural beauty (sometimes where you might
least expect it) and many bird species spend the
winter right here. If you’re a little bit weary of
seeing only chickadees, titmice and squirrels,
one of the best places to get a taste of the wild is
Newell’s Run, located off Ohio Route 7 North
between Marietta and Newport.
I first visited this spot a few years ago with
Bill Thompson, III, of Bird Watcher’s Digest,
one December day just after Christmas. We
went during a lunch hour to celebrate my recent
birthday. On the way we stopped at Willow
Island Lock and Dam, where we saw a whole
raft of hooded mergansers, along with piedbilled grebes, American coots, and numerous
ring-billed gulls. I was having a marvelous time
and we hadn’t yet reached our destination!
As we arrived at Newell’s Run, the first bird we
saw was a great blue heron, and I was immediately
captivated. This is not an uncommon bird for
our area, but it was stunning; quietly perched
on a branch just above the water, so still and
yet its lines so full of grace. I was (and am) a
relatively new bird watcher and I’d never before
seen a great blue heron at such close range. We
did see more of them, as well as more hooded
mergansers, American black ducks, mallards,
ring-billed gulls and I don’t know how many
Canada geese. And, as we pulled away and out
onto Route 7 to head back to Marietta, Bill
spotted a bald eagle perched in a tree at the head
of Middle Island! We pulled off to gaze at it for a
while and Bill took some photographs.
This is not a bad way to spend part of a
December day, or even all of any winter day! I
once considered it to be terribly unfair somehow
that I, someone who loves the outdoors, plants
and long, long days with plenty of sunlight,
was stuck with a late-December birthday. But
I believe I’ve changed my mind. As I’ve grown
older I’ve begun to treasure the beauty that
doesn’t just fall into your lap, but must be sought
out or (better yet) is unexpected. I love the lush,
blooming, fragrant, riot-of-color months, but
they don’t outshine winter’s infinite, intricate
shades of brown and muted gold (with the
occasional glimpses of vivid red or orange
lingering berries or a blue jay slash) against
cold gray skies. Maybe that’s why I admire the
sparrows and all the little brown and gray birds
that, when examined closely, turn out to be so
subtly lovely. To be able to find beauty and light
no matter where you are, to see it when it’s not
readily apparent; now that can get you through
some trying times!
I’ve been back to Newell’s Run since that
first visit and it’s never disappointing; there are
always some birds and it’s always an interesting
place in which to linger for a while. Newell’s
Run is off Route 7 North about 11 miles from
Marietta and about 2 miles from Newport. It’s
a backwater of the Ohio River, and a blacktop
road runs around three sides of the backwater
and crosses two bridges. There is not much
traffic on this road, but there is some, so be sure
to pull off as far as possible to look for birds.
From Marietta, take Route 7 North about
eight miles from the I-77 overpass, and you’ll
come to Willow Island Lock and Dam. About
three miles farther on the left is Mud Lane; turn
left onto Mud Lane and follow the road around
the backwater, which will be on your right. If
you should miss Mud Lane, about a quartermile farther on the right is Newell’s Run Road;
turn left there and the backwater will then be
on your left.
To find out more about birding at Newell’s
Run (including seasonal lists of the birds found
there) as well as other wonderful places to find
birds in Ohio, visit the Ohio Ornithological
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unfunded) federal mandates of Real ID will
collectively cost the 50 states about $3.9
billion to implement – down from a previous
$14.6 billion estimate – even as many states
are bracing for expected budget deficits both
this year and next.
By Dec. 31, 2009 states granted an extension
by the DHS must upgrade the security of their
license systems to check the legal status of
all applicants, ensure applicants don’t have a
license or ID from another state, and check the
validity of Social Security numbers.
States must then start to fully verify the
legitimacy of all documents used to prove
an applicant’s identity and citizenship and
maintain paper and digital copies of those
documents along with a digital photograph
of the applicant. That information must then
be made available electronically to other states
and the federal government, in an effort to
prevent inter-state ID and document fraud.
The DHS expects all citizens born after
Dec. 1, 1964 to have a Real ID-compliant ID
between January 2010 and December 2014.
Citizens over 50 years old on Dec. 1, 2014
will not be required to obtain a Real ID until
December 2017.
Identification issued by any state that has
failed to secure a compliance extension from
the DHS, or any state that tries to “opt out” of
Real ID compliance, will no longer be accepted
as valid ID at airports, federal buildings, or
nuclear power plants starting May 11.
As of May 11 all 50 states must either
have Real ID (which none do), or have an
extension through the DHS and be on track
and committed to getting Real ID within the
specified periods of time.
