Barn preservation effort sparks Athens Kiwanis review
Athens Kiwanis Club hears efforts by a citizens group to save a 65 year old dairy barn on the Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center grounds from demolition. Patricia Grean of Save the Barn advocates reuse ideas through Hocking Valley Arts Council while stressing the structure is in extraordinarily fine condition.
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Tom Kochheiser
Athens Kiwanis Club
Athens
Patricia Grean
Save
Grean
Ohio
William Rohr
Lions Club
Rotary
al Elisar
U.S. Forestry Service
Thieves Take 4 Wheels From Car in Athens
Terence Freeman reports his car was lifted on a Tuesday night and four wheels worth 418 dollars were taken. Police recovered 410 dollars in stolen camera gear from John Sager’s apartment and Jo Ann Walter found the equipment in a downtown parking lot Tuesday.
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Terence Freeman
Armbruster House
Athens
John Sager
N. Court St
Jo Ann Walter
Carroll Road
Alexander Local School Board Hires Teacher Aide
The board approved multiple personnel moves including half day aide for Shade's Title I and first seventh grades, two kindergarten sessions due to overcrowding, a half-time Albany Elementary first grade aide, and a John Hutchison contract for Waterloo Elementary bus and breakfast supervision. They sought a high school CETA aide if possible, reappointed Title I coordinator Robert Bunting, added Linda Crowl as Todd Lawson tutor, and listed numerous substitutes and staff changes. Todd Lawson sustained a broken leg on the first day at Waterloo.
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Albany
Alexander
John Hutchison
Waterloo
Board of Education
Robert Bunting
Linda Crowl
Todd Lawson
Todd
Candace Rogers
Bernhard Bartlett
Bartlett
Jimmy Haning
Robert F. Brown
Janet King
Shade
Phyllis Timberlake
John D. Cogar
Joe Pedigo
Jesse Furnish
Brenda McCathren
Jan Myers
Virgil Reeves
Robert L. Wolfe
David Hastings
Betty Snow
Billing questions arise over sheriff department invoices
Athens County commissioners asked Prosecutor David Frey for a legal opinion on sheriff bills without purchase order numbers. About $7,000 in unprocessed sheriff bills exist and a court ruling requires billing for gas, medical, and repairs to go through the commissioners monthly. Debbie Bankis was fired by Sheriff Efan amid billing and record-keeping concerns.
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Athens County
David Frey
Sheriff's Department
Karen Harvey
Paul Brown
Gary Elaw
Common Pleas Court
Lowell Howard
York County Treasurer Corrects Fire Levy Remarks
County treasurer Richard Coe stated York Two does not have a fire protection levy. He admitted misstating at a County Budget Commission meeting, an error previously reported by The Messenger.
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York Two
Richard Coe
Coe
County Budget Commission
Messenger
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al Powell
Cleveland
Great Lakes Construction Co
Stimson Avenue
Bob Wilson Jr
Barn Group
Crafts Center
Board
Sheriff’s Billings
Efan
Ms. Bankis
York
Amin Moore
Moore's
Floor & Moore Decorating, Inc
Pomeroy Rd
Pratt's
Mkt
ROWE
SRN
Stearns & & Oe
Stearns & Foster
Simmons
Vance - Leach
Hove Furnishings
Athens, Ohio
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