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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1975

Page

2

Voter Bus Service Streets Concerns Stir City Council

Several council members carried citizen requests to the meeting four weeks before the municipal election. Citizens urged more bus service and warning signs on Joneswood Drive, curb repairs at Fremont and Lancaster, and use of a West State Street vacant field for minibike rides.

Richland Avenue West State Street Phyllis Katz Joneswood Drive West State Street Park Pete Lalich

Shafer Street Opens New City Link in Ohio University Area

Shafer Street opened Monday providing a new two lane link from Richland Avenue near the Convocation Center to Shafer Street near West Union Street Cemetery to ease traffic around railroad crossings. A crowd from city county Ohio University and contractors attended the ribbon cutting amid traffic. Officials said funds came from city and county sources with an extra 35000 from State Issue I after costs rose, leaving questions about unused money and its disposition. The street still needs signs and painting.

Mulligan Road Longview Heights Gene Brundige Johnson David Vaughan AORTA Greg Hill Transportation Committee Army Corps of Engineers Ohio Development Department Donald Barrett Jerry Adams Shafer Street

Miniparks Plan Tabled by City Council

City Council voted 4-3 to table an ordinance funding downtown miniparks with up to 8000 dollars from revenue sharing and a 2500 CD Act pool. The measure heads to the Planning Commission after requests for location specifics and committee review amid Court Street vandalism and sidewalk repair concerns.

Herb Amey City Planning Commission Retail Merchants Association Greg Hill Court Street Phil Goldsberry Hill Jerry Adams Tad Grover Adams Phyllis Katz

Entering Of Vehicles In Wellston Investigated

Wellston police investigate two weekend vehicle entries. On Friday Don Eanes 1427 S Wisconsin Ave reported a sheep skin seat cover worth 30 stolen from the truck entered through a driver's window. Saturday night Sheron Perry Chillicothe reported a Citizen’s band radio worth 249 taken from a car parked on Frick Gallagher lot on West Broadway.

Wellston Don Eanes S. Wisconsin Ave Citizens Band Sheron Perry Chillico Frick- Gallagher West Broadway

Seminar for Emergency Respiratory Distress Care Held Oct 18

The South East Ohio Lung Association and partners sponsor a seminar on Emergency Care of the Patient in Acute Respiratory Distress. It runs October 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. at Washington County Vocational School Marietta. Eligible emergency squadmen from eight counties may register in advance for 4 50 with space for 100 attendees. Registration deadline is next Tuesday. Lodi Grange installs officers at 8 p.m. today followed by refreshments.

South East Ohio Lung Association Ohio State University Ohio Lung Association Washington County Marietta Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs Morgan Perry Vinton Washington Association St. Clair Building

League Studying Presidential Powers Meetings In Athens

Athens League of Women Voters held October unit meetings to discuss presidential powers including executive agreements war powers emergency powers and fiscal policy. The group aims for chapter consensus as nationwide study continues with upcoming sessions and public voter information booths and candidates night planned.

Bonnie Asselin Congress Athens League of Women Voters League Jeanette Sahllop Pam Tilling Jeanne Wells Lois Whealey Marie Griffith Riverview Drive

Retired Teachers Honor 49 Athens Chapter at Marietta Conference

Forty nine members of the Athens County chapter of the Retired Teachers Association were cited for having the most members attending the recent area conference in Marietta.

Glous Athens County Retired Teachers Association Marietta

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