By JAN H. KENNEDY
FPS correspondent
August 31, 2010
The DVD is done; now, will the cussin’ stop?
Minerva Chamber of Commerce Executive Director James Arrasmith told council at its Aug. 24th meeting that his efforts to stop bad language in the downtown area are coming to fruition. Minerva High School has produced an 11-minute DVD featuring staff and students addressing the use of foul language. The DVD will be played in all classrooms at least once a month, Arrasmith said, then he wants to go to the schools and interview students to determine if the message has changed attitudes toward cussing.
A second DVD was produced by the students using a student-written rap song delivering about the same message, that people are going to judge you when they hear you talk, and using four-letter words can only lower their perception of you.
“The music isn’t exactly to my taste,” Arrasmith said, “but maybe it speaks to the kids in their language.”
In other business, council:
-LEARNED the village received a $5,532 grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources NatureWorks program. The money will be used to repair damage to the creek bank and for road work by the pavilions in Bicentennial Park.
-HEARD Mayor James Waller announce the railroad crossing by Normandy Inn on S. Market Street won’t be done this year. The Ohio Rail Commission has ordered the company to file cost estimates this year and complete the repairs by Aug. 11, 2011.
-ANNOUNCED the paving Knox Court from Bridge Street to the entrance into offices at the turn in the road will cost an estimated $39,000. Waller said he wants the work done this year, along with paving one block of the west side of Chestnut Street where the storm sewer was installed. Waller said Administrator David Harp would prefer to apply for Issue 2 funds for the project next year. “We’ll just have to argue about that,“ Waller said. The Knox Court work would include 2-inches of asphalt, with a fabric layer between coats.
-ADVISED the village is being sued for $1,870 by Rolland Wolf for attorney’s fees he encountered in a June 2000 court case over a neighborhood fence. The two attorneys who know most about the case can’t be a part of this suit due to conflicts of interest. Current Law Director Clark Battista was Wolf’s attorney in the case, and Carroll County Judge Gary Willen represented the village.
-LEARNED the gas line work at Minerva Forging has been completed, Waller said, and the gas company now is trying to purchase rights-of-way for a gas line leading to the company.
-SET the next council meeting Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m. |
