Federal Hocking band director honored for difference
Julia Olson of Federal Hocking Secondary School is named a Director Who Makes A Difference by School Band Orchestra. The Green Ohio native leads about 50 students in a small marching band and emphasizes musical growth and personal character. The community praises her for inspiring pride and belonging in rural farm country.
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County backs Athens Conservancy grants to protect land
Athens County Commissioners wrote letters supporting three Clean Ohio Conservation Fund grant proposals by the Athens Conservancy. Proposals would conserve about 125 acres: roughly 90 acres from Don Morris and Pauline Giannaras in Carthage Two along Henderson Road and about 35 acres from John and Caroline Enoch in Troy Two to expand Skunk Run Nature Preserve to 75 acres. A third grant would fund summer staff to remove vines at Blair Preserve near Strouds Run State Park, with a projected budget around $26,000. none of the grants would require county expenditures.
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Flowers
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Henderson Road
Desanier State Nature Preserve
Federal Hocking High School
Morris
Troy Two
John
Caroline Enoch
Skunk Run
Knouse
Athens-Belpre
Blair Preserve
Strouds Run State Park
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Srobe
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Online oil and gas lease sale planned for Wayne National Forest
The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States announces an online lease sale on March 23 for two parcels totaling about 1 86 acres in Monroe County Wayne National Forest. A 30 day protest period is required with hard copy filings to the State Director in Washington DC. Protests cannot be emailed or hand delivered. The auction starts at 8 am on EnergyNet. more info on the BLM site under 2017 Lease Sale Wayne National Forest.
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Monroe County
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Ohio offers rebate for tornado safe rooms program
Ohio Safe Room Rebate Program again accepts applications offering up to 75 percent of costs, maximum $4,875. Steve Ferryman of Ohio EMA notes statewide tornado risk with 250 mph winds. homes can install safe rooms in basements, slabs, interior rooms, buried yards, or stand-alone structures. Applications due by 5 p.m. March 10 via the Ohio EMA website.
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Steve Ferryman
Ohio Emergency Management Agency
Ohio Ema
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Gold Star Niece Hopes War Hero Uncle Remains Found
Barbara Holland seeks closure for Army PFC James Robert Warren a 1939 Hamilton High graduate killed in Duran Germany during a recon mission. Warren was last seen with five others on the Roer River bank machine gunned. captain survived but body not found. Warren buried memorials Dutch grave Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten Bronze Star Purple Heart. US Army DNA outreach from Fort Knox requests relative samples for identification.
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Barbara Holland
Army
James Robert Warren
Hamilton High School
Duran
Germany
Roer River
Holland
Warren
Margraten
Netherlands
U.S. Army Human Resources Command
Fort Knox
Kentucky
City auditor clarifies petition rights after budget row
Nelsonville City Auditor Garry Dickerson explains in response to a January Messenger story that residents can file a petition to run for elective office against him in three years if unhappy with his job performance.
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Garry Dickerson
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Dickerson
Correction: Hacking building fieldhouse details from Woods
The Messenger notes Supt. George Wood said he first heard about the project on Tuesday and that Tuesday was the first time he had seen drawings of the plan.
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Athens Messenger retrospectives span memories and milestones
A collage from January editions of The Athens Messenger highlights Nelsonville native Estel Crabtree noted as a major league standout, Athens High School’s four game skid, a Green Bay Packers Super Bowl win, snowman artistry, OU enrollment growth, And Rev Jan Gresinger as first woman minister at United Campus Ministries.
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Estel Crabtree
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Athens
Bulldogs
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Ohio University
Jan Gresinger
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Cuba
Jorge Cubillos
Fidel Castro
Messenger
Roy Cross
Mason County
West Virginia
Meigs
Gallia
Taco Johns
Ric Abel
Court Street
Nelson Commons
Baker Center
Amory
Athens Video
Richland
Group declines to intervene in Mt. Zion Baptist Church case
A Athens County group pursuing Mt. Zion Baptist Church preservation has chosen not to intervene in the ongoing suit filed last November by the Ohio Attorney General against Cindy Johnson and a self formed LLC. The decision aims to avoid opposing the attorney general, while leaving open the possibility of future action.
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Mt. Zion
Athens
Athens County
Ohio Secretary of State
Mike DeWine
Nemec
Mount Zion Baptit Church Preservation Society
Johnson
Athens City Historic and Architecture Preservation Commission
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