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Free Press Standard |BUSINESS
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Ohio to implement new law to deter distracted driving
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Attending the ribbon cutting for Cedar One Realty in Carrollton were (front, from left) Carroll County Chamber of Commerce Director Amy Rutledge; Tait Carter, agent; Grant Bake, agent; Joe Luckino, broker; and Carrollton Mayor William Stoneman; and (back) Deb Rodriquez, agent; James Lash, agent; and Luke Clay.
Cedar One Realty celebrates grand opening with open house
By CHRIS MODRANSKI FPS Correspondent
Carroll County has a new full-service brokerage and property management company. Cedar One Realty opened its current location in September 2018 and celebrated with a grand opening this past Saturday. The company offers a wide range of services for buying and selling real estate as well as providing rental homes and apartments in the Ohio Valley. In addition to Carrollton, the company has offices located in Wintersville (main office), Ohio and Weirton, West Virginia. The Carrollton office is managed by agent Grant Bake. Agents Tait Carter, Hunter Johnson and Luke Clay also work out of the Carrollton location. The group is eager to assist the citizens of Carroll County with their real estate needs. Bake, a 2014 Carrollton High School graduate, has been quite busy in his young real estate career. Bake obtained his real estate license from Hondros college of Business in 2016 and received the Million Dollar Producer and Cedar One Star award in his first year as an agent.
Carter, a 2010 Carrollton High School graduate who is currently serving her first term as a Carrollton school board member, is the former Carroll County economic development director. Carter will utilize her vast knowledge of Carroll County and the surrounding Ohio Valley region to assist her in the real estate field of both commercial and residential real estate. Carter obtained her real estate license from Hondros College of Business in 2018. Johnson, a 2015 Carrollton High School graduate, obtained his real estate license from Hondros College of Business in 2018. Johnson, who grew up in the area, is very familiar with Carroll County. Johnson will rely on his motivation and networking abilities to provide the best experience for his clients. Clay, a 2014 Carrollton High School graduate, obtained his real estate license from Hondros College of Business in 2018. Clay will rely on honesty, integrity, commitment, passion, accountability, perspective and his knowledge of the local real estate market as he develops his real estate career. Cedar One Realty is owned by Broker Joe Luckino of Wintersville, Ohio. The Carrollton office is located at 8 W. Main St. in Carrollton and can be reached by calling 330-476–6077.
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speeding, and other moving violations similarly would result in potentially higher fines. The Ohio Department of Public Safety was tasked with creating a distracted driver course for offenders who plead guilty or are convicted of a specific traffic violation while distracted. This course is available in lieu of paying the enhanced court fine of $100 or less, providing the offender pays the total amount of the fine established by the violation and submits written evidence of completion of the distracted driver course. The one-hour course discusses what distracted driving is, who is a distracted driver, cell phone distractions, the risks and consequences of driving distracted, and combating distracted driving. The distracted driver course will be available Oct. 29, 2018 and can be found on the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicle’s Driver Training website (https://www.drivertraining.ohio.gov).
Learn about Ohio’s Manufacturing Extenion Program on Nov. 14 Representatives from area businesses are invited to attend a presentation about Ohio’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in Ponderosa’s back room. The event is sponsored by the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, Carroll County Commissioners and Economic Development. Reservations are requested by 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, by calling the chamber at 330627-4811 or e-mail amyk@carrollcountyohio.com. Lunch, which includes the hot and cold bar and a drink, will
be provided by Carroll County Economic Development. Attendees are advised to inform the cashier they are attending the program. Ohio’s MEP helps Ohio’s small- and medium-sized manufacturers to increase sales, create jobs and generate cost savings through technological innovation, workforce training and improved management practices. Those attending will learn more about the services provided to help their company and examples of how the program assisted other companies. Ohio Means Jobs will also give an update.
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COLUMBUS – Effective Oct. 29, House Bill 95 becomes law and enacts a significant distracted driving deterrent and an effective tool for law enforcement to enforce dangerous driving. House Bill 95 establishes Ohio’s unique approach of combating distracted driving by enhancing existing moving violations. For example, law enforcement officers no longer will need to prove a driver is texting, but only that a moving violation has occurred and the driver was distracted at the time. The law requires an enhanced financial penalty in addition to existing fines or alternatively the completion of a distracted driver course, for drivers who commit a specific traffic violation while distracted. For example, a driver operating a vehicle outside marked lanes who is also engaging in a distracted behavior, will face an enhanced fine of up to $100 in addition to a fine for the lane violation. Other violations such as red light, stop sign,
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