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Rotary announced Phoenix Award winners
MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio- The Rotary Club held its annual Phoenix Awards this morning.
Eight local high school students were chosen and awarded with a $1,000 scholarship towards their future education and advancement.
“It’s a way for us to celebrate kids that have overcome perseverance through all kinds of different adversities in their lives… Who have managed to get beyond that, find success in their life and achievement and be able to become strong adults and succeed in life,” Phoenix Awards Committee Chair Mike Snode said.
The ceremony started out with an introduction from Mayor Don Mason. Recipients attend with their family members and school administrators and teachers.
NEWTON TOWNSHIP - Singing is one of the riskier activities during a pandemic of a highly contagious airborne virus.
But that didn t stop Maysville choir director Ryan Hutcherson from keeping a beloved vocal arts program alive at the high school and middle school during the 2020-21 school year. I ve been so impressed with them, he said of his students. There s not as much taking it for granted per se there s just this deeper appreciation now.
Performing with masks and spacing out in a typically intimate activity made for a strange experience, but Hutcherson said his students rose to the occasion. His own work adapting the program this year also garnered him an Ohio Teacher of the Year nomination from the superintendent.
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AAA Region 9 offering HEAP
CAMBRIDGE - The Area Agency on Aging Region 9 via the Ohio Development Services Agency is offering a Home Energy Assistance Program for those at or below 175 percent of the federal poverty guidelines for payment of heating bills.
Applications will be accepted through May 31 and benefits can be applied to heating bills after Jan. 1. Applications and more information are available at energyhelp.ohio.gov. One must provide most recent utility bills, list of household members, proof of income and citizenship and proof of disability if applicable.
For more information on that program, call 800-282-0880 or go to energyhelp.ohio.gov.
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Former Area Principal Faces New Charges
A former Muskingum County Principal appeared in court to face new charges.
Former Maysville High School principal, 49-year-old Hank Jackoby pleaded not guilty in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court Wednesday to three counts of illegal use of a minor or impaired person in nudity oriented material or performance. The charges are the result of a separate case in which Jackoby is charged with tampering with evidence related to sexual assault. Jackoby has pleaded not guilty in the case too.
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