Athens County Personality: Denise Gregory Chairs Preschool in Athens
Denise Gregory has lived in Athens 36 years with her husband Harold and six children. As director of Athens Church of Christ Preschool she loves guiding children’s growth, values reading and family time, and notes traffic on East State Street as a pet peeve. She recalls wanting to move away as a teen but now prefers Court Street with its shops and restaurants and wishes for more big name department stores.
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Athens Church of Christ Preschool
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Athens County pride drives social nominations and posts
Residents are invited to share a photo or message about Athens County on social media using the hashtag iamathensco. The public can post on Facebook or email nominations to info athensmessenger com to recognize others in the community.
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Ribbon cutting for Athens sewer plant upgrades
A ribbon cutting ceremony will mark the Athens Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements on Friday December 18 at 11:00 a.m. at 38 E Park Drive with a 9:30 a.m. facility tour. The project added new influent pumping, treatment stages, UV disinfection, and a septage receiving station designed by Strand Associates and built by Building Crafts Inc. Funded by local sewer funds and Water Pollution Control Loan funds via the Ohio EPA. Public invited. information from the Athens Department of Engineering and Public Works at (740) 593-7636.
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Mystery filly mixup leads to suspensions at Ohio track
A 3-year-old filly Ruby Queen won as a 110 long shot before officials revealed the horse was actually a male. Three people were suspended and fined after a stable worker and an identifier mishandled the horse in a mistaken all female race at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course near Youngstown. The win was disqualified, bets unaffected for winners, and postrace checks will be strengthened across Ohio tracks.
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Mahoning Valley
Youngstown
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William Crawford
Ohio State Racing Commission
Crawford
Bob Tenenbaum
Penn National Gaming Inc
Penn National
Tenenbaum
Racing Commission
Hocking College mulls new core curriculum and enrollment push
Board members heard about pending program proposals led by Davis and Dean Kim Mullen to align with the Department of Higher Education and the Higher Learning Commission. The college aims to launch the core curriculum by August, while Kasich office directives push low enrollment course reviews. Enrollment rose 25 percent this spring but 14 percent of new students were not retained.
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School of Natural Resources
Kim Mullen
Department of Higher Education
Higher Learning Commission
Hocking College
John Kasich
Kasich
Department of Higher Learning
Athens City School board renews permanent improvement levy
The Athens City School board unanimously moves to renew a 2.9 mill five year permanent improvement levy on March 15 2016 ballot. The district projects $1 421 232 in first year revenue while preserving homestead rollback and avoiding tax increases.
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Athens
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Bunting
Messenger
New college trustee sworn in at Hocking College
Ben Mitchell was appointed by the Ohio Governor’s Office to fill an open Board of Trustees seat after Gary Edwards stepped down. Mitchell, a sales manager at Akzo Nobel Coatings and former Urbana University trustee, says his experience will help Hocking College amid a projected deficit and campus protests. College officials report budget progress and upbeat spring enrollment projections despite lower returning student numbers and retention.
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Ben Mitchell
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Gary Edwards
Mitchell
Akzo Nobel Coatings
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