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The clothes may not make the man, but it would appear attire accounts for something.
While I use to be all about rolling out of bed and rocking the sweatpants and t-shirt look, now I’m trying to class it up.
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Actor Will Smith learned a lot from his father. When Will was still in school, his father ordered him and his brother, Harry, to replace – brick by brick – a wall in their yard. Will couldn’t believe it because the wall was about 16 feet high and about 50 feet wide.
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Welcome to the second installment of R.A.W. 2009. The risk-taking celebration continues with two letters highlighting two more risks that led to love. Both selections focus on women taking the risk by approaching men. And yes, men love being approached.
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The Athens County Chapter of the American Red Cross is seeking nominations for its first “Hometown Heroes” awards. The winners will be honored in March at the “Hometown Heroes Breakfast,” a community celebration to honor local people who performed exceptional acts of courage or kindness during 2008.
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The room where I have math class four days a week was converted into a makeshift fight club Saturday afternoon. Who would have known?
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Praise the Lord and freaking boogie! The Legendary Shack Shakers and O’Death are playing the Union Bar and Grill on Wednesday night.
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When last month’s ice storm blasted Athens area power lines, the city coordinated with the Red Cross to house 46 people in the Athens Community Center.
But what is being done for those who don’t have a home to return to?
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New developments and a resulting increase in housing options have translated into competitive prices and more amenities for renters in the Athens community.
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City of Athens Code Enforcement Director John P. Paszke estimates 38 percent of the city’s rental properties are located in big housing complexes, or those with more than 49 units. The Summit at Coates Run, a new student apartment complex, will increase the percentage of large complexes in the rental market by 8 percent in 2009, according to Paszke.
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The last of three young men who were charged with a spree of homemade bomb detonations in Nelsonville has been sentenced to two years in prison.
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A 54-year-old Athens area man is in jail in lieu of a $1 million bond after being indicted on six felony counts for allegedly molesting a 4-year-old girl.
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The Athens County Prosecutor’s office intends to fight plans by the defense attorney for a former Ohio University student charged with rape, to use evidence at trial to try to show that the defendant and his alleged victim had a prior sexual relationship.
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On Wednesday, Ohio University Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution urging the university to provide more comprehensive and in-depth course information on the course description section of the university’s Course Offerings Web site.
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Ohio University Executive Vice-President and Provost Kathy Krendl Wednesday night gave what was likely her last address to Student Senate, touching on the ongoing transition from quarters to semesters and reflecting on her time at the university.
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Student telephone solicitors at Ohio University’s Phonathon have noticed an unsettling pattern in their quest for alumni donations. Alumni sometimes reject giving any donation to scholarship funds because of their expressed dislike for President Roderick McDavis.
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Ohio University’s achievements have touched many in the region and throughout the state, and its promise will play an important role in positioning Ohio for recovery, President Roderick J. McDavis said Friday in his annual State of the University address.
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Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly said Wednesday evening that he suspects a charred body found in a burning car Wednesday morning may have been the victim of a homicide. Kelly said around 6:30 p.m. that investigators from his office were questioning a “person of interest” in the case.
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Ohio University finally brings its new composting unit online today as the university takes a crucial step forward with its university-wide composting initiative. The university will hold the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the compost initiative at 3 p.m. at the composting site on Dairy Lane.
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To the Editor: We all have heard the president talk about change and how squeaky clean and transparent his administration would be. How many tax cheats has he nominated for his cabinet? One tax cheat has managed to get put in charge of the Treasury. This individual has also broken the president’s word about hiring lobbyists.
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To the Editor:
Many people in Athens and our surrounding counties lost power for several days after the Jan. 28 ice storm. As we tried to cope, I think many of us came to appreciate in a new way what a gift a warm and dry home can be. I certainly did.
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To the Editor:
Ohio University President McDavis recently sent an e-mail to the student body discussing the university’s budget and financial state.
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To the Editor: Ohio University is currently moving forward with a $24 million effort to implement a new Student Information System, SIS, funded by increased student fees and bonds. I would like to suggest that the effort be expanded to a $100 million STATE-FUNDED project.
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"Editor’s Notes” is back this week. I’m still hacking as much as Phil Jackson used to with the New York Nicks, but I’ve incorporated my constant deep-lung cough into my everyday lifestyle so it’s all good. (I will edit out the coughs.)