The DHS says citizens from any states that
fail to secure an extension or refuse to comply
with Real ID mandates would have to go into
“secondary” at airports and federal buildings
for questioning and identity verification, which
gives states a strong incentive to comply.
Real ID is also expected to alter a person’s
experience at the motor vehicles bureau, both
in terms of procedure and the number of
documents required to get or renew a driver’s
license or state ID card. The good news? The
Ohio BMV says it wants to maintain its record
of same-day customer service.
“Under today’s rule, DMV employees are
going to require that you take your photograph
as the first step of the application process – as
soon as you set foot inside the door,” DHS
Secretary Michael Chertoff said at a press
release for the final Real ID rules.
“That means if we discover, or the DMV
workers discover, that you have submitted
fraudulent documents, you’re not going to
be able to try again down the road because
we’re going to have a record at the DMV of
the fact that you tried and failed to get a
license the first time,” Chertoff said.
The Washington D.C.-based Center for
NCLB continued from pg. 3
Democracy & Technology is one of many
groups adamantly opposed to Real ID and
has called upon the federal government to
recall the act.
“There was no debate on Real ID and
that’s how it slipped through the cracks
and became law. It’s taken the DHS three
years to get these rules out and they’ve
now raised more questions than they’ve
answered. There’s a lot of backlash,” said
communications director Brock Meeks.
“We’re not against making a driver’s
license harder to get. We’re all for that.
Chertoff is right – it’s too easy to get one.
But we disagree with everything that
happens after that, and he’s trying to scare
the American public into following this,”
Meeks said.
The Center for Democracy & Technology
and other groups and state leaders are afraid
that Real ID will lead to the creation of
a centralized database holding private
personal information on all license and state
ID holders in the U.S.
“The DHS suggests states follow a model
for a centralized database that’s already in
place to house information on people with
commercial licenses. We are very concerned
that Real ID will lead to a centralized
database, which would raise enormous
privacy and security risks. The rules don’t
spell out who will have access to the data
collected; we don’t know who will run it or
what form it will take,” Meeks said.
“Another thing we’re afraid of is
mission creep, just like the Social Security
number was never intended to be a form of
identification but is now commonly used.
People could start to request it and use it in
any manner of ways never intended. We’re
afraid this will be used as a de facto interstate passport,” Meeks said.
“It has all of that information encoded
on the back. Every time you swipe it that
card reader doesn’t just show your name
– it can suck out every piece of data on that
card and send it to another database. There
are instances right now we know of where
businesses are collecting data off the back
of driver’s licenses. That’s why we continue
to advocate for a strong federal personal
privacy law – but in the meantime that does
continue to happen,” Meeks said.
The Real ID-compliant cards will not
necessarily look exactly the same, though
minimum information and security features
must be incorporated into each card. The
Real ID cards are not required to contain
a radio frequency identification chip, as
some have feared, but some border states are
considering those and various biometrics for
use in their cards.
Spokespersons for Sen. Sherrod Brown
and Rep. Charlie Wilson did not return
calls seeking comment for this story.
benchmark. Last year, for the very first time
MCS were the only schools in Washington
County to hit a level of “Effective.”
He elaborated that ratings such as this
are determined on a state-to-state basis. In
the state of Ohio, the ratings system for
public schools is as followed: 1.Excellent,
2.Effective, 3.Continued Improvement,
4.Academic Watch, and 5. Academic
Emergency.
Respectively; Marietta High School,
Marietta Middle School, Harmer, Phillips
and Washington Elementary Schools all
received a rating of “Effective” while Putnam
Elementary received a rating of “Excellent.”
Dr. Baker added that all Ohio public
school districts are currently subject to
receive “report cards” which for the first time,
featured a series of 30 specified indicators.
For the year 2006, Marietta City Schools
as a whole achieved 25 of those indicators.
However, Dr. Baker is also aware of
the fact that, for some local students and
teachers, meeting the expectations of NCLB
has definitely been a struggle. In general, he
focused on the reality that “all students don’t
learn at the same pace.”
In this instance, Dr. Baker pointed
out how NCLB can be of benefit to these
students, courtesy of the added bonus called
the “Added Value Measure.” Implemented
this year, the purpose of the AVM is to
address the question, “Does a student make a
year’s worth of progress during a normal 180
day school year?”
According to Dr. Baker, as opposed
to merely recording a student’s scores,
the AVM actually monitors their yearly
progress. If a student’s scores are low,
then measures can be taken to access that
personal student’s strengths and weaknesses
and devise a plan of action to help them
reach - and hopefully surpass - a year’s
worth of academic progress.
