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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1977
Page
5
Dr. Lester Marks will become Ohio University ombudsman on November 1 returning to a halftime position. He previously served 1970 to 1974 as OU’s first ombudsman and will continue teaching courses for fall quarter.
Ownership of roughly one million dollars in Southeast Ohio EMS communications gear shifts from the Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation to SEOEMS on a Wednesday. The assets include seven counties of radio towers, dispatch equipment at Gallipolis, transmitters, telemetry gear, ambulance and hospital equipment, with ARC and USDOT grants supporting a third of the cost.
Two attorneys, Democrat Richard Taylor and Republican Garry Hunter, seek the city solicitor post. They agree the main role is advising officials but differ on handling prosecutions and civil matters, with Taylor favoring the current structure and Hunter proposing partial integration and tighter prosecutions.
Sheriff Gary Efaw said two inmates Richard Armstrong and John Cummins tried to cut through bars with hacksaw pieces in the women's cell at Athens County Jail. The men, held on an earlier escape indictment, were in custody awaiting arraignment after a 2:30 a.m. discovery and were kept separate to prevent further attempts.
Ohio University invites seniors from the Midwest and East Coast in the top 3 percent of their class for a Saturday welcome program. Richard Becknell leads the effort with deans, faculty, Mortar Board volunteers, and sessions on scholarships and programs. About 50 attendees are expected with a follow up study planned to see how many enroll next fall. Zaleski senior centers close Monday for Veterans Day with a Tuesday meeting and noon pot luck.
Amway president Richard DeVos outlines two economic systems the free enterprise and socialism at the Athens Lions Club meeting. He argues the United States remains prosperous and resources and knowledge are essential to production. The club also reports fund raising bulb sales nearing $3,000 and discusses a school bond issue with local officials.
Hannah L Protsman 95 former executive secretary of the Association of Ohio Philanthropic Homes for the Aging died Sunday at Copeland Oaks Retirement Home in Sebring Ohio Services will be held in Sebring Wednesday Burial will be in Norwalk Ohio Protsman worked for the AOPHA from 1954 to 1969 and for the Ohio Department of Public Welfare from 1919 to 1944.
Battelle Laboratories in Columbus tests a low temperature liquid heating solar collector for the U S Department of Energy in a one year project valued at 100000 dollars. The new collector uses a black liquid absorber to intensify sun energy transfer to coolant, promising higher efficiency than traditional blackened plates.
Alan Geiger, university planner, leads a workshop helping students relearn float construction for the October 29 Homecoming parade. He warns of past near disasters, urges four hour daily work for 10 days by eight to 12 people, and stresses planning, weather protection, and safe driver visibility for an imaginative float tied to the theme A Hopeful Halloween Victory.
The Beacon Education Association and the Athens County 169 Board of Mental Retardation reached a new contract for the 1977-78 school year. The agreement includes health and life insurance, new salary schedules for Beacon School and AtCo Sheltered Workshop, a substitute policy, day length changes, emergency and hazardous leave, and retroactive starting salaries of 8,500 for certified Beacon teachers and 9,375 for AtCo workshop specialists with degrees in mental retardation.
The Rev. Vender Murphy a newly approved Assemblies of God missionary to Colombia will speak at New Life Assembly of God Church 18 N Lancaster St tonight at 7 30 p m Rev Murphy and his wife Jenny begin general missionary work in their first term They are graduates of South Eastern Bible College Lakeland Florida and have two children They have served ministries in Florida and North Carolina.
Tuppers Plains will host a turkey supper from 4 30 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the fire station. Menu includes turkey dressing beans mashed potatoes homemade noodles salad rolls pie punch and coffee. Proceeds benefit the Fire Department and the public is invited.
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