County Road Damaged By Coal Truck Traffic
Athens County commissioners and County Engineer Gerald Hann discussed damage on County Road 1 near Zessman mine in Carbon Dale from coal trucks. They proposed southbound routes to Route 56 and Route 682, parking on mine property for empty trucks, and contacted firms about using Route 691 for traffic from a Vinton County mine to the Poston power plant.
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Athens
Athens County
Gerald ‘Hann
William Zessman
Otho ‘Junior’ Huntley
Kimberly Carbondale
Carbondale
Zessman
Vinton County
Poston
Hann
Plains Water and Sewer District
State Administration of Justice Division
Federal Hocking School To Reopen Friday
Federal Hocking Middle School will reopen Friday with unsafe classrooms out of use. Classes were canceled Wednesday and today. Teachers and administrators will use gym and music areas to resume instruction while exploring three alternatives including renovation, sending sixth graders to other elementaries, or split sessions at the high school. State approval and education department input expected.
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Lorubbio
Scrabbio
Coolville
Amesville
State Department of Education
State Department
Three Speakers Set for Athens Chamber Meeting on Rhodes Proposals
The Athens Chamber will host a dinner meeting next Thursday October 2 at 6 30 p m at the Athens Country Club to discuss Governor Rhodes four economic recovery proposals. Speakers include Rex Kern former OSU star and Buffalo Bills player T D Griley deputy director of Ohio Development Department and Tom Dudgeon Ohio Editorial Enterprises Inc president.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
James Rhodes
Bill Biehl
Chamber
Rex Kern
Ohio State University
Buffalo Bills
T. D. Griley
Ohio Development Department
Tom Dudgeon
Ohio Editorial Enterprises Inc
Athens ‘Country Club
Ann Algeo
Firemen Check Two Athens Buildings After Odor Reports
Athens firemen investigated two odor reports on Wednesday. Gas and gasoline smells were reported at 5 S Shannon AVE and 26 N Congress St, but searches found no danger. A boiler valve at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd caused overheating and steam. no damage noted, valve should be checked before use. Firefighters also responded to a trash dumpster fire behind Mackinnon Hall on OU South Green early this morning.
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Athens
Andy
S. Shannon “Ave
N. Congress St
Episcopal Church ’of the Good Shepherd
University Terrace
Mackinnon Hall
Ohio University
South Green
Rural Bus Fare Hike Planned by AORTA Board
Rural fares for the Appalachian Ohio Regional Transit Association rise starting Wednesday. The first increase sets 25 cents for the first five miles and five cents for each additional mile, with senior riders 65 and older charged 10 cents for the first five miles and five cents thereafter. A $369,584 expansion grant request to the Department of Transportation is preliminarily favored, with public hearings to be scheduled by ODOT. The board also invited Vinton County officials to appoint representatives and noted a three day Rural and Small Urban Transit Conference that yielded a $426.40 surplus in registration fees.
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Appalachian Ohio Regional Transit Association
Board of Trustees
AORTA
Association For Senior Citizen
David Vaughan
Clarence Miller
Department of Transportation
Richard Henderson
Mass Transit
Ohio Department of Transportation
Vaughan
ODOT
Vinton County Council On Aging
Vinton County Commissioners
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Earle Bridgewater
Sheriff’s Department
Beechwood Estates
Army Corps of Engineers
State Division of Watercraft
Federal Hocking School
the Athens Messenger
Associated Press
D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
the Publishing Co
Route
Johnson Road
Uubrella
Ubrella
Marting
Chestnut
Nelsonville, Ohio
Blackburn Appyance
RCA
Quasar Wert Py Lahde A Secolor TV
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