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MarkWest honors fallen MWCD grants soldiers at annual event additional water SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2018

in prep for plant By JD LONG

jim@harrisonnewsherald.com

NEW PHILADELPHIA – After what seemed like years in passing after first hearing of a new power plant coming to Harrison County, cascading events leading up to the power plant’s fruition have been moving like a steady wave pushing towards the shoreline. After the Harrison Hills School Board, Cadiz council, and the Harrison County Commissioners all passed approval for an Enterprise Zone within recent weeks of each other, another step was accomplished last Friday when the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) approved Cadiz’s request for additional water at their monthly meeting. Harrison County and the village of Cadiz were well represented with Village Administrator Charley Bowman, Harrison County Economic Development Director Nick Homrighausen, and John

Tabacchi, acting attorney for the Harrison County Community Improvement Corporation all were on hand. Also present was attorney for Harrison Power LLC, Chris Schmenk, of Bricker and Eckler. Homrighausen spoke first and he gave a brief rundown in the process of bringing the power plant to Harrison County. He stated that one of his first calls was to the MWCD for additional water usage calling this “just the next step in the process.” “I think we’ve got it down to a palatable level and the village has been great to work with and this will not impact them in any way from the standpoint of putting any more of a burden on them…” calling the power plant another customer. Homrighausen said the 1,000 megawatt plant was to hold 20 to 30 full time employees upon completion. It was also ascertained that the water was to be treated, as it would run through the Cadiz plant,

Crash on Ohio 9 leads to road closure By JD LONG

jim@harrisonnewsherald.com

Harrison Hills student Payton Taylor noted several heroes going back to World War I who were killed in action and giving the ultimate sacrifice at MarkWest’s third annual Memorial Day Celebration held Tuesday on Industrial Park Road at their office. Several county officials were on hand along with a group of school children who heard the singing of the National Anthem and Taps played by fellow students.

By JD LONG

jim@harrisonnewsherald.com

CADIZ – Industrial Park Road was the scene of memories, flag waving, bravery and heartbreaking stories at the MarkWest Energy offices Tuesday morning. e third annual Memorial Day Celebration sponsored by MarkWest Energy was again conducted under cloudy skies but the crowd of school children and the singing of Harrison Hills’ student, Carley Rogers brightened the day. Rogers sang the National Anthem then later the Lee Greenwood song, “God Bless e USA,” while students, Kylie Hyre played “Taps” and Todd Stringer provided the echo. Front and center, which has been the norm for these memorials, were the local surviving World War II veterans, which Harrison County provided in Myron ompson, John L. Tabacchi (European eatre of Operations), and Roy Hildreth (Pacific eatre). One of the main speakers was Harrison Hills’ student

Events

Hopedale readies for annual Community Days

e Hopedale Community Days are right around the corner with a few changes for this year. See Page 12

Payton Taylor who spoke of World War I ace pilot Frank Luke Jr. where he was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously after being killed in action in 1918. Taylor then recited a female Vietnam Veteran’s time in that war noting that she was the only American nurse killed during enemy fire. Her name was First Lt. Sharon Ann Lane from Canton where her family moved sometime after she was born in Zanesville (Armyhistory.org). Taylor noted Lane volunteered for her service, stating there is no Wikipedia page for her (she does not), nor did she have the medals to match the heavily decorated Audie Murphy or the fame of Sgt. Alvin York “yet she was just as much of a hero.” Lane was killed during a rocket attack at the hospital she worked in Chu Lai along with a 12 year-old girl, Taylor said. He also cited another military death but this one did not come during war but within the boundaries of the United States-and it was a recent event. Four were killed when their

Sports

Free sports physicals to be given in Freeport e Freeport Family Health Center is once again giving free sports physicals to prospective athletes. See Page 6

NEWS-HERALD

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School

Graduating seniors receive scholarships

With another school year in the books, a few Harrison Central seniors received accolades and scholarships. See Page 7

HARRISON COUNTY – An accident involving a semi-trailer and a Mazda resulted in the shutdown of Ohio 9 ursday morning. e accident happened at approximately 10 a.m. and incredibly the crash resulted in no injuries according to personnel on the scene. e driver of the semi, who did not give his name, stated he was rounding a bend in the road heading north in the direction of Cadiz when he noticed his load began fishtailing. at apparently led to the Mazda getting pinned against the hillside and narrowly escaped being crushed as the semi rolled onto its side, trailer and all as it lay almost squarely across the road. e unnamed female driver of the 4-door blue-gray Mazda with Ohio plates was said to be uninjured but she was transported to Harrison Community Hospital for evaluation.

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e driver of the semi, with Illinois plates escaped his cab and was standing on the side of the road completely uninjured. He said he was literally on the job for one whole day and hadn’t met anyone from the company, nor did he know this area or had ever been to Ohio previously. When he picked up the truck in Texas he was told to drive to Ohio and pick up a load of fracking sand, which was seen lying on parts of the road and in the embankment and ditch area.

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Our Question of the Week: Do you feel safe on Harrison County roads? vote at: harrisonnewsherald.com

A Thursday morning crash on Ohio 9 shut down traffic for many hours three miles south of Sally Buffalo Park’s entrance when a semi trailer lost control and pinned another vehicle against the hillside. No one was reported injured. The crash is under investigation.

Question of the week Last week’s question

Are you concerned about the potential loss of jobs due to the increase in gas power plants? YES 31% (11 VOTES) NO 69% (24 VOTES)

Next week’s question Question

Do you feel safe on Harrison County roads? YES •  NO

Vote@HarrisonNewsHerald.com

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