Marietta Middle School Principal Mike
Doebrich also shares Dr. Baker’s positive
assessment of NCLB. In his opinion, he
believes the program is working because
it “levels the playing field for all students,
regardless of their background.” and
“holds educators to a higher standard of
accountability.”
More importantly, Doebrich agrees
that NCLB should be credited with
ending the days of assembly line-oriented
education where, in some cases, students
were “rubber stamped” through public
schools.
Is it possible for all MCS to reach
NCLB’s 100% proficiency goal by 2014?
At the moment, Machir’s response is “we
are definitely heading in that direction.”
Dr. Baker echoed these sentiments by
adding that presently “we [MCS] have a
good momentum behind us.”
But, where do MCS teachers stand on
NCLB?
While many local teachers were
approached, many of whom had strong
opinions concerning this issue, for various
reasons, none of them wished to have their
opinions featured in this article.
This response raises the question, “Why
would the persons who have had the most
“hands on” experience with, and perhaps been
most affected by NCLB, not want to make
their opinions and perceptions known?”
Marietta College Professor of Education
Dr. Connie Golden has a possible explanation.
Having been involved in education since
1969, Dr. Golden noted that today public
school teachers are “very pressured,” and “are
constantly having more and more work piled
in their laps” including the fact, regardless of
the circumstances, the failure or success of
all students now falls completely into their
hands.
Dr. Golden surmised that perhaps
teachers are afraid to voice their true
feelings because “they are afraid they
will be targeted if kids don’t meet certain
standards.”
She also concurs that NCLB’s focus on
teacher accountability certainly raises the
question, “What were all public school
teachers before NCLB? Unaccountable
screw-ups?”
Dr. Golden sees NCLB as a “mixed
blessing.” While she does appreciate that
this law does “focus national attention on
education and performance in public schools,”
she ponders if the quest for passing test scores
has not perhaps become more important than
the actual students themselves.
For example; Dr. Golden related an incident
in which some student teachers from Marietta
College approached a school in our region. The
student’s objective was to do some field work
at this particular school - a request that was
denied. Why? At that time, the students at the
school had been continually receiving low test
scores. Therefore, at the risk of having their
students be taught by a novice teacher, and
possible see their test scores sink even lower,
the student teachers were turned away.
In hindsight, the introduction of, and
controversy surrounding, NCLB gives Dr.
Golden a familiar case of deja vu. In her
opinion, over the years she has seen a familiar
political pattern emerge. She stated that, “every
time the Republicans get into office they want
to “fix” education.” Then, no sooner do they
get in power when “the funding dries up.”
As for the Democrats, Dr. Golden stated
that “They always seem to have a “let us help
you” attitude.” Though, she feels the major
difference between these two party’s views on
education is that when Democrats try to set
education benchmarks, “schools who are not
able to reach them are never penalized.”
The Marietta Register - January 30, 2008 - Pg. 10
Vacancies continued from pg. 2
Mike McCarthy is also aware of all the
vacancies downtown. As Chairman of the
Central Business District Inventory, McCarthy
knows how many buildings are vacant, which
ones are in the 100 year flood plain, which
ones need renovating, and which ones are
historical building candidates. The Central
Business District Inventory determines how
many buildings are vacant and which ones can
be used for what purpose. Like the Smiths,
he’s trying to figure out what to do with all the
vacant space.
The CBDI has been a work in progress
for about one year and consists of three
phases. According to McCarthy phase one is
scheduled to be completed Jan. 31. “What it
entails is a physical inventory of the buildings
in the defined area,” McCarthy said.
The defined area is encompassed by the
Ohio and Muskingum Rivers as well as
Fourth Street and the north side of Wooster
Street. Jan. 31 is the target date for all of the
data to be inputted into the chosen software
format. According to McCarthy the software
format will include an ID of all the building
addresses and properties of all of the units
at each location, and whether or not those
units are vacant or occupied. According to
McCarthy once all of the data is inputted
into the electronic format, phase one will be
completed.
The second phase becomes more detailed,
including the age of the buildings, sizes of units,
whether units are located within a flood plain
or not, whether they are historical building
candidates, the basic condition, and type of
just about finding people with businesses
whose customer base has the ability to walk
up a flight of stairs. “That’s what I’ve found
with the hair salon moving in,” he said. “In
a lot of cases you imagine that it wouldn’t be
ideal for a hair salon, but for most cases, most
of their clientele are generally younger people.”
According to Ryan, Anita Buchman said that
it reminded her of a salon in New York City.
