2A Times-Gasette Thursday. October 14, 2004 PAGE 2 OBITUARIES Pauline Conley John F. Taylor Pauline Conley, 80, of Seaman, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, at her residence. She was born in Beaver on March 21, 1924, the daughter of the late James W.
and Temperance (Spellman) Davis. Besides her' parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Lawrence Davis. She is survived by her husband, Raymond Conley of Seaman; sons and daug Mike and Jo Conley of Xenia, Rick Conley of Summersville, Keith and Irene Conley of Seaman, Ronald and Conley of St. Mary's, daughters and sons-in-law, Diana and Larry Gunter of Arrington, Doneva Arehart and Steve Mawyer of Waynesboro, Vicky Bosier of Peebles and Connie and Keith Burchett of Seaman; brother, Morris Davis of Oneda, 16 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Oct.
16, at 11 a.m. at the Bradford-Sullivan Funeral Home in Winchester with Rev. Larry Cole officiating. Burial will follow in the Vaughters Cemetery. Friends may call on Friday from 7-9 p.m.
at the Bradford-Sullivan Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Hope, 1 West McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056. To sign the online guest book, visit www.thompsonfuneralhomes.com. Kenneth F.
Pleasant Kenneth Francis Pleasant, 90, formerly of Washington C.H., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, at Hearth Care of Greenfield where he had been a resident since June 1. Mr. Pleasant was born Oct. 9, 1914, in Franklin County to George and Ethel Surrell Pleasant.
He moved to Washington C.H. in 1983 from Greenfield. Before his retirement in 1980 he had been a piece worker at the U.S. Shoe Corporation in Greenfield for 35 years. Mr.
Pleasant was a member of the South Side Church of Christ. He loved bowling, was an avid. fisherman and an accomplished gardener. Was preceded in death by his" wife, the former Alta M. White, on Oct.
19, 1986; his parents; two brothers, George and Paul Pleasant; and a sister, Lowella Happney. Mr. Pleasant is survived by three children, Delores (Arthur) Jones of Salt Lake City, Utah, David (Eileen) Pleasant of Dayton and Sandra (Curt) Shanks of Leesburg; eight grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. He will be sadly missed by all of his family and friends. The funeral will be Saturday, Oct.
16, at 1 p.m. at the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home in Washington C.H. with Danny Dodds, minister at the South Side Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will follow in the Washington Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home noon Saturday until the time of the service.
-Vivian Ridgway Vivian Ridgway, 100, of Columbus, formerly of Martinsville, Ohio, died Tuesday, 12, 2004 in Columbus. Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 16 at 1 p.m. at the Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home in Wilmington, with visitation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
John F. "Jack" Taylor, 82, of Bainbridge, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, at his residence. He was born Aug. 25, 1923, in Pike County, the son of the late James A.
and lloe Grandstaff Taylor. On Nov. 13, 1948, he married Shirley Free who died April 9, 1999. He is survived by two children, Robin K. Taylor of Bainbridge and John (Tim) Taylor of Chicago, a grandson, Joshua Taylor; two great-grandchildren, Kristin and Zachary Taylor; a brother, Roy (Eleanor) Taylor of Bainbridge; two sisters, Hazel Davey of Bainbridge and Linda Mendenhall of Chillicothe; and many special friends.
He was preceded in death by a brother, and two sisters, Jane Lepford and Ruth Corn. Jack was an Army veteran of World War II, a member of American Legion Post 14, a member of the Bainbridge Fire Department and was currently serving as a Paxton Township Trustee. Jack was also retired from John R. Jurgensen after more than 30 years of service. The funeral will be 10 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 16, at the SmithMoore Funeral Home, Bainbridge, with Troy, Villars officiating. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department, P.O.
Box 564, Bainbridge, Ohio 45612. Ralph Ira Hill Ralph Ira Hill, 94, of Bainbridge died Wednesday, Oct. 13; 2004 at Maple View Manor in Bainbridge. Formerly of Greenfield, Mr. Hill was Oct.
29, 1909 in Marshall, Oh, the son of Guy Hill and Maggie (Crabtree) Hill. He is survived by four sons, Ronald Guy (Agnes) Hill, Ruther Glen of Virginia, Carol Lee (Millie) Hill of Chillicothe "and Colin (Sue) Hill of South Salem; one. daughter, Walker of Kettering; 20 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; eight step great grandchildren; eight great-great grandchildren; one brother, Ernest (Millie) Hill of Greenfield; one daughter-in-law Kaye Hill of Chillicothe; and one sister-in-law Alma Hill of Franklin. He was preceded i in death by his wife Melda Hill on December 30, 1996; two sons, Eddie Hill and Dave Hill; one grandchild; three great grandchildren and two brothers, Walter Hill and Harold Hill. He was a former employee of American Pad Textile of Greenfield and formerly attended Sulfur Springs Baptist Church of Greenfield.
Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 16 at 11 a.m. at the MurrayFettro Funeral Home in Greenfield with Pastor Harlan Alspach officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenfield Cemetery. Friends may call from Friday from 5 to 8 p.m.
at the funeral home. Airport: Facelift continued from Page 1 The old runway lights were installed in the sixties and have been struck by lightening in recent years, according to Cowdry. "This way there is no mess," said Cowdry. "It keeps the runway clean, there is no erosion and it's faster and cheaper." HCA is an unmanned airport, which means that runway clearance volunteers who man the radios can advise pilots on conditions and whether the runway is clear, but they cannot give them permission to land. Flight patterns must be filed with the Dayton Regional Airport.
According to Cowdry, some recent modifications at the airport have been done to create more jobs. Seven years ago, a hanger was constructed for larger aircrafts and so more maintenance work could be done local planes. Cowdry said the airport previously employed three mechanics and now they have 11. UPS Aviation Electric also has a radio repair hanger and has installed equipment in planes from as far away as Florida. REACH THOUSANDS DAILY! Advertise in The Times-Gazette The County Shopper.
Call (937) 393-3456 or (888) 393-3456. Kroger employees voting on latest contract offer, strike authorization CINCINNATI (AP) Kroger photo courtesy of Jean Wallis The former Merchants Bank building, today's Fifth Third Bank at the intersection of Main and High streets in uptown Hillsboro, i is pictured as it looked in 1884. The building has been home to an uptown bank since its construction in 1879. Bank: Fifth Third to close facility continued from Page 1 Both branches would be in need of renovations soon, according to Fittro. "It's not about the economics," Fittro said.
"There is always some kind of small savings with one branch compared to two, but that's not. the biggest concern. It really has to do with service and seeing customers happy; and, currently, we don't have the facilities to do it. It's like we have two half-facilities. "We'll build a service center where customers can fulfill every banking need commerce, investment, real estate, financial bankers, personal bankers all in one location," Fittro said.
Fifth Third currently does not foresee any job losses as a result of the consolidation. Shown above is the proposed renovation skech of the Fifth Third center banking in Fifth Third the 500 block of 24 Hour North High Street (right). "Overall, we do not envision any reduction in staffing," Webb said. "This whole move is so we can service our customers better and so we can have more resources under one roof," Fittro said. Fifth Third plans to complete a market study with plans to sell the uptown building, Webb said.
Fifth Third Bank traces its origins to the Bank of the Ohio Valley, which opened its doors in Cincinnati in 1858. Today, Fifth Third employs more than 19,000 workers who help provide banking services to 5.7 million customers. Fifth Third has affiliates in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, West Virginia, Tennessee and Florida, and is among the top 15 largest bank holding companies in the United States. Taft: Opposes al amendment continued from Page 1 Taft also said the amendment could hurt the state's economy. "The ambiguity and breadth of Issue 1 will make it more difficult for us to retain and attract the young talented knowledge workers we need to advance Ohio's prosperity in the 21st century," Taft said.
Taft's opposition doesn't matter, said Phil Burress, president of Cincinnati-based Citizens for Community Values, which is pushing the amendment. "It's really unimportant to us what the governor thinks. This is an issue for the people of Ohio," Burress said. "I'm not trying to put him down, I'm just trying to say, what difference does it make?" Burress said Taft implied that only hom*osexuals are "young talented workers," which he called insulting. He said companies can offer incentives such as higher salaries or housing grants to attract workers.
Other statewide elected officials that oppose the measure i include Attorney General Jim Petro and Republican U.S. Sens. Mike De Wine and George Voinovich. They say they're against gay marriage but, like Taft, believe the amendment goes too far. Treasurer Joe Deters, Auditor Betty Montgomery and Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell support it.
