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Advocate www.NewarkAdvocate.com Wednesday, October 12, 2005 Page 3A Have a comment, suggestion or story idea? Call the Assignment Editor Local -m at (740) 328-8821, or send e-mail to advocatenncogannett.com of ing peo met 2 teens charged in August robbery, beating Victim had $2 in his pocket at time of attack nicipal Court on Tuesday and were charged with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony. Judge David Branstool set bond at $25,000 bond, they are forbidden from contact with Jones. According to an affidavit signed by Newark Police Detective Steve Vanoy, both men were interviewed Monday and allegedly confessed to the crime. Newark police have been investigating the alleged robbery since August. Erik Johns can be reached at (740) 328-8543 or ejohnsnncogannett.com home along West North Street.

The beating was so furious Jones had to be taken by emergency medical helicopter to the OSU Medical Center in Columbus, where he eventually recovered from the multiple facial injuries. At the time of the incident, the severity of the alleged beating puzzled Newark Police Capt. Al Zellner. "The question is, 'Why was he so severely and we don't know," he said. If Allen and Glaister post 49, of Hudson Avenue, went to the Stop Mart on Hudson Avenue with $2 in his pocket to buy a snack.

The store had already closed, and Jones was allegedly 9 "r'J ifciliifiJ By ERIK JOHNS Advocate Reporter NEWARK Police arrested two teens on aggravated robbery charges from an August beating that left a Newark man in the hospital with multiple facial fractures. Jeffrey B. Allen, 18, and John W. Glaister, 19, both of Newark, appeared in Licking County Mu 1, GLAISTER for each man. ALLEN jumped by Allen and Glaister while At about 1:30 a.m.

Aug. 4, Jeffrey A. Jones, walking zi sr LOCAL BRIEFS River Road to close for two days NEWARK -River Road between Ravine Bluff Drive and Park Trails Drive will be closed will be closed beginning at 7 a.m. today through noon Thursday. The city of Newark will be installing a storm sewer on River Road.

Traffic will be detoured through the Park Trails subdivision using Ravine Bluff Drive and Park Trails Drive. Wal-Mart donates to local fire, police NEWARK -The North 21st Street Wal-Mart Su-percenter awarded the Licking County Sheriff's Office and the Newark Fire Department with $1,250 grants for public safety education. Newark Fire will use the grant for improvements to the "smoke house" a traveling display firefighters use in fire prevention education. The sheriff's office will use the money for public safety education. The grants are two of thousands that are distributed nationwide to local law enforcement and emergency service providers totaling $8 million.

A presentation to the fire department and sheriff's office will be held at noon Saturday at the Newark Wal-Mart. Safe Trick-or-Treat set for Oct. 31 NEWARK Newark's Parks and Recreation Department, in collaboration with Licking Memorial Health Systems and the Chamber of Commerce, will celebrate Halloween with their annual Safe Trick-or-Treat Night event. On Oct. 31, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Courthouse Square will be haunted by ghosts, ghouls and children dressed as their favorite cartoon characters, as they visit participating merchants and nonprofit agencies to collect both tricks and treats.

To add a little excitement, and to create the right "spirit" for the event, Productions will be on hand to play music during the event. Parking spaces on the inside of the Square will be closed on the afternoon of the event, beginning at 3 p.m., and the Square will be closed to traffic from 5 to 6:30 p.m. for the safety of the participants. According to the Parks and Recreation Department, last year drew approximately 800 ghouls, superheroes, cartoon characters and their parents. For more information, please contact the Parks Recreation Department at (740)349-6727.

Compiled from Advocate staff reports. Two clinics canceled, others coming later this month By ERIK JOHNS and MELISSA KNIFIC Advocate Reporters NEWARK Because of an unforeseen shipping delay from Ohio's flu vaccine provider, the Newark Health Department canceled two flu-shot clinics. The clinics scheduled for Monday at First Baptist Church and Tuesday at the health department have been taken off the schedule. Another clinic scheduled for Oct. 20 is also tentative at this point.

Mary Beth Hagstad, spokeswoman for the health department, said the vaccine manufacturer ran into a delay in shipping the shots to the Ohio Department of Health, which in turn distributes them locally. Additional dates for flu vaccinations are as follows: Oct. 25 and 27, Nov. 1 and 8 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Newark Health Department, 675 Price Road.