“We liked the thought of replicating that
whole feel,” he said.
Right now the building is only being used
for commercial purposes; however, Ryan hopes
to eventually rent out space for residential
purposes. “As soon as we have the second floor
filled we’ll start looking at our options for the
third and fourth floor,” Ryan said.
An interesting aspect of the building is its
architecturally intact ballroom on the third
floor. The dance floor is 55 x 55 feet, and the
original stage is still intact as well. “The fourth
floor right now is just rough space used for
storage,” Ryan said.
“Essentially the more businesses or tenants
I have in my building, the better it is for the
other tenants. It brings more people into the
mix. The building is surrounded by some busy
restaurants there on Second Street, which is
definitely an attraction for my tenants,” Ryan
said. Ryan also said the restaurant owners seem
happy to see the vacant spaces filled because
the customers coming in for a haircut will
most likely stop by the restaurants and have
lunch while they’re out.
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McCarthy said phase three will implement
phase one and phase two into a continuing
electronic notification system, “to fill and
keep filled all of the units into what we call
the ‘wish list.’” McCarthy explained that the
wish list is “a list of hoped for uses that will
maximize both the individual property uses
and the desired optimal mix of uses for the
community.”
When asked how the flood plain would
affect these vacant buildings, McCarthy
replied, “All of the locations are contained
within that flood plain area, however...four
levels of all the units within that flood plain
area are not necessarily in the flood plain
elevation,” he said.
For example, “The Armory on Front
Street...the ground floor of that building is in
the 100 year flood plain elevation, however
the second and third floors are above the flood
plain elevation,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who serves on the Mayor’s
FEMA flood plain committee, says the
committee’s task is to mitigate, or lessen any
and all costs due to the risk of potential loss
caused by flooding to the people and properties
located within the flood plain. “Therefore,
we are trying to get the cooperation of the
government to not have insurance premiums
charged for floors that are above the flood
plain elevation, which is not the way it is now.
We’re trying to get this boiled down to having
people pay for only that which they really need
and nothing more,” he said.
Cooperation seems to be the main factor
in trying to resolve the issue of downtown
vacancies.
Ryan Smith hopes City Council will adopt
legislation to help resolve the vacancy issue.
Ryan says that work is being done on the
Community Reinvestment Area right now.
“They establish a portion of the city that is
within those boundaries,” he said. Ryan added
that certain incentives for the development of
propertyNOT
include
tax incentives.
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to continue
renovation
property as far as the third and fourth floor
goes. You can get really expensive fast,” he
said. According to Ryan, Mayor Mullen has
been working on trying to resolve the vacancy
issue as well. “It doesn’t have anything to do
with my project specifically, it’s an incentive
for anyone with property downtown to look
at,” Ryan said.
The Marietta College Leadership
Department has been working in conjunction
with the CBD-I as well.
According to McCarthy, “Marietta
College has gracefully lent the use of some of
their students to help us with this project.”
The three students involved with the project
are inputting the information taken from the
physical inventory into the computer format
system. “This is a large project, but we’re
trying to get it done correctly, so it will have a
lot of benefits for a long time to come, which
is part of why it is taking longer. Marietta
College has been extremely helpful and
extremely cooperative, and so consequently
we’re all extremely grateful for all of their
assistance in this whole thing. We’re lucky
to have them as a part of the community,”
McCarthy said.
“Essentially in the end, what we want is
to bring about the most efficient and effective
filling of all these vacancies. We want a
complete, comprehensive list of building
and units on the Internet so that we will
be connected electronically to the world,
literally, and we’d like to have this inventory
of ours
maintained and work ideally by the Marietta
Board of Realtors. We think they would be the
most likely local enterprise,” McCarthy said.
“We also want to have every private and public
local group who either needs or wants to be
a part of this self-fulfilling operation to have
access to it. We will have free dissemination
of all the information in both directions
available to everybody. Which will give us in
the end, the most effective and efficient way to
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fill up our properties to attain the wish list,”
McCarthy said. Q1 – JANUARY 2008
“The bottom line is so that everybody in
this community can and will work together
for the mutual benefit of all,” he said.
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in unexpected ways as they make their way
through dangerous territory, leading to a
bloody train station showdown between the
virtuous Bale and Crowe’s vicious gang.
It should be a given that actors the
caliber of Bale and Crowe would each
give an outstanding performance and
be even better in the scenes they share.
Luckily, the rest of the film measures
up to their talent. The script is solid and
straightforward, respectful of the themes
and values of classic Westerns. Like the
best examples of the genre, it takes a
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at a simple objective without forgetting to
let loose a little rip-roaring action from
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Dane Cook is cursed, ensuring every
woman he’s with finds true love after
leaving him. So when he falls for the klutzy
Jessica Alba, he’s determined to hang on to
her, no matter what it takes.
