Santa Parade Draws 600 Children in Athens
Monday night in Athens drew an estimated 600 children for a Santa Claus parade. Santa appeared with a Page photo while Scrooge, in a sheriff’s posse wagon, joined the procession and escaped into the crowd. Local groups donated fruit for stockings as the marching bands and choirs performed on Courthouse steps.
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Athens
Santa
Sheriff's Mounted Posse
Retail Merchants Association
4-H
Kiwanis
Rotary
Sertoma
Jaycees
Lions Clubs
Athens High School
Green and Gold
Lodi Ladybugs
Wranglerettes
The
Plains School Chorus
Scout
Hocking Day School
James Bussmann
Alexander High School
Athens Middle School
Furniture Misdelivery Delays Athens County Office Set
After months delay the Athens County Commissioners furniture order arrived in Athens Georgia instead of Ohio. The $8138 purchase from Marietta Office Supply was intended for the new courthouse annex. Some pieces arrived. remainder held up as clerk Phyllis Scrubbie learned the shipment went to Georgia.
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Athens
Marietta
Ohio
Phyllis Scrubbie
Georgia
Grant Writing Workshop At Ohio University Saturday
A grant writing workshop taught by Michael McCoy, former Kentucky Justice official, will run Saturday from 8 30 am to 12 30 pm in Room 104 McCracken Hall. The non credit session costs 5 dollars and targets improving grant writing. For details call the Workshops Office at 594 3765.
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Ohio University
Michael McCoy
Division of Planning
Kentucky Department of Justice
McCracken Hall
McCoy
BankAmericard
Athens National Bank
Appalachs Highways Urged for Faster Economic Gain
GAO tells Congress that Appalachian Highway network needs quicker completion to boost the region’s economy. Funding shortfalls, cost increases, design and relocation rules, and environmental reviews have delayed progress across 13 states, with West Virginia cited as partial progress amid interstate gaps.
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Federal Govern
Ment
Regional Commission
ARC
GAO
West Virginia
Congress
Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
Appalachia
Veterans Affairs Committee to be debated at VFW district meet
The VFW District 12 conference at VFW Post 9942 Beaver Adams Road hosts reps from Athens Ross Vinton Pike Jackson Meigs Scioto Gallia and Lawrence Counties to discuss abolishing the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee The Stevenson plan would merge veterans benefits into a Human Resources Committee and dice with other panels The VFW opposes dissolving the committee as a priority goal
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U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Beaver
Beaver Post
Adams Road
Athens
Ross
Vinton
Pike
Jackson
Meigs
Scioto
Gallia
Lawrence
George Woodyard
Gallipolis
Veterans Affairs
Woodyard
Sen. Stevenson
30 Sign For FH Crafts Fair
More than 30 persons registered to participate in Saturday's crafts fair sponsored by the Federal Hocking Band Boosters. The event runs 10 am to 7 pm in Federal Hocking High School gymnasium with crocheted works, cake decorating, caning, macrame, and more. Exhibitors have paid for display space and admission is free. Registrations to display items are still being accepted. contact Ann Burgess, Guysville Route 2.
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Stewart
Federal Hocking Band
Federal Hocking High School
Ann Burgess
Guysville
Repair Service Watchmaker Jeweler Wilson Baker
Watchmaker and jeweler Wilson Baker operates a repair service at 15 St Court St 2nd Floor Am 6 Cline Bidg. This listing notes a focus on watch bending repair and related jewelry services.
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Watchmaker Jeweler
Wilson Baker
St. Court St
Cline Bidg
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Workshop
Kentucky
General Accounting Office
Appalachian
Cincinnati
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Athens, Ohio
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First Banc Group of Ohio, Inc
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