Annexation issues and local lore shape Logan politics
Logan faces annexation debates as Mayor Moorehead and city leaders push to extend borders. The piece notes tax implications for outlying industries, jurisdictional quirks where street corners straddle city and county, and legal complexities in conflicts of laws. It also riffs on local color including golf ball heists and sidewalk sales, with remarks from Police Chief Roy Kelch and historic notes on Logan’s 1817 post office founding and 1839 incorporation.
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Ned Cochran
Cochran
Richard Rowe
Walnut Hills
Logan
Rowe
Roy Kelch
Dutton Lane
Monroe
Haydenville
Peter Hayden
Laurelville
South
Perry
Extension Agent Logan Melvin Sets 4-H Meetings
Hocking County 4-H extension agent Logan Melvin announced a series of meetings at the courthouse. Health examinations Tuesday at 8 30 a.m. Dairy committee Thursday at 8 p.m. A Wednesday tour of 4 H and FFA steer projects departs at 9 a.m. Sunday June 27 the 4 H club camp runs through July 1 at Tar Hollow with Athens and Vinton counties.
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Logan
William L. Melvin
Hocking County
Dairy Committee
FFA
Courthouse
Hocking
Athens
Vinton County
Tar Hollow
Planners Eve Pilot Study In Hocking County
Logan Rich Hall, chair of the Hocking County planning commission, schedules an 8 p.m. June 28 meeting in the county commissioners office to decide on accepting a pilot plan offer from the Institute for Regional Planning. Institute director William Sheehan says one pilot will cover the 21 county area and asks for a county decision by mid July.
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Logan
Richard Hall
Hocking County Planning Commission
County Commissioners Office
Institute For Regional Planning
Hall
Commission
William Sheehan
Institute
Sheehan
Hocking County
Athens zoning changes land from R-1 to R-3
Ordinance amends zoning for parcels in Athens Town ship and Ohio Company Purchase to reclassify from R-1 to R-3. Includes detailed metes and bounds for three tracts totaling about 35 acres and sets enforcement after approval on June 7, 1965. City Council authorizes map changes and compliance with ordinance provisions.
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City of Athens
Ohio
Planning Commission
City of
Athens
State of
Town
Ohio Company
Hastings Addition
Allendale Road
Logan Mayor urges quick action on 1% city income tax
Mayor Jack Moorehead says faster action on the 1 percent income tax is needed. Council endorsed the plan May 10 with a November referendum. An emergency resolution could start the tax immediately, then voters decide its fate. Moorehead cites sewer and street needs and a projected $150000 to $200000 yearly revenue. He notes the tax aims to fund the industrial park project and new industry. He favors progress over politics and stresses the council must act.
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Moorehead
Logan
Council
Aviation Unit Plans Aerial Site Viewing
Ned Cochran president of the Hocking County Aviation Authority says the group will fly over potential airport sites within a ten mile radius of Logan. An official secretary has not been named yet and a candidate is being considered. An announcement may come at the Monday 4 p.m. meeting at the Nick Maniskas residence.
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Logan
Ned Cochran
Hocking County
Highway bids being taken for Hocking County project
Sealed proposals will be received until 10 a.m. Tuesday in the office of the Ohio Department of High ways in Columbus for a Hocking County highway improvement project. Three proposals are offered as one contract and will be considered on the basis of total bid. The improvement covers three structures by culvert replacement on Routes 180, 374 and 664 in Benton and Laurel Townships.
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Logan
Ohio Department of Highways
Columbus
Hocking County
Benton and
Laurel
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Nancy R. Guseman
Raymond Shepard
Dwight H. Rutherford
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Ogan
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