This film presents itself as an outrageous
“be careful what you wish for” comic
fantasy, hoping the audience will ignore its
inherent sexism simply because the main
character doesn’t seem to enjoy the endless
parade of dumb and desperate women
who throw themselves at him as much as
everyone thinks he should. And it might
have even worked in that vein if it had
just been funny. Instead it’s lazy, burying
any semblance of wit under pratfalls and
juvenile vulgarity. Grade: D
Other New Releases:
Death Sentence (R)
Kevin Bacon is a mild-mannered
executive who loses his son in a senseless
gang slaying. When the law is unable
to procure the justice he seeks, he takes
matters into his own hands.
Bacon is terrific as usual, especially as
he descends to darker and darker depths.
But at the point he starts to truly derail, I
waited for the film to raise a few questions
about vigilante justice and the cost of
vengeance. Instead, it took the easy route
and morphed into a fairly ridiculous action
movie. Falling short of its high-minded
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an above-average thriller worth a watch but
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Thornton has an unparalleled comedic
knack for playing gruff and heartless,
managing to create laughs even in a movie
as predictable and uneven as this. Scott,
however, spends the entire time spinning
his wheels, caught up in a constant state of
manic consternation while Susan Sarandon,
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Talking Antiques with Larry Koon
More Readers’ Letters
QUESTION: Many years ago my mother
used this Mother Hubbard washboard to do
laundry. It has wooden rollers, not a metal
board. Do you have any idea how old the
board is and what it is worth? J.D., Lowell.
Ohio
ANSWER: There are clues to the age of
your washboard that are visible in an enlarged
photo. The Good Housekeeping Seal of
approval under the brand name is the style
used between 1910 and the early 1940s.
During those years several U.S.
manufacturers were making washboards,
including a company on the West Side of
Marietta, and most of the washboards had
metal scrubbing surfaces. But shortages of
metal during American involvement in the
two World Wars, between 1917-1918 and
1941-1945, led companies to make boards
with glass, pottery, or wooden rollers.
Your Mother Hubbard washboard made
in Mendota, Illinois, dates from the early 40s
and today sells for $225.
QUESTION: I cleaned out my basement
a few months ago and discovered an old
wooden wall telephone that had been stored
there for 26 years. Two of the three boxes
on the front of the phone have keyholes, so
I took it to a locksmith in Parkersburg. He
opened it and discovered that everything
inside is intact.
The phone’s top box is stamped “Western
Electric Company, Chicago, New York.”
On the side it’s stamped “type 21,” Blake
Transmitter, Made for the American Bell
Telephone Company, and licensed to be used
only with its telephones. There are also six
patent dates ranging from 1882 to 1893. Can
you tell me any more? G.T, Little Hocking
ANSWER: Gray and Barton, an electrical
product manufacturing firm founded in
Cleveland, Ohio in 1869, moved to Chicago
in 1877. With the move came a change of
name to Western Electric Company. The
company began supplying Western Union
with telephone equipment in 1878. In 1882
it became the sole supplier of equipment to
American Bell Telephone Co., which became
AT&T in 1900.
The Blake transmitter was designed in 1878
by Francis Blake, Jr., who sold his invention
to Bell. The transmitter was improved and
became standard Bell equipment. Your phone
was made sometime between 1893 and 1900.
Three-box phones like yours, in excellent
condition, are worth over $2,000 today.
QUESTION: What can you tell me
about a two handled ceramic tray marked
“Roseville” that I’m sending you a photo of?
B.D., Belpre
ANSWER: Your tray in the peony pattern
was made by Roseville Pottery of Roseville,
Ohio. The company made pottery from 1890
to 1954 in Roseville and Zanesville, Ohio.
The peony pattern was made in the 1940s.
Unusual shapes in this pattern are considered
rare. Your tray is worth $125.
QUESTION: My father was given this
lithographed tin “Nifty Mack” toy dump
truck in the 1920s. The mark on the truck
is a circle with the word “Nifty” above it
and “Mack” below it. Can you provide any
history and its value? D.R., Parkersburg
ANSWER: The “Nifty” brand name was
used by George Borgfeldt & Company, an
importer and wholesaler working in New
York City from 1881 to 1962. Borgfeldt
obtained legal rights for the manufacture of
copyrighted toys and subcontracted for their
production. Nifty brand toys were made to
Borgfeldt specifications by manufacturers
who were not allowed to put their own names
on the toys, so the actual manufacturer of
your truck is a mystery. Even in its less than
perfect condition it is worth about $500.
