Truth about absent father for young daughter
Dear Abby addresses a reader who fathered a child with a married man and now asks how to tell her 4 year old the truth. The advice urges confirming support obligations, consulting an attorney or child-support agency, and using counseling to craft age appropriate honest explanations to protect the daughter's self esteem and trust in her mother.
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Ohio Lottery Tuesday's Pick Results
Ohio lottery results list Tuesday draws across games. Day Pick 3 5 9 3 Day Pick 4 1 9 9 2 Night Pick 3 1 4 9 Night Pick 4 1 9 9 7 Rolling Cash 5 22 28 32 33 39
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Athens High honor roll lists for fourth nine weeks
Athens High School announces honor roll for the fourth nine weeks. Seniors and juniors named include Kaitlin Baker Camila Courreges Evan Berry Mann Janelle Brannan Katherine Broughton Ryan Brune Joseph Burrow Emma Fenstermaker Shannon Finnearty Daniela Grijalva Ashton Horsley and many others with cum laude magna cum laude and merit designations.
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Kaitlin Baker
Camila Benencia Courreges
Evan Berryman
Janelle Brannan
Katherine Broughton
Ryan Brune
Joseph Burrow
Emma Fenstermaker
Shannon Finnearty
Daniela Grijalva
Ashton Horsley
Lark Knutsen
Abby Lawrence
Quinn Mitchell
Helena Petrik
Princess Queena Prince
Benjamin Scott
Hunter St Peter
Patrick Thomas
Eileen Wang
Jordan Ward
Lucille Williams
Devin Wistendahl
Kavya Yellamraju
Serena Zhu
Elisa Bergmeier
Ruby Cribbet
Dominique Doseck
Olivia Harris
Weston Kinghorn
Hannah Klein
Ryan Mack
Brandon Niese
Shekwohy-Gaza Odunaiya
Matthew Oviatt
Katherine Pittman
Neil Ryan
Elaina Seyfang
Dominik Steinberg
Domenick Vanderlen
Laurel Welsh
Audrey Yarbro
Madison Yerke
Magna Cum Laude
Mohammed Alaswad
Benjamin Bonard
Ashlin Brooks
Emmalyn Brown
Tiffany Canter
Vanessa Carey
Christopher Chan
Karli Davis
Mallory Doughty
Zion Everson
Grace Gribble
Nicolas Grue
Lauren Hapka
Olivia Hoon
Zachary Howman
Patience Jeffrey
Craig Jenkins
Emily Jones
Julia Lacomb
Hayley Love
Kevin Moberg
Levi Moretti-Dobo
Jade Morris
Willow Morris
Liana Neff
Eli Overstreet
Nathan Rickey
April Rymer
Jesus Sanchez Alvarez
Colter Thompson
Alannah Tromm
Micaela Vickers
Melody Weary
Jesse Williams
Ruby Williams
Chasity Winchell
Rebecca Wines
Alana Abdella
Tyler Bailey-Worth
Jacob Bellar
Lindsey Bowman
Evan Cooley
Emmett Covington
Haley
Troy Stalder
Hunter Swearingen
Lauren Tigner
Miranda Tinkham
Christopher Tragert
Daniel Wasserman
Sean West
Cody Woldt
Paul Acheson
Bhavini Bhakta
Marissa Coschigano
Aidan Crowl
Victor Davis
Claire DeBruin
Kathryn Dispenza
Henry Fetsch
Dustin Goetz
Richard Hwang
Sierra Knavel
Kyle Ko
AMVETS Auxiliary Offers Two $500 Scholarships
The Athens AMVETS Post 76 auxiliary offers two Dailey-Medert Memorial Scholarships of 500 dollars each for Athens County residents who are non traditional college or career center students with a family member in AMVETS auxiliaries in District 21. Applications are at 20 Campbell St Athens and the deadline is July 25 for fall awards.
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Barnyard Bunch 4-H Members Complete Service Project
Several Barnyard Bunch 4-H Club members volunteered at West Elementary School's Spring Carnival as a community service project and reported on the effort at a club meeting. Cloverbud members tended a flower garden. The next meeting is July 12 at 6 p.m. at the Athens County Fairgrounds.
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18th Annual Children's Fishing Tournament at Lake Snowden
The 18th Annual Bill Schoonover Children's Fishing Tournament will be held Sunday at Lake Snowden on Route 50 between Athens and Albany. Registration at 9 a.m. open to ages 1-16, free event with bait and cookout provided. Fishing 10 to noon, prizes and trophies after cookout. register by 11 a.m. to be eligible. Some bicycles and fishing poles to be given away. Sponsored by local veterans and Lake Snowden. For information call Candy Taylor at 541-7052.
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RSVP Volunteers Summer Reading Program Readies Area Kids
RSVP Volunteers stage a summer program for kindergartners through 13 year olds across Southeast Ohio offering reading activities and a free lunch. Sessions run 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Shade Community Center Amesville Grange Hall Grace Baptist Church McArthur United Methodist Hamden and Laurelville Library on designated days. The program is run by the Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development.
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Obituaries from Columbus and Wellston
Donald Croy Sr. 71 of Columbus Ohio died June 8 2015 at home. Arrangements by White Schwarzer Funeral Home in Coolville. Betty A Souders 91 of Wellston died June 9 2015 at Holzer Medical Center Jackson. Funeral services under McWilliams Funeral Home direction.
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Community meeting and activity listings for Athens area
A dense listing of local events and meetings includes immunization clinics at Parks Hall, Senior BEAT volleyball, The Market on State hours, free Thursday suppers at UCM, multiple Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings, a Breast Cancer Survivors Network session, Line dancing at 3 Star Center, and various church group gatherings across Athens and nearby towns.
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Glouster
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S. College St
Breast Cancer Survivors Network
the Plains United Methodist Church
Narcotics Anonymous
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Republic Ave
Al-Anon
Church of the Good Shepherd
University Terrace
Baker Center
West Mulberry
South Court
Nelsonville First Methodist Church
Columbus St
Saturday Free Admission at Ohio Valley Museum Exhibit
The Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery invites visitors to the Summer Sensations exhibit with free admission this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Market on State, highlighting interactive displays and local culture.
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Tuesday Workshop on Water Quality Storm Water Management
A free backyard conservation workshop titled Improving Your Water Quality with Storm Water Management will run from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Sponsored by the Athens Soil and Water Conservation District, the event requires pre-registration. Call 797-9686 ext 106 or email teresacaldwell at athens swed.org for details. A longer calendar version is online at the Athens Messenger website www.athensmessenger.com.
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