Nov. 4 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Newark City Hall, 40 W. Main St. Nov.

22 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Zerger Hall Senior Center, 745 E. Main St. The vaccinations are covered by Medicare for people older than age 65. They are also available free of charge to anyone with a chronic medical condition that puts them at risk, Hagstad said.

For anyone else desiring a flu shot, the cost is $18. Flu shots are also available through family doctors or one of the many clinics offered by Licking Memorial Health Systems. Director of Pharmacy Jeff Smith expects Licking Memorial to receive 14,000 doses this year. It already received a shipment of 4,000 doses last week. "(People) don't need to panic," he said.

"There will be plenty of vaccines." Based on vaccine availability and arrival. Licking Memorial will hold flu clinics from 8 am to 4 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday until Dec. 8 at the Indian Mound Mall in Heath. Cost is $20, or participants can present a Medicare, Medicaid, Licking Memorial Health Plan, Railroad Medicare or Sterling Option One card.

The clinic, located close to Entrance near Goody's, will be I II Jf Judith Garloch gets her flu shot while her granddaughter, Adeline Hampton, 2, stays well out of reach. Licking Memorial Hospital is administering about 500 shots a day every Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Dec. 8.

The shots are only for adults older than 18. For more information, call (740) 348-1899. (Giles Clement, The Advocate) What you should know about the flu and tobacco, and take medicine to relieve flu symptoms. Never give aspirin to children or teenagers who have flu-like symptoms particularly fever without first speaking to your doctor; it can lead to Reye's syndrome, which can be fatal. If taken within two days of getting flu, a prescription anti-viral drug can reduce symptoms, shorten the sickness by one or two days and make a person less contagious.

Because influenza is a virus, antibiotics won't cure it or lessen its severity. Most people who get the flu will recover in one to two weeks, but some will develop life-threatening complications, such as pneumonia. Nationwide, 5 to 20 percent of the population will get the flu each year. An average of 36,000 people a year in the United States die from the flu and flu complications, and more than 200,000 have to be admitted to the hospital every year because of complications. People age 65 and older, those of any age with chronic medical conditions and very young children are more likely to have flu complications.

Older adults account for nine of 10 flu deaths. Source: The (Westchester, N. Journal News Influenza is a virus that attacks the respiratory tract, including the nose, throat and lungs. The flu is different from a cold and often includes high fever, headache, extreme tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, nasal congestion and body aches. Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea are more common in children than adults.

If you get the flu, rest, drink plenty of liquids, avoid using alcohol Practice Pataskala, Pataskala Health Campus, One Healthy Place, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 5. Licking Memorial Family Practice Johnstown, 151 Woodgate Drive, 8 a.m.

to noon Nov. 5. Licking Memorial Family Practice Heath, 687 Hopewell Drive, Building 2, 8:30 a.m. to noon Nov. 5.

Licking Memorial Family Practice Hebron, 96-H Integrity Drive, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Dec. 3. While there is typically a large turnout when the clinic begins, it is not urgent to get vaccinated the first day, said Sharyn Davis, director of Outpatient Services at Licking Memorial. Erik Johns and Melissa Knific can be reached at (740) 328-8821 closed Nov.

24. It is only open to those age 18 or older. Parents of children needing flu vaccines should contact their pediatrician or family practitioner. Clinics also will be held at the following dates and locations: Licking Memorial Family Friends remember man killed in crash Newark City Schools may ask for new money in '06 By CHAD KLIMACK Advocate Reporter PATASKALA Commuters who drive along Broad Street no doubt noticed a moving landmark recently disappeared. Gerald "Nubby" Powell, 61, spent years driving his motorized wheelchair up and down i SO Broad Street, back and forth between his Conine Village apartment and Kroger, Nutcracker Family Restaurant and McDonald's.

As Powell motored along the berm, a red flag con By the numbers Newark City Schools is expected to have a deficit by fiscal year 2008. The deficit amount will be determined by whether the 1 -percent income tax levy renewal passes in 2007. For fiscal year 2008: The projected deficit is $7.9 million with the income tax levy, $8.4 million without the levy. For fiscal year 2009: The projected deficit is $16.9 million with the income tax levy or $24.4 million without the levy. For fiscal year 2010: The projected deficit is $26.7 million with the income tax levy, or $42.1 million without the levy.