QUESTION:
My
husband
rescued a piece of furniture neglected in a
shed for over 20 years. It has a very faded
paper tag on the back that says Rockford
Union Furniture Company, Illinois. Can you
date and price our new prized possession?
B.A., Sardis
ANSWER: The Rockford Union Furniture
Company was founded in 1876 in Rockford,
Illinois. It advertised itself as “Manufacturers
of High and Medium Grade Dining Room
and Living Room Furniture.”
Your double secretary was a style popular
in the 1890s. Golden oak furniture is very
collectible right now. Though it sold for very
little originally, your secretary with double
bookcase would sell for about $2,000 today.
QUESTION: We found this bathing
beauty Coca Cola tray in an old storefront on
Front Street in Marietta in 1977. Has it gone
up in value? P.D., Marietta
ANSWER: Coca Cola serving trays are
high priced collectibles today. Collectors
Have antiques and collectibles you would
like information on? Write me Larry Koon
C/O The Marietta Register at 106 Putnam
Street in Marietta, Ohio 45750. Or email
me at [email protected]. See you
right back here next week and happy treasure
hunting.
Larry Koon is an author of Antique
price guides such as “Price Guide to Stickley
Brothers Furniture” and Roycroft Furniture
& Collectibles for Collector Books.com of
Paducah, Kentucky.
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50 a year and now we’ve gone to 150 a year,”
said Mincks. “All of them are not going to be
felonies, but a lot of them are. We’ve increased
our workload and case load of narcotics
cases because we’re trying to curb the flow
of narcotics here in the county. We have 11
guys working major crimes now and there’s a
major need for it. Narcotics are a problem in
this area. About 80% of our property crimes
are related to narcotics; either people on it or
people stealing to buy more.”
Often deputies are called upon as witnesses
in court cases. While some cases can take
months, both the Prosecutors Office and the
Sheriff’s Department track each case to make
sure the information stays fresh.
“We track the cases, and a lot of the
time an officer spends in court is actually
overtime, so it doesn’t take anyone off the
road,” said Mincks. “We maintain our
minimum manpower coverage. We have a
computer system we use to track cases and
the prosecutor does too. They know who the
officers are and the list of witnesses. They
send out subpoenas and we go out and find
them.”
Minks has gone to bat, both for the judges
and the prosecutor. He feels it’s important
for the commissioners to understand the
dilemma.
“In my budget meetings with them I’ve
mentioned that before,” said Mincks. “For us
to be effective, we have to be able to prosecute
and get these people in court. I told (County
Prosecutor) Jim Schneider that ‘I know we’re
creating a burden on you.’ He’s the one person
that basically handles these narcotics cases. There needs to be more resources devoted to
the prosecutor and the criminal system.”
“The bottom line for me is we’re
continuing to make narcotics arrests, and we
need to prosecute those and our prosecutor
is bogged down,” added Mincks. “I know he
has a tremendous caseload. I know this has
to be affecting the judges. You can only do
so much with so much. At some point you
do need assistance, and I can see from the
number of cases we send up that the Judges
need assistance.”
Schneider handles all the county’s
criminal cases. While he can’t speak to
whether there’s been an increase in civil
cases, he agrees that his office is taking on
more than they’re used to.
“In the criminal cases, I can answer
we have more cases being filed, but I’m
not noticing a big increase in backlog,”
said Schneider. “Cases are being pushed
through. Of course we have to work faster,
longer, and harder, but I’m not sure there
is the backlog. There are a quite a bit more
cases being filed.”
Schneider agrees that drug cases
are increasing. He also points to new
crimes that are being added to the roster
constantly.
“The legislature always seems to be
increasing the types of crimes that are
felonies that didn’t used to be felonies,”
said Schneider. “For instance, drunk
driving didn’t used to be a felony until
about three or four years ago. Now repeat
drunk driving charges are felonies and
we’re filing those. That’s one example of
new crimes that have been created.”
“Another example is child support,”
added Schneider. “If they continue to not
pay, that’s been made a felony and we end
up prosecuting those. I can’t say there is
a backlog in cases, but there are certainly
more. Last year they were more than the
year before and pace isn’t letting up. It’s
too early to tell how many will be this
year, but it’s certainly on pace.”
The new positions the judges are
asking the commissioners to fund are
not criminal positions, say Schneider.
However, a magistrate and a mediator
would help take the civil load off of the
judges so they can concentrate on getting
criminals speedy trials.
