City council mulls tax split shift to general fund
Athens council weighs changing the income tax split from 50 50 to 60 40 in favor of the general fund. Councilwoman Phyllis Katz protests guiding capital improvements and calls for deeper discussion. The plan would add about 75000 to the general fund next year based on 750000 in receipts.
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Herb Amey
Messenger
Phyllis Katz
Council
Katz
Finance Committee
Tad Grover
Jerry Adams
Tom Antoinette
Appalachian Ohio Regional Transit Association
Transportation Committee
Greg Hill
Soil Survey Aims To Guide Athens Building Before Construction
Soil Conservation Service district conservationist Bob Steele told Rotary Club that ongoing soil surveys in the Athens area will guide land use for homes parking lots and other projects. He showed slides on failures from unsuitable soil and noted many lands can still be used for farming. Steele discussed soil samples maps and the need for updated detailed surveys while Athens has begun new work.
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William Tourjee Messenger
Athens
Soil Conservation Service
Bob Steele
Rotary Club
Steele
The
Fred Gibson
Arnie Chenko
Matt Faulkner
Rotarians
Gibson
Athens Historical Society backs Millfield memorial effort
The Athens County Historical Society votes to contribute 50 toward a memorial for the Millfield mine disaster. The group also highlights plans by the Athens Women's Music Club for a spring festival of early American shaped note music at Ohio University Cutler Hall with 19th century exhibits.
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Athens County Historical Society
Millfield
Eusebia Hawkins
Athens Women’s Music Club
Cutler Hall
Ohio University
Elizabeth Beatty
Agnes Hill
Coolville
Anna Rose
Plains
Anthony Sargenti
Ohio
Athens County
Charles H. Grosvenor
Wool
Central Avenue
Kiwanians Seek State Adoption Aid at Athens Meeting
Athens Kiwanis Club at The Ohio University Inn discussed child care problems and centralizing adoption programs statewide. Robert Attenweiler urged support for House Bill 900 to ease adoptions. The club announced its December 16 Christmas party at First United Methodist Church with Santa and invites for seniors. Ohio University Circle K Club plans a Baker Center gathering at 7 30 p m.
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Ohio
Athens Kiwanis Club
Ohio University Inn
Robert Attenweiler
Club
Kiwanis
First United Methodist Church
Kiwanians
Santa Claus
Ohio University Circle K. Club
Baker Center Room
Athens County Court Docket Highlights
James M. Hall 22 of Nelsonville Route 1 and Samir K. Shaat 31 of Brough House were convicted of driving while intoxicated with fines 200 dollars and costs, 10 days in jail, and a 60 day license suspension. Dean C. Brey 41 of Delaware received speeding charges with 25 dollars and costs.
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James M. Hall
Nelsonville
Samir K. Shaat
Brough House
Dean C. Brey
Delaware
John Rodgers
Fort Benning
Robert G. Blower
Texas
David D. Starlin
Stewart
Michael Mulligan
N. Congress St
Raymond F. Peterson
Mt. Vernon
Jill C. Baughn
Centerville
Gary F. Bookman
Buchtel
Carl H. Bright
Milford
Walter N. Shreve
Mineral Wells
W. Va
Virgil D. Spencer
Logan
Charles K. Szell
Bedford Hts
John E. Wise
Coolville
Laurence I. Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Weather and notices from The Messenger Athens Ohio
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with lows around 20. Fair Wednesday with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Extended outlook shows chances of rain or snow Thursday and Saturday with 40s highs and 20s to 30s lows. Also in court notices: multiple traffic and disorderly conduct cases in Athens area with fines, jail terms, and suspensions. Joe Johnson to meet constituents at Morrison School Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Joe Johnson
Second Ward
Morrison
Johnson
Woman Hurt In Collision In Athens On Route 4
Sandra Mitchell, 27, suffered a bumped head and was treated at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital after a crash on snow covered County Road 25 Rock Riffle Road at 8 am Monday. She was a passenger in a car driven by Mark Mitchell, 28. The other vehicle was driven by James Darnell, 48, Both from Athens Route 4.
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Athens
Sandra Mitchell
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Mark Mitchell
Rock Riffle Road
James Darnell
Birth Announcement and Visiting Hours at Local Hospital
Visiting hours run 11 a.m. to 8 30 p.m with maternity restrictions. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Homer Curry of Amesville. Attendants listed include Hattie Webb and Enoch Taylor from Athens and others from Chauncey Albany Glouster Nelsonville Pomeroy and more. Several patients were dismissed including Reva Keiffer Edna Buck and Louis Stevens.
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Homer Curry
Amesville
Hattie Webb
Enoch Taylor
Athens
Lonnie Lemaster
Pomeroy
Donna Oxley
Gary Williams
Albany
Clarence Verity
Helen Dunkle
Chauncey
James Patton
Katie Hartman
Nelsonville
Millard Easler
Glouster
Reva Keiffer
Edna Buck
Louis Stevens
Arthur Palmer
Blanche Cline
Glen Judson
Elmer Ames
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Fairfield County
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Luse
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Historical Society
Millfield Memorial
West Elementary
Virginia
18Th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry
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West Virginia
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Milton M. Holland
Attenweiler
Athens County Court
Ohio University Geography Department
C. L. Colmer
U.S
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Robert Story White
Randy Russell
Common Pleas
Sophia Rockhold
Madison Ave
Cyrus M. Rockhold
New St. James
James L. Cobban
Sarah Johnston
Baberton
Ruth Barrows
South
Zanesville
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Wilson Baker
S. Court St. 2Nd Fir
Modern Woodmen Life Insurance
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Fraternal Life Insurance
WOME
Officer Island
Illinois
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