Matoaka offers bicycle safety course for kids
Matoaka Mayor Coburn announces a bicycle safety course for children up to 12 taught by Police Chief Lipscombe. The session runs Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Matoaka Municipal Center on Valley Street. Participants must bring a bicycle and helmet. certificates of completion will be awarded. open to Mercer County children. call 467-7311 to register.
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Coburn
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First Avenue
Route 10
Jerry Lipscombe
Matoaka Municipal Center
Mercer County
Clinton rejects slavery apology as national dialogue begins
The White House ruled out a formal national apology for slavery for now. President Clinton says he will consider the idea if his race advisory board recommends it, but officials state the apology is not the starting point for his race dialogue. The matter was discussed with the Black Leadership Forum and the advisory board chaired by John Hope Franklin.
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Franklin
United States
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Ohio
Congress
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Jaeger Bank Provides Emergency Aid in Crisis
The Bank of Jaeger donated 6000 to aid after a financial crisis while Gov Cecil Underwood added 8650 in emergency funding. The town faced 17 in bank balance and 40000 in debt, using funds to cover municipal liability insurance as sanitation and police services continue.
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Bank of Jaeger
Cecil Underwood
Kennedy
Part-time vs full-time dispute fuels UPS strike talks
UPS part-time workers face wage cuts and limited seniority while waiting for assignments as a strike continues. Woodward, with a family to support, fears long-term earnings and retirement. Strikers seek job security and a path to full-time positions, not immediate raises, amid ongoing delivery backups and supervisor-led shipments to hospitals and businesses.
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UPS
Randy Rose
Rose
Richlands
Teen sex education program faces local opt out vote
Sex education discussion notes teen pregnancy among 15 to 17 year olds fell from 7 364 in 1988 to 6 6166 in 1995 the board planned to vote on Sept 4 to let localities drop the program and hire reading specialists instead board president Michelle Easton said the change aims to give localities more flexibility
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Michelle Easton
Town council eyes Monday audit update and festival turnout
State auditors arrived Monday as the town awaits an audit to clarify fiscal standing. Council meets at 7 p.m. to plan stabilization while Brenda Robinette notes about 1000 people attended Friday’s festival with dancing, food, and an auction. Former mayor Dale Adkins has returned to town seeking to clear his name amid reports of fiscal concerns.
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Brenda Robinette
Associated Press
Dale Adkins
UPS strike shadows regional logistics as talks stall
Local and regional UPS managers refuse to discuss the strike while union pickets focus on emergency medical parcels. Federal Express reports a peak day as UPS shutdowns disrupt roughly 12 million daily shipments nationwide. Pickets face arrests in Somerville and Norwood, with seven charged in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. President Clinton urges talks without promising action.
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Bill Clinton
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