Amherst News-Times, 2004-12-22

              smath murder trial date set - page 6 township woos 80 jobs 7 amherst news-tim 0) i j pay $575, go directly to practm school board says kids may have fork over hundreds participate ir. parents, get ready reach for those wallets. with cash short on hand the district, stu dents be required cough up as much $575 per partici pant play sports teams next year unless new funding sources can found. struggling make an ftno you presents oocf r his .'v'iv 3. cwrtfey sfa fc who. m, tfranfts some letters santa claus, like this one from ryan of baldwin court, amherst, found their way news-times office before being sent north pole. is your gift list? a sneak peek into santa's mail bag t'was week christmas, and our surprise, package sudden ly arrived. in there sat box wrapped all red inside it were letters, here's what they said: editor's note: hiese utters appear exactly little helpers :iklds afshupe primary craft candy cane holders christmas gifts theirparents last week. lowe's home improvement warehouse elyrla donatqd materials. unsuccessful 5.9-mill november levy, which failed by nine-percent margin, education's athletic policy panel met wednesday night consider future virtual every extracurricular activity. superintendent robert doynton said $611,000 must cut year, heavily affecting oify fefifig chfctteft ftar ken 6ocf, ive beenreqlly,,reqlly yeqft 5o oqrt bring visr.ust 3, vim jo kby tfifjy 8. qren f lucfy qs . na&og 4$ writers so written us. we since forwarded them pole claus see. dear santa, know only pres ents children that been good. i've really, really good me these things christmas? wish list: 1. blue 1,060 students grades seven through 12 who pate athletics. suggestions first-round chopping block include: reduce staff (varsity would coach assistant, latter cases double (yctn evecy yeodw , stingray 2. song called rush oameboy sp 4. spongbob gameboy 5. air hocky 6. sockem gopem 7, remote control boat. also want ask please peace, joy health around world. my very continued jv coach). reduction junior high programs. loss national honor society scholarship. moving smaller pro grams summer recreation budget. end weight room supervi sion hours. downtown overhaul has business owners worried busy 2005 road work could harm store profits jason hawk reporter orange cones barrels will dominate amherst's landscape summer, forcing band merchants eyeball sidejjffccts $1.2 million construction proj ect. bracing three-phase, threc-and-a-half-month street, sewer, utilities retrofit commercial portions park avenue and, southjmain .street, about 30 shop city officials met'last thursday morning question engineers. "i think going short-term grief long-term improvement," mayor dave taylor. "we don't wantsto put out or shut down." starting late spring, ers begin tearing roadway laying storm sewers, sanitary catch basins, installing decora tive street lighting, setting gravel base paving road-top surfaces. included project speci fications are provisions americans disabilities act-compliant sidewalk ramps, handicap parking spots, spirit holidays alive: collect charities say more giving than getting. that's message schools prov ing rather preaching christmas; at made "nice" list collecting toys, clothing, food needy families: steele school, art perpetuated 19 tradition gathering non perishable foodstuffs pantry, teacher tbny trenzo. 2,275 cans collected shepherd baptist church cleveland avenue, along nearly $1,000 donations. local boy scout troops help divide proceeds among families anil sur rounding immediate area, he said. y past three' ye$rs, club helped raise almost $4,000 .12,000 canned items. seventh eighth-graders have, halloween string char itable drives, reports principal mike diamond. snowball started rolling thanksgiving when amassed $300 couple thousand items; then came eighth-grade push fill "not forgotten" stockec center school-provided transportation games meets. combine and. practices possible. coaches submit proposals reductions, names removed ensure impartiality. historical five-points intersection focus extensive utility initiative heart tentatively spring months. ' brick-pattern stamped square east hall. job wiir divided three separate stages: south main street. cast entrance hospital orthopedic specialty services. railroad overpass five points intersection. richard hcrtzfeld poggemeyer design group, amy childress marlssa ramirez brownie troop 415 share hug wait u.s. marine sgt. larry armstrong arrive pick 175 items $328 worked toys tots. 300 books two weeks ago. week, toy drive buoy lorain county salvation army's holi day cforts, wftfi 2'0p vised currently genesis house fof abused women children. but there's more. now another proposal involves shuffling costs fund, sup ported .38-mill levy passed 1970s. though fixed present programs rec program, soccer, ball survive within budget, 5 hired leaders engineer project, each phase take contractors penalized between $700 if runs schedule. won't kid construc tion noisy, dirty, dusty, inconvenient business, we'll try limit that, can't eliminate it," told storekeepers. access businesses remain open during "growing pains, said, jhs sights raising money the. military's united service: organizations. learned qne social studies teacher's brother engaged war iraq, decided sell candy, canes .soldiers'