Today, let’s talk about discrimination against political moderates, the huge school-funding practical joke, and why timing’s not so great for a faculty union at OU.
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I read with interest an article in the Feb. 2 edition of The Athens NEWS entitled “Winter Sicknesses: How to Deal with Colds, Flu and Gastro Viruses.” The author, Lillian Collins of O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, rightly urges us to wash our hands frequently to avoid contracting viral diseases.
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To the Editor:
Omissions and errors led to a misleading story “Alumni Fund Callers Notice Number of Refusals Based on Dislike of McDavis” in the Monday, Feb. 9 edition of The Athens NEWS.
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The Athens County Food Pantry would like to wish you and yours a very happy Valentine’s Day! The celebration of Valentine’s Day is a wonderful opportunity to show those close to you how much you love and cherish them. As you cherish yours, so we cherish you.
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I have tried to avoid commenting on situations involving organizations that I am no longer a part of now that I have left Ohio University, but what I read in The Athens NEWS on Feb. 5 was really too much. Now that I no longer have to be as diplomatic as I was as Graduate Student Senate president the past two years, I feel I can truly share my opinion about the actions of Student Senate toward the graduate students of this institution. In short, they sicken me.
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I’m writing to you about conceptions of President Obama’s stimulus plan. Apparently, a lot of my fellow community members in Athens think this plan will not help our economy, because it has things in it like anti-smoking funding. The reality is that these “unnecessary” programs make up less than 1/10,000th of proposed spending in the plan. It saddens me to think that people who criticize the bill are misrepresenting the facts, and I would just like to set the record straight.
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As the U.S. Congress debates education funding as part of a giant economic stimulus plan, the Ohio University Faculty Senate heard plans Monday night to save the university money by cutting employee health-care benefits in order to help compensate for potential state and federal budget shortfalls.
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As the U.S. Senate toggled over aspects of the American Recovery and Relief Act, the stimulus legislation passed by the U.S. House, one provision that sustained cuts during the bipartisan Senate compromise was billions of dollars designed to aid ailing state economies, including funds Gov. Ted Strickland was counting on to keep tuition in Ohio frozen next year.
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Ohio University’s Memorial Auditorium was packed with eager and sleep-deprived students on Sunday as they waited patiently for the results to this past weekend’s seventh annual 48-Hour Shootout.
Though many students were running on as little as two hours of sleep, few if any complained while the minutes slowly turned into hours as they waited for the judges to return from deliberation.
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For the first time in years, Ohio University is using a waiting list to help shape its incoming freshman class for the 2009-2010 school year, Kathy Krendl told Faculty Senate Monday night.
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Ohio University’s Student Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night calling upon the university to provide more bicycle racks on campus for pedaling students.
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Remember elementary school, when Valentine’s Day was so easy? We would buy those cartoon card packets and some candy. The biggest obstacle was making those stupid boxes that would go on your desk for your classmates to distribute cards.
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After a secret indictment and issuance of a nationwide arrest warrant, an Albany man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he grew and possessed more than four pounds of marijuana.
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Records from the Athens County Board of Elections show that Athens County Property Owners Association chair and Coady Rentals proprietor James Coady has taken out petitions to run for Athens City Council’s Third Ward.
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A hearing is set for March 10 in a court case in which the Chauncey Village Council is seeking to oust Mayor Ginger Mender.
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Ohio University Student Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night to urge the university to establish a four-week winter break, as opposed to one of three weeks, when the academic calendar shifts from quarters to semesters in 2012.
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After Athens County Sheriff’s deputies conducted another search of his salvage yard Friday, an Amesville man who is already facing charges of arson, aggravated arson and witness intimidation was released from jail after posting $35,000 bond Tuesday.
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Athens City Council adopted an ordinance Monday authorizing design engineering for a Carpenter Street improvement project that would repair and re-lay the bricks on Carpenter between North Lancaster and East State streets.
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Athens City Council is looking to trim $460,000 from the 2009 Appropriation Ordinance after projecting a $1 million shortfall in the city’s 2010 budget due to the struggling economy. The city will look to address the shortfall through further reductions expected for later this year depending on the economic situation.
