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Thursday, September 13, 2018
More activity for county's communication tower By NANCY SCHAAR
FPS Correspondent Access Ohio Valley Wireless Broadband Service continues to work on a contract with commissioners to install equipment on the county owned Rt. 9 communications tower. John Szczublewski, of Access Ohio, met with commissioners Monday to review final wording in the contract. Szczublewski said he has had an engineer review the electric usage at the tower and at the building housing equipment for the tower. "There is a ton of power going into that building. And you are using just a little bit.
Maybe everything could be transferred to one meter and you could save a great deal of money by not having meter fees for more than one meter," said Szczublewski. Commissioner President Bob Wirkner said there were a few errors in the wording of the contract but commissioners agreed to send it to the county prosecutor for his review before presenting the contract to Access Ohio and the board. Commissioner Wirkner advised the board that a yearly inspection had been completed on the Rt. 9 communication tower owned by the county. Wirkner said a brace is damaged and will be repaired. He also said that cables for antennae were not
working properly due to rust. Beacon lights had just been replaced but Wirkner learned that if they are changed to LED lights the county could see a savings of $2,800 per year. Wirkner said he has learned that converting beacon lights to LED lights would cost about $7,000. But every time they have to put in a new light now the cost is $1,500 each. "Since we've just replaced them, I'm not recommending we convert them now. But it is something to consider in the future," said Wirkner. Commissioners approved repairs to the tower at a cost of $3,735.
Veterans group moves forward to salvage pool This has to be used to help veteran’s lives. It has to be.
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Save22’s Jason Rutledge
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FPS Correspondent
The four members of the Veteran’s Memorial Pool board met on Sunday with representatives of the Save22 Veteran’s Group. Following explanations, reasons and procedures that would be necessary, the board agreed to begin the paperwork to combine the Veteran’s pool 501c3 non-profit group with Save22. Nick Trussell began the meeting by saying after much discussion and research into the matter, he feels that the best thing to do to salvage the swimming pool facility is to merge with Save22. “This has been going on a long time. The older board members just couldn’t get the job done. There’s no point in pointing fingers or placing blame or even naming names, we just need to move on and fix it,” said Jason Rutledge of Save22. Rutledge said the former boards have had great difficulty in getting the paperwork done. The pool building was on the verge of demolition about ten years ago but the community stepped up and the veteran’s facility was saved. “Records were good at the beginning but then somehow dwindled down to nothing. Whatever the reasons, it doesn’t matter, it just didn’t get done,” said Rutledge. Trussell questioned why no audit has been done on the records of the Veteran’s Memorial Pool board. Trussell said there has been a tax issue for several years and it hasn’t been resolved. According to what Trussell has learned, a tax filing several years ago was done completely wrong. Although additional paperwork was sent to the IRS to fix the problem, it got lost along the way. Rutledge said there aren’t any threats to anyone, it’s just hard truth. Rutledge continued to say that his son was the last class to go to the swimming pool for lessons in elementary school. The Veteran’s pool offered free swimming lessons every year to third grade students in Carrollton schools. His son graduated last year and it’s been that long since the pool has
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Controversy continues over Olivito records request By NANCY SCHAAR Toy collector James Morgan (left) stands with Auctioneer Larry Garner in one of the rooms holding his vast collection of more than 60,000 toys that will be for sale, September 21, 22 and 23 at the Garner Auction Barn located 3 miles south of Carrollton, Ohio (25 miles S. of Canton, Ohio.) on ST. RT. 43.
