Stuff the Bus donation drive aids Harvey victims
Federal Hocking High School students launch a week long Stuff the Bus drive to fill a school bus with water food cleaning supplies diapers wipes and hygiene products for Houston Texas. Donations from Athens County extend to West Virginia as needed with money steered to the Red Cross.
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Harvey Relief
Stewart
Federal Hocking High School
Houston
Texas
Belpre
Ryan Skellett
FHHS
Harvey
Skellett
American Red Cross
Athens County
Pope Rigs
Marietta
Washington County
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Florida
Messenger
Samantha Taylor
Audrey Blake
Observing nature Local birders become citizen scientists
Ste Stefan Gleissberg and Melissa Wales pause with binoculars to listen for birds as they discuss reducing footprints and mindful consumption. Readable names include bluejay, carolina wren, red-eyed vireo, white-eyed vireo, and chickadee.
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Stefan Gleissberg
Melissa Wales
Examin
Athens Birders Plan September Ridge Walk Led by Gleissberg and Wales
The Athens Area Birders meet Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. at Little Fish Brewery in Athens. A next program on September 23 from 7 to 8:30 a.m. will guide a third walk through The Ridges, led by Gleissberg and Wales. Contact mthatcher at myacpl.org for more information. The group identifies many birds but speculates on others and notes phonetic cues like a white eyed vireo call that can resemble a hiss or squeak.
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Athens Area
Little Fish Brewery
Athens
Gleissberg
Wales
Mthatcher
Myacpl.org
John Halle Suutah
Penattinn
Sttines Area
Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall arrives in Athens this week
The Wall That Heals touring Vietnam War memorial will be at Ohio University's Bicentennial Park from Sept 14 starting 6 a.m. to Sept 17 at noon. A motorcycle escort for the wall is planned for Sept 13 meeting at Millstone BBQ in Logan at 9 a.m. The official welcome occurs Sept 14 at 4 50 p.m. The half scale replica honors Vietnam veterans and echoes Maya Lin who designed the DC memorial and Athens related works.
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Athens
Ohio University
Bicentennial Park
Millstone Bbq
Grey St
Logan
Route 33
Washington DC
Maya Lin
Lin
Washington D.C
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Rourke
Gemma Smith
Blake
Birder's
Linda Daugherty
William “Gili” McManus
Siete
Louise Peston
Sanday Messenger
Evie
Vietnam Memorial Wall
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