Petro, Montgomery and Blackwell, all Republicans, are running for governor in 2006. SEC investigating inflated newspaper circulation claims NEW YORK (AP) The Securities and ers in the integrity of the figures, which are used to Exchange Commission is investigating circulation set advertising rates. Tribune Belo Corp. and reporting in the newspaper industry following sev- Hollinger International Inc. have all said they plan eral disclosures of fraudulent practices in recent to make restitution to advertisers for the misstatemonths.
ments. Catherine Mathis, a spokeswoman for The New Belo, which acknowledged improper circulaYork Times, said Wednesday the SEC is taking an tion reporting at its main newspaper, The Dallas "industrywide look" at circulation practices, but Morning News, said it had received an informal she declined to be more specific about the inquiry. inquiry from the SEC and was responding to i it. She said the Times stood by its own circulation Carey Hendrickson, Belo's vice president of reporting, and added: welcome the SEC's investor relations, confirmed that the inquiry was action because we believe it will help put to rest related to circulation but declined further comment. any lingering doubts created by the improper Belo disclosed in August that the Morning actions of a few." News had overstated 2003 newspaper sales by 5 The SEC, in keeping with its usual practice, percent on Sundays and 1.5 percent for other days.
declined to comment on whether any such investi- Belo officials blamed the circulation overstategation was under way. ment to sales incentives that began in early 1999 The Washington Post Co. also said it had and have since been stopped. received a letter from the SEC saying it was Tribune Co. has revised circulation figures at reviewing circulation reporting methods, and that its Newsday newspaper on New York's Long the company provided information as requested.
Island and at its Spanish-language newspaper Hoy The company said in a statement the "SEC made because of improper reporting practices. Tribune clear that the inquiry is an industry review and has said i it is cooperating with queries from the should not be taken to suggest that The Post has SEC. engaged in any wrongdoing." Hollinger International has also disclosed Inflated circulation claims by several newspa- inflated circulation, figures for its. Chicago Sunpers have undermined the confidence of advertis- Times newspaper and other papers it owns. still feeling the effects of a lengthy labor dispute in California, faces a possible walkout as 8,500 supermarket employees from stores in three states began voting Wednesday on the latest contract offer that the union wants rejected.
Union leaders also asked members for a strike authorization. The contract, which expires at 10 p.m. Friday, affects cashiers, grocery baggers and clerks in meat, produce and delicatessen departments at 70 Kroger stores in southwest Ohio, northern Kentucky and southeast Indiana. Observers and union and company officials agree that a strike would hurt both sides. Business lost in a 4 strike and lockout in southern California contributed to the Cincinnati-based supermarket operator's second-quarter earnings drop this year of almost $50 million from last year.
The California dispute, which ended in February, also involved two other retail grocers, Safeway Co. and Albertsons Inc. The strike and lockout cost the three chains more than $1.5 billion in sales and affected about 70,000 workers at more than 850 stores. About 15,000 of the 70,000 workers either didn't return to their jobs or quit after the settlement and many shoppers defected to other stores. Charles Cerankosky, an analyst with KeyBanc Capital Markets in Cleveland, said that predicting the impact of a possible strike would be "a wild guess" at this point, and the key variable would be its duration.
"If a strike is short, its impact can be next to nothing, or it can take much longer as in the case of California and have a major impact," said Cerankosky. "A long strike in the Cincinnati area would drive business to nonunion operators, and that would hurt the company and eventually the workers would suffer the most." He said the effects of strikes depend on many factors. "Those can include how successful a company is in attracting temporary workers, to what, degree stores are picketed and to, what degree customers care," he said. John Marrone, for United Food Commercial Workers Local 1099, which represents the Kroger employees, said Wednesday that the union does not want a "We hope it won't be necessary, but sometimes workers just have to say publicly that enough is said 1 Marrone. "We know a strike would hurt our employees, who are struggling as it is to keep middle-class It also would be inconvenient for customers, but we would hope they would understand what workers are attempting to do." Kroger spokesman Gary Rhodes, who wouldn't comment on potential financial fallout, said no one wins in a strike.
"Our focus is on getting back to the negotiating table so we can work through the issues facing our business," he said. He said the company was preparing for a possible strike. Kroger on Tuesday started posting signs in its stores and running newspaper ads offering up to $10 an hour for temporary workets. "We have a responsibility to our customers to protect our businesses in case of a work stoppage, and we have made arrangements to bring in experienced managers from other Kroger stores," he said. Union officials say the two sides remain far apart on issues including wages, pensions and health care.
Kroger wants workers to pay from $5 to $15 weekly for health care costs starting Jan. 1. The company has said it is vital for workers to pay for some of those costs if Kroger is to survive competition from 'Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other nonunion discounters. Union officials says the company wants too much from workers who make less than $23,000 annually.
Kroger's operations include 2,536 supermarkets and multidepartment stores in 32 states under the names Kroger, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, King Soopers, Smith's, Fry's, Fry's Marketplace, Dillons, QFC and City Market. The company also operates 794 convenience stores, 439 jewelry stores, 487 supermarket fuel centers and 42 food- processing plants. Bank Banking CLARIFICATION The Extended Arms Homeless Shelter in Hillsboro will not open on Oct. 15. A formal ceremony for the facility's opening will be announced at a later date..
