Board rescinds suspension of Athens sergeant
A Civil Service Commission trial board unanimously voided Sgt. Teddy Hutchins suspension for five days as procedurally invalid. Back pay and a cleared record slated. board avoided judging merits, citing a four step process and timing gaps between Jones order and Goldsberry inquiry.
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Civil Service Commission
Athens
Teddy Hutchins
Greg Black
Hutchins
Ted Jones
Jones
Phil Goldsberry
Goldsberry
Black
Service-Safety
Sergeant Hutchins
Brad Davis
John Buck
Steve Sloan
Lawrence Grey
Sloan
City Opens Garden Plots With Application Deadline
Code Enforcement Director Harold Shields announced March 1 as the deadline to apply for city garden plots. Forty plots are offered near the East State Street recreation area with a March 5 drawing if demand exceeds supply. Applications are accepted at the Code Enforcement office beside City Hall.
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Harold Shields
East State Street
Shields
Lorubbio Joins State Special Education Advisory Committee
Carmen Lorubbio, superintendent of the Federal Hocking Local School District, accepts appointment to a state advisory panel on special education policy. State Superintendent Martin Essex notes the committee will advise on federal and state funding matters. Scrubbio’s term ends next year.
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Carmen Lorubbio
Hocking
Martin Essex
Ohio
Essex
Scrubbie
Correction in Municipal Court listing corrects dismissal
The Messenger reports the Municipal Court case against Jerry Woodruff of 208 W Washington St was dismissed on Tuesday rather than fined $58 for an assault charged by Kelly Woodruff. The erroneous listing appeared in Wednesday’s edition.
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Jerry Woodruff
Washington St
Kelly Woodruff
Revenue Sharing Urged for City County Cooperation
Athens Mayor Donald Barrett urged continued revenue sharing and tax reform at a Southeast Ohio group dinner. He warned loss of revenue sharing would force tax increases or service cuts, noted it returns 98 cents per dollar vs 51 cents for other grants, and backed joint city county projects amid opposition to an Ohio bill limiting inside millage.
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Athens
Donald Barrett
Southeast Ohio Regional Association of County Commissioners and County Engineers
Ohio University
Bob Mathew
Collec
Nelson Commons
Charles Ping
Barrett
Washington
Association
Ohio
City to study recreation area funding and sewer projects
City Council special session will review a 32500 dollar grant for West State Street recreation area with a local 32500 match. Proposals include revenue sharing CDA funds or reducing project costs, plus a Mulligan Road sewer project needing 71000 local share and a March 1 decision.
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West State Street
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Pete Lalich
Social Services Committee
Mulligan Road
Longview Heights
Appalachian Regional Commission
Livestock Prices From Ohio Valley Auction in Gallipolis
Saturday prices at the Ohio Valley Livestock Co. sale in Gallipolis show stocker steers 26 to 42, stocker heifers 21 to 34.50, canner and cutter cows 23 to 27.50, Holsteins 26.75 to 30, commercial bulls 27 to 32, veals 45 to 68, culls 40 or less, pigs 17.50 to 50, stock cows by head 185 to 300, stock cows and calves 200 to 340, stock bulls 165 to 300, baby calves 10 to 40.
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Ohio Valley Livestock Co
Gallipolis
Columbus PUCO Allows Reestablishment of Gas Service
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio authorized Columbia Gas of Ohio to reestablish gas service for residential and small commercial customers at any time with volume kept about the same. Industrial and large commercial reconnects allowed within a year to aid inner city redevelopment.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Columbia
Ohio
Dress Slacks in Polyester Knit with Color Range
A sale listing for 100 percent polyester double knit dress slacks in sizes 29 through 42. Colors include navy brown green terracotta peach and light blue. regular price 12 dollars.
End of Season Apparel Closeout Sale
Store offers 100 percent polyester men s suits in plaid, broken sizes 38 to 48, priced to move. Closeout leather belts in several styles, broken sizes 30 to 40, value up to 7.50. One rack of shirts including leisure shirts and chambrays, sizes 8 to 20.
Supreme Court affirms Columbus Electric emergency rate hike
The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously upholds an emergency rate increase granted to Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. by the PUCO on March 5 1975. The Coalition of Concerned Utility Users of Central Ohio challenged the action claiming insufficient examination of opposing views and lack of emergency justification. The court rejected these arguments.
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Columbus, Ohio
Supreme Court
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Public Utiliies Commission of Ohio
Ohio
PUCO
Bids Accepted For West State Service Building
The City Board of Control accepted the three lowest bids totaling 110000 for a new service building on West State Street. King Contracting Jackson will handle general construction, K & K Electric the electrical work, and Scioto Mechanical of Wheelersburg the plumbing and heating. Goldsberry hopes construction begins this spring. In a separate action, a court ruled that a radio paging service is not regulated by the PUCO. The court found the messages are not telephonic and the company is not a telephone company, clearing Radio Relay Corp of Cincinnati to continue operations.
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City Board of Control
West State Street
King Contracting of
Jackson
K & K Electric
Scioto Mechanical Contracting
Wheelersburg
Phil Goldsberry
PUCO
PACO
Radio Relay Corp
Cincinnati
Quality Week Proclaimed by Mayor Barrett
Mayor Donald Barrett proclaims the week of February 29 as Quality Week urging citizens and groups to participate. The proclamation follows a request by the Mid-Ohio Valley Section of the American Society for Quality Control, a national nonprofit scientific society with over 22,000 members. During the week members will undertake a public service program under the motto Think Quality.
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Donald Barrett
Barrett
Mid- Ohio Valley
The
American Society For Quality Control
Carthage Trustees Move March Meeting to March 2
The Carthage two trustees changed their March meeting date to March 2. The session will begin at 6 p.m.
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Carthage
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