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Rutledge, Campbell recognized for community service By GEORGETTE HUFF FPS Contributor
Melanie Campbell and John Rutledge are the 2019 recipients of the Carrollton Community Service Award. The awards, which are jointly sponsored by three Carrollton-based service organizations, Civic Club, Rotary Club and Ruritans, were announced at a dinner held at the Atwood Yacht Club on March 28. Mrs. Campbell was nominated by her husband, Judge John Campbell, who noted she received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Akron, a master’s degree of social service administration from Case Western Reserve University, and is a licensed independent social worker. She was a social worker for Stark and Carroll County Children’s Services, and was a community services director for Ardmore, a private agency in Akron where she opened the first, private, licensed home for developmentally disabled adults in Ohio. She was a court administrator/probation specialist for Carroll County Juvenile Court, an intervention specialist for Minerva Local Schools, and a social worker at Union Hospital in Dover. She
was an instructor at Stark State College, and served as the health commissioner for the Carroll County General Health District from 2002-2011. As active in “retirement” as when she was working, Mrs. Campbell is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, serving as deacon, elder, Sunday school teacher and organizer of the Sharing Bread program. She is past president and current treasurer of Carrollton Rotary Club and serves on the Carroll County Hospice Board and on the board of Community Hospice of Tuscarawas, Stark and Carroll Counties. She has raised money and organized events for numerous organizations including the American Cancer Society, the American Red Cross, and the original Coats for Kids program in Carrollton, has served as a Girl Scout troop leader and helped organize the Water Warriors swim team. Judge Campbell noted in his nomination letter that “Melanie is a very giving person who wants every part of our community to be better,” and concluded by writing that “when Melanie enters a room, the light shines brighter, hearts are warmed and hope rises.” In explaining the nomination of
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John Rutledge (second from left) and Melanie Campbell (second from right) received the Carrollton Community Service Awards Thursday, March 28, at the Atwood Yacht Club. With the honorees are (from left) nominator and Rutledge’s daughter Jamie Hawk, master of ceremonies Tom Konst and nominator and Campbell’s husband, Judge John Campbell.
Ben Pasiuk is national champion
Rover Pipeline paid more than $6 million in property taxes The Rover Pipeline paid more than $6 million dollars to Carroll County in annual property taxes for 2018, with more than $69 million paid across the state, the company reports. Across the full four-state project, the pipeline paid nearly $73 million in annual property taxes, and is anticipated to pay more than $180 million across the entire route in property taxes for 2019; taking into account the full operations of the pipeline going service in the last quarter of 2018. The property taxes generated by the pipeline are paid to the local taxing authorities, which are then responsible for distributing the money based on the individual taxing guidelines set forth by each taxing jurisdiction, or county.
The property taxes are based on the actual value of the pipeline which is the sum total of the materials used to build the pipeline, labor costs and other considerations. These taxes are paid annually while the pipeline is in service and are used to support local needs such as schools, libraries, roads, hospitals, health departments and senior citizen centers. Construction on the 713-mile pipeline was completed in sections with the first section going into operation in August of 2017, and the full project going into service November of 2018. The project is currently transporting an average of more than 3 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas from processing plants in West Virginia, Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania to the
Midwest Hub near Defiance, Ohio, for delivery to markets across the U.S., as well as to the Union Gas Dawn Storage Hub in Ontario, Canada. Additionally, Rover has donated more than $375,000 to a variety of local non-profits and emergency management associations along the route, which includes the Ann Arbor YMCA, the Mountaineer Food Bank and the Ohio 4H Youth. Together, these donations and the annual property taxes are part of an ongoing commitment by Rover Pipeline to be a good neighbor, business partner and a valued member of communities along the route, said Alexis Daniel, media relations for Energy Transfer Partners, Rover Pipeline’s parent company.
Faulk named Golden Age Retreat’s new superintendent By KIMBERLY LEWIS FPS Editor Ollie Scott, the superintendent of the Carroll Golden Age Retreat, believes it will be a time for “transition” at the county home as she prepares for retirement. “It was a time for transition when I became superintendent and it will be again. It is time for someone to bring in fresh ideas and fresh energy,” she notes. That someone is Jessica “Dawn” Dixon Faulk, an LPN who has worked at the home for 15 years and was recently chosen to replace Scott. “I am excited,” Scott said of Faulk’s hiring. “She is someone local. She knows the facility. She knows the residents and the employees. She will be great.” Faulk is a Carroll County native and has three children, Cailee, Andrew and Madison. She is engaged to Josh DeCarlo. “I have watched (Scott) over the years and have seen how she has done things,” Faulk said. She noted she has sat through meetings when Scott has expressed her appreciation of her employees’ work and a few when there had to be changes. Scott has worked at the facility for 28 years, beginning as a midnight nurse and then director of nursing before being named superintendent. While Scott doesn’t officially retire until August, Faulk has already begun to learn the ropes. “There are some things I only do once a year,” Scott explained and already is
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Carrollton senior Ben Pasiuk won the senior national wrestling title for the 160 weight class with a pin. Learn more on Page 8.
Post office, library to host Passport Fair on April 12
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Who wants to get out of town and travel to lands far away?? If so, you may want to attend the Passport Fair at the Carroll County District Library on Friday, April 12, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Walk-ins welcome. Anyone under age 16 needs to be accompanied by two parents. Applications may be picked up at the Carrollton Post Office or the website: travel.state.gov. For more information, call 330-627-2230.
Longtime Carroll Golden Age Retreat superintendent Ollie Scott (left), who will be retiring in August, believes her replacement Jessica “Dawn” Dixon Faulk will do a great job at the county home.
training Faulk on some of those requirements. “People are always surprised how the Golden Age Retreat provides its service
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without any support by Medicare or Medicaid,” Scott noted. Like Scott, Faulk will believes “patient care is our top priority.”
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