September 7, 2016 Coshocton County Beacon

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Remember 9-11-01

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Community invited to remember Sept. 11, 2001

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approaching on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Now is the time to find out about this opportunity to not only write about your patriotism for America, SEE CONTEST ON PAGE 8

SEE COMMUNITY ON PAGE 5

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COSHOCTON – The public is invited to attend two community events that will be in remembrance of Sept. 11, 2001. Brad Collmar will host a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 9 at 12:05 p.m. on the Coshocton County Courtsquare lawn. Collmar has been having Sept. 11 memorial services since 2002. At the time of the attacks, Collmar was a commander with the American Legion and the national legion sent information on how to conduct a proper memorial service. “I was a welder in Millersburg at the time,” said Collmar. “The guys were always joking around and that day, my supervisor came and told us that the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane. We didn’t think much of it and thought he was joking, and then when he told us the second tower had been hit, I said, okay stop joking around. He took me in to his office and showed me on the TV.” Collmar has been conducting memorial services every five years since the attacks. This year, they will

Pictured from left are Peyton Tahyi, Stephanie Gunn, Mallory Giffin, Mackenzie Doughty, and Kenzie Addy. The girls play soccer for River View High School and were helping their teammates with a volunteer project on Aug. 31 at Baird Concrete. The company donated extra bricks from previous projects to the

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Pomerene Center for the Arts for use at the artPARK. The girls and their coaches stacked the bricks on pallets so Baird Concrete could transport them for the Pomerene Center. For more on this story see page 10 and view a photo gallery online at www.coshoctonbeacontoday.com.

Show your patriotism in a national essay contest By Beth Scott beth@coshoctoncountybeacon.com

COSHOCTON – The Patriot’s Pen and the Voice of Democracy essay contest deadline is

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