County weighs CDBG applications in Clermont County
Clermont County commissioners consider about five times the 1985 CDBG allocation to fund requests from county offices and townships. Proposals include handicapped access at 17 locations, water line extensions, renovations for Batavia Armory and YWCA, senior centers, firehouse upgrades, drainage and street projects, park developments, and public services across Amelia Bethel Felicity New Richmond and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Clermont County
Binning
Cain Run
Elston Hockstock Road
Batavia Village
Beresen Township
Clermont Senior Services Inc
Public Service
Chile
Williamsburg Village
Eighth
Gray
Lytle
Hudson
Front
Union Township
Grailville
Montessori Family
Owensville
Newtonsville
Bethel
North Ash Street
North West Street
Amelia
Kline Street
Huntington Drive
Floral Avenue
Clermont County Park Board
Richmond
Market St
US 52
Exemptions and excuses from jury service explained
A historic guide lists common jury duty exemptions such as medical reasons, elected officials, doctors, dentists, and cloistered groups. It notes fees for nonappearance, typical excuses like death or illness, and warns some may try to avoid service with phrases like I will never vote again.
Jury Duty and Civic Duty Highlight Judge Voris in Clermont County
Michael Voris, a Clermont County judge with a law practice and teaching role, discusses jury service as a civic duty. He notes counties may use motor vehicle lists to supplement juror pools and warns about economic and personal sacrifices, urging readers to consider the tradition and impact of serving on a jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Motor Vehicle
Michael Voris
Clermont County
Clermon College
Debt Debate Highlights Tax Plans and Spending Cuts
A group of conservative thinkers in a budget game examined trimming $36 billion from defense and cutting federal aid to states and subsidies by $57 billion, while adding a 10 percent energy tax. Participants noted the deficit as massive, agreed on tough choices, and raised concerns about budget figures and limited options. A lobbyist distributed material from the Grace Commission urging federal waste cuts to save $424.4 billion in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Wolfe
Fred Heflin
Jeanne Schmidt
Postal Service
Amtrak
Priscilla O'Donnell
O'iapnell
Galvin
Roosevelt Center
Mike Arata
Mariemont
Foundation For Citizens Against Waste
Jack Anderson
Washington D.C
Grace Commission
Thes
J. Peter Grace Jr
Edenton and Wayne Township History Trails in Clermont County
The guide notes Ohio 133 ends in Edenton named for Eden, with a monument to the Old Xenia Trail built in the 1920s by the Blanchester DAR. It recalls Native American routes used by Indians, Boone, armies, and the Underground Railroad, plus graves of William Sloan and his log cabin home site near Stonelake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio 133
Ohio
Bullskin Creek
Ohio River
Daniel Boone
Underground
DAR
Blanchester
Edenton
Edenton Cemetery
William Sloan
Slone
Wayne Township
Mad
Anthony Wayne
Fallen Timbers
Stonelick Lake
Woodville Pike
Oral Quarrel on Punishments for Sex Offenders
A column critiques lenient penalties in sex offense cases and urges mandatory sentencing, calling current justice system flaws clear in a Hamilton County court example. It questions plea bargaining, advocates harsher laws, and invites reader responses via a deadline phone line for a follow-up on page 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Junty
Jimmy Swaggart
America
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Edentor
Jac
Wayne Wey
Moes
Ohio 188
Old Xenia Trail
Michael Vor
Michael Connor
Paxton
Mena Meahring
Withamsville
George Witham
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