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Changes seen in joint ambulance district proposal By JD LONG
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CADIZ – Although it may have been a small wrinkle it was necessary for Hopedale Fire Chief Mark Marchetta to appear before Cadiz council last Thursday regarding the joint ambulance district he hopes to form called the Silver Spade Joint Ambulance District. Those districts, as published in last month’s July 13 edition of this newspaper had included: Archer, Cadiz and Green Townships with the village’s of Hopedale and Cadiz joining as well. But Marchetta told council that Archer
had decided to back out and not join thus the reason for his visit. Marchetta said after meeting with members of Archer Township they decided not to participate in the ambulance district. This week Marchetta further explained that the Archer people did not want to participate “at this time” as they only had a small amount of calls, as the reason not to join for now. “So, the resolution as it was written, had to be changed regardless because Archer Township had to come out,” Marchetta explained. He added that the solicitor for Hopedale (Jack Felgenhauer) also wished to have a
Commissioners hear bids on courthouse entrance By JD LONG
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CADIZ – For an issue that has been dormant for at least a year or more, the subject of the new courthouse entrance hit the surface with bid openings at Wednesday’s Harrison County Commissioner’s meeting. Pat Kelly of Kelly Architectural Services, a firm out of Zanesville, appeared before the board and announced three bids with G&M Construction (Zanesville) coming in lowest in the amount of $119,000. The second lowest was Grae-Con Construction of Steubenville with an amount of $197,400. The highest bidder, Wolf Creek Contracting Company LLC, came in substantially higher at $240,908. Commissioner Paul Coffland’s motion to table those bids was approved and no further discussion was heard. Kelly said he would review the bids and after meeting with the contractors would return with a recommendation. Commissioner Don Bethel called it a unique project involving bulletproof glass and a handicap accessible area in the front. They expect the project to begin within 90 days once the bid is officially awarded. Also, Ed Banks, administrator for the County Home, appeared to address the down payment for their new elevator. Commissioner Dale Norris
“dozen words he wanted to add in various sections.” He told council he didn’t expect them to take any action right now considering Cadiz Solicitor Costa D. Mastros had just seen the changes for the first time. Marchetta did request to have a special meeting to be held this coming week telling council, “it’s tight [but] it still can be done,” referring to time in order to get the joint ambulance district on the ballot. Mastros explained that there were three ways the resolution could be “funded as it’s written now.” One was a levy with the tax placed on all the districts involved voted on by the
board, a second way was to submit a tax levy for the voters of the district to decide and the third was to submit a tax levy of capital expenditures. Marchetta stated that the third way would be the district buying an ambulance “if we want to spend that money,” as an example. Also, he described it as very specific in that if they needed to hire more people, which would take more money, the levy would be specific “just for staffing.” When asked if the levy did not pass how would they fund the joint district, Marchetta stated the levy is the best option as long term solutions would have to kick in without it.
“If it fails three times in a row that would be jeopardy,” he told council. The special meeting that was debated was finally scheduled for Monday, Aug. 5 and held inside the Cadiz Municipal Building. Also, Village Administrator Ted Andrzejewski reported that their village pavers have been out in force paving alleys with more to come throughout the summer. “Guys did a great job,” he said of the village crew. Andrzejewski said the entrance (Route 9) to Sally Buffalo Park would finally get paved over as well,
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One last trip to the mine
read the amount of $66,500 and Banks stated the total cost was $133,000. Banks called the elevator a “modernization” and that “basically everything is new but the frame.” The elevator, which was built in 1974, was showing its wear, according to Banks. Commissioner Bethel said this is the first time the elevator had gone through a rehabilitation. The elevator is being paid for via the County Home’s levy funds. Commissioner Norris read Agreement (51-19) involving Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) for a subsidy grant agreement titled: Targeted Community Alternatives to Prison. The grant is actually an agreement with ODCR, Division of Parole and Community Services, the Bureau of Community Sanctions and Harrison County. “…The Grantor is authorized…to determine and award grant funds to assist local governments under the Targeting Community Alternatives to Prison (T-CAP) program, that is designed to reduce or divert the number of persons committed to state penal institutions and/or detained in and/or committed to local corrections agencies,” the agreements states in part. The grant is in the amount of $150,000, which is to be paid in eight installments with four payments
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Pictured left to right: Frank Myers - Mine superintendent, Rick Wood Jr. - Hoist Operator, O'Reste Diloreto "Rusty", Randy Riddle - Vice President Operations Rhino Energy.
97 year old retired miner returns to visit Hopedale mine
Bear crowned Queen of the Fireman’s Fair Kendra Bear was the Queen of the Freeport Fireman’s Fair held last week under sunny skies and a colorful parade. Commissioner, Don Bethel, State Representative Don Jones and Sheriff, Joe Myers all made their presence along with the usual festivities.
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HOPEDALE — O’Reste Diloreto "Rusty" is from Adena, Ohio, and now a resident at Gables Care Center in Hopedale. He told Activities Director, Pam Wood, that he wanted to visit the mine one more time. With the help of her husband, Rick Wood, and Rhino Energy, Rusty returned to visit the Hopedale Mine on July 26. He was greeted by the Superintendent of the mine, Frank Myers; Randy Riddle, VP of Operations; and Rick Wood, Hoist Operator. Rusty helped open the Hopedale Mine in 1958; then it
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was Y&O Coal Nelms #2. He said contractors dug the slope, and once they got to the coal, Rusty and his crew took over with a 160 pound cutting machine that they carried themselves and a Joy Loader, and started mining coal. Rusty started out at Y&O Coal Nelms #1 in Unionvale, Ohio and went to Y&O Coal Nelms #2 where he retired after 33 years. Rusty said it was nice to see it again. A lot has changed over the years. A special thank you to all that helped make this happen.
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