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HI, I’M ALANE MASON. After graduating from Flagler College in 2012, I began a career as Art Department and Quality Control Manager for H&H Screening and Graphics, the East Coast’s largest producer of Nike & Reebok screen printed textiles. I made a professional shift when I moved to the small town of Cadiz, Ohio. Here, I began work as the advertising representative and graphic designer for Schloss Media, INC. This publishing company has 5 publications, all of which I did graphic design for (only served as ad rep for the Harrison News-Herald). All throughout my professional career I’ve also done freelance design for a variety of businesses/organizations. Along with my career pursuits, I found joy in nature that I’d never expereinced while living in Florida. My exposure to beekeeping and homesteading in rural Ohio led me to make the decision to settle in the city of Asheville, North Carolina, an area that is the perfect environment to fuel my creativity and love of nature.
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Cadiz Water/Sewer Superintendent Tom Carter and Councilman Dan Ossman look on as firefighters inspect damage to adjacent buildings following the partial collapse of a more than century-old structure along East Market Street on March 14. No one was injured but a car was damaged by tumbling bricks. Officials spent the week inspecting the site and hoped to begin demolition as soon as possible.
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“[Crews] believed if the building came down the others would come down... Most of them have commercial storefronts and apartments upstairs. It was a matter of time before the rest of it would come down, too.”
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Community Hospital, Orme Hardware and the Cadiz Insurance Agency. A total of eight awards were CADIZ - Business and community leaders were in the given throughout the evening, spotlight during the 16th with Naomi Trotter first Annual Cadiz Community earning the Cadiz Woman’s Recognition Banquet on March Civic Club Community Service Award. At 90, Trotter is the 15. More than 140 people organization’s oldest member and remains gathered at active today. Civic Wallace Lodge in “When Susan Club President Sally Buffalo called and said Susan Adams Park to celebrate reflected upon those who have they wanted me to Trotter’s life in made a represent the club Cadiz to her difference in the tonight.... I said, family and work village through at an aircraft b u s i n e s s , ‘Why me?’ Then I factory in organizational or thought, ‘Why Cleveland during volunteer work. not me?’” World War II. Master of “She fits the Ceremonies - Naomi Trotter description of our Adrian Pincola award recipient award: an led the occasion, individual from which was sponsored by the Cadiz Cadiz who has distinguished Business Association, Sally himself or herself personally, Buffalo Park Board and professionally or through public Harrison News-Herald with service and/or who has additional support from continued to contribute to the Frontier Communications, betterment of the community,” Capraro’s Restaurant, Harrison Adams said, noting Trotter’s
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CADIZ - Efforts will get under way to clear up debris after a nearly 200year-old building was reduced to rubble along Market Street in Cadiz. The building, which was owned by Becky Wilson, housed the Hair Haven beauty salon and her residence but the structure was deemed unstable in recent months. An official architectural report could come this week, but it is believed that deteriorated brick and mortar caused the two-story building to collapse the afternoon of March 14. Inspectors, potential contractors and insurance representatives were onscene this past week reviewing the site and Cadiz Village Council planned to address the subject during its regular session after this newspaper’s deadline on Thursday. Police Chief Ryan McCann said the department was contacted around 4 p.m. when bricks toppled onto a parked car in the adjacent lot owned by the village. The initial collapse created a hole measuring 9 feet tall and 18 feet wide in the structure but more would fall a short time later. “We roped off the area for the citizens’ safety,” McCann said. “An hour later the side wall and front wall came down at the same time. It’s about 100 years old and there might have been
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some structural issues that caused the wall to come down.” The Ohio Department of Transportation set up temporary roadblocks along the intersections of Main and Ohio streets since Market Street is also a state route. A portion of East Market in front of the impacted area was also cordoned off for motorist and pedestrian safety. Fire departments from Cadiz and Jewett inspected the building plus several structures connected to it and there were concerns that if the wind picked up any further collapse could impact the neighboring buildings. “[Crews] believed if the building came down the others would come down,” Chief McCann added. “Most of them have commercial storefronts and apartments upstairs. It was a matter of time before the rest of it would come down, too.” No one resided on the second floor of Wilson’s building, but she lived on the main floor and had operated her salon there as of that Friday. The last customer reportedly left only an hour before the bricks started to tumble. Three cats were also reportedly inside but escaped harm and Wilson, who opted not to be interviewed at this time, had hurriedly carried out some items to salvage. McCann was surprised that more vehicles were not on the lot at that time,
