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Thursday, August 15, 2019
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Thirteen money issues placed on Nov. 5 ballot
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Auctioneer Bob Hall of Newell Realty and Auctions tries for a higher bid on pieces of concrete from the former Bell Herron Middle School during the Carrollton School District’s auction Saturday, Aug. 10.
Reminders of Carrollton’s schools purchased at auction By NANCY SCHAAR FPS Correspondent The last auction of unneeded school property from Bell Herron and Dellroy elementary schools was held Saturday. Auctioneer Bill Newell kept the items being sold moving along. The former Carrollton high school gym was packed with a variety of items for buyers to take home. Auctioneer Bob Hall pitched in with the selling duties too. These included power supplies, buckets of spoons and knives – no forks, a digital incubator, maps, an old abacus, scales, coils, a sewing machine with plenty of thread, Blue scales, five kitchen stoves, a welder, old band uniforms, plenty of school desks, filing cabinets, kitchen items and so much more. Bidding was competitive as prices rose for the band instruments sold Saturday. A Selmer tenor saxophone
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The Carrollton High School stone nameplates were purchased by Dan Reese of D & D TV & Appliance of Canton Road, Carrollton. They will be donated to the Ashton Museum in Carrollton.
brought $1,500. A King Sousaphone had a high bid of $1,225. Only one bassoon was sold but brought $600. Smaller items brought $10 but most of the brass instruments sold for a couple of hundred dollars. Flutes and
clarinets brought under $25 each but bidders were pleased. Keyboards, drum harness, percussion
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Carrollton will see a brighter Christmas By NANCY SCHAAR FPS Correspondent The village of Carrollton will look a bit brighter this Christmas after council approved the purchase of 20 new LED light decorations for downtown. Village administrator Mark Wells said the cost is about $7,000 each. The old pole decorations have just reached the end of their life and Wells and Mayor William Stoneman both said they cannot be put up another year. The metal from the large decorations will be recycled and the village will
save quite a bit of money by switching to the new lights. Wells said that the cost for electricity for the old lights was about $1,000. The new lights will cost the village about $98 for electricity. Stoneman asked council if they are interested in receiving the property where the Quilt Square is located on Main Street. Commissioner Jeff Ohler offered the property to the village. Wells said the piece of ground would need asphalt and gravel removed and would need grass planted. Wells said the area really needed cleaned up. Council member Corey Yeager said he felt village funds would be better spent elsewhere.
Council suggested perhaps the Art Center would want it. In other business council: - AGREED to approve a contract with Engineering Associates for engineering services for the 10th Street storm sewer project at an estimated cost of $47,000. - HIRED Lionel Woods as a fulltime police officer And Brice Mohn as a part-time officer. - ANNOUNCED the 2019 paving projects are finished. - GAVE second reading to an ordinance that will pay the secretary for services to the fire department. - ASKED council to consider raising storm sewer assessments $1 beginning in 2020.
One countywide tax levy, two fire district requests, six village levies, a township renewal and three area school tax levies will be on the ballot in all or portions of Carroll County at the Nov. 5 election. The countywide levy is a request by the Carroll County Park District for an additional tax of 0.25 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.025 for each $100 of valuation for ten years commencing in 2019 and first due in calendar year 2020. The tax request is for the purpose of parks and recreational purposes, including to improve, maintain, preserve and conserve the authorized and operated by the Carroll County Park District. The additional tax request also is to provide and increase programs, facilities, playgrounds and green space located within the Park District. Fire Levy Issues The two fire levy issues include an additional tax request of 3.5- mills for the Great Trail Joint Fire District and an additional 3.5-mill tax increase for the Sandy Creek Joint Fire District encompassing the counties of Stark, Carroll and Columbiana. Village Levies Leesville – A renewal of a 1.8-mill tax levy for current expenses, amounting to $0.18 for each $100 of property valuation for five years, commencing in 2020, first due in calendar year 2021; Leesville – A renewal of a 1.8-mill tax levy for fire protection, which amounts to $0.18 for each $100 of valuation for
five years, commencing in 2020, first due in calendar year 2021; Minerva – A renewal of a 1-mill tax levy for recreational purposes, which amounts to 10 cents of each $100 of valuation for five years, commencing in 2020, first due in calendar year 2021; Magnolia – A renewal of a 2.5-mill fire tax levy, which amount to 25 cents for each $100 of valuation for five years, commencing in 2020, first due in calendar year 2021; Amsterdam – A renewal of a 3-mill levy for current operating expenses for five years, commencing in 2020, first due in 2021; Waynesburg – A renewal of a 2-mill levy for general operation and current expenses for five years, commencing in 2020. Township Levy Augusta Twp. – A renewal of a 2.4mill tax fire levy; amounts to $0.24 for each $100 of property valuation for five years, commencing 2020 and first due in calendar year 2021. School Levies Edison Local School District – A renewal of a 2-mill tax levy for emergency requirements of the school district for seven years, commencing in 2020, first due in 2021; Southern Local School District – An additional 2.25-mills, generating $286,500 for permanent improvements; Southern Local School District – A 7.84 mill tax levy renewal, generating $850,000 for operating expenses.
