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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 2017
Page
1
A health program urges people to sign up for testing, citing personal wellbeing and benefit to the community at large. The message stresses testing within a three year window and encourages participation to protect individuals and neighbors.
A few hundred people attended sessions at the Coolville firehouse to learn about the C8 Medical Monitoring Program and some signed up. The events were part of 13 meetings across Coolville Belpre Pomeroy Ohio and Pleasant West Virginia on Monday and Tuesday. DuPont funds totaling millions support study of C8 health risks and monitoring. February settlements assign 335 million to DuPont and related firms to resolve 3,500 class action cases. Tuppers Plains Chester Water Association extends into eastern Athens County and formed three years ago to support these efforts.
Athens plans to raise its share of the transient guest tax from 35 percent to 50 percent, boosting annual support for the Athens County Visitor's Bureau from about $146,000 to roughly $209,000. The move, approved by Mayor Steve Patterson, will fund another full-time staffer and reduce the city general fund by about $60,000 annually due to the higher TGT allocation.
Nelsonville officials warn the water fund is shrinking from 2015 levels. City manager set rate policy while a $4.2 million Water Treatment project aimed to keep at least $300,000 reserve, but loans of $215,000 left the balance at $74,655 by August as revenue comes solely from water bills.
Obituary briefs list W Eugene Jarvis aged 10 from Jewell and 38 year old from Aibury Street, Tague 78 from Colerain, along with Alice Williams of Jacksonville in a national notices summary.
Local notices highlight obituaries and editorial comics amid a varied classifieds page. Names and ages appear for several residents, with brief funeral details and affiliations noted alongside community announcements.
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