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Thursday, February 13, 2020
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Bowling resigns as Brown superintendent
Bullocks celebrate a lifetime of love By NANCY SCHAAR FPS Correspondent
Lee and Lucille Bullock will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary in May. They love each other, they take care of each other and they are friends, according to Lucille. The lovely couple resides at Centreville Village in Carrollton but they haven’t always been residents of Carroll County. Lucille said she was born Dec. 16, 1932 in Athens County. Her parents were Forest and Geraldine Phillips Allen. She was raised with three sisters. When she was a tiny baby her family moved to Columbus. Lucille said Lee and her didn’t know each other growing up but that “she was born at one end of the holler and he was born way up in the holler”. They were both born in Milfield, Ohio. They actually met in a cemetery in Columbus. Yes, Lucille said they met in a cemetery. Both Lee and Lucille’s eyes sparkled just a bit as they chuckled over the memory. Lucille and her family had piled into their old car and had gone to the cemetery to decorate family graves for Memorial Day. Lee was at the cemetery with his uncle and they were there to decorate their family graves too. “I thought he was interested in my older sister,” said Lucille. It was during the Korean War and Lee was watching as a lot of his friends were being drafted. “I didn’t want to be drafted into the army. I know the army shoots people. So I thought about it, and I joined the Navy instead. I didn’t think the Navy killed people. But I found out they did,” said Lee.
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time at Malvern short.” “Until my successor is chosen the Stark County Educational Service Center will assist in running the district along side the excellent administrators. I wish nothing but the best for Brown Local and all of its stakeholders. Good luck in the future and GO HORNETS!,” he wrote. At the same meeting, the Board named Marty Bowe, a former superintendent of Perry Local schools and who is currently serving as assistant superintendent at the Stark County Educational Service Center, as interim superintendent. According to James Carman, Brown Local School treasurer, the board will begin its search for a new superintendent immediately. Bowling has served as Brown Local’s superintendent since 2017 and prior to that time was middle school/high school principal.
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Lucille and Lee Bullock will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary in May. Lucille holds a copy of a photo taken shortly after the couple were married.
Lee served as a 1st Class Gunner’s Mate. Lee said he met the director of artillery and he taught him everything he knew. But the director was killed. Where his workplace was set up was the coolest place on the ship. Because of the storage of weapons, one section had to be kept at a constant lower temperature. “Buddies would give me their drinks or food to put in my area just to make the good stuff last longer and not spoil. I usually got a sample of whatever it was,” said Lee as he laughed. Lee and Lucille began writing letters
back and forth. They did this through the first three years of Lee’s military service to his country. Lee was assigned to an oil tanker. “We would fill it up with fuel, take it out to the fleet, wherever they were sitting in the water, and then we’d come back. We’d fill it up again and do it all over,” said Lee. Lucille said with a big smile that Lee came home on leave after three years.
