Harris County brush cutting debate stirs county officials
Athens County Engineer Gerald Hann pushes a spraying plan to control roadside brush, arguing state law allows "cut or destroy" with spraying seen as more thorough. The proposal costs more than cutting, but critics fear environmental and health impacts and question funding and approvals amid unresolved legal interpretation.
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Fred Whissel
Athens
Gerald Kk
Hann
Ohio
Hanns
Athens County
Brush
Athens County delays subdivision rules hearing to Monday
Athens County Commissioners postponed review of subdivision regulations until Monday after a public hearing led by Deborah Hrouda. The plan, adopted May 10 by the Athens County Regional Planning Commission, covers water mains minimums, mobile home courts, screening, and a proposed $13,737 engineer coordinator budget.
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Deborah Hrouda
Athens County
Athens County Regional Planning Commission
John Law
Helen Baker
James Edwards
Planning Commission
Gerald Hann
Ohio University
Alan Geiger
Kenneth Ackerman
Commission
Kasler
Hann
Don Campbell
Mass Production Prompts FTC Critique At Ohio Conference
Federal Trade Commission deputy assistant Harrison Sheppard told an Ohio University conference that many marketplace laws are outdated in a mass production era. He urged harsher penalties for big firms violating anti trust laws and suggested fining shareholders, not corporations, to deter wrongdoing.
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Herb Amey
Messenger
Harrison Sheppard
Federal Trade Commission
Athens
Ohio University
Sheppard
The
University
Office of Workshops
Ohio Program
Bar Brawl in Athens Ends With Three Arrests
A Friday early morning brawl at 32 N Court St Athens involving about 15 people left four out of town motorcycle gang members clashing with locals. Three arrests were made with one defendant pleading innocent in municipal court. authorities filed warrants for others while nine people were hospitalised with stab and head injuries.
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N. Court St
Athens
Devil’s Disciples
Lancaster
Logan
Athens County
Jimmy L. Mount
Lester J. Scott
Jeffrey Crampton
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
David Sullivan
Brad Gerson
Athens Route 1
James Farmer
Stewart St
Samuel Arvanitis
Lakeview Manor
Fire damages car on Clark and Central corner
Athens firemen rushed to the Clark Street Central Avenue corner at 6 34 p m Thursday, extinguishing a blaze in a car owned by Larry George Jr of 106 Island State Street. Firemen said a plastic fuel line broke loose spilling gasoline on the manifold and an extinguisher was used to fight the fire.
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Athens
Clark St
Central Ave
Larry George, Jr
State St
Girl, 3 Is Found On Trail Near Home
Athens County sheriff deputies aided in a search for Jennifer Brock a three year old girl missing for about three hours. She followed her dog into the woods off an old logging trail about a mile and a half from her home and was found with briar scratches but no serious injuries.
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Athens County
Jennifer Brock
Daugher
Jeff Brock
Bethany Ridge
Deep Hollow
Paul Brown
Brown
Coolville
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