A lifetime collection of toys & comics goes up for auction By NANCY SCHAAR
FPS Correspondent
Local auctioneer Larry Garner is having a three day auction of toys at the Garner Auction Barn located 3 miles south of Carrollton, Ohio (25 miles S. of Canton, Ohio.) on ST. RT. 43. He is advertising this as 60,000 items. But that is very misleading. When you walk into the first day of the auction on Sept. 21 you will discover that is a vast understatement. The vast toy collection of James Morgan of Steubenville has been divided into 60,000 lots that will be offered for sale at the auction to be held Sept. 21, 22, and 23. But many of those
lots are a box or a large storage tote that contains 200 or 300 items in it. That 18 gallon tote has 250 matchbox cars in it. But that is counted on the sale list as one item, not 250. If there is any toy from your childhood that you regret not keeping, this is the sale for you. There is a very good chance that you will find the toy you are hunting at this auction. Morgan began collecting right after he got out of the service at the age of 21. Born and raised in Steubenville, Morgan married and raised his son there as well. His son, Marlon, is 42 now and lives in Georgia. He began by buying baseball cards. But he didn’t open them, he just started buying them and setting them aside. Then he started buying
Hot Wheels cars when they came out with new ones. If there was a series or a set of a particular theme, he made sure he bought all of that series too. Morgan spent 39 years working at Wheeling Pitt Steel Corp. While working full time there, Morgan also worked full time for 39 years as a school bus driver for Jefferson County. Many times after work, he would go with his buddies from work to the Five & Ten and would buy a box or two of cards or cars or whatever toy caught his eye. “They were all new. They were treasures. I loved it,” said Morgan.
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Carroll County Republican Party chairman Jeff Mangun has sent a public records request to Carroll County Sheriff Dale Williams. Mangun is asking for a copy of the video tape of a hearing that was held in Common Pleas Court before Judge Dominick Olivito on Sept. 20, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. Mangun has requested this video tape as a matter of public record pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 149.53. Mangun contends that eye witnesses during the suppression hearing say Olivito fell asleep while Carroll County Deputy Frank Herda was on the witness stand testifying about a methamphetamine manufacturer. Carroll County Assistant Prosecutor Jesse Roth was the acting prosecutor in this case. Neither Roth nor Herda responded to the inquiries of The Free Press Standard. “This case has long since been disposed of,” stated Mangun. Since the case is finished, Mangun contends there are no legal reasons why this public record request cannot be granted.
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Carroll County grand jury returns 29 indictments The Carroll County grand jury has returned 29 indictments, including a 15-count indictment against a Magnolia man involving child molestation. According to Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney Steven D. Barnett, Darrienne Jackson Brodrick Yospur, 20, of 125 W. Carrollton St., Magnolia, was indicted on ten counts of rape, each 1st degree felonies; two counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, each 2nd degree felonies; one count of gross
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sexual imposition, a 3rd degree felony, and two counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor, each 2nd degree felonies. Barnett said it is alleged that between December 2015 and April 2018, Yospur engaged in sexual conduct with a child under age 13 several times and on two occasions photographed the acts. Investigation by sheriff’s detectives also found that Yospur allegedly engaged in sexual conduct with a second child, also under age 13. Yospur
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is also all alleged to have had sexual conduct with a third child under age 13. Investigators also allegedly found that Yospur possessed photographs of another minor engaged in sexual conduct, believed to be 17 years of age, and not related to the alleged victims in the case. Yospur is being held in the Carroll County jail on a $1 million cash bond set Friday by Carroll County Common Pleas Court Judge Dominick E. Olivito Jr.
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The 28 other indictments returned Sept. 5 by the grand jury after hearing testimony from 26 witnesses, involved a felonious assault charge against a Canton woman who stabbed a sheriff’s deputy, a Sherrodsville man accused of inducing panic in Sherrodsville and 19 drug cases. Shawna R. Young, 37, of 1119 4th St. NW , Canton, was indicted for felonious assault, a 1st degree felony, after she allegedly used a screwdriver to stab a deputy in the underarm area while the deputy was attempting to
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take Bobby L. Francis, 34, of 1416 3rd St. SE, Canton, into custody. According to Prosecutor Barnett, both Young and Francis were each indicted on one count of receiving stolen property and one count of resisting arrest, each 4th degree felonies, in addition to Young’s felonious assault indictment. Barnett explained that Carroll County sheriff’s deputies came across what was believed to be a vehicle crash off Avalon Rd., near Dellroy, Aug. 16. As the
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