Demo derby to aid area fire departments in Athens County
Richland Area Volunteer Fire Department and Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department host Crash-n-Bash and Shine and Show at the Athens County fairgrounds on June 20. Gates open at 10 am with motorsport registration at 1 pm. car show 1 am to 4 pm, Power Wheels at 4 pm, and demo derby motors 6 pm and 7 pm for cars and trucks. Proceeds fund two departments with over 10 000 dollars in prize money and raffles for two cars.
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Richland Area Volunteer Fire Department
Jacksonville
Power Wheels
Dale Sinclair
Richland Area
Shawley
Athensmessenger
Sarahhmessenger
Former sheriff secretary sentenced to community control for theft
Mary Kimes, 46, of Millport, was given five years of community control after an Alford plea to one theft count in Meigs County. She must pay 2500 dollars restitution and 500 hours of community service, and may not handle funds for organizations. The indictment originally listed eight counts. remaining counts were dismissed.
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Meigs Bounty Sheriff's Office
Mary Kimes
Middleport
Alford
Kimes
Michael Ward
Ible
Melissa Schiffel
Ward
Meigs County Commissioners
Meigs County Sheriff's Office
Attorney General's Office
Jill del Greco
Meigs County
Sheriff's Office
David Baer
Keith Wood
Messenger
Shawley
Athensmessenger
Sarahhmessenger
Ohio fruit farmers face cold winter hit on peaches
MANSFIELD Ohio AP officials from the Fruit Growers Marketing Association say many Ohio peach crops were ruined by a second consecutive abnormally cold winter. Most growers focus on apples and peaches are a supplemental crop. Recent warm weather sped up blooming and ripening, aiding pollination and offsetting winter losses. Ohio ranks 10th in apple production among 32 states.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Zoo staffers form group to boost bee numbers at Cincinnati Zoo
Mason Ohio AP A team of Cincinnati Zoo employees call themselves Pollen Nation and tend beehives at Bowyer Farm six miles north of Mason The group plans to introduce 255000 honeybees to Ecohip Farm while offering beekeeping classes Zoo officials stress bees pollinate crops and urge community action through native wildflowers and backyard beekeeping led by Adam Martinez and Liz Tilton
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Mason, Ohio
Cincinnati Zoo
Pollen Nation
Bowyer Farm
Mason
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Liz Tilton
Ohio University program awarded $73K from Komen Columbus
The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Community Health Programs received 73 219.65 dollars from Susan G. Komen Columbus to educate and screen about 760 women in 15 Southeastern Ohio counties. The grant places OUHCOM CHP among 26 recipients surpassing 1.5 million in funding. The effort includes education, navigation, and outreach to reduce late stage breast cancer in Appalachia Ohio.
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Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Susan G. Komen Columbus
Ohio
Ouhcom Chp
Komen Columbus
Julie McMahon
Komen
U.S
Appalachia
Athens
6-State Trooper Project targets belt use on Ohio highways
Ohio State Highway Patrol joins six state police partners for a week long belt enforcement drive from May 18 to May 25. The effort includes Indiana Kentucky Michigan Pennsylvania and West Virginia police. Ohio reports 450 unbelted traffic deaths in 2014 out of 745 total deaths and 61 percent of fatalities in five years. Colonel Paul Pride urges buckle up every trip. Also Southeast Ohio Foodbank seeks volunteers for a Summer Feeding Program at Athens Recreation Center serving free lunch, ages up to 21 for disabled, June 8 to August 14, 12 30 to 1 30 p m, weekdays.
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Ohio State Highway Patrol
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Paul Pride
Southeast Ohio Foodbank & Kitchen
Athens Recreation Center
East State Street
Teresa Cline-Scurlock
Teresa
Cline-Scurlock
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