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Ohio Farm Bureau launches enhanced website
COLUMBUS — Ohioans looking to learn about food and farms, excel in the garden, find new recipes or great events and tours can turn to the newly redesigned OurOhio.org website. The website, originally launched by Ohio Farm Bureau in 2005, is a resource for hundreds of thousands of visitors searching for expert information on Ohio food, gardening, cooking and related events, as well as stories about Ohio farmers and information about Ohio-produ...
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Middleport granted funds to improve parks
MIDDLEPORT — Middleport has received a grant from the Meigs County Health Department to be used to improve park facilities in the village as a way of encouraging residents to participate in activities which lead to a healthier lifestyle. The grant money is designated for use in improving the playgrounds at Ferman Moore Park behind the new Middleport Village Hall and at Diles Park located on North Second Street. Mayor Michael Gerlach said th...
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Southern excels in on-site review of programs
RACINE — The Southern Local School District in Racine, Ohio recently underwent its statewide on-site review for Federal Programs and Title VI-IDEA Special Education Programs. In each instance, both programs were found to be in excellent condition. In addition to the Title VI-IDEA school age review, Title VI-IDEA Preschool and Gifted Programs were evaluated for compliance. Southern’s Special Education and Gifted programs were 95 percent and ...
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Library expanding days, hours at branch locations
POMEROY — After nearly five years of cuts to hours of operation, staffing, and other items, the Meigs County District Public Libraries will see hours return to where they once were. Over the past few years the library system in Meigs County has seen a budget cut of 33.5 percent, but with the help of a levy passed last year by Meigs County voters, the library is now able to restore many of the services it once provided. Kristi Eblin, Direc...
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Sen. Gentile selected for professional development fellowship
COLUMBUS — State Sen. Lou Gentile (D-Steubenville) has applied for and been accepted to the 2013 Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development Fellowship as administered by the Council of State Governments, Midwestern Division. Senator Gentile will be joined by 36 other legislators from across the Midwest in Madison, Wisconsin this summer to receive training that develops leadership skills while sharing knowledge on some of the most...
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Sisters of St. Joseph awards grants to three Meigs programs
POMEROY — Three Meigs County organizations have been awarded grants by the Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Fund (SSJCF) as part of its program in support of its vision of “healthy people in healthy communities.” At its spring meeting the SSJCF’s Board of Directors approved a total of $237,727 in funding for 30 organizations in southeastern Ohio and West Virginia. They were awarded in the categories of Oral Health, Healthy Lifestyles, Healt...
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Southern Board approves personnel items
RACINE — The Southern Local Board of Education approved several personnel items during the recent meeting. Five-year contracts were approved for Chad Dodson, Diane Dunfee, Meg Guinther, Misty Rogers, Martha Rose, Brent Smith and Marcia Weaver. Three-year contracts were approved with Wendy Beegle, Carrie Gardner and Autumn Lisle. One-year contracts were approved with Scott Cleland, Joe Cornell, Rachel Cornell, Ryan Davis, Chris Stout, Me...
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Consumer alert: Beware of agency imposters
RIO GRANDE — Recently, the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. (AAA7) has been made aware of individuals in the area who have been posing as AAA7 workers by knocking on doors claiming to be representatives of the AAA7. Currently, these reports have generated from Lawrence and Scioto counties; however, the AAA7 asks everyone to heighten the awareness for their safety and protection. The AAA7 provides services in the following Ohio counties: ...
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<p>Jason A. Lendway</p>
Sheriff’s office searching for sex offender
GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Sheriff’s Office is currently searching for a registered sex offender who has not only failed to register his change of address, but is also wanted on a local warrant for probation violations. According to Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning, during a recent routine compliance check of the county’s registered sex offenders, Jason A. Lendway, 36, was not found at his registered residence at 210 River Street in t...
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Phonetic pre-school opening in Pomeroy
POMEROY — A new phonetic pre-school program will be opening in Pomeroy in September with Brenda Barnhart, longtime kindergarten teacher, as the administrator. The pre-school will be located in a section of the Restoration Fellowship Church at 526 Mulberry Heights Road in Pomeroy. Barnhart said that the class in her Little Lamb Phonetic Pre-School will be restricted to 15 students and conducted 3.5 hours, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Monday, Wednesday...
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Patrol focuses on motorcycle safety and enforcement
COLUMBUS — May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and the Ohio State Highway Patrol would like to remind motorists that there will be an increase in motorcycles on the roadways with the warmer weather and to remind motorcyclists to ride endorsed, trained and sober. From 2010-2012, motorcycle-involved crashes resulted in 509 fatalities and more than 11,480 injuries in the state of Ohio. In 2012 alone there were 165 motorcycle-rela...
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One person arrested in connection with Middleport math lab
MIDDLEPORT — One person has been arrested following a two month investigation into the possible manufacture of methamphetamine. Richard A. Hill Jr., 42, of Middleport was arrested on Wednesday evening about two hours after a search warrant was executed at his residence on North Second Avenue. Hill was not at the residence when Middleport Police Officers executed the search warrant. During the search officers found all of the precursors ...
