Campaign opening shows divided views on Athens mayor race
The Athens League of Women Voters hosted a sparse candidates meeting where Mayor Raymond Shepard touted continued progress on water, streets, and finances, while challenger Foster Coe pressed for a tougher street program and better downtown parking solutions. Other candidates and party leaders weighed in on street funding, tax use, parks, and law enforcement as preparations for the May city elections begin.
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Athens League of Women Voters
League
Shepard
Coe
Council
Harry Crewson
Democratic Party
Athens
Robert J. L. Lee
GOP
Edgar Tuckerman
Lee
Marlene Dunfee
Dunfee
Park Commission
Ray
Crewson
City Hall
John Green
East Athens Bypass Support Spurs Byway Debate
Athens Mayor Raymond Shepard backs a bypass with no fixed route, urging a nearby option while noting no engineer’s plan. He cites McBee Systems plant and annexation costs, with city water and sewer to serve the area regardless of annexation, and warns Athens could lose bypass chances.
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Shepard
Athens
Water System Support Grows in Margaret Creek District
Officials report 385 taps purchased to fund the district’s water system. Of these, 375 serve households and 10 serve commercial users including apartments, trailer courts, farms, and schools. Albany accounts for 290 taps. rural areas along a 30 mile line make up the rest. Extensions of sign-up target Pleasanton, Hocking, and Carbondale as residents urged support for a five mile line. Carbondale and Hocking held a meeting to push the extension. 24 have signed, with 40+ needed by May 6. Eight subscribers per mile are required. Similar work is under way near Pleasanton southwest of Athens. A Farmers Home Administration loan closes June 15, after which final engineering by Evans, Medhwart, Hambleton and Tilton will begin. Water will come from a lake east of Albany, slated to be built this fall, with licensed operators under the Ohio Department of Health. The retrial of George Ernest Bolen, 56, Athens Route 5, began in Municipal Court after a hung jury in the initial trial for driving while intoxicated.
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Margaret Creek
Williams
Farmers Home Administration
George Mara
Evans, Medhwart, Hambleton and Tilton, Inc
Albany
Ohio Department of Health
George Ernest Bolen
Athens
Bolen
State Patrol
Grand Jury to Hear 38 Cases in Athens County May Session
Athens County May grand jury faces 38 cases including one first degree murder and two second degree manslaughter charges. Prosecutor Homer Gall Jr. will run a two day session starting Monday at 9 a.m. in Common Pleas Court with 42 witnesses summoned for 27 defendants.
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Athens County
Homer B. Gall Jr
Common Pleas Court
Gall
Charles Junior Keller
Pomeroy Route 2
Harold Shields
Keller
Evelyn
Virgil Francis Jackson
Millfield
Jacksonville
Russell Jeffrey Falor
Akron
Ronald Hewitt Schatz
Gary Roger Hicks
Columbus
Ohio liquor stores close on Election Day statewide
State liquor stores across Ohio will shut down on Election Day under state law. State Liquor Control Director Donald D. Cook notes retail sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited on election day.
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Ohio
State Liquor Control
Donald D. Cook
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C. Raymond Kestner
Fourth Ward
Richard Phillips
Nick Marinacci
Parks Commission
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William Rowland
Walter Ervin
Ervin
Ellsworth Holden
Marvin McDargh
Athens High School
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Idea of
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McBee Systems
McBee
Canaan
Strawn
N. Court
W. Union St
North Court Street
Carbondale
Hocking
William Lightfritz
Bert Allbaugh Jr
Pleasanton
DWI
Bill Bescoe
W. Fairgrounds
Marshall Sexton
Huntington
W. Va
James Weston
Leonard Homer Rodehaver
Amesville
Frederick Glover
Robert Richard Dickens
William Rippie
Glouster
Thomas M. Poling
Encino
Calif
Earl Batley
Leonard Lucas
Vaughn (von) Paul
Guysville
Donald Coen
Edward Allen Smart
Gary Joe Matheny
Nelsonville
Grand Larceny
Blaine Burdette Evener
Stewart
Wayne John McMillen
Cleveland
James E. Powers
Lancaster
Ross Allen Nice
Union Furnace
King Kelly
Delbert Leroy Karns
Virgil Leroy Markins
Dean Hunter
Brookville
Jonah Ester Stanley
the Bank
Lowe’s
LOWES
Putnam Howe Drive
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