saying the damaged car was towed from the scene. Meanwhile, the Joe Knows Energy business had not been operating in the building immediately next door and the following structure that once housed an optometrist’s office was empty. McCann said a lone resident lived in the last building in the row. “I’m just glad no one got hurt,” he commented. Although there were wind gusts that day, Wilson had addressed council last year about trucks in the parking lot striking her building. She claimed the constant impact had damaged the base of the building and sought some remedy from the village council, who later posted guardrails and limited parking to smaller vehicles. In October, she told leaders that jackhammers used during the guardrails’ installation created more damage and she was looking to have braces added. There were concerns at that time about bricks falling onto parked vehicles and questions about whether the lot should be closed. Now the village is also trying to help in the aftermath of the collapse. McCann said he had several bids to discuss with council, which would decide whether to raze the site immediately or wait on Wilson’s insurance company. The building, which was constructed around 1829, once housed Ralph Agapite’s Modern Shoe Hospital and William Shotwell’s general merchandise business. It was later restored by thenowner John Migliore and included a carpet shop before Wilson purchased it more than a quarter-century ago. In the meantime, supporters at Gables Care Center held a drive after press time to raise funds for Wilson since she lost her home.
Brown makes a stop in Harrison County By AMY GAREIS News-Herald Staff Writer
CADIZ - U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown made a trek to Harrison County on Monday, where he met with business leaders and addressed locals on several big topics. Sen. Brown (D-Ohio) first toured the Freeport Press facility, which expanded through the years and ties into Brown’s legislation to help rural economies grow and their workers retrain for high-tech jobs in their region. The Manufacturing Communities Investment Act that would build upon the proven success of the New Markets Tax Credit that Freeport Press has utilized in its own plans. Specifically, Brown's legislation would spur local job creation by extending and enhancing the NMTC to allocate additional dollars for investment in struggling manufacturing communities. The NMTC expired after 2013, but the program drove $60 billion in private investment while creating more than 550,000 private
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The 16th Annual Cadiz Community Recognition Banquet was held March 15 to highlight those who have worked to make the village a better place. Award recipients include, front from left, Naomi Trotter, Cadiz Woman’s Civlc Club Community Service Award; Dr. Ajit Modi, Lions Club Citizen of the Year; Dr. Isam Tabbah, Lions Club Citizen of the Year; and Vickie Lewis of McDonald’s, Tony Pietrangelo Memorial Beautification Award. Back: Mayor Ken Zitko, Harrison News-Herald Citizen’s Choice Award; Darrin Young, Sally Buffalo Park Board Award of Excellence; Dick McCoy of Orme East Hardware, Business of the Year; and Gary Barker of the Clark Gable Foundation, Organization of the Year.
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Mutual aid proposals CADIZ - Only two proposals were received from private ambulance services to help bolster coverage in the county amid a shortage of volunteers. Harrison County Commissioners on Wednesday received only two main proposals to assist volunteer squads during while a third one declined to make an offer at this time. Concerns had grown about having an ample amount of responders available for emergencies, and the county recently approved a one-year contract with its EMS association to provide volunteer service and made modifications such as relocating trucks and paging in some areas and instituting a reimbursement system for medic, EMS and intermediate aid for travel and other expenses. But as the association tries to boost the number of its volunteers, the county also sought requests for proposal, or RFP’s, from private entities for mutual aid. Emergency Medical Transport proposed having a fixed location in Cadiz that would be manned 24/7, including holidays, to cover Archer, Green and Cadiz Townships, the northern onethird of Short Creek Twp., the eastern one-third of Stock and Nottingham Twps. and the southern one-third of German Twp., including Cadiz and Hopedale villages. “EMT will provide mutual aid paramedic assistance to any fully staffed county ambulance service,” read Commission Chairman Dale Norris, adding the company would charge $75 per request. “The charge will be billed to the patient’s insurance if permissible or to the county in the event of non-payment or inability to bill the patient.” It continued that if EMT was requested to handle a call another provider is unable to respond to, there would be no additional charge to the county. Company officials stated they wanted to support and assist the county and volunteer services.