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<p>Katie Alexander, new director for Meigs senior volunteer programs.</p>
COAD provides director for Meigs RSVP
POMEROY — The Meigs County Council on Aging’s Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), discontinued last year due to federal and state funding cuts, is being reactivated by the Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development (COAD). Katie Alexander, a native of Gallia County, has been employed by COAD to resume senior volunteer activities. The Yesteryear program where seniors teach Meigs County fifth graders the skills of generations past is...
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Commissioners open bids on EOC building project
POMEROY — The Meigs County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) became a step closer to reality last week as the commissioners opened bids on the project. A total of six bids were received on the estimated $640,000 base bid project. Two alternates were also added to the bid package for the project. Those alternatives include a holding tank for sanitary sewer and a concrete parking lot. Bids were received as follows: Brenmar Construction, J...
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Unemployment rates continue to decline in Meigs, Gallia
OHIO VALLEY — Unemployment rates in both Gallia and Meigs counties continued to decline in March, marking two consecutive months of declining rates. Meigs County saw a little more than a half percent decrease to 12.2 percent. The county had been at 12.8 percent in February, and 14.4 percent in January. The rate is still higher than the December 2012 rate of 10.9 percent. Gallia County’s unemployment rate fell from 8.6 percent in February ...
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Meigs County Cleanup Day scheduled
POMEROY — Meigs County residents will have a chance to do some spring cleaning and get rid of junk, electronics, tires and personal documents for free at the Meigs County Cleanup Day on Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Meigs County Fairgrounds. The event is being made possible by the Meigs County Board of Commissioners, Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District, Meigs County Health Department, Rumpke, Shred Devil and the Gallia...
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‘It Starts Here’ program helps local business expand
POMEROY — The nationally known Snowville Creamery in Meigs County is continuing to grow and add jobs with help from the local “It Starts Here” revolving loan fund for businesses. Perry Varnadoe, Meigs County’s economic development director, advises that the Meigs County Community Improvement Corporation, along with USDA Rural Development, sponsors the “It Starts Here” local revolving loan fund which is geared to assist current and aspiring ...
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DJFS seeks summer program participation
GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Department of Job and Family Services (DJFS) is looking to follow-up on a very successful year for their summer youth employment program and is encouraging interested youth to participate in this year’s program. The summer youth employment program allows area business to hire local low-income youth, ages 15-24, for the summer and to be completely reimbursed for the wages expended for the youth involved. Acco...
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Meigs DAR regent attends state conference
POMEROY — Opal Greuser, regent of Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), attended the 114th annual conference of the Ohio Society, National DAR, held recently in Columbus. The conference opened with a banquet on Friday night which included period music played by Bob Bellamy on his hammer dulcimer and the National Defense address by Charlotte Marky. Exhibits were displayed for viewing by those attending. ...
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Officials respond to pipe bomb near Danville
MEIGS COUNTY — Officials with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, Salem Township Fire Department and the Columbus Bomb Squad responded to a call of a pipe bomb at a residence near Danville on the west end of Meigs County Saturday afternoon according to Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood. Deputy Mark Griffin said that a call came into the Sheriff’s Office at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Saturday from a female on the western end of Meigs County. ...
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Deputies, CPS investigate community drug tips
MEIGS COUNTY — Deputies have been busy this week investigating several children’s services tips. Meigs County County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that his office, along with Child Protective Services, responded to a call in Dexter on Monday, April 22, resulting in the arrest of Shane Caudil. Child Protective Services received information stating that Caudil had been collecting the materials needed to produce methamphetamine and intended to ...
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Local Boston Strong Run set for Sunday
POINT PLEASANT —Local runners will honor the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon tragedy with a Boston Strong Run on Sunday, April 28. The informal run starts at 2 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church in Point Pleasant. Organizers are encouraging all local runners in the tri-county area to join them for what’s been called the “Boston Strong Mason, Gallia, Meigs Run.” The Boston Strong Run is part of a movement across the country to rem...
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Masterworks Chorale delivers ‘A Night with Gilbert & Sullivan’
RIO GRANDE — The annual spring concert of the University of Rio Grande’s Masterworks Chorale will feature the acclaimed work of W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan, in conjunction with the Voice Studio of Valerie Tanner and Acting I students. The free concert is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28 in the Berry Fine and Performing Arts Center’s Alphus Christensen Theatre. “I am so excited about this semester’s collaboration between the choral...
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Online Cutest Kids Contest begins Sunday
OHIO VALLEY — Do you think your kids are cute? Maybe your grandchild is just the most adorable angel? Well, the “Cutest Kids Contest”, sponsored by The Daily Sentinel, Gallipolis Daily Tribune and Point Pleasant Register, can give you those bragging rights in southeast Ohio. Beginning Sunday, April 28, you can enter your child or grandchild through one of our local news websites, www.mydailysentinel.com, www.mydailytribune.com or www.my...
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