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Saturday, April 26, 2008
Lawmen gear up for prom season
Throughout May, deputies will be increasing patrols in areas where proms are scheduled, and assemblies are scheduled at schools to remind students of dangers surrounding alcohol and speeding.
Sgt. John Clevidence said officers will be concentrating enforcement efforts on operating a vehicle under the influence offenses, plus underage consumption, right of way violations, as well as speeding and safety belt infractions.
The purpose, he said, is to reduce fatalities and drunken driving-related injuries, and to increase safety belt use in the county.
“The patrols will be concentrated in the school districts which are having proms, and routes to and from the prom designations,” Clevidence said.
The prom season runs the next four weekends. The Blanchard Valley Center prom was Friday. Proms will be held May 3 at Vanlue and McComb; May 10 at Arcadia, Cory-Rawson, Liberty-Benton, Van Buren and Findlay; and May 17 at Arlington.
Deputies working prom details will be paid through a federal grant from the Ohio Governor's Highway Safety Office.
Meanwhile, high school students will attend programs at their schools put on by Hancock County YIELD (Young Individuals Educating Local Drivers).
Deputy Dave Spridgeon said the programs have been held for juniors and seniors each spring for the past nine years.
This year, as in the past, the assemblies will focus on the effects of alcohol on driving, as well as speeding and safety belt use.
Speakers will include a man who was driving while impaired when he crashed a vehicle in 2007, killing his girlfriend; a mother who lost her daughter in an alcohol-related accident in the late 1990s; and a representative of the Family Resource Center, who will talk about the dangers of alcohol use.
The YIELD program will be presented at Arcadia, McComb and Vanlue on Thursday, at Cory-Rawson and Arlington on May 6, and at Findlay and Van Buren on May 7.
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Two people injured in an accident Sunday night in which another person was killed were listed in serious condition Monday night at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo.
Marilyn Emans, 57, of Mount Cory, and Bret Grayson, 35, of Findlay were taken by a Lifeflight helicopter after their vehicles collided at the intersection of Liberty Township 89 and Hancock County 128.
Grayson failed to yield at the intersection, according to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
A passenger in Emans' truck, Charles Wells, 66, of Mount Cory, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in Grayson's car, Chalon Beatty, 35, of Findlay, was transported to Blanchard Valley Hospital. No information was available on his condition.
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Harrison Street from Payne Avenue to Foraker Avenue will be closed to through traffic from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Wednesday due to waterline work.
Crash block traffic
WILLIAMSTOWN — A truck rollover accident Monday night blocked both lanes of U.S. 68, south of U.S. 30. The Hancock County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene of the accident, which was reported at about 9:25 p.m.
No other details were available late Monday.
University plans Welcome Week
The University of Findlay alumni and community members are invited to attend several events on campus during Welcome Week, being held from Aug. 25-29.
The Fort Pastor Christian rock band will perform at 8 p.m. Aug. 25 in the Cory Street Mall. The rain site is the union. The event is free.
The band host a U.S. military letter-writing campaign from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday in the Alumni Memorial Union.
Changing the earth's climate will be the topic of discussion at 7 p.m. Aug. 26, in the union. Todd H. Albert, an instructor of geography at Bowling Green State University, will speak.
Albert has done research in the Italian Alps, the Rockies, the Andes of Peru and the Greenland ice sheet. This event is free.
College Corner
Mary Linehan has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Morehead State University with a 4.0 grade point average. Linehan is a freshman majoring in theater. A 2007 graduate of Liberty-Benton High School, she is the daughter of Michael Linehan and Helen Jomantas of Findlay.
Sarah Ebright, a 2003 Graduate of St. Wendelin High School, was recently inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Alpha Pi Chapter at Lourdes College. Ebright is pursuing her bachelor of science in nursing and associate of art in fine art.
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Amber Cooper and Alvin Newsome, Upper Sandusky, a boy.
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Admitted
Ronald Henry, Fostoria.
Two people injured in an accident Sunday night in which another person was killed were listed in serious condition Monday night at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo.
Marilyn Emans, 57, of Mount Cory, and Bret Grayson, 35, of Findlay were taken by a Lifeflight helicopter after their vehicles collided at the intersection of Liberty Township 89 and Hancock County 128.
Grayson failed to yield at the intersection, according to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
A passenger in Emans' truck, Charles Wells, 66, of Mount Cory, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in Grayson's car, Chalon Beatty, 35, of Findlay, was transported to Blanchard Valley Hospital. No information was available on his condition.
Street work slated
Harrison Street from Payne Avenue to Foraker Avenue will be closed to through traffic from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Wednesday due to waterline work.
Crash block traffic
WILLIAMSTOWN — A truck rollover accident Monday night blocked both lanes of U.S. 68, south of U.S. 30. The Hancock County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene of the accident, which was reported at about 9:25 p.m.
No other details were available late Monday.
University plans Welcome Week
The University of Findlay alumni and community members are invited to attend several events on campus during Welcome Week, being held from Aug. 25-29.
The Fort Pastor Christian rock band will perform at 8 p.m. Aug. 25 in the Cory Street Mall. The rain site is the union. The event is free.
The band host a U.S. military letter-writing campaign from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday in the Alumni Memorial Union.
Changing the earth's climate will be the topic of discussion at 7 p.m. Aug. 26, in the union. Todd H. Albert, an instructor of geography at Bowling Green State University, will speak.
Albert has done research in the Italian Alps, the Rockies, the Andes of Peru and the Greenland ice sheet. This event is free.
College Corner
Mary Linehan has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Morehead State University with a 4.0 grade point average. Linehan is a freshman majoring in theater. A 2007 graduate of Liberty-Benton High School, she is the daughter of Michael Linehan and Helen Jomantas of Findlay.
Sarah Ebright, a 2003 Graduate of St. Wendelin High School, was recently inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Alpha Pi Chapter at Lourdes College. Ebright is pursuing her bachelor of science in nursing and associate of art in fine art.
Hospitals
WYANDOT MEMORIAL
Births
Amber Cooper and Alvin Newsome, Upper Sandusky, a boy.
FOSTORIA COMMUNITY
Admitted
Ronald Henry, Fostoria.