“Neither a mediator or a magistrate
would be involved I’m told in any criminal
cases,” said Schneider. “I’m told that by
the judges. The mediators and magistrates
are going to be involved in the civil cases,
My guess is there’s also an increase in
the number of divorce cases, custody
cases, child support cases; things I don’t
normally get involved in. That’s what
they’ll end up doing I believe. I’ve heard
both judges say that by freeing up their
time they’d be able to concentrate more
on the criminal cases.”
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would like.
In Ohio you cannot select to be affiliated
with a party by filling out a form or calling
the BOE. To become affiliated with a party
you must do so by voting in a party primary.
When you vote in a primary you select the
type of ballot you would like and that becomes
your party affiliation.
All county precincts will be open for the
March Primary and they are the same precincts
used in the November 2007 election. For
more information on making sure you can
vote contact the BOE at 740-374-6828.
For a complete rundown of the
candidates, the issues, ID requirements,
and the precincts visit The Marietta Register
online at www.mariettaregister.com. And
of course, keep reading the newspaper and
visiting the website for “On the Record”
interviews with all of the candidates running
for election in 2008.
SPORTS
On Deck
The Rundown
A look at key games for the upcoming week. All games
start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Highlighted
games are editors pick for games of the night.
News snippets from area events, and headlines from your favorite teams.
January 29
Marietta @ Logan (Boys)
Frontier @ Fort Frye (Boys)
Thursday night Dusty Baker, Ryan Freel,
Jay Bruce, Thom Brennaman, Jeff Brantley,
and Phil Castellini made an appearance at
the mall in Parkersburg on the Reds Winter
Caravan. Hundreds of fans showed up and
waited for hours to get autographs from
the players and staff. The event marked the
first appearance in the valley since the Reds
expanded its fan base parameters back in 97.
Baker and Brennaman took a few questions,
each hoping to spike some interest in the ‘08
edition of the Redlegs. Baker did mention that
recent acquisition Jeremy Affeldt will be used
as a starter and that the organization hopes he
can adjust from his relief role. I don’t know if
Affeldt is the right guy for a five starter, but
the Reds got him on the cheap and he has
shown some promise. Stay tuned...
January 31
Fort Frye vs. Magnolia (Girls)
Waterford @ Eastern (Girls)
February 1
Marietta @ Ironton (Boys)
February 2
Fort Frye vs. Waterford (Boys)
Marietta @Logan vs. SEOAL South #4
Warren @Logan vs. SEOAL South #3
Marietta College @ Wilmington (Mens-3pm)
Marietta College vs. Wilmington (Women-3pm)
February 3
Super Bowl Sunday...America Rejoices
February 5
Waterford @ Eastern (Boys)
Marietta vs. Zanesville (Boys)
Warren vs. Logan (Boys)
February 6
Marietta College @ Capital (Women)
Reds Caravan
Tiger Girls Hoops
Coach Tom Wildt’s club had a good week
picking up victories over Portsmouth (60-33)
and Athens (76-22) before falling to the WV
AAA top ranked Patriots from South (6957). In the victory over Portsmouth, LeAnne
Ross netted 14 points while in the loss versus
South, Ross tallied 24 points. Molly Miracle
has also played well as of late, picking up 11
points in the South contest, and 7 against
January 30, 2008 - Pg. 15
Portsmouth in limited minutes. The Tigers
currently stand in a tie for third in the
SEOAL north division with Warren. Logan
has locked up the North title, with Zanesville
holding tiebreakers over Marietta and
Warren. Marietta travels to Jackson Saturday
to conclude the regular season. The Lady
Tigers also found out they got a 3 seed in
the upcoming Division 2 tournament. They
open play on Thursday Feb 7th at Alexander
high school against Fairfield Union.
with Warren and Athens was won handily
by the Bulldogs, despite falling to Marietta
when it came to actual matches wrestled.
Forfeits turned a nip-tuck decision in to a
49-20 Athens victory, and in the consolation
match versus Warren the Tigers saw the
Warriors pick up late points via forfeit,
beating Marietta 34-27. Nate Hupp, Stratton
Johnson and Garrett Kerr again impressed
each picking up decisions over Athens and
Warren.
Tiger Boys Hoops
Buckeye Recruiting Update
Coach Secrest’s group has struggled to
close out games this year, falling to 5-10
overall and 3-6 in the league. Last week
Marietta dropped a couple contests, at
Portsmouth (70-67) and at Cambridge (6136). In their last victory (1/16) versus Athens,
Zane Eschbaugh and Evan Brockmeier
paced the Tigers with 16 points apiece. The
Tigers have one more shot to improve their
tournament seeding as they host Jackson
Friday night. With a victory Marietta can
move a game closer to 3rd place Logan in the
North Division, possibly drawing a SEOAL
day of champions contest against Ironton.
