Board agrees to clean up diet at meetings

By Bob Downing
The Akron Beacon Journal

BOLIVAR - The governing body that monitors the flow of trash into one of the largest landfills in Northeast Ohio wants fewer doughnuts and more fruit.

Not in the landfill, but in their meetings.

At the behest of Wayne County Commissioner Scott Wiggam, the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District's governing board agreed Friday to be more healthful by providing fresh fruit at its monthly meetings.

The district spends up to $500 a year on coffee and doughnuts. Fruit will have to come out of that money.

The kind of fruit to be served was not discussed.

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