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ILLAGE VIEWQ V TERRACE PARK.OHIO VOLUME 20, ISSUE 10 OCTOBER, 1988 School Evacuated Barbara Howland Is Chosen In Asbestos Scare To Fill Village Council Vacancy In a realignment of council com- Barbara Howland, 308 Marietta, Terrace Park Elementary School kitchen and music room to prevent mittees, Mrs. Howland was named has been seated on village council principal Michelle Hummel began spread of asbestos particles. chairman of that on Rules and Law, to succeed Bob Payne, who sending pupils home at 11:30 am. Air samples were found later to and member of the finance and resigned September 11 because of on October 6 after as asbestos spill be better than EPA minimum stan- planning and zoning committees. removal from the village. She will fill was discovered in the boiler dards. Dr. Hummel said she Payne's place as finance chairman out the balance of Payne's term, room. decided to send the children home was taken by John Wenstrup. ending December 31, 1991. The evacuation began after the because the results of the air sam- In other actions, council: Mrs. Howland was sworn in at a school's maintenance man, Larry pling would not be known until • Heard from Bob Kline of the special council meeting on Octo- Iredale, discovered that asbestos much later in the day. The fact that county Park Board that there are ber 2 on the recommendation of a material encasing the boiler had the asbestos was wet, she said, no indications of early state action search committee headed by been wetted by a leak and had undoubtedly minimized the hazard. in developing Kroger Hills park or Councilman Rich Gilchrist. The broken away. Wearing respirators, Asbestos removal and cleanup the bike trail leading to it. The choice gives'i I age first he and Don Young, district main- was done over the weekend by ifs county system manages the wild- woman member of council since tenance supervisor, sealed off the Construction Alternatives, which life preservation area under a 50- Pat Henley completed her term boiler room, gymnasium, cafeteria, estimated the cost at $6,600. year lease. some 10 years ago. • Named Councilman Rich Gilchrist said the committee Gilchrist vice-mayor to succeed talked to a large number of people Students Win Awards Bob Payne, in keeping with the about prospective candidates and tradition that assigns the post to Twenty-five Terrace Park stu- Elizabeth Foard, Michael Krachon, interviewed six who came forward council's senior member. dents were honored for scholastic Lawrence Madewell, Jennifer - all, he said, eminently qualified. • Heard from Rick Koehler sug- achievement at the first Mariemont McConkey, Megan Oberle, Cindy Mayor Jack Schmidt saw in that gestions that the village set up an High School academic awards Pope, James Postler, Alex Stafford number of volunteers what he said architectural review board and ceremony held at the school and Jeff Taylor. he hoped was a resurgence of have the county issue village build- October 17. volunteer spirit in the community. In Barbara Howland ing permits. Students who maintained a 3.5 the recent past, he noted, the • Heard that Police Chief Ron grade point average in academic village has not only had difficulty this community and positively Pottort had assisted Owensville in subjects for the entire 1987-88 Pancake Supper keeping the Fire Department and impact the direction in which choice of a new police chief and school year received school letters Life Squad staffed, but has Terrace Park grows and develops. I that the community is considering similar to those awarded for sports. Scheduled For i narrowly escaped having council look forward to working with the adopting Terrace Park's auxiliary The academic letters are decorated elections go by default. November 5 mayor, the other councilmen and police program. with a lamp of learning. Gilchrist said Mrs. Howland was employees of the village as well as • Heard Pottorf voice thanks to Sophomores recognized for Terrace Park's volunteer emer- chosen because of her experience the village residents to preserve Fire Department- leaders--Pierce their- freshman year--records --in- gency services-- will -hold their - in -several fields. Graduated from and improve the high standards Matthews and Dennis Elliott for cluded Sally Chambers and David annual pancake supper at the Concordia College in St. Paul, Min- which we all enjoy in this com- assistance in maintaining village Cooper. elementary school on November 5, nesota in 1971 with a BA in educa- munity." equipment. Juniors receiving academic let- from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. tion, she has taught science in ters for last year's performance The supper was started by the schools in New Jersey and on included: Brent Ballard, Andrew volunteer fire department 29 years Long Island; served