PENDLETON â Born 10 weeks premature in Eugene, Kristen Gregg has been thriving ever since.
A junior at Montana State University in Bozeman, the 2018 Pendleton High School graduate is majoring in chemistry. Gregg was recently notified that sheâs one of 28 students from across the country to be chosen for the 13th annual NASA Student Airborne Science Program (SARP).
Coordinated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the nine-week internship is designed to provide students with hands-on research experience â from detailed planning on how to achieve mission objectives to formal presentation of results and conclusions to peers and others.
Gregg is excited about the opportunity to participate in the program. She said the hands-on research and activities will expose her to different areas of science. The experience, Gregg said, will assist her in making a decision regarding what she ultimately wants to focus on.
MASSILLON – Democrats have the only contested races in the upcoming May 4 primary election for City Council.
Races in Wards 4 and 6 both place two Democrat candidates against each other for the party nomination, en route to the November general election.
A glance at Massillon Ward 6
Vying to replace City Councilwoman Linda Litman for the open Ward 6 seat are Democrats Joe Herrick and Bob Fothergill. Litman is switching gears, and is the lone candidate for city treasurer in November.
Herrick, 59, is a retired Massillon Police Department captain who said Litman s pending departure from council prompted him to run. I saw an open seat, and thought now is as good of time as any to try, said Herrick, who is making his first bid for public office.
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MASSILLON One of the more notable developments leading up to the May 4 primary election could be the pending departure of the city treasurer.
Democrat Maude Slagle, who s served as treasurer since 2013, decided not to seek another term for the part-time position. She will leave the job at the conclusion of 2021. I ve decided it s time for me to retire, said Slagle during a phone interview. Nine years is a pretty good run.
Slagle s departure opens the door for incumbent Councilwoman Linda Litman, D-Ward 6, who has filed to run for city treasurer. That decision means Litman will not be seeking another term to her current office.
After a high-turnout, contentious presidential election in November, residents of Stark County s three cities with partisan elections who vote in the May 4 primary election will select their party s nominees for city council seats.
The deadline for candidates to file petitions and for local governments to place issues on the ballot was 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Residents of the Louisville City School District will decide whether to grant the district s request for a property tax increase.
Voters in Plain Township will choose whether they want to pay more in taxes to fund township parks. Voters in adjoining Lake Township will consider whether they want to pay more in property taxes for fire coverage. And residents of Marlboro Township will decide whether to pay more in property taxes to fund their township police force.