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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 2015
Page
2
Area five day forecast calls for sunny skies with a high around 75. Humidity near 46 percent and light winds. Tonight expect partly cloudy skies and an overnight low near 48 with light winds. Record high for today is 90 set in 1991.
The Athens annual awards recognize Les Cornwell and Fred Frech for long term service. Cornwell aided senior care fundraising and historic preservation in Athens County. Frech, director of the county job and family services, expanded welfare programs, created Work Station, and led poverty advocacy nationwide.
The Alexander school board outlined how state funding uses district property values and enrollment to determine aid, with no planned increase due to fewer students and low tax levels. Board members praised long term planning and efficiency upgrades, while a wellness center project costs were discussed as a one time capital expense with funding from donations or revenue sharing with Holzer Health Systems. The district will manage facility maintenance, with Holzer handling cleaning. Hocking Valley Bank requested naming rights for the new gymnasium, and the board approved consideration 5-0.
NY Hammonds and Kaylie Yinger battled for top district honors in a senior year story. Hammonds will study mechanical engineering at Ohio University while Yinger plans dental hygiene at Ohio State University. Both credited their high school memories and teamwork as the key to their success.
Murray plans to continue at the helm as Alpha Natural Resources delays Rockspring's Camp Creek mine in Wayne County WV with 439 workers notified of idle status. The coal industry clasps under Obama climate rules, spurring layoffs at West Virginia mines and Patriot Coal's Chapter 11 filing as Murray buys Foresight Energy stake.
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