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The Ohio University Horizons Concert Series is presenting an acoustic evening with songwriting legends Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt Friday at 7:30 p.m.
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An attorney representing Ohio University in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was badly burned during a class exercise has indicated OU is willing to share information about other students that had been requested by the plaintiff.
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Hey folks, how’s the mud? Warm and mushy seems to be the weather of the week for y’all, but if you ain’t stuck in the mud, there is no reason to be a stick in the mud.
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Jo Merkle and Phil Berry just left their homestead to head West, seeking treasure.
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In this special combination Valentine’s Day/Lincoln’s Birthday/Economic Disaster Athens Ear Buds, we have one or two V-Day themed recommendations, nothing about Lincoln and nothing about economic disaster. Methinks the Ear Buds are becoming distracted.
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I’ve been dating a man for 14 years, and engaged to him for seven. Unfortunately, I cannot move forward because I’ve never gotten over my high-school sweetheart.
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Send your “What’s Happening” submissions to news@athensnews.com by noon on Tuesday of the week in which the listing would appear. “What’s Happening” appears on Thursday of each week, and includes events for that Thursday through the following Wednesday. We list events in Athens County and nearby areas that are open to the general public. We do not list continuing classes or workshops, or events that are closed to the general public.
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Here’s the dilemma with Valentine’s Day in Athens. We are forced to go out to eat and the restaurants know this. You know how I know what the two best places to eat are? Because they aren’t taking reservations.
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An Athens County man was arrested Thursday, in connection with the investigation of a charred body found in a burning car Wednesday.
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An Athens County man was arrested Thursday, in connection with the investigation of a charred body found in a burning car Wednesday. Though authorities say they must wait for autopsy results to identify the badly burned corpse, an Albany woman fears that the body may be that of her niece, who knew the man arrested in connection with the case.
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The Athens County Sheriff’s office has arrested three adults and a juvenile from the Columbus area, after a fatal shooting early Sunday during what Sheriff Pat Kelly described as an attempted robbery of a New Marshfield home.
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Saturday night, 30 Ohio University students set fire to an old, run-down trailer.
As flames licked at the roof and smoke billowed out the windows of the dilapidated shell, students with cameras and equipment shouted orders to one another while shooting a pivotal and climactic scene for their upcoming feature film “Trailerpark.”
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To the Editor:
In December, a beautiful rottweiler named Cupid was rescued from the Athens County Dog Shelter after spending several weeks there.
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Not long after I moved here, several friends sent me a joke e-mail message that was making the rounds, describing life in Ohio. One of the conditions described involved turning on the furnace, then the air conditioner, then the furnace, all in the same day.
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To the Editor:
I am the Ohio state chapter co-director of Wish Upon A Hero. It is a volunteer position for the Wish Upon A Hero foundation. With all the local economic issues, many people are finding themselves in situations that they don’t know how to get out of. That is where we step in.
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To the Editor:
I have attended a number of high-school athletic events in this area since moving here, but have never been as impressed with the skill, passion and knowledge of their particular pursuit as I was last Saturday, Feb. 7, when attending the jazz concert at Stuart’s Opera House featuring local teens and professional talent. It was disappointing that every seat was not filled.
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To the Editor:
I am writing this in response to a blind ad in the Athens Messenger. The ad states that a medical office in Athens is hiring a receptionist. One of the requirements is that you have to be a non-smoker.
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To the Editor:
Charlie Wilson: “Blue Dog” Democrats are identical to “moral-crusader” Republicans.
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As members of the Laboratory for the Study and Prevention of Sexual Assault in the Psychology Department at Ohio University, we are writing a response to the article published in The Athens NEWS Feb. 2 titled “Prior Sexual Relationship Evidence to be Submitted in OU Rape Case.”
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Another day, another crackpot letter to The Athens NEWS claiming the sky is falling because Barack Obama got elected. Listen, conservative fanboys: it’s time to give up the ghost. Seeing serious people apply real brains to the great task of fixing America’s problems (whether they pay taxes or not) is refreshing after eight years of Bush’s utter incompetence.
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I was dismayed, to say the least, at The Post newspaper’s portrayal of my friend Oren Apple as a dangerous sex offender. I want to tell the reader about the new Mr. Apple – the one who I have known since his recent release from prison.
