Impact 2017 Prom Pledge Encourages Safe Choices
In Athens Ohio, more than 30 area high schools and 5000 juniors and seniors heard about drunk and distracted driving at Ohio University’s Convocation Center. Students formed a pact to look out for friends, pledging restraint at prom while volunteers and law enforcement aided the event run by Prom Pledge Impact Inc. A crushed patrol car message underscored slowing down and moving over.
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Crooksville High
Mighty Ceramics
Athens County considers long term facilities plan
Athens County will survey space needs to draft a long term facilities plan. Officials will decide which properties to retain or sell and whether to relocate offices to a new building or purchase one. Potential moves include EMS, Veterans Services, The Plains Water and Sewer District, and The Work Station now in leased spaces.
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Lenny Eliason
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Charlie Adkins
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County commissioners own many parcels in Athens County
The Messenger reviewed the Athens County Auditor search and found 213 parcels listed as county property plus at least one item not captured by the site. Many parcels are under an acre and several were transferred by the state in highway projects.
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Athens County Emergency Medical Services
Coolville
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Global belief grows that climate change is real
In Athens County and worldwide more people accept that climate change is happening and express increasing concern. A Gallup survey indicates rising public acknowledgment and worry about the issue across diverse populations.
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Poll finds large majority think scientists agree on warming
A March poll shows 71 percent of Americans believe most scientists think global warming is occurring, up 6 points from last year. It also reports 68 percent blame humans, 62 percent see effects already underway, and 45 percent worry greatly about warming, up 8 points.
Athens County Acts on Climate Concerns Driving Local Action
Citizens across Athens County express rising alarm over climate change and its acceleration. Local teachers incorporate the issue into classes while residents join grassroots groups and national chapters to pursue multiple mitigation avenues.
INDEX Business A2 Editorial A4-5 Sports
The page lists sections INDEX Business Editorial Sports and various columns and features across A2 A4 5 and C4 D1 D2 4 and B4. It appears to be a contents guide for multiple pages including lifestyle and obituaries with home front notes.
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