Seabees Improve Monroe baseball diamonds over weekend
Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 20 based near Columbus used a road grader bulldozer and dump truck to improve drainage and add at least one new baseball diamond at Monroe Community Park. Three from Columbus two from Cincinnati, under Lt Richard Shepard, helped with the project which was done at no cost to Monroe.
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Monroe
Navy
Monroe Community Park
Columbus
Cincinnati
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 20
Lockbourne Afb
Roger Wilcox
Boy
Seabees
Richard Shepard
Sands Ave
Alpha Company
Shepard
Armco Steel Corp
Wilcox
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Court halts major dam work on two Ohio rivers
U S District Judge Timothy Hogan issued a temporary injunction stopping Army Corps of Engineers from major construction at dam sites on Caesars Creek and the East Fork of the Little Miami River in Ohio Atty Gen William Brown sought the order alleging inadequate environmental impact statements and failure to assess environmental damage An Aug 13 court hearing is scheduled for the case Little Miami is Ohio first designated scenic river.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
U.S
Timothy Hogan
Army Corps of Engineers
Ohio
Caesars Creek
Little Miami
Atty
William Brown
Franklin Township awards Union Road rebuild contract
Franklin Township trustees awarded Armiel Construction Co. a 48207 bid to rebuild Union Road from Ohio 122 to Shaker Road. Completion is expected within four weeks after a new building on E Sixth Street near Community Park opens to house the Franklin Emergency Squad and township offices.
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Franklin
Franklin Township
Armiel Construction Co
Union Road
Ohio 122
Shaker Road
Paul Fitzgerald
E. Sixth Street
Community Park
Fitzgerald
Flood Woes Hit Hunter Subdivision After Cloudburst
In Hunter along Ohio 122 west of Red Lion residents report flooded basements garages and septic tanks from a heavy rain. County officials discuss county drainage projects and private remedies while odor from raw sewage hangs over Beatrice Drive and Robinson Vail Road. Action remains undecided.
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Hunter
Ohio 122
Red Lion
Bob Turner
County Commission
Beatrice Drive
Robinson-Vail Road
Turner
Stan Markey
Massillon Boy 7 Dies From Falling Tree Accident
Michael Kinney age seven of Massillon died from injuries after a tree fell and crushed him. Authorities reported the fatal incident occurred after a Tuesday collapse and the child died early today.
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Massillon, Ohio
Michael Kinney
Massillon
Lebanon council okays funding for Colony Square traffic signal
Lebanon council voted to pay to install a traffic signal at the Colony Square Shopping Center entrance on Main Street. The $12,000 project has sparked a dispute between the city and developers since completion two years ago. City manager Charles Guard could not say when the signal would be erected.
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Lebanon
Colony Square
Main Street
Charles Guard
Warren complex rezoning eyed for 1232 units near Kings Island
Taft Broadcasting seeks planned unit development zoning on 303 acres across I-71 from Kings Island. County leaders weighed denial concerns over sewers water and schools with a regional system possible aided by Army Corps funds. A decision was postponed pending 20 days and potential annexation talks.
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David Izor
Lebanon
Warren County
Kings Island Village
Taft Broadcasting Co
Kings Island Amusement Park
I-71
Jim Nelson
Taft
County Regional Planning Commission
Deerfield Union
County Zoning Commission
Dudley Taft
Mason
Robert Turner
Commission
Zoning Board
Middletown High School Class of 1938 Reunion Dinner Dance
The Middletown High School Class of 1938 will hold a reunion dinner dance at 2 p.m. August 4 at the Congress Inn. Tickets are 20 dollars per couple. Reservations by July 30 to Mrs. Charles Phillabaum or Dixie Gose.
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Middletown
Congress Inn
Charles Phillabaum
S. Breiel Blve
Dixie Gose
Sorg Place
Warren jail disturbance prompts upgrade to cells
County deputies used tear gas to suppress a disturbance at the Warren County jail about 8 pm. Ten prisoners were involved, tables and facilities were damaged, and showers and toilets were broken. Chief Deputy Ferrell Baker said new measures include welding hasps on cell doors to confine inmates individually. No injuries or charges were reported.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Roy Wallace
Ferrell Baker
Baker
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Seabee Group
Ball Diamond
Dairy Queen
Verity
Am O Q
Warren
Taft Broadcasting
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Landon Farm
Deerfield Township
Craig Jarvis
State Environmental Protection Agency
Harveysburg
Massie Township
al Hylton
Federal Assistance
Carl Rode
MHS
DR Pepper
Ayaa
Aus
Pepper
DR Pepper CO
DR Pepper Company
Dallas
Texas
DR. Pepper Bottling Company
Hamilton, Ohio
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