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Ohio University Student Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night to urge the university to establish a four-week winter break, as opposed to one of three weeks, when the academic calendar shifts from quarters to semesters in 2012.
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The clock says 3:08. The dogs are barking like maniacs (remember the drop-off pup? Well, he’s very soft and sweet, and his bark sounds like a small tugboat), so I jumped out of bed to let them outside to scare off whatever big scary deer or skunk had wandered out of the forest and into our yard.
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Recently my photo and name was in The Post as having the worst record of nine other sex offenders (and in The Athens NEWS for one of four sex offenders living near schools, after the county prosecutor removed several names). Please allow me to give the public of Athens my input on this matter.
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At the end of this month, 50 Ohio University students will head to the nation’s capital to join with thousands of young people lobbying for bold climate and energy policies at this year’s Power Shift conference.
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In both photos, OU students during and after the second annual Polar Bear Plunge at Strouds Run State Park (Dow Lake) on Saturday.
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Ohio University Students for Life have been seeking signatures for a petition to stop the federal Freedom of Choice Act.
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A spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Transportation said Friday that it’s unclear whether the U.S. Rt. 33 Nelsonville bypass project will see any additional funds coming its way after some infrastructure spending was cut from the final federal stimulus package.
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A wedding dress is one of the most important parts of a wedding. Your wedding dress makes a statement, and also adds to your own beauty. As such, you will want to find the right wedding dress for you.
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State Rep. Debbie Phillips, D-Athens, is working on legislation that would create an Ohio Energy Resource Center at Ohio University’s Voinovich School.
The legislation, which Phillips is currently drawing up with the Legislative Services Commission before introducing it to the body, was announced as House Democrats laid out priorities for the upcoming 128th General Assembly.
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Newly unsealed search warrants in the case of a former Ohio University student charged with rape, kidnapping and evidence tampering provide more details about the allegations against him.
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The Ohio University Budget Planning Council reviewed some cost-saving strategies last Friday to help the university combat a budget deficit of no less than $15.5 million in the coming fiscal year.
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Weddings for blended families present challenges unique to them. There are many things to consider when planning these weddings and couples have to know from the start that there will be added stress that wasn’t present the first time they both got married.
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If you’ve recently become engaged, you may want to check your homeowners’ or renters’ insurance policy. That’s because your engagement ring may not be fully covered by that policy.
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Aside from the wedding gown, bouquets are one of the essentials that a bride must have on her wedding day.
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As I approach my big day, I have been overwhelmed with decisions — the dress for me, my bridesmaids, flowers, location, cake, tuxedos, menu, rehearsal — the bride to be knows the stress of planning the perfect day. One thing that should not be skimped on is the photographer. I have had family members offer to be my photographer, and at first it seemed like the simple solution. But then I attended my best friend's wedding, and I found out that was the wrong answer!
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As with much of the nation’s economy, the auto sales business in Athens County is slumping right now. But three of the county’s biggest dealers said last week that they’re far from panicking over their prospects.
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Americans love their football more than Richard Simmons loves oldies rock. It’s something about the combination of pure athleticism, big hits and more beer than in a National Lampoon movie that keeps us chanting for more.
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An attorney representing American Municipal Power-Ohio (AMP-Ohio) sent letters last month to a Meigs County resident and the director of Ohio Citizen Action (OCA) stating that the utility firm is prepared to take legal action if the activists continue making public “false statements” about a coal-burning power plant AMP-Ohio wants to build in Meigs County.
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After Ohio Board of Regent Chancellor Eric Fingerhut presented a 10-year strategic plan for higher education to Gov. Ted Strickland and the Ohio General Assembly last year, Ohio University emeritus economics professor Richard Vedder conducted a study in coordination with the Buckeye Institute offering a critical analysis of the plan.
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In the mid-1890s, Wilhelm Roentgen investigated the mysterious rays known as X rays — so named because the mathematical symbol X stands for an unknown quantity.
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Dear Harlan: My boyfriend and I have been dating for about a year and a half now. He’s still in high school, and I’m a freshman in college.
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An Ohio University student transported Saturday night to a Columbus hospital was reported to be recovering earlier this week from a case of bacterial meningitis, according to an OU news release.
