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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2018
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Cadiz introduces emergency text notification system we talked about needing this so we got it Cadiz Village Administrator Charlie Bowman
By JD LONG
jim@harrisonnewsherald.com
CADIZ – Village Administrator Charlie Bowman shed more light on the Notify Now system for Cadiz residents where they will be notified of any emergency, such as a boil order for example on their phones. He said a test was sent out last Sunday before the closing of the Ohio 9 project was conducted the following day.
“…We have 810 solid numbers in our utility billing department,” Bowman explained. “The entire town will not get notified because we don’t have the information but 810 people’s telephones will go on…we talked about needing this so we got it.” Bowman said if residents were interested in being involved in the program would have to come to the municipal building and register at the utility department.
“And the registration is really just a matter of giving a name, phone number and address…,” Bowman explained. He added that four additional numbers could be added off of one main number for free. “Initial charge is $1.50 per phone or per main phone number, so right now at this point it’s fairly inexpensive,” he stated. He called it a “pretty good investment” while using it for many things such as, notifying people not to park in certain areas due to snow plowing or street sweeping as an example. Also, regarding the Country Club Road improvement project, Kleinger’s Engineering is developing preliminary plans. Bowman said a presentation to
council will be made next March. “The goal is to begin construction following the end of the 2018-2019 school year,” he said in his report. “The Street Committee will be reviewing preliminary information on this project at their next meeting.” Also, proposals for installation of their bulk water station are running from $40,000 to $80,000. He reminded council that the village brings in $225,000 from their bulk water sales. Council member Thomas Crawshaw announced in his police report that Chief Ryan McCann had hired a new graduate from the academy, Keisha Barz, to replace Lt. Chris Mazeroski who recently resigned to take on another post.
“Mr. McCann’s recommendation is to hire her as a patrolman on a six-month probationary period,” Crawshaw explained. McCann confirmed that the hire was for a fulltime position and the motion was approved. Crawshaw also announced that nearly $1,100 was collected in gate donations during the July 4 event, calling it “typical out there.” He said the playground was discussed and financing was still being worked on. Crawshaw said the cost would be “a little over $200,000.” “So there’s still some money there to get to that goal.”
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Hopedale council frustrated over unkempt properties
Lemons for the Library
By JD LONG
jim@harrisonnewsherald.com
HOPEDALE – Talk of vacant and unkempt village lots and houses bubbled over to frustration at Wednesday’s council meeting, about what to do to get owners to clean up their properties, even when they don’t want to. Words such as jail, taxes applied and nuisance action were bandied about making the topic the showcase of the relatively short meeting. Mayor Mike Pelegreen spoke to council about paying $15,000 to $20,000 tearing houses down then hauling them away and wondering who would want to build on those lots. Council member Don Jochims stated some neighbors First row: Hazel, Sully, and Brannan. Second row: Camden, Brendell, Harper, Dannika, and Londyn.
Local children sell lemonade to benefit Bowerston Library Tiffany Oszust and her friends, Laruen Hanstine and Sarah Copeland, decided to have a lemonade stand. They gave the kids a few choices as to where they wanted the money to go. They decided to give it to the library for Story Hour. A big ‘thank you’
goes out to all those families that helped. Pictured below are the adorable little ones who sold the lemonade and a picture of their stand. What a nice surprise for the Library. A few days later, they received a very nice
letter in the mail from someone in the Cincinnati area who saw a picture of the lemonade stand and wanted to donate so that the little ones will smile when they hear the words “story time”. The donation was for $20.
New gun shop opens on South Main Street in Cadiz By JD LONG
jim@harrisonnewsherald.com
CADIZ – It didn’t take long for the former Utica Safety Apparel store to be reoccupied at 154 South Main Street in Cadiz. Gun enthusiasts will be pleased with the selection at the new Powers Defensive Tactics owned and run by Bill Powers Sr. The Cadiz store is one of two Powers Sr. owns with the other one being located in Steubenville on Sunset Boulevard. His son, Bill Powers Jr., is also part of the operation and works in sales booking orders. Powers Sr. is a retired Mingo police officer and a veteran of the U.S. Army where he served in Vietnam and son, Powers Jr., served in Iraq. So far, he has a staff of one, which is manned by Dan Crum who works the store along with Powers Sr. The gun store, though, isn’t where Powers Sr. wants it to end as he has some grand plans for opening a much-needed sporting
Sports Lucas Cubs knock down Huskies 55-20
Hoping to bounce back after the onesided affair against St. Clairsville, the Huskies traveled to Lucas to take on the cubs and encountered a running back by the name of Jeb Grover who put on a record setting performance. See Page 6
goods store as well, which he would like to situate it next door if negotiations for the sale of the building work out for him. His emphasis is on quality, though and not junk. He would like to please the larger sizes like the extra larges and tall, which he says are sometimes hard to find. He would also like to serve hunters, especially during
hunting season. Powers Sr. is also an instructor in defensive tactics in how to use a gun properly, in securing it and for properly following the concealed carry laws. He is state certified as well as an NRA instructor.
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MWCD lays out more marina work By JD LONG
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NEW PHILADELPHIA – During last month’s Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) meeting held at their Annex in New Philadelphia, Chief Engineer Boris Slogar laid out some shoreline stabilization work that’s been ongoing for the past several years. Slogar called the work “pretty amazing” as he stated they have now covered more than eight miles of shoreline revitalization. “As we shift our resources more towards our dredging operations, we are leveraging grant dollars to make our shoreline program continue to progress,” Slogar explained. He called the job at Atwood a large one and access to the cottage area was being threatened by conditions around it. He said the next area they are focusing on was a peninsula area with an estimated cost of $1.529 million. Slogar added that 75 percent
would be covered by a grant leaving the remainder of around $380,000 for the MWCD’s share. Slogar’s request to bid for the award was granted. Slogar then addressed the Clendening Lake campground paving project. He told the board that a bid was returned back in August at $124 million, as opposed to the MWCD estimate of $115 million. “[It] was still within the awardable amount,” he said. “We anticipate the completion of the project essentially by the end of October.” Another paving job scheduled for Seneca with 90 percent of a change order, was the result of bad weather as far back as last fall. “Change Order three basically deals with base repair areas that had substantially grown over that time frame,” Slogar explained. “Some of that is attributed to construction traffic as a result of some of the cottage lessees doing improvements to their homes.”
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Unionport prepares for Apple Stirrin’ Time
It’s Home Improvement Time
It’s that time of year again when Unionport opens up to people who want to enjoy some great food, great fun, and of course, amazing apple butter. See Page 10
were complaining that they’re receiving letters of notice regarding their property while others are not. Council member Ron Hawkins said to tell them “that’s the way the system works that we tried through the county and everywhere else.” “There’s a difference between a house and cutting grass and cleaning up garbage and hauling junk away, okay?” Pelegreen told council, “that we can do, that we can place on his taxes, that we can pay somebody to do but to hire Rich Heavlin in to spend $20,000 to tear a house down, you cannot tear too many of them down…that’s the problem that we have.” He continued by stating he
Fall is a great time for doing work around the house, whether it’s yardwork or getting ready for Halloween. See Page 7
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