Candidates push school EMS backups and tax concerns
Athens voters hear two candidates debate education health services and state bond issues. Laughlin urges city fire department squads to cover all Athens city schools at no extra cost, while Brundige warns five state issues threaten local tax revenues and could raise taxes to fund bonds.
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Ohio Emergency Medical Service
Laughlin
City Fire Department
Athens High School
Plains
Athens City
Eugene Brundige
Brundige
Athens
Kent State faculty union recognized after vote
Kent State University faculty vote to recognize the United Faculty Professional Association as their bargaining agent. Unofficial tally 492 to 471 with 93 percent turnout, enabling UFPA to negotiate on salaries and conditions. UFPA co chair Harold Kitner aims to start talks soon. union formed from AAUP and OEA.
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Kent, Ohio
Kent State University
State College
United Faculty Professional Association
UFPA
Harold Kitner
American Association of University Professors
Ohio Education Association
Youngstown State University
University of Cincinnati
Ohio
Labor Leaders Attack Rhodes Over Mental Health Labor Rules
AFSCME Local 1782 chief Mike Hunter accuses the Rhodes Administration of maneuvering to destroy labor in state mental health facilities and denounces a halted arbitration. He cites a work rule that lets mental health workers bid in retardation units but blocks unit staff from bidding out, and plans leaflets and pickets ahead of the collective bargaining override vote.
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Rhodes
Mike Hunter
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
Afscme
Hunter
Timothy Moritz
Ohio
House of Representatives
Athens
Floyd Sarff
Le Ax Water Main Replacement Planned On Route 56
Le Ax water officials announce a water shutoff on Route 56 at Margaret Creek to allow a replacement. Residents of Vore Ridge Lower Plains Elliotville and homes along Route 56 will have no water while work proceeds if weather permits.
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Le-Ax Water Distribution System
Margaret Creek
Vore Ridge
Lower Plains
Elliotville
Betting Tax Money Distributed to Area Agricultural Societies
State Auditor Thomas Ferguson reports that two area counties received portions of 86181.70 in state horse race betting taxes. Hocking County got 292.14 dollars and Jackson County earned 451.50. The Ohio Fairs Fund receives 0.5 percent of parimutuel money. the rest is returned to counties and independent agricultural societies that sponsored fairs.
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Thomas Ferguson
Hocking County
Jackson County
Ohio Fairs Fund
Two Plains School Vandalism Suspects Cited
Two boys aged 13 and 15 were found inside The Plains Elementary School early this morning and face criminal trespassing charges. They entered via the back door, vandalized three classrooms, and were found with items on exiting. One was released to parents, the other detained in Nelsonville for intoxication. Sheriff Paul Brown noted Halloween patrols and increased night surveillance to curb vandalism amid rising property damage.
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Plains
Paul Brown
Nelsonville
Brown
Sheriff's Department
Cold morning misses local record in 14-year span
This morning’s low of 26 degrees was cold but failed to beat a 14 year chart low. Ohio University’s Geography Department noted the only colder Oct 31 in 1966 when the temperature fell to 25 degrees.
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Ohio University
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Le-Ax
Po. Pol. Adv
William C. Rowland
City of Athens
Ohio Northern University
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Amesville
Rowland
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Ann Holden
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J Prisley
Pol. Pol. Adv
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Po’. Adv
Couladis
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Everett Ridge
Chim
Athens, Ohio
Hamburger
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Glouster, Ohio
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