Residents Gather to Protest Mulligan Road Plans and Parking Changes
Athens residents voiced opposition at the city council meeting over the Mulligan Road Hooper Street connector and revised parking meter rates. They urged an alternate route, while merchants criticized raised fines and all day parking. The council moved to advertise the $15,000 connector project and approved parking rate changes amid sidewalk repairs and budget actions.
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Athens
Mulligan Road
Hooper Street
Police Review Board
Richland Avenue
Hickory Street
Canterbury Drive
Mulligan
Jerry Adams
Phillip Goldsberry
Court Street
Council
Sidewalk Equalization Board
Adams
Gas Hike Ordinance Presented To City Council
A Columbia Gas of Ohio official Al Leonard presented an ordinance seeking higher natural gas rates for Athens residents. The proposal would lift bills about 19.5 percent over four years with a first two year hike of 14.8 percent and $2.01 monthly, then 4.7 percent and about $1 more monthly in year three and four. The ordinance, including fuel cost adjustments, was sent to the finance committee for study before formal council action.
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Columbia Gas of Ohio
al Leonard
Leonard
Athens
Finance Committee
Bicyclist Injured In Dover Truck Crash
A 17 year old Millfield girl, Vicki Reardon, sustained internal injuries and a fractured leg after swerving left of center and colliding with a pickup driven by William Bobo in Dover Two. She was hospitalized at University Hospital in Columbus after transfers from O'Bleness Hospital. City crews plan water valve work on East State and Carpenter Streets, closing Palmer Street for resurfacing and prompting water precautions and detours.
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Millfield
University Hospital
Columbus
Dover
State Highway Patrol
Vicki Reardon
William Kenneth Bobo
Miss Reardon
O’bleness Hospital
Glouster Secems
Athens
East State
Carpenter Streets
Palmer Street
Mill Street
Athens school board adopts budget and faces tax delay
The Athens City School Board approved a 1975 budget of 4 187 467 and a 23 000 textbook list but may delay ordering books until January due to delinquent taxes. A Common Pleas Court hearing on Rumac and Lakeview Inc. seeks to determine book ordering timing and tax payments. County prosecutor seeks 150 000 back taxes with monthly payments. receiver ordered to pay taxes to Athens County with about 70 percent directed to the school district.
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Athens City
Common Pleas Court
Rumac and Lakeview Inc
Michael Nolan
Rumac
Common Pleas
Lowell Howard
Athens County
Ruth Seaman
Nix
Sharon Bowman
EMR
Richard Essex
West
Darlene Champ West
Kathy Ann Navo
Ruth Whitaker
Chauncey
Lorraine Cook
John Hail
Jane Clark
Helen Klingman
Nellie Newsom
Irene Smith
Michael Buchti
Jack Mahaffey
Picket incident arrests reported at Athens Mental Health Center
Multiple arrests occurred on or near AFSCME Local 1782 picket lines at the Athens Mental Health Center as tensions near a strike escalated. One employee, John F. Dane, faced two counts while three non employees David Kator Lynne Stankey and Mark Stachwell were also charged. Damages included a windshield smashed on Route 682 and a car tire slash and paint damage estimated at 125 dollars.
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Athens Mental Health Center
David Caul
Afscme
Russell Creameans
John F. Dane
David Kator
Lynne Stankey
Mark Stachwell
Stankey
Satchwell
Ohio University
Student Worker's Union
Cremeans
Dorothy Perry
State Highway Patrol
Margaret Buerhaus
Logan
Caul
Highland Park Closings and Track Meet Schedule
Highland Park will be closed Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. for uptown kiddie shows and again Friday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The park’s participants will attend a playground track meet at Athens High School during the closure periods.
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Highland Park
Athens High School
Visiting Hours At Athens Area Hospitals Noted
Visiting hours set 11 a.m. to 8 30 p.m. with maternity ward exceptions 2 30 to 3 30 and 7 to 8 p.m. Named visitors include the Brozaks Stewart Nellie Carpenter Katherine Beckler Linscott Mong Stotts and Ashcraft all of Athens plus several from Albany Chauncey Guysville Nelsonville New Straitsville Millfield and other Ohio communities.
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Nellie Carpenter
Katherine Beckler
David Linscott
Fred Mong
Durwood Stotts
Athens
Donald Riff
Donnie Kirkbride
George Ashcraft
Albany
Archie Stanley
Larry Smith
John Wilson
Chauncey
Danny Mansfield
Guysville
Don Rizer
Stephen Shafer
Nelsonville
Phyllis Mitchell
New Straitsville
Donald Arnold
Millfield
CAA Seeks Part Time Janitor for Day Care Center
Tri County Community Action Agency seeks a part time janitor at Chauncey Day Care Center. Job details and application forms are available at community Head Start Day Care and employment centers.
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Tri-County Community Action Agency
Chauncey
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Robert Ekey
Messenger
Cliff Houk
Dave Horr
George Drach
Walter Rosenheimer
Ken Smith
Fred Landis
Landis
Donald Barrett
Finance Com
Mittee
Tad Grover
County Budget Commission
Monday Night Council
West State Street
Athens School Board
Deborah Hrouda Messenger
Cash Dexter
American Federation of State
Ermel Arbaugh
Ohio Civil Service Employer Association
Darrell Cook
Cook
Houghton Mifflin
AHS
Robert Shamp
Peter Nix
Shamp
Evelyn Stiff
Jenny Wilkins
Jane Wakefield
Morrison Elementary
West Elementary
Margaret Kaderly
Supt. Henderson
Terry Donaldson
Earl F. Radcliffe
Ohio
Modern Woodmen OF America
Fraternal Life Insurance Home
Rock Island
Illinois
Bleness Memorial Hospital
Dennis Brozak
Stewart
Golden Bahr
Larry Hines
Pearl Radcliff
Carl Tabler
Andrew Culp
Mary Phillips
Joanne Smeck
Mary Williams
Samuel Belezza
CAA
Watch Bands
Watchmaker
Wilson
BAKER
S. Court St. 2Nd Fir
City Loan Company
The
Big Money Company
W. Washington St
Public Square
Don Reed
Bob Baur
Reed & Baur Inc
Plaza Shopping Center
Reasu
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