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SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2019
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Harrison Hills cuts ribbon on new school What a great day it is, not to be just a Husky, but a resident of Harrison County Representative Don Jones
By JD LONG
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CADIZ – Saturday, Aug. 10, marked a historic day in the history of Cadiz. The long-awaited ribbon cutting for the new Harrison Hills High School commenced after several officials offered a few words of what the day meant to them and the community. Superintendent of the Harrison Hills Board of Education (HHBOE), Dana Snider, led off the row of speakers and had the honor of introducing them, which included Cody Pettit from the State Treasurer’s office, State Representative Don Jones-R (District-95), OFCC’s Jon Walden, SHP Architect, Ivan Vukcevich, Hammond Construction’s Joe Swantek, HHBOE Board Member, DJ Watson and State Senator Frank Hoagland who brought along a
proclamation of his own. President of HHBOE Deborah Kenny spoke briefly as well about how the day had finally arrived with many more local officials in attendance. The Harrison Hills cheerleaders and band were also involved for a cheer at the end of the festivities with the band playing the National Anthem to kick it off. Pettit read a proclamation from State Treasurer Robert Sprague sending his congratulations to the community. Hoagland followed with his own congratulations and handed the proclamation to Snider. Jones, a former long-time teacher at Harrison until his successful election, joked about being seen in shorts because of a leg injury he recently suffered. “What a great day it is not to be just a
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Xander Stone King, 2 1/2 years old, son of Morgan Reid and Billy Stone King of Jewett, was enjoying himself in the pool of colorful balls at the Scio Fall Festival children’s play center. This is the 20th anniversary of the event that has one of the longest parades in the area. There were over 125 the participants in the parade. A blood mobile from Coshocton was present and there were takers on giving blood. It was told that the blood mobile visits Harrison Central in the spring and fall and there are nice amount o f those who give. “Find the hero in you” was the theme for the event. It was noted that there is a need now with all the disasters that have occurred.
Board members Tracy Mattern and Phil Madzia have the honors of cutting the ribbon on the new school Saturday afternoon surrounded by their colleagues. The crowd swarmed into every room checking out the new Performing Arts Center, the cafeteria, and roamed hall after hall. The showing lasted until 7 p.m.
Scio Fall Festival kicks off with parade, 5K run By ESTHER MCCOY NH Contributor
SCIO – Founded in 1837, housing the Scio College in 1867, realizing the oil boom in 1898 and housing one of the best known potteries around in 1933, the village celebrated in another way during the Aug. 9 weekend — the Scio Fall Festival. Just as back-in-time farmers made it a tradition of attending a livestock sale each Friday, their gigantic parade is always held on that same day. A United States Marine color guard followed Sheriff Joe Myers’ cruiser and the Belly Buster red motor coach was next in line. Organizations or groups with floats or decorated cars were the
H.C. Cancer Crusaders; Carroll County Home decorated van; Carl Butterfield Memorial Car Show vehicle, telling about the Power Show to be held Oct. 18-20; Carroll County Democrats; Oakdale Hose Company, founded in 1891; H.C. junior cheerleaders; Harrison Central Huskies; Regional EMS; Sunnyslope Capital Health Care Center; Harrison County Health Department; Harrison County Junior Fair king and queen, Zeb Fisher and Joyce Barr; Scio princess, Gretchen Roth; Jewett-Scio Class of 74 float; a Class of 1974 Love Bug Volkswagen decorated purple and elected or campaigning for election candidates, to name a few. The Harrison Central marching band stopped to play at the announcers
station and others performing were the Conotton Valley band and Jewett-Scio High School alumni marching band. Fire departments taking part were the Shortcreek Fire Department that covers many areas; Tappan Lake; Moorefield Township, Piedmont, Cadiz, Carrollton, Scio, Canton Township, Moon Township, Sherrodsville, Harrisville, Loudon Township, Perry Township, Bowerston, and the hometown of Jewett. Large equipment haulers were present, with Kovarik Excavating having eight vehicles carrying equipment, Border Patrol with huge trucks, L.J. Smith Stairs vehicle and a parade of tractors. Last in the parade were two costumed lady riders on horseback. This amounted to 127 units in the parade.
The annual Scio Fall Festival hosts plenty of fun activities, including a 5K run.
Health Department urges caution as Lyme disease continues to rise HARRISON COUNTY – “This isn't the tick we grew up with,” cautions Health Department Administrator Garen Rhome. “As the black-legged ‘deer’ tick population continues to move from the north-east across Ohio, it brings with it the potential for increased tick bites and higher numbers of Lyme disease infections in Harrison County.”
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For the past three years Lyme disease has become an increased concern in the county. The Communicable Disease Reporting Division of the Harrison County Health Department is tasked with tracking and following up on communicable diseases in the county, including Lyme disease. In 2016 the number of Harrison County
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Lyme cases was just one. In 2017 that number jumped to 51 and an additional 32 cases reported in 2018. They say 2019 is no exception to the increased Lyme disease trend. For 2019, the health department is already reporting nearly 20 individuals diagnosed with Lyme. And they know that number is drastically under-reported. The CDC estimates that
only 1 out 10 Lyme disease cases are officially reported. Because most cases are easily treated using antibiotics, health care providers often diagnose and treat patients based on symptoms and may not actually test for the disease. Complete reporting of cases would help health department officials monitor trends in Lyme disease.
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The health department typically sees cases of Lyme increase in June, July and August from tick bites that occurred in May when the deer ticks are still as small as a speck of dirt. The deer tick is an allseason tick and can transmit Lyme disease causing bacteria to humans throughout
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Sharin J. Schrock Massilon, Ohio
Are you excited about another pizza shop coming to Cadiz?
Ethel M. Cross Moorefield, Ohio
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