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U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) spoke with about 40 people during a reception at Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz. Topics ranged from the Affordable Care Act to gun control.
sector jobs from 2003-2012. "Freeport Press is an excellent example of the impact smart investments can have in rural communities," Brown said.
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Porak gets five-year sentence Porak allegedly made contact with a 16-year-old girl and met her several weeks prior to his arrest. CADIZ-A Colorado man When her parents learned of the arrested last year in a sting interaction, authorities were operation will serve a five-year notified and a sting operation got prison term in a prostitution case under way. Porak was arrested involving a local without incident teen. on Nov. 21 at Tygh Porak, Puskarich 57, of 13933 Library in Cadiz. Legend Way, C o u n t y Broomfield, Prosecutor Colo., appeared M i c h a e l Tuesday in Washington said Harrison County Porak was Common Pleas indicted by a Court after grand jury on defense counsel Dec. 7 but an David Vukelich agreement was and Prosecutor reached and the M i c h a e l defendant was Wa s h i n g t o n pleading to some negotiated a plea of the counts, deal. As part of while the others PORAK the deal, Porak would be dismissed pleaded guilty to three counts of an under the deal. eight-count indictment handed “Upon Mr. Porak pleading guilty down in December, including thirdto those three counts, the state degree felony compelling would recommend a term of prostitution, fourth-degree felony incarceration at the Ohio promoting prostitution and fifthDepartment of Corrections for a degree felony disseminating matter term of five years,” Washington harmful to juveniles. added. According to Sheriff Joe Myers, PORAK ~ Continued on pg A3 By AMY GAREIS News-Herald Staff Writer
Harrison County Sheriff’s Office performs sex offender checks By AMY GAREIS News-Herald Staff Writer
CADIZ-The Harrison County Sheriff ’s Office performed a series of checks on Wednesday to ensure that locally registered sexual offenders remained in compliance. Sheriff Joe Myers said deputies conducted reviews of the 30 offenders in the county, and of those 25 were properly accounted for with four facing potential charges and another one believed to have left the state illegally. “It’s a sexual offender check to make sure they are where they’re supposed to be and compliant with statutes involving their tier,” he said. “Twenty-five were in compliance and one is believed to have absconded to another state. We had reports for the other four sent to the prosecutor for review.” The sheriff said this was the first time his office conducted the checks since the inception of the Electronic Sexual Offender Registration and Notification System, or eSORN. “It’s the sex offender registration through the state and we have been keeping track. It includes where
the offender lives and they are not allowed to reside within 1,000 feet of a school. We have to check that and check the latitudes and longitudes.” Upon release from incarceration, sexually based offenders must register in the county where they live, work and go to school and that information ultimately winds up in eSORN’s system. The database is linked to sheriff ’s offices in all 88 counties plus 32 correctional facility records offices in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections. It locates and tracks registered offenders and provides one location for law enforcement officials across the state to freely share information. Each offender is legally required to register and must provide his or her name and address, tier classification and the offenses he or she was convicted of, and they also must have a picture and fingerprints taken. The sheriff 's office then provides that information to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation to store and post on eSORN. CHECKS ~ Continued on pg A4
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Marley and Murphy take time to pose with the K-1 class at Lakeland Elementary during reading time at the Clark Library in Freeport.
“The dog doesn’t care if you say a word wrong.” The animals especially aid kids with
learning disabilities and make them feel more at ease. “Any dog that’s less than perfect helps kids
when they themselves feel like the odd man out, “ Hren said.
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Hupp Family takes it day to day Lease renewed for BMV By JD LONG New-Herald Staff Writer JEWETT– October 30, 2013, was the day four people’s lives changed
forever. Randy Hupp was driving along Ohio 9 when he, his wife Rachel and three year-old nephew Johnny, were looking at a Chevy Mustang headed straight for them. They noticed
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Murder suspect Eve Kelley was in court on Tuesday where defense attorney Steven Stickles requested more time to review discovery from the prosecutor. The court granted his request, which now moves her July 22 trial to a later date.