two years with Voters Urged To Renew Levies Gilchrist, Dan Krachon, Matt Seik, ago and has been continued since the Peace Corps as an educational Maggie Shortridge, Nicki Thompson, by the fire department and the supervisor in the Philippines; Emphasizing that no increase in Every time Terrace Park spends Nikki Vearil and Betsy Woods. life squad. trained as a paralegal in Philadel- the village property tax rate is $1.00 - Seniors honored for their junior Tickets for the all-you-can-eat phia; been administrative assistant involved, Mayor Jack Schmidt is Madeira spends $1.52 records were: Molly Abernethy, affair are $3.25 for adults and in the Criminal Justice Program at appealing to village residents to Mariemont spends $2.18 John Armstrong, Frances Cooper, $1.50 for children under 10. Ohio University, and served as a vote for renewal of three tax levies Indian Hill spends $4.33 Heather Fischer, Naomi Fischer, paralegal with firms in New York which will be on the ballot in This isn't just a 1988 phenom- and Columbus before joining Taft, November. enon. For any resident who is Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati. His message: interested, a comparative budget Connie Wilson Named In a prepared statement, Mrs. sheet showing total, police, and Howland said: When property tax rates are maintenance budgets for Terrace "My husband's company relo- published for Hamilton County, Park and these communities back As Life Squad Chief cated to Cincinnati in July, 1986. Terrace Park is commonly at or to 1986 is available at the village Village council at its October We chose Terrace Park initially for near the top of the list. There are office. The same pattern holds for meeting confirmed Mayor Jack our children's education but have two points to keep in mind, all three years. This comparison is Schmidt's appointment of Connie developed, through our friends and however. One, less than half of the not in any way meant to imply that Wilson as chief of the village Life associations, a positive and warm property taxes you pay actually go residents of other communities are Squad. Sally Gilchrist was con- affiliation with the community. We to the Village of Terrace Park. Two, not getting value for their tax firmed as the squad's assistant have three children: Naomi age Terrace Park is at the bottom, not dollars; it is meant to convey how chief, and council authorized a nine, Erika age six, and Whitney the top, of tax rates for surrounding lean the Village of Terrace Park third lieutenant in the unit's chain of age three. Naomi and Erika attend comparable communities when all runs its affairs. command. Terrace Park Elementary School, forms of personal taxation are The action formally completed a grades four and one respectively. counted. At the November election, change-over in the squad since "The resignation of Bob Payne Terrace Park has no personal Terrace Park voters will be asked to Shirley Mittendorf resigned as chief gave me an opportunity to serve as income tax, no intangibles tax on vote on three property tax renewals to become a full-time paramedic a council person. As a member of personal wealth. Surrounding towns totalling 13.15 mils for five years. with the Milford emergency squad. council I feel I can effectively serve have one or both of these taxes. To repeat, these are renewals, not 4 Shirley was named as chief when According to real estate agents, the increases . no new taxation is the Fire Department and Life For Hallowe'en fact that Terrace Park does not involved. This will be the sixth year Squad became separate units. have a personal income or intangi- Terrace Park will have gone without Connie Wilson Hallowe'en will be ob- Before then, the Life Squad was a bles tax is one the things that asking for a tax increase. And dur- served in Terrace Park on division of the Fire Department. makes it attractive to people mov- ing that time we actually turned Monday, October 31, from 6 In her first report as chief, Connie ing into the area, contributing to the back the last year of the five year to 8 p.m. The fire siren will be noted that as the result of a recruit- this year, indicating, he said, good stronger growth in residential pro- tree levy when the program was sounded to advise children ment drive, seven village residents housekeeping and fire conscious- perty values in Terrace Park vs. finished ahead of schedule and when to return to their were enrolled in a just-started train- ness by village residents. other areas. under budget. We can't live forever homes. ing class, and that several others A report from Dennis Elliott, the One of the ways to look at the at our current level of taxation —we Our Lady of Mercy Hospi- were "semi-commited" to later department's training officer, said relative total taxation of com- are hurt by inflation just as you are.