Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 9-16-1992 The BG News September 16, 1992 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News September 16, 1992" (1992). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5410. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5410 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. G The BG News Wednesday, September 16, 1992 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 75, Issue 16 District proposes A Future Mary Lou? Weather raising income tax to combat deficit by Chris Hawley sen the role of farmers, retirees local government reporter and low-income residents In re- lieving the district's growing budget deficit. Working students, start saving The deficit reached $400,000 your pennies - the University on June 30, resulting in the elim- isn't the only school asking you to ination of five faculty and four tighten your belt this year. custodial positions, as well as The Bowling Green School Dis- administration raises. The dis- trict will soon call upon people trict is now operating on money holding jobs in the area - includ- borrowed from the state and ing University students - to help from local banks, and Schwartz bail it out of a projected million- said he expects the debt to triple dollar deficit in 1993, if voters by 1993. approve a proposed five-year, "We're looking to be $1 million You are my sunshine: one-half percent income tax hike to $1.5 million in the hole by the Partly sunny. H igh near this fall. Workers in Bowling end of this year if we do noth- 85. Wednesday night, partly Green currently pay a 1.5 per- ing," he said. cloudy. Low 60 to 65. Chance cent municipal income tax. He added that the Ohio De- of rain is 20 percent. Thurs- Under a new state law to take partment of Taxation has esti- day, partly cloudy with a place Oct. 28, the increase may mated that the tax will generate slight chance of thunder- also be accompanied by a slight about $1.5 million in 1993. storms. High near 85. decrease in property taxes, shift- To make the proposal more at- Chance of rain Is 30 percent. ing more of the burden of sup- tractive to voters, school offi- porting local schools from prop- cials have considered reducing erty owners to those earning the current 28-mil school prop- money within the district. erty tax at the same time they in- The November vote will mark troduce the income tax proposal. hside The News the second time the district has However, Schwartz said any asked for an income tax to cover property tax break would be min- current expenses. On June 2, dis- imal. Give 'em credit: trict residents voted 2,754 to As well as tapping into the tax An update on the re- 2,596 against a proposal for a base provided by student accredi t ation process. one-half percent tax for a contin- workers living on campus, Q Page 3. uing period of time. Schwartz said an income tax Limiting the tax to a five-year would allow for funding growth period is expected to make for an as the country recovers from even closer vote. recession and wages increase. School district officials said Even with the new tax, Speak to me: the income tax will bring in however, budget relief is expect- State Rep. Betty Mont- money from more University ed to be slow in coming because gomery talks to the College students because property taxes income taxes take longer to col- Republicans. do not affect on campus resi- lect than property taxes. Q Page 5. dents. However, they added that "We would not receive that they do not expect student taxes $1.5 million until about 18 months to increase funds substantially. after Jan. 1," Schwartz said. BG runner competes at "We're not really looking at "We're going to be borrowing, Olympic Trials that as a big boost to our in- regardless." Senior Todd Black had the come," said Anthony Schwartz, District Superintendent Rich- ard Cummings said he believes biggest summer of his life, Bowling Green School District The Bfi Ncw«/Un<i« Line competing in the U.S. Olym- treasurer. that although students will be pic Trials. The meet proved Schwartz said the Bowling paying "reasonably small" Junior psychology major Jackie Schulze helps 3-year-old Talea Cornelius walk backward on a balance to be an experience he will Green Board of Education has amounts with the new tax, the beam in the St. Thomas More gymnasium Tuesday evening. The gymnastics program for children is build upon for his final year placed the new tax on the offered through the University's office of continuing education. as a collegiate runner and November ballot in order to les- See Levy, page six. his future as an Olympic runner. □Page 9. Debate on health care prolonged by Michael Zawackl faculty reporter the deadline for the recom- The Faculty Welfare Committee needed. He then granted a as a whole. Outside Campus mendations to be Oct. 1. They accepted 12 of the recom- month's extension to the pre- Harold Lunde, chairman of the were to include how to save on mendations and prepared eight vious deadline. Faculty Welfare Committee, said Is that a gun in your University President Paul Ols- University employee benefits recommendations on the Health Areas of discussion and confu- the extension will give his com- pocket or... camp granted an extension while providing premium health Care Task Force Report to the sion included the caps set on mittee more time to study the A 14-year-old Bowling Tuesday to the Health Care Task care coverage at a reasonable president, to be approved by the mental health coverage, the pro- recommendations. Green Junior High School Force and to the Faculty Welfare cost. Faculty Senate. posed Employee Assistance Pro- "We will look at the whole situ- student was arrested for Committee to re-evaluate the The Health Care Task Force After discussion by both par- gram issue regarding health ation in greater depth," Lunde bringing a loaded handgun recommendations that were pre- had prepared 20 recom- ties and input by members of the care, the $1 million cap set on said. to school Monday. sented at the Faculty Senate mendations on cuts in spending Faculty Senate, Olscamp decided total health care and the issue of Allen White, chairman of the The juvenile was already meeting. while providing University em- further research and discussion health care coverage to be of- on probation and was One year ago, Olscamp had set ployees with quality health care. of possible recommendations is fered to all University employees See Senate, page fix. charged with violating the conditions of his probation. He was taken into custody in the Wood County Juvenile Detention Center. Juvenile court officials said addi- Lack of funds makes it tional charges may also be filed. According to the police report, the student said he harder to 'hold the fort' was carrying the .22 caliber / after 20 years of service and gifts from the community and double barrel Derringer pis- by Greg Guzman Toledo correspondent may cause further staff cut- local business can be restricted tol and two rounds of am- backs. for the sole use of Fort Meigs," munition in his pocket be- "Further funding loss will Sanese said. cause he was afraid it would A combination of state cuts cause care of the 60-acre site to Another possible source of be stolen from his locker. and inadequate local funding fall back in upkeep, forcing fu- funding may be obtained The boy said the gun be- may force Fort Meigs, a local ture rectification costs to an through a highway si^n point- longed to someone else. He historical site, to be removed even greater level," he said. ing out the historical site, ac- added he had not Intended to from the 1993 site reopening cording to Amos Loveday, bring the gun to school, but list. However, Nelson did express chief curator of OHS. had put it in his school bag Larry Nelson, Fort Meigs a great deal of respect for local "A highway sign will im- the night before and had manager and University grad- vendors who have responded prove admissions through an forgotten about it. uate student, expressed con- with donations. increase in interested visi- cern for the possible loss of the "We have received good tors," Loveday said. site as an attraction and infor- support from Perrysburg and In conjunction with the OHS, mational tool used by the Uni- surrounding communities. No State Sen, Betty Montgomery Lottery versity's history department. broad-based drive has been held a public forum Monday "Fort Meigs is a resource to started yet, but I anticipate it for Perrysburg citizens, public CLEVELAND - Here are University students and facul- from the excellent support we officials and other representa- Tuesday night's Ohio Lot- ty who use the site as a hands- have received in the past," he tives to discuss the financial tery selections: on link to American history," said. options. Pick 3 Numbers: 7-3-2 Nelson said. "I was pleased with the Pick 4 Numbers: 1-4-4-1 Professors Ed Danziger and Maggie Sanese, Ohio Histor- prompt response of all the var- Buckeye 5:1-3-19-21-26 David Skaggs have used the ical Society communication ious affected local entities and memorial as a tool to teaching manager, said alternative the public in general.