Continuance granted to review evidence By AMY GAREIS News-Herald Staff Writer CADIZ-A targeted July trial date will most likely be moved after the defense counsel for Eve Kelley received more time to review evidence in her murder case. Kelley and attorney Steven Stickles were in Harrison County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday for a pretrial conference, at which time Stickles asked Judge Shawn Hervey for more time to look over discovery items presented by the prosecution. Kelley, of 122 Yorktown St. East, Wintersville, and co-defendant Matthew M. Dowdel, of 146 E. Main St., Hopedale, were indicted by a grand jury on one count each of murder and complicity to murder and felonious assault and complicity to felonious assault in the March 27 homicide of 45-year-old Joseph Strother of Cadiz at Sally Buffalo Park. The couple reportedly stole vehicles and a handgun between
Harrison, Belmont and Jefferson counties before fleeing to Florida, where they were captured a week later. Prosecutor Michael Washington said the state was in the process of filing discovery in the case and would provide the defense with hard and digital copies of the evidence, plus information about the coroner’s report. “The preliminary report [is] a full description of the autopsy and findings of the coroner and the finalized version will have all of the typographical errors corrected,” he explained. “Those items we intend to provide to defense counsel forthwith and there are some additional items the Harrison County Sheriff ’s Office has submitted to [Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation] for additional drug typing, blood typing and DNA analysis. That’s going to be an ongoing process and I believe they are going to be dropping off tomorrow, if they have not already done so.” CONTINUANCE ~ Continued on A4
Scio leaders urge trucks on new road By AMY GAREIS News-Herald Staff Writer
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The Hupp family from left to right: Chuckie, Rachel, Johnny, Randy and Mikey.
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County Road 80, or Leffler Road North, is now open to heavy truck traffic and Scio leaders want to get the word out so commercial vehicles will utilize the bypass from Ohio 151 to the Utica East Ohio fractionation plant in North Township. That, in turn, should help alleviate damage from the heavy vehicles on the village’s roads.
CADIZ-Concerns over a lack of space could reach the courtroom after the Harrison County Recorder threatened to sue commissioners. Recorder Tracy Boyer told county leaders during Wednesday’s meeting that she was obtaining legal counsel after repeatedly asking for more room to accommodate her office, which has been facing abundant activity from the growing oil and gas industry. She asked for a status update again but was informed that no decision had been made. Boyer said she has sought additional space and employees to help handle the onslaught for more than two years but nothing had been done,
and now she would take the matter to another level. “You do realize I have a right to file a lawsuit against you for not providing proper space for an elected official,’ she said. “I am considering filing a lawsuit. It will be against the county. Two years is long enough [and] I’ve asked for legal counsel.” “We usually recommend that you do what you feel to be necessary,” Commissioner Don Bethel replied. Boyer responded that she planned to file the suit. In a media statement, she cited the growing oil and gas activity as spilling over into her office, creating an influx of work. Because of that, it has become apparent that the current arrangements in her office were not conducive to meet the demand.
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22 year-old Chaz Capps of Canton, with his head down when Randy repeatedly blew his horn then yanked the wheel, pulling his car into the wrong lane to avoid the oncoming car. When Capps looked up, he swerved back into his lane where Randy’s minivan was occupying in an attempt to avoid the Mustang. It was head on. “I don’t know what he was doing but when he looked up, he swerved back into us,” Rachel recalled. Capps suffered significant injuries to his lower extremities, according to police reports. Everyone survived but the end result was that no one is back to normal, and may never be. Johnny is now paralyzed from mid-chest down but does have use of his arms. According to Rachel, the doctors do not give much hope of the boy ever walking again. Randy sustained numerous broken ribs, both arms and a hip socket that had to be replaced. Rachel still walks with a limp from a torn left knee, and her femur suffered multiple fractures. A rod had to be placed for the full length of her femur. “It’s a day by day thing,” Rachel said. Randy was the only one knocked unconscious, albeit briefly. “When I opened my eyes I heard Johnny whimpering,” she said.
