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EF-1 tornado damages mobile home, trees By KIMBERLY LEWIS FPS Editor Imagine coming home to find your home destroyed by a tornado, while the homes right next to it were relatively undamaged. That’s what happened Saturday evening, May 25, for one Carrollton resident. Carroll County was under a tornado warning Saturday evening as severe storms rolled through the area. At approximately 6:45 p.m., a tornado vortex formed near Crest Street, snapping off the tops of trees, reported Carroll County Emergency Management Director Tom Cottis. Accoring to the National Weather Service report, the tornado lifted over Canton Road, but dropped back down just behind McDonald’s tearing the top of a large hardwood tree and striking the Becky-Lynn Mobile Home Park. Cottis stated the NWS representatives told him the tornado dropped down enough to lift one of the mobile homes into the air and overturning it into another mobile home right beside it. A metal shed was also destroyed according to the report.
A mobile home located to the south of it still had its lawn decorations and seemed unscathed Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service representatives designated the tornado to be an EF-1, with wind speeds between 90-95 mph and a width of 50 yards. According to the NWS report, the tornado tore off tree tops and damaged homes in its one-mile path over 4 minutes. Cottis reported one home was destroyed, five were impacted and 20 others received minor damage. The NWS report also stated there were shingles off of several other mobile homes within the park. ... Intermitten touchdowns continued causing minor damage and shingles off of the roofs of a few homes along North Lisbon Street. Numerous hardwood drees behind North Lisbon Street were snapped mid-way up a ravine.” The homeowner was not at home at the time and no injuries were reported. There was power outages throughout the area following the storm. Cottis noted it is believed the tornado siren did not sound because the tornado did not actually touch down. Area emergency personnel responded to the scene as crews cleaned up the damaged trees.
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A mobile home in the Becky-Lyn Mobile Home Park was completely destroyed Saturday evening, May 24, by an EF-1 tornado that apparently did not actually touch down, but came close enough to lift the home into the air. No one was home at the time.
CCH Environmental to host recycle event June 1 By NANCY SCHAAR FPS Correspondent
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Carrollton veterans received a ride during Monday’s Memorial Day Parade. The parade, which featured decorated floats, vehicles and marching units, preceded Carrollton’s Memorial Day Service at Westview Cemetery.
Haas reminds residents to remember the fallen at Carrollton Memorial Day By CHRISTOPHER MODRANSKI
FPS Correspondent Dr. Mandal Haas, a retired Ohio Army National Guard lieutenant colonel, delivered the keynote speech at the Memorial Day Services held at the Westview Cemetery following the 2019 Memorial Day parade in Carrollton. “Today and every Memorial Day we gather to remember those that have given their lives in service to this country” said Dr. Haas. In 2019 our nation will celebrate its 243rd birthday and in the beginning our founding fathers deemed that all men are created equal with certain rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. “We own these rights, they’re ours. They were bought and paid for in blood during the American Revolution, threatened by Nazism and socialism during the World Wars, contested by communism during the Cold War and today threatened by the radical Islam. You are free to express your opinion but the cost to maintain these freedoms has been very high,” said Haas. “War is the ultimate breakdown in communication and humanity. It is the point where we decide the only way to settle our differences is to try and kill each other,” said Haas. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy where 2,499 lives were lost. This year is
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also the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Hamburger Hill. A battle that lasted 10 days and took 72 lives on the first day of the battle. This is also the 18th year for the War on Terror. “We often ponder, was it worth the cost. What did we accomplish? History has a way of not showing us the answers when we would like. Sometimes the answers aren’t apparent for years after the event. World War II would end the tyranny in Europe, stop Nazism and prevent the murder of millions. Korea
Carroll-Columbiana-Harrison Solid Waste District (CCH Environmental) is combining the spring and fall events into one event for the county. “You may get rid of all your unwanted household hazardous waste and tires in one stop,” said Director Barb Walton. The event will be held Saturday, June, 1, 2019 at the Carroll County fairgrounds on Lisbon Street, at the edge of Carrollton. Hours will be from 9 a.m. to noon. Early birds are NOT welcome. The event begins exactly at 9 a.m. We will accept used car and light truck tires. There will be a $1 charge per car or light truck tire for the first 10 tires and $2 each for every tire over 10 tires. We will accept CASH only. Only passenger car and light truck tires will be collected at this event. No other type of tire will be accepted. All
tires must be free of debris and water and we will not accept tires mounted on rims. This is for district residences only. Businesses may not bring tires for disposal. There will be no charge for hazardous waste materials such as oil based paints, thinners, solvents, pool chemicals, antifreeze, transmission fluid, oven cleaners, pesticides, household batteries, fluorescent bulbs and wood preservatives. Please use caution handling these materials. They are toxic, reactive, corrosive and can explode. Containers cannot be more than five gallons or 100 pounds. Latex paint, empty paint cans, lead acid batteries and used motor oil will not be accepted at this collection event. Latex paint is not hazardous and there are other outlets for their disposal. If you have any questions or seek more information, please call 330627-7311 or visit the website www. cchenvironmental.org.
and Vietnam would signal the world that we would not allow communism to spread uncontested and led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The War on Terror has largely kept attacks away from our home land so we can continue to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” said Haas. “We do have problems in this country but tearing down our country, burning
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Conner Rutledge (at left) receives his diploma from Carrollton Schools Superintendent Dr. David Quattrochi.
Carrollton graduates 196 during commencement By CHRISTOPHER MODRANSKI
FPS Correspondent
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Carrollton High School’s Band performs as they march along the parade route to Westview Cemetery for the Memorial Day Services.
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Carrollton High School held its 137th commencement exercises this past Friday in the Bell Herron Middle School gymnasium. 196 seniors entered the gymnasium to the familiar sound of Pomp and Circumstance as they prepared to walk across the stage to complete the final step of their high school career, receiving their diploma.
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Carrollton Schools Superintendent Dr. David Quattrochi welcomed the many family, friends, faculty and staff that came to recognize and honor their loved ones achievement. The evening began with the senior members of the Chamber Choir performing the National Anthem and the school’s Alma Mater. Carrollton High School Principal Dave Davis presented Tzak Rainsberg with his high school diploma.
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