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Drones help promote Harrison County By JD LONG
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CADIZ – JobsOhio flew drones over potential areas to market around Harrison County recently, according to Harrison County Economic Director Nick Homrighausen at last Thursday’s Harrison County Community Improvement Corporation (HCCIC) meeting held at the Cadiz Puskarich Library. He said it was mostly oil and gas related to see where various types of plants could manage their business in the best possible manner. “Very Harrison County focused,”
Homrighausen explained. “This is the first time they’ve done anything like that of this kind.” He told the audience that JobsOhio paid for the drone research in full and that it represented the type of relationship they have with local economic developers here and around the state. “It was a very expensive project and we appreciate their help and focus on Harrison County,” Homrighausen said adding that they have updated their brochure and their website to include Harrison County with photographs attached. “In other words that’s very impressive, out of the whole entire state that they’ve
kind of drawn their focus on Harrison County and their partnership is very valuable because there’s a lot of meetings that they are in that we are not, and for them to have that information…only helps them to attract jobs here whenever we can’t be in the room with them,” he continued. He also commended Doug Crabtree of the Harrison County Engineer’s Office who stated that he worked with JobsOhio’s videographer. Crabtree then displayed the actual footage of the drone coverage of several areas in Harrison County. Crabtree described the drone as approximately 18 inches square and the camera basically the size
of a baseball from approximately 1,000 feet in the air. Crabtree narrated while the footage was being shown stating the County Home area and surrounding acreage was what was focused on, along with Hopedale and Industrial Park. Homrighausen said additional information would be added to the film such as the location of four-lane roads and water and sewer hookups that may be in close proximity to interested lands. He said a follow up meeting was expected to get final details in place in order to better aid possible property investors. “This is another tool that we have that
puts us above everyone else in the state at this time,” Homrighausen explained. He added that the topography could be a negative stating it wasn’t Texas or even western Ohio, “but you can see what MarkWest has already done and that’s part of the battle is changing people’s mindset…” He further stated that aside from the topography issues, MarkWest and UEO (Scio), as well as the pipeliners have proven that big things can happen here. Commissioner Don Bethel credited Homrighausen’s relationship with certain entities in making this happen.
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Cadiz CIC gives update on old post office
A Breath of Fresh Air
By JD LONG
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A house fire in Jewett Wednesday afternoon turned out to be more smoke than flame but a little four-month old dog named Bently was saved by several locals, including Jewett council member Rick Meneely. Two of them had to revive Bently, which took around 20 minutes before he regained his normal breathing.
Firefighter, citizen team up to save dog’s life in fire By JD LONG
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JEWETT – A “structure fire” are two alarming words heard when the call comes through the radio and for a Jewett house on Euclid Ave., it could have been much worse. At approximately 2:30 p.m. the call went out and first responders at the scene later said flames were extinguished inside the house where only smoke could be seen from the outside, except for a few locals who were there first and called in the emergency. A male and female were describing to firefighters what they saw in the early going, which was flames, a lot of smoke and two paws just inside a side door. But they didn’t know the dog was still inside its cage and no way out to
help himself. Pedro Ortiz was the one who kicked in the door and dragged the cage outside but that’s where the real effort began. He and Jewett council member Rick Meneely began first aid on the dog with one blowing through his nose and the other pumping his stomach. Ortiz said it took around 20 minutes to bring the dog back after first bringing him outside. Meneely said for a while, the dog wasn’t breathing. His name is Bently and the owner finally got to hug her dog all wrapped up in a white blanket. The dog is a mix between a Bichon and Shih Tzu where it’s referred to as a “Teddy Bear.” She said Bently was only around four months old but looked fine as she held him tight and cried.
No one was in the home but Bently at the time of the fire. Hopedale Chief Mark Marchetta said the fire marshal had been informed but that the cause was still “undetermined,” which was confirmed by Jewett Assistant Fire Chief Damian Kovarik. Marchetta said they suspect it might have been an electrical issue as the cause but again, nothing was official. One firefighter described going into the house, which was completely dark and smokefilled as another extinguished the flames from the inside. Others were trying to determine what was causing smoke to billow from the side of the house. One firefighter used an ax to cut away at the siding in order to get closer to the cause of the smoke, which was eventually snuffed out.
CADIZ – Last week some post office talk was offered up by the Cadiz Community Improvement Corporation’s (CCIC) Ken Mason. He said he’s had “continued conversations” with the U.S. Postal Service and also recently met with a company for possibly razing the building, which sits across from Sander’s Market in Cadiz. He said costs for demolition were discussed but added that the CCIC, or village of Cadiz has no obligation. “It’s just going through to get this estimate hopefully to kind of push them a little bit to make a decision on getting the place demo’d,” Mason explained. He said there were “three other environmental people” looking at the building but that this was the first time someone looked at it from a demolition perspective. Mason said there are also ongoing conversations regarding a new location for a permanent post office. He said they were still shopping around for rates regarding leases. “So, we’re still in the running for our recommendations as far as our primary property location…” he said adding that they should expect to hear from them within the next few months. Those locations Mason referred to involve one on Market Street and another near the Tractor Supply on Lincoln Ave. It was noted that there is not only competition with the CCIC for a location in the surrounding area of Cadiz but that there is also more than one developer involved. Mason also touched on the “green space” square for developing and talks he’s had with certain entities in order to spike interest. He said talks have gone on with Family Dollar and their business holdings about their building. He said there is still a three-year lease the store has with its financiers. “And we’ve always felt that if we’re going to develop the green space uptown that particular building there would give us the opportunity for some parking,” Mason told the board. “So that’s why we’re still considering looking that as a possible long-term purchase, if you will. And also not necessarily from the village’s perspective but also possibly from the county’s perspective.” Treasurer Amy Ossman requested approval for an audit bill of $4,824. She said around 70 percent had been completed, which was for 2017-18. The board approved.
Village finalizes water bill results, agrees not to forgive surplus usage By JD LONG
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CADIZ – The discussion that’s taken place over the past few village council meetings was finally decided upon of what to do about surplus water usage. Last week, Cadiz council member
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Thomas Crawshaw stated that anyone with a water break or say, a toilet running that causes a surplus in water usage will not be forgiven, but the bill would be spread out “up to six months of your water bills.” “Also, we will forgive the sewer charge for that excess water if you can prove
that it doesn’t go into the sewer system,” Crawshaw explained. His motion for Village Administrator Ted Andrzedrewski and Solicitor Costa D. Mastros in order to produce an ordinance stating as such was passed. Crawshaw also touched on water meters used by their “industrial
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customers” where they decided, “the county is to have a certificate every two years that shows they are certified and working properly.” He stated that there had been discussion previously regarding water meters not working and discovered that some of the ones monitoring their industrial customers
were not. He said this move should take care of the problem. A motion to have water meters certified was also passed. Also, Mastros announced the Visitor’s Center formal request to enter into a lease agreement
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