Airport Zoning Ordinance OK by Athens County Board
The Athens County Airport Zoning Board approved a zoning ordinance regulating aircraft and structure heights near the Ohio University Airport. The plan creates air corridor zones, height limits, land use rules, a board of appeals, and a permit process with no charges for permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Albany
Athens County Airport Zoning Board
Athens
Meigs
Vinton Counties
Alan Geiger
Steve Sachs
Board of Appeals
Zoning Board
Airport Zoning Commission
Glen Peters
William C. Rowland
Bernard Schwarzel
Keith Zimmerman
William Childs
Lee Township
Athens County
Columbia Township
Meigs County
Knox Township
Vinton County
Geiger
Cutler Hall
Gil Perry
E. State Street
Ohio Department of Aviation
Gas Rate Increase Begins On May 16 In Athens County
Residents of Athens and eight other Athens County communities will pay about 72 cents more per month for natural gas starting May 16. Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc notes the rise reflects higher supplier costs approved by the Federal Power Commission and offset inflationary operating expenses. The change affects 269 Ohio communities including Athens Albany Buchtel Chauncey Coolville Glouster Jacksonville Nelsonville and Trimble.
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Athens
Athens County
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc
Federal Power Commission
Ohio
Albany
Buchtel
Chauncey
Coolville
Glouster
Jacksonville
Nelsonville
Trimble
Appeal Denied In Case Over Weighing Stop By Patrol
The Fourth District Court of Appeals denied Casal Russell Mason's appeal after the Athens County Municipal Court convicted him for failing to obey a police weighing order. Mason refused to stop at a weigh station and allegedly rolled up windows and locked doors as officers required submission. The court ruled that submitting to weighing was not satisfied by his actions.
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Fourth District Court of Appeals
Athens County
Majorie Mitchell
Casal Russell Mason
Logan
State Highway Patrol
Mason
Franklin Sheeter
Gordon Gray
Athens
Earl Stevenson
Homer Abele
Man Cited In Collision Near Albany Bus Stop
Pearl A. Clark, 57, of New Marshfield Route 1, was cited by the State Highway Patrol for failure to yield the right of way after his car pulled into the path of an empty school bus in Albany. Bus driver Dorothy Stalder, 60, of Athens Route 4, was not hurt.
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Pearl A. Clark
New Marshfield
State Highway Patrol
Albany
Clark
Dorothy Stalder
Athens
O Bleness Hospital Births and Local Notices
A long list of births in Athens area from O Bleness Memorial Hospital notes newborns for multiple families including Bonewit Malcolm Norman and others. The text also corrects a Thursday story typo about Mayor Raymond Shepard and the Lowry hiring. Athens Chapter Order of DeMolay meets at 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the Athens Masonic Temple to elect officers and discuss the term agenda.
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Raymond Shepard
Lowry
Shepard
Athens
65 Trees Planted At AHS
Athens High School received a landscaping push from the Plains High School Alumni Association with more than 65 trees and shrubs planted on campus last week. The project followed unanimous member approval and will be funded further by donations from the April 25 Athens High Art Show.
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Athens High School
Plains High School Alumni Association
Athens
Plains System
Richard Michael
Dwight Grace
Athens High
Michael
Richard Rypma
Open House at Athens Mental Health Center Week Event
The Athens Mental Health Center hosts an open house from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in observance of National Mental Health Week May 28. Dr. Harry Chovnick says escorted tours start at the administration building and cover daily patient routines with information on center functions. Refreshments served. The center serves a 15 county area in Southeastern Ohio with 589 staff and about 600 patients, offering day care, outpatient and inpatient care. Satellite clinics are in Marietta, Logan, Glouster, McArthur and Nelsonville with rehabilitation, education, geriatrics, and emergency services. Founded in 1867, it evolved from a lunatic asylum (1867 1920) to a state hospital (1920 1968), with the current title adopted in 1968.
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Athens Mental Health Center
Harry Chovnick
Ohio
Marietta
Logan
Glouster
McArthur
Nelsonville
Bromley Hall Housing Status Clarified at Ohio University
Ohio University President Claude R. Sowle clarified Bromley Hall housing status after Vernon Alden’s claim. Sowle said only freshmen must live in regular dormitories, meaning Bromley remains an associated housing option for all non freshman students.
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Ohio University
Claude R. Sowle
Bromley Hall
Vernon Alden
Associated Housing Status
Bromley
Sowle
University
Removal of Athens County CAA board representative
Athens County Commissioners voted to remove Joan Licht from the Tri-County Community Action Agency Board of Trustees effective May 21. The move opens a fifth public sector seat, with Athens Mayor Raymond Shepard and commissioners to represent the trio on the board.
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Athens County
Joan Licht
Tri-County Community Action Agency Board of Trustees
Athens
Raymond Shepard
CAA
Hocking
Perry
John Law
Office of Economic Opportunity
Robert Maurer
Tricounty
Maurer
Jack White
Athens Fire Department answers two medical calls and a steam alert
Athens Fire Department responded Thursday to two medical emergencies. At 11 09 a.m. Emma Sampson 82 fainted at A P Super Market on Stimson Avenue and was helped to her car. At 3 43 p m Mrs Clarence Cash 55 of Route 50 W ill ill at General Telephone Co building on West Washington Street and assisted to her car. Friday at 1 38 a m firefighters were called to Nelson Hall for steam venting with no fire found.
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Athens Fire Department
A&p
Stimson Avenue
Emma Sampson
Parma
General Telephone Co
Washington St
Clarence Cash
Route 50 W
Nelson Hall
Two Steal $1,400 From Elderly Man
In Marietta Washington County two men posing as Social Security reps robbed an elderly resident of 1400 dollars Tuesday afternoon. One man posed as a physician and performed a fake physical while the other searched belongings. They fled in a black car after the pair claimed to fetch a heart meter.
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Marietta
Washington County
Richard D. Ellis
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Richard Swartz
Charles Riley
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Ralph Six
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Hubert Hine Jr
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Daniel Mansfield
Charles Ramseth
Donard Rutter
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W. H. Morgan
Carmen Scrubbie
Robert McIntosh
Clarence Hunter
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Alexander High School
AHS
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Earl Hilleary
Southeastern Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital
Robert Savage
Harry Morgan
Morgan
Black Studies Institute
New Lexington
Licht
Doug Arnett
CAA Board
Don Swyers
Charles Ennis
Jesse Roberts
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Lewis Schoenian
Schoenian
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