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Duncan spells ‘bindi’ for the win at Minerva Spelling Bee Kayley Duncan, an eighth grade student at Minerva Middle School, became the school’s spelling bee champion at the Feb. 3 spelling bee after spelling the word “bindi” correctly in the 11th round. Runnersup were eighth graders Laylah Pritchett and Edie Zwahlen. Duncan’s first place win entitles her to represent Minerva Local School District in the regional spelling bee to be held Saturday, March 7, at GlenOak High School Theater beginning at 1:30 p.m. Judges for the Feb. 3 spelling bee were Mary Clark, Barb Kandel and Cathy Brown. Richard Mikes, a retired Minerva Middle school principal, was the pronouncer for the bee and Minerva Middle School Principal Scott Cassidy is the district spelling bee coordinator. According to Cassidy, 20 of the best spellers in grades 6 to 8 took part in the Feb. 3 spell down. “These students qualified by scoring in the top category of spellers after two rounds of written exams,” Cassidy said. Following are the round-by-round results of the remaining spellers, including the word they missed: Round 1: Luke Somers, benches; Round 2: Rilee Young, foolishness; Danika Wagner, plumbing; Round 3: Michael Porter, antennas; Round 4: Lydia Eckstein, writers; Megan Lynn, fiercest; Kahlen Burns, abated; Round 5: Gary Esber, sundering; Round 6: Olivia Mandato, parcel; Round 7: Makayla Bowling, periodi-
The Brown Local School District in Malvern is looking for a new superintendent. At a special meeting at noon Friday, Feb. 7, the Brown Local Board of Education accepted the resignation of Supt. Scott Bowling, who reportedly has accepted a position he said in a Facebook post that he could not pass up. However, he did not respond to an inquiry from The FPS as to where he is relocating. “I want to thank all the families, staff but most of all the students of Brown Local Schools for allowing me the privilege to serve as your principal and then superintendent these last five years,” he wrote. “It has been the highlight of my career to work in these positions. I was recently offered a position that I cannot pass up. Unfortunately, this position will be starting before the end of the school year so I will need to cut my
Monday, Feb. 17, 2020
Lee sentenced on child pornography charges By NANCY SCHAAR FPS Correspondent Gary Lee Jr., age 48, of Carrollton, appeared before Common Pleas Court Judge Michael V. Repella II on Wednesday, Feb. 5, for sentencing on child pornography charges. A jury found Lee guilty on Monday, Jan. 27 on two second-degree felony counts of pandering and two third-degree felony counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor. At the Feb. 5 hearing, Lee’s attorney, public defender Stephen Kandle moved to have Lee’s trial declared a mistrial. Repella agreed to merge count three into count two and count five into count four, as was recommended and agreed to by Kandle and Carroll County Prosecutor Steven Barnett. Repella stated that by merging these charges, the issue of a mistrial is moot. Barnett recalled Lt. Robert Watson of the Carroll County sheriff’s department to the stand. Barnett asked
several questions regarding the numerous interviews that were held between Watson, other deputies, and Lee. Watson testified that during the interviews Lee admitted he was attracted to children. Watson said that Lee had many photos of young children, some of which he had taken at public places such as parks and at a yard sale at his mother’s home and some from television. “There were about 15,000 photos. Lee expressed his preference for children with dark hair. He said he felt he had a problem and talked about chemical castration. He was viewing pictures that peaked his interest. There were women tied up, held hostage, kidnapped, tied up in a car trunk. Some of the photos were from a television show, real life crime dramas. These photos from real life crime shows showed women naked and bloody. He took these photos from the television,” stated Watson. Watson explained that out of those
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Feb. 18 is deadline to register to vote, absentee voting is set to begin Wednesday, Feb. 19
Minerva Middle School Principal Scott Cassidy is shown presenting a plaque listing previous spelling bee winners to eighth grader Kayley Duncan, winner of the school’s 26th annual spelling bee held Feb. 3.
cally; Evan Debo, vortices; Haden Foster, haughty; Connor Lautzenheiser, accelerates; Geno Randal, absorptive; Round 8: Joshua Reed, prestigious;
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Lyllian Loveless, therapeutic; Round 9: Jared Barnes, aspirations; Round 10: Laylah Pritchett, solace; Edie Zwalen, proximo.
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Tuesday, Feb. 18, is the deadline for voter registration, which qualifies registered voters to cast a ballot at the March 17 primary election in Ohio. Absentee voting for the primary election begins Wednesday, Feb. 19, and continues until March 16. The Carroll County Board of Elections, located on the ground floor of the Carroll County Courthouse in Carrollton, is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. ISSUES Four tax levies and a Local Liquor Option will be on the March 17 primary election ballot in portions of Carroll County. The four levies are:
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Union Twp. – A renewal of a 2.45mill tax for general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and repair of roads for five years beginning in tax year 2021; (Union Twp. voters only); B&M Joint Ambulance District – A replacement of a 0.8-mill tax levy for providing ambulance service, medical service or both for five years beginning with the 2020 tax year; (Precincts of Malvern, Brown A - Split 1/2/3, Brown B - Split 1, Brown C - Split ½, Mohawk and Harrison Split - 3);
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