Source: Newark City Schools POWELL pending reopening. Steve Butcher, who owns the Nutcracker Family Restaurant with his wife, Nancy, talked to Powell during the open house. "He was a regular," Butcher said. "He never had a cross word for anybody." Poweil, as usual, drank coffee at the open house and then turned his wheelchair west, toward Conine Village. He never made it home.

Myrtle Bates, the manager of Conine Village, said Powell's death left many people without an inspirational friend. "It didn't matter how cold it was or how hot it was, Nubby would go out and ride his wheelchair," Bates said. "I think that's what people admired so much about him he didn't let his disability get him down." While Powell had many admirers, some of them did not know his grandfather gave him the nickname Nubby when he was a boy. They also did not know Powell lived with a disability for only part of his life. Doctors did not have to amputate Powell's legs until complications from diabetes forced the procedure a few years ago.

Before that time, Powell loved riding horses. His niece, Tina Powell, of Maine, fondly recalled last week how she used to ride horses with her uncle. Powell lived on a farm where the Kroger store currently stands, and he would take his niece riding with him. cause he said it remains under investigation. Franklin County Coroner Bradley Lewis said Monday a preliminary autopsy indicated Powell died from injuries related to the crash.

Friends and family members remembered Powell at a funeral service Oct. 6 at Kauber-Miller Funeral Home. Many people knew Powell as a kind-hearted man who loved horses and cherished his friends. Some of Powell's closest friends lived at Conine Village. Prior to his death, Powell, Janie Debelich, Bob Richards and Ron Yantis regularly met outside Debelich's Conine Village apartment to talk.

Last week, Debelich, Richards and Yantis gathered outside the apartment without their friend. All three smiled as they remembered Powell, who always seemed to be wearing a ball cap and in good spirits. "He was just an all-around nice guy," Debelich said. "He couldn't stand to stay in his apartment. When he was able to get out, he would go somewhere every morning." Powell often drove his wheelchair to the Nutcracker Family Restaurant on Broad Street.

He and many of his friends would drink coffee and talk. Powell guided his wheelchair to the restaurant the day of his crash. A fire gutted the restaurant in January, and the owners were holding an open house to celebrate their im By TAMMY KRANZ Advocate Reporter NEWARK Newark City Schools will need to ask voters for new money in 2006, say district officials. According to the five-year financial forecast, the district will have a $7.9 million deficit by fiscal year 2008, and a deficit of $26.7 million by fiscal year 2010. The deficit numbers will be higher, Treasurer Julie Taylor said, if the 1-percent income tax levy renewal fails.

The tax will be up for renewal in 2007. Taylor presented the forecast to the board during Tuesday night's meeting. "Next year we're going to have to ask for new money," said Jeremy Blake, school board president. When it comes to operating costs, he added, "Our district has not asked for new money since 1997. I think that's something to be proud of." At this time, Taylor doesn't know how much money will be needed.

She said the amount would be based on whether it is a property or income tax. "We will ask the community what they will support," she said. Taylor doesn't expect to hammer out details of the 2006 operating issue until after next month's election. Next month the district will ask voters to approve a 2.9-mill permanent improvement levy. This is the same levy passed by voters in 1991.

It generates $1.6 million annually for school buses, technology and computers, and overall building maintenance. If approved, district homeowners would continue to pay an estimated $58 annually nected to the back of his wheelchair waved in the wind. Powell's red flag permanently stopped waving on Oct. 1, when he died after a car struck his wheelchair six days earlier. The car crash occurred Sept.

25, when Cynthia Kirkbridge, 41, of Alexandria, struck Powell's wheelchair, according to a police report. Kirkbridge had stopped her 2002 Pontiac Grand Am at the intersection of Main and Broad streets. She was turning from Main Street east-bound onto Broad Street when she struck Powell's wheelchair, which was headed west on Broad Street, according to a police report. West Licking Joint Fire District medics transported Powell to Mt. Carmel East, and he died after being moved to Mount Carmel West.

Det, Andy Waugh refused Monday to discuss the details of the case be for a $100,000 would not be an increase, it will be to keep the same level," Taylor said. Nathan Voris, member of the permanent improvement levy campaign committee, said the levy is required by the state in order to receive funding for the district's new buildings project. In 2007, the 1 percent income tax levy renewal will be on the ballot. This levy generates approximately $7 million a year. Tammy Kranz can be reached at (740) 328-8546 or tkranznncogannett.com.