03 Dec 1980
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1980
Page
1
The Clermont Courier commemorates Clermont County turning 180 on December 6. Since 1836 the Courier has served the region, succeeding The Spirit of the Times and The Chronicle of the Times. The editorial page features a county history as part of the anniversary.
The Clermont Courier revisits the Pearl Harbor attack and the national response from the 39th anniversary feature, reflecting on editorials and public sentiment from that date. The piece analyzes reaction, memory, and the impact on policy and civilian resolve.
The Country Store will host a holiday bake sale at Mt. Zion Community Center on Clermontville-Laurel Road on Saturday December 6 at 5:61 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the New Richmond Village Santa Claus fund.
Cecil Osborne, Springdale city administrator since 1974, will speak at the Citizens' Incorporation Study Committee meeting on December 8 at 7:30 p.m. The session will be held in the American Loses Hatt Volax lake Mt. Carmel area. Springdale transitioned from village to city after the 1970 Census.
The feature film Born Again about Chuck Colson and a major political scandal will be shown at First Baptist Church of Mt. Repose, 6088 Guinea Pike, on December 7 at 7 p.m. The movie chronicles Colson's public transformation and has been described as a landmark spiritual conversion.
The Ladies of St. Peter Church Bethel New Richmond Rd New Richmond host a Christmas Boutique and Luncheon on Friday December 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event features Christmas items and baked goods with public invitation.
The Clermont County Hospital Guild hosts its annual Christmas bazaar in the hospital lobby from now until Christmas. Handcrafted wreaths door decorations table top pieces candles and ornaments are for sale to benefit the hospital. Open Monday through Saturday 11 30 am to 8 pm and Sunday 12 to 8 pm.
The Clermont County Republican Club invites members to its annual Christmas dinner at the Oak Tree Restaurant, Royal Oak Country Club, Withamsville. Social hour starts 6:30 PM, dinner at 7:30 PM, with installation of the 1981 club officers during the event.
The New Richmond High School band presents its annual Christmas concert on Thursday December 4 at 7 30 p m Admission is free.
The report compares 1978-79 to 1979-80 school years across nine districts. Clermont County mostly bucked the trend with Milford Exempted Village adding 2.5 employees for 145 students and New Richmond adding 3.9 per 42 students, while Ferguson urged districts to avoid staffing as enrollment shrinks. West Clermont and Batavia added staff despite smaller enrollments. Bethel Tate and Williamsburg saw losses or cuts. Overall payroll per student rose in several districts, with Clermont County measures near one employee per 12 students.
The treasurer's assistant plans to handle investments to boost returns in Clermont County. Rates vary monthly by five to six percent, prompting a push to move investments more often than 30 days. Three unnamed candidates were mentioned for the new role. Salary details remain undecided as funds become available.
The Union Township Planning Commission endorsed rezoning for J.A. Properties and ITI Corporation to build Grovesnor Square a 106 unit mix including 28 single family homes and 78 condos on 30.6 acres north of Glen Este High School and east of Glen Este Williamsville Rd plus an ITI request to rezone 50.4 acres on Shayler Rd from R-2 and adjacent classifications.
Clermont County Sewer District will terminate the Clermont Warren Manpower Consortium Title VI program that provided work to public service participants who dismantled three abandoned wastewater plants. Ten participants worked, with twenty documented at times, and the group showed potential for further training prompting calls for CETA job opportunities until a sewer district opening exists.
Black and Veatch, Kansas City engineers, told Clermont County commissioners last week that Shayler damage stemmed from an economical sewer design unable to withstand storm runoff. The firm led by Pro secuting Attorney Robert Jones and Jess Smith of McGill and Smith examined costs, noting $130,000 in repairs against a $13 million seller Beat Cost. A $15,000 contract with Black and Veatch was signed, while Harold Grossnickel protested a $13,230 water tap-in fee for a single-truck operation serving non-piped areas, with Sanitary Engineer Donald Reckers saying rates apply uniformly.
Glenn Rhoades Construction Company Mt. Crab filed a protest as commissioners ruled the Nine Mile Creek treatment plant bid to Shook Inc Dayton at 2 274 000. EPA bid evidence for lift stations was 392 772 50. Purdy Georgetown attorney said Rhoades should have chance to show willingness to meet goals amid Suburbia Systems inclusion.
A band named Ecstacy gave 500 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association district director of the Cincinnati Chapter after a Labor Day Telethon at Union Terminal. The donation followed a concert on August 24 at 4545 Yates Lane. An arrest report notes Boehm, 23, faced inciting to violence and assault charges after police and state troopers responded to disturbances at the event.
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