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“The inability of the Harrison County Commissioners to act on my repeated requests has led me to begin considering the possibility of taking legal action against them,” she said. She presently has four full-time and three part-time employees but said she has reached a “point of no return” in the situation. She claimed her space and manpower issue appeared to garner some support from Commission Chairman Dale Norris while Commissioners Bill Host and Bethel did not try to help alleviate the matter. “Yet time has passed and nothing has happened. Currently, I believe my requests are falling on three sets of deaf ears.”
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CADIZ- A new five-year lease has been approved for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles at the Harrison County Government Center amid discussion at Wednesday’s county commission meeting. Clerk of Courts Leslie Milligan approached commissioners regarding the agreement, saying she would pay an increased rate similar to one for the Child Support Enforcement Agency. The pact, which runs from June 29, 2014 to June 29, 2019, will cost about $6,449 annually. “The State of Ohio did grant me a contract for the BMV,” she said. “With that new contract I have to have a new lease for office space at the government center.” She said she provided a copy to the prosecutor’s office and sought commissioners’ approval on the plan. “That lease does show an increase in the price from $4.94 to $6.16 per square foot,” she added, noting there were new regulations and she had to add more security equipment and do painting updates before the new lease kicked in. “I have a $3,224.76 balance to finish up for the rest of the year. When we did the lease option, I paid out too much at one point. I always pay in January for a full year and if I owe anything, I pay for that.” She explained that when the CSEA’s contract was negotiated, the price went up for that agency and she agreed to pay a similar cost. Following more talks, the agreement was approved.
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Water shutoffs and road closings in New Athens By JD LONG New-Herald Staff Writer
Recorder plans lawsuit over lack of space By AMY GAREIS News-Herald Staff Writer
SCIO-A long-awaited road to the Utica East Ohio Midstream fractionation plant in Scio is officially open and now Scio leaders are hoping heavy trucks will utilize the new route and alleviate woes on village streets. Mayor Michelle Carpenter and council members addressed the topic during a regular session on Wednesday and said commercial truck drivers need to be aware so they could avoid town streets. The road, known as County Road 80 or Leffler Road North, crosses from Ohio 151 west of the corporate limits to Crimm Road at the Scio American Legion.
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FREEPORT- Have you ever wondered what dogs can really do or what they can become? Our pets can become members of the family, but sometimes they can also be taken for granted. And then there are Marley and Murphy. After a friend found the dogs abandoned along I-70, Linda Hren took them in and has turned a passion into a crusade for learning. Her two loveable canines have been wagging their tails in the face of disability for years. Trained as therapy dogs since they were one year old, Hren has taken them to libraries and schools for children with reading disabilities. The children read to the dogs and it makes them feel comfortable and less conscientious, Hren said. They can also be found at Clark Branch Library in Freeport where she serves as its newest branch manager. One unique way she has been using the dogs is to introduce the teachings on selfworth to children, and she cites her own dogs as an example. “You don’t allow someone to decide what kind of person you are,” she explained. She wants to make the connection by stressing to children that the dogs’ lives weren’t defined by their predicament when being left on the side of the road. Hren hopes that the children will see the value in how happy and productive the dogs have become. She stressed that the children, especially kids with reading problems, feel at ease with the dogs because there is no judgment.
NEW ATHENS – Route 9 was discussed as a place to be avoided on June 11 and 12, especially if you’re a truck driver. The road will be shut down in four different locations at tenminute intervals in order to lay new sewage lines. As part of the village’s $5 million upgrade, forty five percent of the job has been completed and grinder pumps are being looked at for residents’ properties who are not gravity fed, for which the village is still waiting for Ohio EPA approval. Water bill issues were dealt with and it was decided that people who wish to remain existing customers must pay their bill in full. It was also decided that to avoid any confrontations no papers would be presented on the day of shut off. And a notice will only be given in the mail with the date of shut off. Village Administrator Tosha Giesey announced a new disconnect letter will give customers two months notice of past due, with a date of payment listed. Also, for delinquent presewage bills, Giesey said this amount is optional. “If you would like to remain an existing customer and avoid paying the new customer tap-on fee of $4,500, this amount must be paid in full also,” Giesey said. A letter will be attached stating what qualifies a person as an existing customer. If a cutoff notice is ignored, then water service will be disconnected on a certain date with no further notice.
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