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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1977

Page

3

Best of YCC Campers at Zaleski Social

YCC campers from Ohio gathered at Zaleski State Forest for a two week camp with a day of crafts games and music. The event involved 145 youths joining sessions in Zaleski and Shawnee forests with early camps at 13 locations for 1600 children. Dan Atzenhoefer arrived by helicopter to start the day and Frog and the Greenhorns performed.

Zaleski Dan Atzenhoefer Frog Greenhorns Vinton County Bluegrass Band State Forest Lake Hope State Park Trimble Wildlife Area Lake Katherine Natural Sea Burr Oak State Park VCC Shawnee

Four-year-old boy injured jumping from tractor on Ames farm

Ronald Bradley Thomas, 4, of Wellston Route 2, suffered serious leg injuries Saturday when he jumped from the back of a farm tractor and was run over by a bush hog. The tractor was driven by his uncle Bill Calentine on a family farm in Ames Two. He was taken by police escort to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Children’s Hospital, Columbus, where he was reported in fair condition with a lacerated left leg.

Ronald Bradley Thomas Ronald Thomas Wellston Bill Calentine Ames Two O’bleness

Three Day Coal Fire Put Out Saturday

A coal storage pile fire near Ohio University heating plant was extinguished Saturday after Burning for three days. Athens firefighters spread the pile and stopped the smoldering blaze following a call from OU security police. A second call reported smoke at the city swimming pool building, traced to a overheated freezer belt. Firefighters assisted a resident at 18S Congress St by ladder to a second story window.

Athens Ohio University Factory City East State Street van Noor Asahikin Congress St

Cyclist Hurt in Spill on Route 356

Cyclist Charles Dickerson, 24, of Nelsonville was treated at O Bleness Memorial Hospital after his motorcycle tipped on Route 356 three miles south of Mineral when it struck an oily spot. A Parkersburg woman, Patricia Piggott, 34, was taken to Camden-Clark Hospital after a two car crash on Route 50 east of Coolville involving Donna Malone and Kenneth Lyman, 58.

Charles Dickerson Nelsonville State Highway Patrol Dickerson Mineral O'Bleness Memorial Hospital Parkersburg Camden-Clark Hospital Coolville Patricia Piggott Donna Malone Waverly W. Va Malone Kenneth Lyman Little Hocking Belpre Pike

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