Athens Bike A Thon raises 6500 pledge total for ACS
About 225 riders joined the Athens segment of the fourth annual American Cancer Society Bike A Thon at East State Street recreation center. Pledges reached 6500, up from 3860 a year earlier as others rode in Nelsonville and Glouster with smaller totals. Albany hosts another ride next Sunday.
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East State Street Recreation Center
American Cancer Society
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Albany
The
Cancer Society
East State Street Center
McDonald's
Ray’s Freeze
Messenger
Dave Levingston
Handicap Week Begins on Ohio University Campus
Handicapped students and the Athens community are invited to participate in events during Handicap Awareness Week on the Ohio University campus. Activities include a sign language film, a laser visual aid demonstration, talks by Ronald L. St. Pierre, swimming lessons, a parents panel, and an open house, with daily displays in Baker Center and Alden Library.
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Athens
Ohio University
School of Hearing and Speech Sciences
Baker Center
Alden
Ronald L. St. Pierre
Governor's Committee On
College Inn
Betty Black
Center For Human Development
McCracken Hall
Ohio
Alden Library
College Green
Fly In Provides Rare Aerial View Over Athens Area
The Athens Soil Conservation Service hosted a Sunday Fly In drawing 45 participants. Volunteers guided riders in single engine planes to survey southeastern Ohio terrain including farms, strip mines, rivers, and lakes.
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Randy Bachman
Athens Soil Conservation Service
Ohio
Ira Gaston
Darrell Kyle
Athens
New Marshfield
Pratts Fork
Fly In Aerial Tour Showcases Athens Area Scenery
Passengers on a conservation fly in over Athens viewed autumn colored woods the Hocking River and Lake Snowden from the air. Bob Steele, a conservationist, led the event co sponsored by the Athens Soil Conservation Service and Ohio University Flying Bobcats with ASCS board member Glenn Lackey weighing in on future support. Pilot Terry Volante notes equal route popularity and farmer Greg Lackey’s cows found during the flight.
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Athens
Hocking
Lake Snowden
Bob Steele
Athens Soil Conservation Service
Ohio University
Glenn Lackey
ASCS
Lackey
Terry Volante
Car Crashes Into House Injuring Driver and Two Occupants
An out of control car struck the Paul E Green residence on McVey Road near Albany at 6 15 p m injuring driver Miner M McAllister 41 Albany Route 1 and bruising Mrs Green and her daughter at home The Green family was absent McAllister treated and released for a sprained back at O Bleness Memorial Hospital heavy damage reported no estimate available
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Albany
State Highway Patrol
Miner M. McAllister
McVey Road
Paul E. Green
Equipment Stolen at CB Club Rally in Athens County
Radio equipment worth over $2,000 was reported stolen from a van during a CB radio club rally at the Athens County fairgrounds Sunday afternoon. The items belonged to Ron Seggerman of Clarksburg. A plate glass window at Robert's Men's Shop, 45 S. Court St., was broken Saturday night, valued at $715.
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Athens County Fairgrounds
Athens
Ron Seggerman
Clarksburg
Robert’s Men’s Shop
S. Court St
Problems of Elderly Topic Lecture at Morton Hall
Dr Ian Lawson medical director of the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Hartford Connecticut will discuss elderly needs and wants and how a wealthy society can meet them He will cover stresses on middle aged relatives and financial issues in elder care Lawson trained at Aberdeen University is a fellow of two medical colleges He has worked in rural health in India and since 1970 with geriatric care at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine His visit is sponsored by the Ohio Program in the Humanities and the Ohio University Botany Department
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Morton Hall
Ian Lawson
Hebrew Home For the Aged
Hartford
Conn
Lawson
University of Aberdeen
Scotland
American
Royal Colleges of Physicians
Aberdeen
India
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Ohio Program In the Humanities
Ohio University
Hand Warmer Fire Sets Off false Alarm at Ohio Univ
An Ohio University coed reported a hand warmer left under a pillow started a small fire in Room 306 Treadley Hall. Athens firemen extinguished the blaze. a later false alarm at 15 W State St prompted no danger. Fire crews also addressed a curb leaf fire at Reed Hall Saturday evening.
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Ohio University
Athens
Treadley Hall
Coed
W. State St
Reed Hall
Four Injured When Car Strikes Tree On Route 101
Four people were treated at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital after a collision on Route Road 101 in Dover Two Saturday night. Paul Walls, 20, of Stewart Route 1, drove east and lost control. Passengers Ethel Carsey, Tom Fennell, and Danilo Carsey sustained injuries including head and leg injuries.
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O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Little Bailey Run Road
Dover
State Highway Patrol
Paul Walls
Stewart
O’bleness
Ethel Carsey
Millfield
Tom Fennell
Danilo Carsey
VA asks veterans to return annual income questionnaires
Veterans receiving VA benefits will get an annual income questionnaire with November pension checks. The questionnaires must be returned to the VA by January to avoid delays in future payments, said S. W. Melidosian, director of the VA.
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Veterans Administration
S. W. Melidosian
Athens Band Wins Six Contests At New Philadelphia Show
The Athens High School Marching Green and Gold won six of seven trophies at the New Philadelphia Band Parents Association contest. Under Steve Berry the band earned first in open class parade and field maneuvers, plus best field commander flags percussion and rifles. The team returns after marching in the Ohio University Homecoming Parade and faces Newark competition next.
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Athens High School
New Philadelphia
Steve Berry
New Philadelphia Band Parents Association Inc
Berry
Athens
Dow Lake
Newark
Ohio University
West Side Park Group Formed to Plan West Side Parks
A committee of west side residents led by Pete Lalich forms to plan and select park sites in Athens. The group includes Mrs. James Chastain Mrs. Ronald Kreutel and Mrs. Betty Wilkes. Funding would come from federal Community Development Discretionary funds and Ohio DNRE funds.
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West Side
Pete Lalich
1St Ward
Athens
Council
Social Services Committee
Lalich
James Chastain
Elizabeth Drive
Ronald Kreutel
Second St
Betty Wilkes
N. Shafer St
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Yard sale ad copy reaches thousands in days across counties
A short promotional line offers yard sale advertising to reach thousands in multiple counties within six days for just four dollars. The text targets sellers seeking broad exposure for an upcoming yard sale.
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Bill Gibson
Jean Olds
Gene Olds
Ron Motter
the Athens Messenger
Associated Press
D&s
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Messenger Publishing Co
Po. Pol. Adv
Cate
Putnam Howe Drive
Belpre
DIAL
Pd. Pol
Joe Johnson
Citizens For
Johnson
Margaret Wakefield
West Side Park Group
McArthur
Steven Ray Cash
Chillicothe
Vinton County
State of
East State Street
Pol. Pol. Adv
Lawrence Grey
Democrat Po
Grey
J. Woodrow
East State
N. Shater
Joan Antoinette
W State St
Arryenote Creduyift
Randy Lantz
Mgr
North
Columbus
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