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Har. Co. reports three COVID cases in a week By JD LONG
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CADIZ – Harrison County Health Administrator Garen Rhome reported the continuing slide of COVID cases in Harrison County, at Wednesday’s commissioner’s meeting. Just three cases were reported in the past week, which has kept in step with the low numbers reported for approximately the past six weeks of 10 cases or less being reported in a week’s time. The case count for Harrison County is now at 1,079 with presumed recovered at 1,049, which is up from 1,042 and active cases now down to six from 10 of last week. What was more interesting was that Rhome stated he hasn’t seen any hospitalizations, at least in the critical sense, or ICU patients in several months. Rhome said of the long-term care facility situation that they are still
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seeing positives, not necessarily within Harrison County but in talking with colleagues, but those cases are more asymptomatic and “very, very less severe.” He attributes this to the efficacy of the vaccine. Rhome said another 260 vaccination doses had been given last week but most will be second doses this coming week. He said over a two-day period around 30 walk ups also received a vaccination, which they are openly taking now (740942-2616). “We’ve got the paperwork, you don’t have to be pre-registered [or] pre-scheduled…just show up, we’ve got your dose, we’ve got your paperwork and all the information you need,” Rhome explained. He added that two additional mass vaccination clinics will be held on Friday, May 7, which will include around 200 second dose recipients.
CADIZ — This Friday, April 30, is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day. Dog pounds in Ohio, like Harrison County Dog Pound Volunteers, rely heavily on their Facebook group page to help countless dogs find safe homes. Over the past 7 years on Facebook, dogs have been connected with new owners more and more with the help of the social media platform. With over 10,000 group followers, the dog pound volunteers are connecting more dogs together with the community of Cadiz than ever before. One dog’s life in particular has changed dramatically because of the group page. A dog named, “Cain was found on the side of the road at1:30 in the morning in Carroll County in October of 2020. He had a rusted chain with heavy crimpers attached embedded so deeply in his neck that part of the chain was no longer visible,” said Cindi Yanez, Rescue Coordinator at the pound. The person contacted Yanez over Facebook messenger who could not refuse to help. “Cain spent two weeks in the hospital and then joined his foster to adopt family in the Pittsburgh area who had seen his post on Facebook,” she went on to say. After posting Cain’s dramatic story and showing pictures of how bad his wounds were, people as far away as Utah offered to pitch in towards a reward for information leading to the arrest of the persons responsible. The Harrison County Dog Pound Volunteers page raised $1,500 and added another $1,000 towards the cause. Another $6,000 was additionally raised for Cain’s care, donations coming from as far away as California. With the spread of information, the previous owners of Cain were found guilty of abuse and Cain’s adoption was finalized to a loving family. “Had it not been for Facebook, Cain would never have survived on the side of that road to get his happy adoption story,” Yanez said. Like Cain, the group page is filled with dogs waiting to be adopted into a welcoming home.
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Scio’s 646 intersection turns into nightmare problem By JD LONG jim@harrisonnewsherald.com SCIO – The intersection at Ohio 646 and E. College Street in Scio, in which the village thought it was smooth sailing after obtaining grant money last year to fix the deteriorating area and storm drain, has turned into a colossal problem. A letter from Ohio EPA dated April 23 of this year, was for the purpose to serve a notice of violation on the village, which was addressed to Brian Jurosko, operator of records for their waterwastewater treatment plant. The letter was the result of a complaint received from a village resident witnessing “an overflowing manhole on State Route
646.” The problem was later discovered to be a collapsing sewer line with storm water running into and mixing with the sewage system. Two violations against the village were listed with one being the actual storm water mixing with the sanitary system and the second states that, “The Village of Scio has not provided immediate notification, or the 5-day follow up report(s) to Ohio EPA DSW (Division of Surface Water) for the State Route 646 SSO.” “That situation would have been remedied with the State Route 646 project [but] that timeline is not
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Muskingum Watershed Conservacy District changes campground rules By JD LONG
jim@harrisonnewsherald.com NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) has straightened out a policy that had become somewhat controversial with apparent complaints filing in. And that is with their transfer rules in camping spots that were once left up to the campers themselves, but no longer. Executive Director Craig Butler talked
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about the difficulty in certain potential campers waiting in a long line to obtain a camping spot where some were able to jump the line by “purchasing,” either the spot or someone’s actual camper as a perk thrown in, “at an accelerated premium.” Butler said they had received complaints from people who had been waiting to find a spot but didn’t have the means to pay those inflated costs from the existing campers looking to move out. He said they had received an equal number of complaints versus accolades for
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closing that loophole as well. Director of Marketing and Communications Adria Bergeron, later explained that when someone is done camping at one of their sites, they will just leave and a lottery will be held for new campers without the outgoing campers “selling” their spot. Also, another lottery will be held for existing campers hoping to move to a premium spot. She said these lotteries were already in existence but the outgoing camper will now just leave without getting involved in who will take their place.
In other matters, Butler also talked about golf carts needing two license plates instead of just one. Also, putting in a permit process for platforms, steps, awnings, for example to be more consistent in the process, as a permit from the park manager will now be needed for campers doing work on their campground. “It sort of gives us a checks and balance with our management team, making sure that they’re checking in and not doing something they shouldn’t be doing on the
lot,” Chief of Recreation Ryan McCleaster told the board in referring to past issues with decks and awnings as an example. The MWCD, a winter ago held several highly attended meetings from regular campground members who objected to some of the new rules implemented regarding changes to their campground pads, but permits were not discussed until now. “This will just sort of give us an
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