Tiger Wrestling
Josh Jenkins (OL, 6’4”-300) got a visit
from Tressel this week as well as Pitt coach
Dave Wandstedt and new WVU recruiting
dynamo Doc Holliday. After his performance
at the Army All-American Bowl Jenkins
improved his stock a bit, and maybe just
maybe moved a step closer to becoming a
Buckeye. As for Terrrel Pryor, the Jeanette,
PA native was seen with Rich Rod at a
Michigan basketball game and was texting
throughout the contest. I guess John Beilein’s
squad wasn’t exciting enough for him to pay
attention. Remember Pryor hinted at playing
both football and basketball in college, which
of course is why Duke was on his radar. Duke
football could use a shot in the arm. It has
been a rough couple decades for the Blue and
White.
Once again lack of depth has hurt the
Tigers on the mats as this week’s Tri-Meet
Franco Harris, the only thing about Pittsburgh I like (for the moment)
By Andy Kuhn
Special to The Marietta Register
O
k, I am not old enough to remember
Franco Harris, nor have I ever
seen him play outside of the lone
“immaculate reception” highlight (still
convinced it was a trap).
As far as I know, Franco was just a tough
looking guy with a great 70’s beard? However, I
do know this, he played for the Steelers. This fact
alone is enough to make my skin crawl. Nothing
stirs my angst like sanctimonious Steeler fans
and their proud “heritage”.
Regardless of my ill will and rancor towards
all things black and gold, I will tip my cap to the
fellow regarding a recent story involving Franco.
This story came across a few blogs this
week, and I have to share it. (Bear in mind the
authenticity of this story could never be verified,
so I guess you can believe it or not):
[ “Let me tell you about one soldier’s return
flight to Iraq. He saw a man go into the bathroom
at the Pittsburgh airport and he thought he
recognized him. When the man came out, he
went over to him and said, “Excuse me, sir, but
are you Franco Harris?”
The man replied, “Yes, I am.” And then,
being such a big Steelers fan, [the soldier]
asked him if he could have a pic of him.
Franco was agreeable to this.
After taking the pic, they talked for a few
minutes and [the soldier] told him he was on
his way back to Iraq. Franco acknowledged [the
soldier’s] sadness and gave him encouragement
and safe return. They then shook hands and
parted on their ways…
The end of the story, you would think, but
not so…
You see, after awhile the soldier’s name was
announced over the loudspeaker to come to
the desk… which he did. Once there, the lady
behind the counter informed him that there was
an empty seat in First Class and she was going
to bump him up to that seat if it was ok with
him. He said he didn’t care where he sat in the
plane as long as he made it to Atlanta to catch the
Army plane, so she informed him that he was
now going First Class to Atlanta. He thanked
her and went back to tell everyone as he waited
to board the plane.
Once he was seated on the plane, he was
waving out the window to his Dad and Pap as
he felt a hand on his leg. He turned to his side
and there was Franco sitting in the seat next to
him!!! Needless to say, they talked all the way to
Atlanta about the Steelers and then parted with
Franco taking his address and giving his signed
ticket stub to the soldier as validation of their trip
together.
This was a trip not of sadness and loneliness,
but one this soldier will never forget and will
talk about forever, thanks to Franco Harris. This
act of kindness and generosity from this man is
one that words cannot express. In my opinion,
Franco Harris is “The man of all men!!” I wish
I could thank him for making a soldier’s lonely
flight back to war one of his ultimate lifetime
experiences that he will talk about forever.
Thank you, Mr. Franco Harris.”
– A Soldier’s Aunt ]
Now that is special. It made even the most
ardent of Pittsburgh-haters put away their
pride for a bit and doll out a little respect
where it is due.
I hope for many a soldier’s sake, that this story
is true and not some concoction by a big Steeler
fan, a member of the Bush Cabinet, or heaven
forbid Franco’s publicist.
I would like to think if I had the resources
I would do the same thing for a serviceman
or woman. Like many have said long before,
regardless of your thoughts regarding our
President, the War, or Iraq in general, much
respect should be given to our troops. With
many Ohio and WV personnel scheduled for
return in June of this year, I hold the hope that
more stories like this surface. We could all use
the morale boost. God bless the troops.
(Story comes courtesy of theburghblog.com)
Andy Kuhn is a freelance writer who contributes
to the Register. His articles can be found at www.
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