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A 17-year-old defendant in a shootout-homicide case in New Marshfield may be bound over for trial as an adult on charges of murder and aggravated robbery. The youth, from Columbus, was arrested Sunday along with four adults – three men and a woman – in connection with a shootout that killed Donnie Putnam, a Meigs County man, at a New Marshfield residence the group had allegedly come to rob.
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Two Ohio University students diagnosed with bacterial meningitis are stable and improving, according to family members, an OU news release reported on Tuesday.
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A 17-year-old defendant in a shootout-homicide case in New Marshfield may be bound over for trial as an adult on charges of murder and aggravated robbery.
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Today’s Editor’s Notes hits on a funny headline, Ronald Reagan’s legacy, expensive youth sports and economic stimulus…
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Athens City Council read for the first time Monday night an ordinance that would authorize the Athens service-safety director to hire an environmental engineer to evaluate the controversial Roosevelt Tower project.The ordinance introduced by Third Ward City Council member Nancy Bain would also have the engineer provide recommendations for future tower projects in the city.
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A recent e-mail from the Ohio Univesity Committee for an Independent Faculty (OUCIF) misrepresented the positions of our local AAUP chapter and facts about academic unions.
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I was heartened to read in The Athens NEWS about city officials’ apparently renewed willingness to discuss solutions for helping to meet the basic needs of area homeless families.
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I would like to say thanks to all the people and groups (Athens County Bassmasters, the Athens SWCD, the Division of Wildlife) who helped put on Saturday’s “Passport to Fishing” Workshop at the Market on State.
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I would like to publicly thank the two Ohio University professors who presented at Friday’s International Studies Forum. Professor Loren Lybarger from Classics and World Religions and professor George Hartley from the English Department introduced a crucial perspective on the situation in Gaza that took into account the legacy of Western imperialism and colonialism that continues to this day.
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Just recently American Municipal Power-Ohio (AMP-Ohio) threatened two citizen leaders and activists with legal action, attempting to hush their opposition to the building of a coal-fired power plant in Meigs County.
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In my first year of journalism school at Ohio University, I had to take a class called “Precision Language.” It was an intensive tutorial in grammar and usage, as well as syntax.
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Ohio University’s Paintball Club is back in action, and one of its squads picked up a second-place trophy in the 2009 National Collegiate Paintball Association (NCPA) Frost Bowl in Pittsburgh.
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Planned Parenthood of Southeast Ohio is holding its signature event and fundraiser, Chocolate and Champagne, this Saturday from 6:30-9:30 p.m
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Athens City Council voted down an ordinance Monday night that would have placed a natural-gas price-negotiation tool before city voters for consideration on the May primary ballot.
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Gun shops and distributors across the country are seeing an increase in sales lately, and Athens County is a part of the growing national trend.
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President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Tuesday, which will bring federal monies to a variety of local entities including $5,258,000 total to Athens and Meigs county school districts.
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Contemporary country singer Elizabeth Cook will perform at Stuart’s Opera House this Saturday with West Virginia songwriter Todd Burge as the opening act.
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Many students at Ohio University will be receiving an increase in their federal financial aid for the 2009-2010 academic year thanks to the $787 billion economic stimulus bill signed Tuesday by President Barack Obama.
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Time Warner Cable loves to remind everyone and their mother that they can bundle cable, internet and phone service all on one bill! But everyone uses cell phones and cable is becoming obsolete.
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Five women have collaborated to share their art and Appalachian culture with the Athens community. The exhibit, “Five Women of Appalachia: Their Stories and Their Art,” runs through March 22 in the Multicultural Gallery on the second floor of Ohio University’s Baker Center.
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Based on the first 10 minutes or so of “What the Butler Saw,” the Ohio University School of Theater’s production of the Joe Orton play, a pessimistic viewer might fear he was in for a tedious evening. Not so, however.
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So it begins indeed — God and Evil, redemption, disillusionment, re-illusionment, restoration, degradation, ennui, banality, and modules of divine intervention attainable only in the deepest, darkest places.
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Higher education in Ohio rejoiced after Gov. Ted Strickland presented his state budget to the Legislature earlier this month. But Ohio University still needs to account for $12 million in lost revenue to accomplish the state-required balanced budget.
