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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1977
Page
3
Jack Frost hit the Athens region delivering one inch of snow and a low of 27 degrees. The Athens post of the Highway Patrol reports only one morning accident as hazardous roads greet area students in Vinton County who are the only ones to have the day off.
Ohio University's College of Osteopathic Medicine held a Sunday refresher course for about 25 physicians. Sponsored by the Ohio State Society of the American College of General Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, the program covered osteopathic principles and multiple medical specialties. Presenters included Daniel J. Marazon John Roseberry Andrew V. Gibaldi Lamar C. Miller E. Lee Foster David M. Richards Robert J. Kramer Joseph A. Butler Earl C. Scheidler. The course aimed to review material for the American Osteopathic Board of General Practitioners certification exam.
An organizational meeting of a committee affiliated with the Ohio Governors' Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped will be held Friday at 7 30 p m in Parks Hall at Ohio University behind the Convocation Center. All Athens County residents interested in helping are urged to attend.
City Council gave first reading to Mulligan Road sewer project enabling legislation as officials seek funding and final costs. A January public hearing will explain financing to about 100 property owners while final assessments, likely to be $1500 to $2000 plus hookup costs, await bonding counsel.
The council unanimously voted to return the county state Issue I funds not needed for East State Street widening. A separate measure authorizes storm sewer and curb work on West State Street funded by a grant, with a first reading for sewer upgrades on Elmwood Place and Grosvenor Street and plans to widen Richland Avenue near The Ohio University Inn with up to $8,000 in engineering costs. A special Monday meeting will introduce the 1978 budget.
Columbia Gas Co cuts city gas rates by a little more than four cents per thousand cubic feet. The reduction lowers the price from $1.15 to $1.11 per thousand cubic feet, effective on the December 31 bills after eliminating a one year surcharge. The note also mentions the Gregorian calendar year 1977 as 4375 in the Chinese lunar system.
Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Danny B. Brown, 26, was named 1977 Trooper of the Year at the Athens Post for outstanding service during 1977. He joined the Patrol in 1973 and is now a candidate for district and state Trooper of the Year. Brown, originally from Gallipolis, lives in Athens with his wife Janice and two sons.
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