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SPORTS • 6 NATION • 4 TODAY If you have a news tip or have an idea for a story, call us between noon ana 7 p.m. Softball prepares for conference John Glenn receives a deadly sub- High: 56 372-6966 <t season which begins Friday stance in the mail Low: 49 • * * * * WEDNESDAY March 25,1998 • * * Volume 84, Issue 119 Bowling Green, Ohio News • * • * • "An independent student voice serving Bowling Green since 1920" Ohio Squeaky clean Leaders defend betters turnpike funding plan □ Lawmakers reach the think it's a sound plan." Legislative leaders have sug- food first deadline given by gested new laws aimed at boost- the Ohio Supreme Court ing academic standards and edu- □ The Ohio Turnpike to solve public school cation spending, and put the pro- Commission has agreed posed tax increase - from 5 per- funding problems. cent to 6 percent - on the May 5 to put a farmer's market ballot. The increase would gen- at some of the 16 rest The Associated Press erate about $1.1 billion a year for stops to be rebuilt next schools and property tax breaks. COLUMBUS - School officials Phillis said those laws don't year. and lawmakers marked Tues- meet the court's order to reduce day's anniversary of the day the the reliance on local property The Associated Press Ohio Supreme Court declared the taxes, come up with a rational TOLEDO - Miles and miles of state school funding system un- way to distribute state education constitutional with more debate highway with nothing but fast- money, and do not adequately food joints in sight. Turnpike over how to fix the problem. address the problem of rundown travel can be rough for hungry "The state's response in total is and overcrowded school build- motorists who want something in contempt of the court order ings. other than a burger and fries. for a complete, systematic over- The coalition asked the Su- haul," William Phillis, the leader Come next year, they'll have an preme Court on Monday to order alternative. Farmer's markets of the group that successfully Perry County Common Pleas challenged the school funding filled with fresh fruits, veggies Judge Lint on Lewis Jr. - the first system, said at a news confer- and other homemade fare will judge to declare the school fund- ence. ing system unconstitutional - to open up shop at new Turnpike travel plazas in northwest Ohio. Phillis, executive director of begin immediate hearings on That makes Fremont fanner the Ohio Coalition for Equity & whether the state met the court's Adequacy of School Funding, was order. Ultimately, tlie final de- Dave Rimelspach very happy. referring to the March 24, 1997, cision will be made by the Su- For two years, Rimelspach has preme Court. been lobbying the Ohio Turnpike ruling that said public schools in Ohio rely too heavily on local Commission to make Ohio-grown property taxes and suffer from The high court also has yet to produce a staple at the 16 travel wide gaps In spending between plazas that serve most of the 42 rule on two other legal matters: districts. million motorists who use the the state's request for a deadline highway that crosses northern The court gave lawmakers one extension to July 1, and a conser- year to come up with a solution, Ohio each year. vative Cleveland-area group's but it didn't spell out what would His timing turned out to be challenge of the method the Leg- perfect. The Turnpike Commis- happen when the deadline finally islature used to get the sales tax sion is planning to spend $128 arrived. increase on the ballot. The coalition thinks Gov. The attorney general's office million over the next few years to George Voinovich and legislators replace all 16 plazas, which were on Tuesday filed a "statement of should start over. Legislators de- compliance" with the Supreme built in 19S6. fended their plan, which Includes Court. The document is a brief Commission spokesman Bill a sales tax increase. summary of legislative actions Barnett said there will be a far- "It has been put together very taken over the past year, and ex- mer's market in some of them. carefully in a bipartisan fashion plains how state officials think He said details still have to be by those of us who are elected in they have met the court's order. worked out, Including how many a representative government," plazas will have a market and House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, Gubernatorial candidates, how big each one will be. BG Newi Pkolo by Jaion Bower R-Reynoldsburg, said at one of meanwhile, saw Tuesday's an- At least two new plazas - one Custodian Kate Hosier washes a window at the Math Science building Tuesday. several anniversary news con- niversary as an opportunity to between Sandusky and Bellevue, ferences held Tuesday. "We score some points with voters. and another between Cleveland and Strongsville - will have the markets. Construction begins this year. New law requires better driving educationfor teens "It's a great way to showcase Ohio produce. Fanner's markets □ A new state law has privileges at a younger age; low teenagers to drive at a Of those drivers, 290 were be- are popular," Rimelspach said. however, they will not be able to younger age, yet restrains cer- tween the ages of IS and 20. Many cities have capitalized on City been designed to phase become fully licensed as quickly tain privileges until they are bet- Governor George V. Voinovich that. in new drivers and will as they have in the past. ter educated about driving, said and Senator Bruce Johnson Toledo spent $500,000 to build As of July 1, teenagers wanting According to Information pro- David Cook, public information one downtown. Every weekend, hopefully help decrease legalized the law "SB 35." which to get their licenses will have a vided by the Ohio Department of officer for Ohio Department of is designed to gradually phase in thousands of people come down- car crashes. longer wait before obtaining an Public Safety, approximately 35 Public Safety. new drivers, ensuring that they town to buy fres h fruits and actual license to drive. percent of all deaths for people Figures produced by the Ohio get the necessary driving expe- vegetables and talk to their A new state law will allow ages 15-20 are from motor vehi- Department of Public Safety de- rience and ultimately reduce the neighbors. Cleveland has an By PAULA MOTOLIK The BC News teenagers that are 15 years and 6 cle crashes. termined that 1,914 drivers were • See TURNPIKE, page five. months to obtain limited driving The new law is designed to al- involved in fatal crashes in 1997. • See LICENSE, page five. Vroom, vroom, vroom! Q The University's Elec- the Electric Falcon started in the tric Falcon race car is pole position for the Feature Race on the following day. Larry Campus No. 1 in the nation out Crosser, a SCCA National licen- of all university teams sed driver from Perrysburg, was gy as well as the market- behind the wheel. ing/logistics director for the after winning its second "This was one of the most ex- Electric Falcon project, praised race. citing races that I've ever dri- Crosser and the all-student crew. By DAWN GALLEHUE ven," Crosser said. "It was a "Crosser's ability to run the The BC News battle between Bowling Green 10-turn 1.1-mile road course with State University's Electric Fal- consistent lap speeds of 58.331 It's not very often that one con and the Ohio State Universi- seconds to 59.893 seconds Is finds a competitive university ty's Smokin' Buckeye. The lead amazing," Piersol said. "But you organization winning first place changed seven tunes in the could never convince me that on a national level, but the Elec- 31-mile 28-lap event." races were won or lost in the pit tric Falcon design and race team But as OSU was gaining on the ... but this one was. The pit crew did just that In the 1998 APS Electric Falcon in the final lap, really went all out and made It Electrics Race. the Smokin' Buckeye's engine happen." The 21-member team traveled blew, .allowing the Electric Fal- Owned by the University's Col- to the Pheonix, Ariz., Firebird In- con to finish the meet in first lege of Technology and privately ternational Raceway where the place with a comfortable 30.31 funded by technological organi- University's Formula Lightning second lead. This victory was zations, the car was originally car, the Electric Falcon, raced also marked by a new record set purchased In January of 1994 as a against seven other student-built for the completion of the event, chassis designed to safely carry cars from competing universities finishing In just 29 minutes and the battery, motor and controller across the nation.