Athens High School Needs Outlined By Principal Shamp
Athens High School Principal Robert Shamp outlined pressing needs to the Athens City School Board including expanding the understaffed industrial arts department with five areas and only three teachers. He cited equipment use, built in purchasing methods, gymnasium upgrades, parking lot paving, and future carpeting replacements as funding priorities while noting progress in non graded classes Quest independent study and modular classrooms. The board approved a tentative 1974 budget, added 16 teachers, accepted 15 resignations, and appointed staff across buildings with several administrative changes.
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Athens City School Board
Athens High School
Robert Shamp
Shamp
AHS
Athens zones amended to extend business uses into M-1 districts
The Athens City Planning Commission approved a zoning amendment to extend all B-1 through B-4 activity to the M-1 industrial zone and ban permanent mobile home courts there while allowing temporary trailers. The measure, aimed at preventing a permanent mobile home setup, moves to City Council after a public hearing with no attendees. The commission also approved the Gilson subdivision plan of 19.5 acres between Long Run and Coolville Ridge Roads, requiring septic systems per health guidelines.
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Athens City Planning Commission
Service Safety
Phil Goldsberry
Holiday Inn
E. State Street
City Council
Gilson
Long Run
Coolville Ridge Roads
Commission
Woman Accuses State Over Vandalism at Burr Oak Lodge
Mary K. Frost an employee at Burr Oak writes to national and state officials and The Messenger accusing state officials and park rangers of permitting daily vandalism during a lodge strike. She cites her destroyed cars and rocks thrown at cars as proof and alleges press inaction and park negligence.
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Athens
Burr Oak
Mary K. Frost
Clarence E. Miller
Claire Ball, Jr
Ohio
Ted Brown
Ohio Inns
Nye
Ohio Natural Resources Department
William Nye
Park Rangers
Messenger
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
Brian Hook
$75,000 Grant Funds 20 Mine Machinery Mechanics Students
A $75,000 federal training grant will fund a 30 week program at Pomeroy Junior High School to train 20 unemployed residents as mine machinery mechanics. Starting Aug 6, the course covers maintenance and repair of underground coal mining equipment with mechanical electrical and hydraulic instruction. Vietnam era veterans receive first consideration for entry. eligibility requires at least a 10th grade education and age 18 or older. Coordinated by OBES and Meigs County Local Board of Education, the program is approved by the U S Department of Labor. Unemployed workers and Vietnam era veterans from Athens may enroll at OBES 6 West State Street.
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Southeastern Ohio
Pomeroy Junior High School
E. Main Street
Pomeroy
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
OBES
Meigs County
Commissioners OK Cruiser Replacement After Mileage Typo
Athens County commissioners plan to replace a sheriff's cruiser after correcting a typographical error that misreported the car's mileage. The vehicle actually has 97,000 miles on it, not 7,000.
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Athens County Commissioners Meeting
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W. Alan Warne
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Charles S. Foust
Linda Sue Frail
Karen Hook
Kathleen Hosler
Kayla Mattozz
Edward Zednik
Joseph Williams
Patricia Kendall
William Winner
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Martha Sloan
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Alice Elliot
Mobile Home Trailer Court
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