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I would like to take credit for being the first blogger to bury television. I am a trend setter. Since then, MediaMemo's Peter Kafka has been constantly writing about all the deals going on behind the scenes as cable companies prepare to battle ISPs. And today, The Consumerist posted a similar blog to mine.
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It was one of those clear, crisp February mornings that almost make the month worthwhile.
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“Clean coal” is still coal, and coal pollutes when burned to create electricity. In February, the Ohio EPA issued a permit to allow a proposed “clean coal” power plant to release nearly 19,000 tons of pollution into the sky above Meigs County and the Ohio River. That’s a lot of pollution for an area with notoriously high cancer rates and four coal-burning power plants already operating on both sides of the river.
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In my first year of journalism school at Ohio University, I had to take a class called “Precision Language.” It was an intensive tutorial in grammar and usage, as well as syntax. I remember diagramming sentences, editing some of the most ghastly writing I had ever read, and then diagramming more sentences. That routine lasted about 11 weeks and, although I liked my professor, I sure didn’t bewail the last day of class.
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A judge has ruled that the city of Athens’ landlord-tenant form ordinance is constitutional, though the city’s mode of enforcing it is not.
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I just want to take a moment to extend my sincere gratitude to Ms. Young and Ms. Buchanan for their tireless efforts in stopping the placement of the new AMP-Ohio “clean coal” plant in Meigs County. They are facing an uphill battle and need all the help they can get. So it’s time for us in Athens and surrounding counties to realize the proposed plant will impact our lives as well and give our support to those battling on the ground.
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I would like to publicly thank the two Ohio University professors who presented at Friday’s International Studies Forum.
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The American flags that are normally flying from the electric poles along Ohio Rt. 682 in The Plains have been taken down by The Plains Lions Club until the relocation of the utility poles has been completed. The moving of these utility poles is part of the widening project for 682, and some of the poles have already been reset near the south end of this area. As sections of this relocation are completed, we plan to return the flags to their usual position under the streetlights along this route. We hope that this will be only a few weeks and will try to get them all back in place by Flag Day on June 14.
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I’ve been reading both sides of the notion that J. D. Rockefeller Jr. enabled prohibition so alcohol wouldn’t be readily available as a substitute for gasoline (the Model-T allowed folks to switch the carburetor to run on either alcohol or gasoline).
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Just recently American Municipal Power-Ohio (AMP-Ohio) threatened two citizen leaders and activists with legal action, attempting to hush their opposition to the building of a coal-fired power plant in Meigs County. Elisa Young is the founder of Meigs Citizens Action Now, and Sandy Buchanan is executive director of Ohio Citizen Action. Both women have claimed that this will not deter them in speaking out against the power plants and that they continue to make every effort to circumvent false testimonies.
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From bomb threats at Wal-Marts to coal threats in Meigs County, it is clear that something really basic needs to change in our culture.
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As members of the academic community, we are deeply saddened by the statements made by state Reps. Charlice Byrd and Calvin Hill (R-Georgia). Both, supported by the Christian Coalition, have declared their opposition to the teaching of queer theory, sexuality and similar subjects on moral grounds, arguing that these courses should be cut because they are a waste of taxpayer money.
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The Gathering Place is a nice place to come to! It opened in 1976 to allow people to see new friends and also have fun. We talk and help people out there. We help people find work and housing. We help others look for and find a job. There is also volunteering. The Gathering Place has been here for a long time. We have had over 380 people who have come to the GP and right now have about 150 coming.
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Brian K. Bridges is the first person to ever fill the newly created position of vice-provost for diversity, access and equity at Ohio University. He reports directly to the provost about issues that affect the Office of Diversity, Access and Equity.
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Two Ohio University professors faced off Thursday in a debate about the $787 billion federal stimulus plan recently approved by Congress and President Barack Obama.
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Two Ohio University faculty groups are continuing to argue over whether or not to unionize after one of them released a statement last week arguing that union costs to faculty would outweigh any potential benefits.
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You know the place with the oven toasted subs that make you go um, um, um, toasty? Well, they're offering you the chance at a free sub with minimal effort.
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Could you use a little stimulus? I know I sure could. Everyone seems to be complaining about money these days. And the problem has been dripping into our college utopia. Of course President Barack Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi are going to make everything okay!
