Local Solutions Emphasized Over Statewide Taxes by Krabach
Krabach urged SEORC members that local solutions to local problems should replace state taxes. He cited counties like Franklin, Hamilton and Lucas as having the poorest tax districts and urged counties to gain authority to levy local taxes. The meeting announced a 20 member tourism committee and a pottery museum petition, with sessions scheduled for Portsmouth and Athens.
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Appalachia
Franklin, Hamilton and
Lucas
Krabach
Carl Dahlberg
SEORC
Howard Thompson
Piketon
Ohio
Dahlberg
Doug Cannon
Crooksville
Portsmouth
Athens
Recreation program drives success, hurts day school in Athens
Athens city recreation director notes high demand and a $3,189 take from swimming fees while day school enrollment drops, risking term two cancellations. Arts Council and theater leaders praise the program and call for expanded arts offerings next year to balance growth and funding.
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Art Council
Athens
Hocking Valley Day School
Athens Arts Council
Robert Burson
Burson
Wesley Marshall
Marshall
Sheppard Black
Arts Council
City School Board
John Walker
Athens Children’s Theater
Walker
Citizens Group Delays Decision On Vo School
Citizens for Better Schools postpones endorsement of petitions for a possible link between Athens High School and the Tri County Vocational School. The 18 member group wants more information from the school board and administration and emphasizes open citizen involvement before September.
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Citizens Group
Citizens For Better Schools
Culbert
Athens High School
Tri-County Vocational School
Paul Brown
Earich Announces Schedule for Real Estate Tax Pay Visits
County Treasurer Vaughn Earich will visit community banks to collect second half real estate taxes. Payments accepted during bank hours at Nelsonville First National June 27, Gloucester Community Bank June 28, Amesville First National July 10, and Coolville Tri County Bank July 11. Tax books close July 20.
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Vaughn Earich
Nelsonville First National
Glouster Community Bank
Amesville First National Bank
Coolville Tri- County
Bateman Wins 781 Damages in Common Pleas Case
Evelyn Bateman will collect 781 in compensatory damages and medical bills after a collision with Warren Dupler. The ruling follows an argument with Dupler's family over driveway use, with the UK court issuing the judgment in favor of Bateman.
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Common Pleas Court
Evelyn Bateman
Warren Dupler
Vacancies In County Total Eight
Athens County school board plans eight openings for the coming year with four professional staff two supervisors and two speech and hearing therapists. An elementary school supervisor vacancy already exists with interviews done and a secondary supervisor post opening Aug 1. Masters required for supervisors, salary eight thousand seven hundred thirty dollars annually. Therapists must hold a bachelor’s in education with a major in speech and hearing therapy and will be funded through state aid by combining three local districts.
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Athens County
Robert Weinfurther
Wein
Senate in uproar over Dodd censure decision
Senate recessed amid a paralyzing dispute over two counts of alleged misconduct by Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. The ethics panel urged censure for political fund misuse and double-billing travel costs, while a proposed milder reprimand failed 87 to 9. The chamber stalled as procedural wrangling split lawmakers on whether to vote each count separately before deciding punishment.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
Dodd
Connecticut
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Senate Ethics Committee
John Tower
R-Tex
Tower
Bipartisan
Ethics Committee
Sen. Ja
Cob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Wayne Morse
D—Ore
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Russell B. Long
Dodd Defense
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Education Study Committee
Richard Krabach
Earich
Jack Hart
Pomeroy
Ohio University
Shade
Maxine
Kay
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