by only 97 EXTRA OCT. 11, 1998 LOCAL NEWS DAYTON DAILY NEWS TOURISM Ohio takes over historic Erie lighthouse 176-year-old Marblehead Lighthouse will become the 73rd state park. MARBLEHEAD (AP) The state took control of a 176-yearold Lake Erie lighthouse from the Coast Guard on Saturday, planning to spend about $1 million for rehabilitation and better accessibility to the public. Marblehead Lighthouse, built in 1822, is the oldest continuously operated lighthouse on the Great Lakes and is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. The lighthouse was the subject of the year," of a commemorative postage ich said at stamp and is featured on Ohio's The state Lake Erie license plates.
The during the lighthouse and the land it sits on with public will become Ohio's 73rd state to develop park, and the first created since lighthouse, 1989. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources wants to protect it from shore erosion and provide more amenities for the public. The lighthouse has become a tourist attraction, generating more than $17 million annually for the Ottawa County economy. "Marblehead Lighthouse is one of Ohio's very special places an attraction for tourists, photographers and artists in all seasons -OH THE OMBUDSMAN Recently the Ombudsman was contacted by a Kettering resident having a problem with his commercial driver's license. The man moved to Kettering from New York and was having a problem getting his commercial license in Ohio.
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles found that his license expired from the national registry in'1996, but the man's commercial license did not expire until 2001. The man called both the Ohio BMV and the New York BMV, and each told him they could not call the other. The Ombudsman contacted the Ohio BMV and spoke to a person in the division handling out-ofstate processing. The number on the man's New York license was not the same as the number in DEATHS AND Butler County BARRETT, Joseph J. 72, of Middletown, Friday in Dayton.
Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Middletown. (Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding, Middletown) co*ckERHAM, Della 70, of 7790 Keister Road, in Hamilton. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday.
(Joseph Baker-Stevens, Middletown) MOORE, Tilda 85, of Middletown, Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Monday. (WilsonSchramm-Spaulding, Middletown) WHITE, Theodore H. 56, of Middletown, Saturday in Hamilton.
(Wil Spaulding, Middletown) Darke County CHRISTIAN, Alvin 77, of 9450 Seibt Road, Bradford, Saturday. (Bailey Zechar, Versailles) DEVOR, Opal 86, of 301 Hart Greenville, Friday. Services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. (Oliver, Greenville) Greene County SMITH, Cora 78, of Fairborn, Friday.
Graveside services 10:30 a.m. Monday, Medway Cemetery. (Morris Sons, Fairborn) Mercer County NOLAN, Guy 92, of 533 Hoyng Celina, Saturday in Rockford. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
(W.H. Dick Sons, Celina) Montgomery County ALLEMANG, Paul, 84, formerly of Kettering, Thursday in Winterhaven, Fla. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday. (Tobias, Far Hills) BLANKENSHIP, Judith P.
(Walton), 54, of Kettering, Saturday. Services noon Monday. (Westbrock, Wayne Avenue) DEGER, Dr. Robert J. 85, of Dayton, Saturday.
Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. Tuesday, St. Rita Catholic Church. Memorial services 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Maria-Joseph Living Care Center, Trotwood.
(George C. Martin, Northridge) EMRICK, Everett, 78, formerly of Farmersville, Saturday. (Arpp Root, Germantown) FINT, Rodney 51, formerly of Dayton, of Tucson, Wednesday. (Schlientz Moore, Wayne Avenue) GRANT, Andre 41, of 248 Strand Dayton, Saturday. (House of Wheat) HAAS, Richard 67, of Kettering, Friday.
Mass of Christian 10 a.m. Tuesday, Emmanuel Catholic Church. (Barclay, Kettering) HAMPTON, Roniesha, infant daughter of Donetta Porter of Dayton, Friday. (House of Wheat) HUBRICH, Marie 88, of Oakwood, Friday. (George Miller Son, Dayton) KIMERLING, Linda J.
(Holbelt), 35, formerly of Dayton, of Onsted, Friday in Tec*msell, Mich. Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Precious Blood Catholic Church, Dayton. (Gilbert-Fellers, Gov. George Voinov- Toledo.
The Coast Guard asked the The National Park Service recceremonies Saturday. In January 1997, the Coast General Services Administration ommended that the ODNR has pledged to work Guard said it would relinquish to find new owners. assume ownership, and the GSA: next several years control of 17 Great Lakes light- ODNR and the village of Mar- agreed. and private interests houses, including the one at Mar- blehead both filed applications to The Coast Guard will continue plans for operating the blehead, because they cost too to run the tower's navigational about 40 miles east of much to maintain. run the 67-foot-tall lighthouse.
beacon. the national system. Before he could obtain an Ohio commercial license, the New York BMV needed to update the system with the man's current number. The Ombudsman requested that the BMV contact the New York BMV and ask that the license number be updated. This was done and the man got his license.
THE OMBUDSMAN column, a production of the Joint Office of Citizens' Complaints, summarizes selected problems citizens have had with government and social services, utilities, schools and nursing homes in the Dayton area. Contact the Ombudsman by writing Centre City Building, Suite 208, 15 E. Fourth Dayton 45402, phoning 223-4613 or e- mailing FUNERALS Brookville) MILLER, Winona C. (Williams), 91, of Huber Heights, Saturday. Services 10 a.m.
Tuesday. (Marker Heller, Huber Heights) NELSON, Fred 68, of Vandalia, Thursday. Services 10 a.m. Monday. (George C.
Martin, Northridge) ROBINSON, Donnie 74, of 1415 W. Riverview Dayton, Saturday. (House of Wheat) ROSE, Alice 80, of Dayton, Friday. (Marker Heller, Huber Heights) STEWART, Frederick 68, of Kettering, Friday in Dayton. Services 11 a.m.
Monday. (Tobias, Far Hills) THOMAS, Gail 44, of Miamisburg, Friday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday. -SchmidtParramore, Miamisburg) THOMPSON, Mildred 85, of Dayton, Friday.
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