Trout Guilty On Marijuana Possession and Housing Charge
An Athens County jury found John Thomas Trout guilty of permitting his room at the Cocn vocational center to house marijuana and of possession of marijuana for sale. Judge Lowell Howard to sentence Trout June 14. Trout, arrested Feb. 18 by Ohio University Security, was held without bond.
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Athens County
John Thomas Trout
Ohio University
Beverly
Convocation
Lowell Howard
Common Pleas
Howard
Trout
Ronald DeVeau
Athens
Clare M. Ball Jr
William Kane
Kane
Maurel Hawkins
Mary Ellen Workman
Judith L. Algeo
Dawn Karen Holtzmier
Fawnee Spires
Marie M. Hambell
Ramona S. Nell
Eldon M. Grinstead Sr
Glouster
Lois Welsh
Coolville
John Clouston
Nelsonville
Joyce R. Hooper
Albany
Dennis Hostetter
New Marshfield
Leoma Belle Secoy
Two Ohio University students face charges for window break
In Athens County Municipal Court, Christopher Von Chain and James Lankford denied breaking a window at the Alpha Delta Pi house and bonded for a June 12 hearing. Ed Bonkowski pleaded guilty, fined 25 dollars, and ordered to restitution. Other cases included DUIs, reckless operation, and open container offenses with various fines and bonds.
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Ohio University
Athens County Municipal Court
Alpha Delta Pi
S. Court
Christopher von Chain
James Lankford
Mulberry St
Ed Bonkowski
Robert Matters
Highway Patrol
Robert Tomko
Belleana Place
Athens
Joel Laufman
Lakewood
Cynthia Mayle
N. Lancaster
Kenneth J. Kies
University Terrace
Ohio University Security Police
Kies
Richard Hawk
Clayton Pittman
New Marshfield
Enid Pittman
Pittman
Robert MacDonald
Ontario
Canada
Births at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Michael Gill of Athens welcomed a daughter. Mr and Mrs Glenn Doherty of New Plymouth Route 1 welcomed a son. Mr and Mrs Donald Russell of Glouster Route 3 welcomed a daughter. Admitted: Betty Dellinger and Bibbee of Athens. Teresa Conrad of Athens Route 4. James Adams of the Plains. Catherine Slusher of Shade. Mary Robinson of Murray City. Mrs Charles Chandler of Albany. Mrs Thomas Winchell of Nelsonville. Fern Mae Stansbury. Mrs John Perry and son. Mrs Forrest Wilson. Dean Kasler Jr.. Anne Hoffee. Timmy Kennedy. Pearl Radcliff.
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Michael Gill
Athens
Glenn Doherty
New Plymouth
Donald Russell
Glouster
Betty Dellinger
Maumee Bibbee
Marvin Guiler
Teresa Conrad
James Adams
the Plains
Catherine Slusher
Shade
Mary Robinson
Murray City
Charles Chandler
Albany
Thomas Winchell
Nelsonville
Fern Mae Stansbury
John Perry
Forrest Wilson
Dean Kasler Jr
Anne Hoffee
Timmy Kennedy
Pearl Radcliff
Michael Faces $14,309 Assessment Over Plains Sewer Plan
Michael, owner of 17.75 acres in The Plains, fights county sewer water assessment in Athens County Probate Court. Judge Harold Rose hears Michael Worstell Jr. against county attorneys Pring and Ball Jr. as bids for a $2 million project loom.
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Grant Michael
Plains
Athens County
Harold Rose
Michael
Lawrence Worstell Jr
George Pring
Claire Ball Jr
Judge Rose
Worstell
Pring
Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey
Cleveland
Ball
Ridge To Retire After Long Service With Wildlife Dept
Everett Ridge, District Four supervisor for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, announced plans to retire. His last day will be September 30. Ridge began work February 16, 1939 as a game protector in Scioto County after roles as sheriff’s deputy and city policeman. He helped establish the Waverly division office in 1940 and later moved to Cambridge in 1950 to assist the planning of the District Four headquarters in Athens.
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Everett Ridge
Division of Wildlife
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ridge
Department
Scioto County
Portsmouth
Waverly
Cambridge
District Four
Athens
Two University Students Charged in Marijuana Cultivation
Athens police arrested Carl Adler and Richard Groves, both Ohio University students, on charges of cultivating marijuana after spotting 200 to 300 plants on a balcony. They faced a June 13 preliminary hearing with $7,500 bond. Four others were jailed for breaking windows tied to the same youth group, with multiple local businesses damaged including Logan's and a bank.
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Athens
Logan’s
Carl Adler
Lakeview Building
Ohio University
Sea Cliff
N.Y
Richard Groves
Ohio U
Cincinnati
Athens County
Adler
Groves
Steve Roosa
Bruce Nolan
Washington St
John Dawson
S. May Ave
Mark Burton
Holmen
Wis
Roosa
Dawson
Burton
Nolan
Hocking Valley
Kiwanis future countdown topic and new officers named
Kiwanis at The Ohio University Inn Athens heard Ronald McDade’s presentation Countdown to the year 2000 with a slide show of living changes from the past 30 years. Dale Shultz was elected president with David Lovett Joe Bush and Waldo Bowers as officers and a new board of directors named for terms.
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Ohio University Inn
Athens Kiwanis
Ronald McDade
Dale Shultz
David Lovett
Joe Bush
Waldo Bowers
John Cottrill
John Gordon
John White
Bill Biehl
Ken Cartmill
Gerald Hann
David Parsons
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Tar Hollow
W. Union Street
F. H. Brewer Co
Union
Bromley
Route 56
Congress
Court Street
Phil Goldsberry
Columbia
Berm
Harris Drive
Strouds Run Road
Peach Ridge
Gale E. Cain
Bond
Russ Bauman
Washington
Kathleen Kilmore
W. Carpenter
James Benedum
Parkersburg
Tri- County
William Olsen
Rocky River
Marsha Abbott
Columbus
Mark Brown
Gary Horvath
Westlake
Lawrence Hummer
Ashtabula
Athenean
Mark Klabunde
South Green
Steven Rogers
Warrensville
Tom Eric Sayre
Gallipolis
James Shultz
Kettering
Daniel Spinazzola
James Winkler
ADI
Carpenters
Ohio
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
SAE House
E. State Street
Reed and Baur
Baker-Stauffer
Chapman’s Jewelers
Cornwell’s Jewelers
Nationwide Insurance
The
Security Bank
Rapp’s
Earl Matthews Insurance
Berry Hall
Army Recruiting Office
Charley Moore Ford
Cornwell Store
Cornwell Jewelers
S. Court St
Steppe
Steppe’s
McDade
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Lennox
Comfort Center
East State St
Athens, Ohio
State
Oneida Stainless
Post
Baton Rouge
Crifts
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