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To the Editor:
A recent OU Outlook article announced that President Roderick McDavis will be holding monthly office hours. I commend McDavis for working to create a more open form of communication.
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To the Editor:
I’m sure I was not the only reader disturbed by Thursday’s article “Athens County, Like Rest of Nation, Stocks Up on Guns.”
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Last week at a budget forum, OU Vice President William Decatur informed the university community that while most university employees, including faculty, will see a $1 million to $5 million reduction in health-care benefits and get no raise, those in the AFSCME and FOP unions will get a 3.5 percent raise and suffer no change in their health-care benefits.
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During the Athens City Council Safety Services committee meeting Monday night, committee chair Sherry Coon, D-Second Ward, proposed applying for a grant that would provide funding for one or two new Athens Police officers.
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The Athens County Economic Development Council has announced the launch of a new Web site designed to highlight businesses in Athens County.
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With more than 7,700 individuals, towns, non-profits, and commercial businesses scrambling statewide to apply for Ohio’s share of the federal stimulus check, Athens County has so far submitted 45 proposals (as of Feb. 25).
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To the Editor:
In a Tuesday interview, Athens County Sheriff Patrick Kelly spoke of his desire to aggressively pursue the drug sellers who have brought a plague of thefts and violent crime to our communities.
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To the Editor:
Nan Mykel asks in Feb. 23 Athens NEWS a provocative question. “Why it is that alcohol beverages are legal and marijuana is not?”
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Mike Ludwig has one extremely important concept in his sights (Reader’s Forum, Feb. 23). But to achieve success, we need details.
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To the Editor:
On Feb. 20, Provost Kathy Krendl and Vice President Bill Decatur sent an e-mail to the Ohio University community about changes to employee health-care contributions that are currently being considered by Budget Planning Council (BPC).
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To the Editor:
I must say that I was offended, despite the little note on page 16 of your so-called Humor Issue (The NEWS, Feb. 23) that reads, “Humor is in the eye of the beholder. If you don’t think this is funny, then behold this, pal.”
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To the Editor:
In response to Nan Mykel’s Feb. 23 letter regarding the illegalization of marijuana, it stems from, not surprisingly, the interests of big business.
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To the Editor:
Recently, a small group of women met to write letters to elected officials about our concerns over the USA’s use of cluster bombs (munitions).
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To the Editor:
The Gathering Place is a nice place to come to! It opened in 1976 to allow people to see new friends and also have fun. We talk and help people out there.
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Facebook caved in to users last week under a mountain of protests because of a subtle change to the popular social networking site’s “terms of use.” Many of the site’s 175 million users, as well as a handful of online privacy watchdog groups, were outraged by a proposal that would have given Facebook the rights to content generated by its users, even after they deleted their accounts.
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To the Editor:
I believe that humanity does not desire perfection but rather wholeness.
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To the Editor:
Not every child who wants to go to college will be able to. This statement is found specifically true in Athens County.
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State budget cuts have forced Athens County Job and Family Services to eliminate two programs dedicated to preventing teen pregnancy and helping area residents receive dental care.
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Judge John A. Connor rendered his sentencing decision to a packed Franklin County Common Pleas courtroom Feb. 3. Among those in attendance was 29-year-old, wheelchair-bound Rachel Widomski, a former bartender at Haiku Poetic Food & Art in Columbus.
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To the Editor:
Not every child who wants to go to college will be able to. This statement is found specifically true in Athens County.
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The Athens County chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its first annual “hometown heroes” breakfast March 10 to honor six area residents selected for their community service.
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After Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland released his long-awaited plan to overhaul school funding throughout the state, it came as a surprise to many that the majority of Athens County school districts would see no additional funds over the next two years, and, in fact, would see cuts.
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Here it is nearly March, and Athens Ear Buds is still going strong. If you folks are like me, you’ve probably followed up on some of these recommendations and been turned on to some great new music. (Yeah, I know, just what you need, another excuse to spend more money on music.)
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Weekly summary of what's happening around the county.
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Stuart’s Opera House is hosting an evening of Bluegrass music Friday beginning at 8 p.m. with the award-winning duo Dailey and Vincent and local favorites The Hart Brothers.
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