Two villages to see new mayors after election At least two area villages will have new mayors after the November elections. James Waller, who has served as Minerva’s mayor for the past 30 years, is not seeking re-election, nor is Robert Leach, Magnolia’s mayor. Leach, Stark County’s longest serving mayor, is completing 40 years of service. Seeking to replace Waller on the Nov. 5 ballot is Timothy N. Tarbet of 403 W. McKinley Ave., Minerva. Three political hopefuls are seeking to succeed Leach as Magnolia mayor. They are Travis M. Boyd of 420 Smith Ave., Grant E. Downes of 559 Main St., and Kalvin J. Kampfer of 190 Cline Ave. Only one other race for Mayor exists in Carroll County. Two are seeking to unseat the incumbent, Douglas S. Ruby in Dellroy. The other two candidates are Carrie Hutson and Michael (Mick) Ruby. Uncontested for Mayor in Carroll County are William J. Stoneman, Carrollton; Robert R. DeLong, Malvern, and Lila Booth, Shererodsville. Other Village Candidates Candidates seeking other village offices at the Nov. 5 election were reported by the Carroll County Board of Elections following the Aug. 7 filing deadline: Carrollton Village Clerk-Treasurer – Darla Tipton Carrollton Council (2 to elect) – Christopher R. Barto and Christopher
R. Modranski Dellroy Fiscal Officer – No one filed Dellroy Council – No one filed Malvern Mayor – Robert R. DeLong Malvern Council (2 to elect) – Kathleen L. Ritter, Euncie Thompson, Jan Wackerly Minerva Mayor – Timothy N. Tarbet Minerva Council (2 to elect) – Matthew W. Kishman, Nathan D. Meadows, Patrick C. Snow, Rebecca Stoller Sherrodsville Mayor – Michele Higgenbotham Sherrodsville Council (2 to elect) – Lila Booth Magnolia Council – Scott A. Noble Amsterdam Mayor – Marty McCallister, Jim Phillips Amsterdam Clerk-Treasurer – Jamie Phillips Amsterdam Council (2 to elect) – Michael Gardner, Eric J. Lowe Bergholz Mayor – Gary Griffith Bergholz Clerk-Treasurer – Jeffrey Kemmer Bergholz Council – No candidate filed Salineville Mayor – Linda Adams Salineville Council (2 to elect) – Sylvia Keating Salineville Board of Public Affairs (1 to elect) – No one filed Waynesburg Mayor – Douglas W. Welch Waynesburg Board of Public Affairs – Ladd Albery and Joseph Bosh Waynesburg Council – Scott W. Anthony, Robert Graham
Deadline for write-ins is Aug. 26 Candidates for non-partisan offices, including village, township and boards of education, are published in this issue, along with county and area tax levies and issues. The deadline for filings for these offices was Aug. 7. However, the deadline for write-in
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Augusta School demolition complete Only a rumble of bricks and dirt remain on the site of the former Augusta school, built in 1928 and torn down last week. School officials have indicated the property will be given to
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the Augusta Township Board of Trustees. Students who would have attended Augusta Elementary will now attend Carrollton Elementary in the former High School. Classes start Tuesday, Aug. 20, for all students.
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candidates for the Nov. 5 general election is Aug. 26 at 4 p.m. Information and write-in petitions can be obtained at the Carroll County Board of Elections office on the ground level of the Carroll County Courthouse, which is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Carroll County Dems to hold annual chicken BBQ Sunday Carroll County Democratic Central and Executive Committee will hold its annual chicken BBQ on Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Carroll County Veterans’ Club, 2038 Brenner Road N.E., Carrollton. The meal will include a half chicken,
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baked potato, green beans, applesauce, roll, dessert, and beverage. Dinner will be served 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Tickets are $12 each and may be obtained by calling Tom White, 330627-7183, Linda Peoples, 330-6272370, or Jane Lindner, 330-738-2413.
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