Nine people from Ohio and West Virginia were killed and 11 others were injured in the Scottown, Ohio, fireworks fire on July 3, 1996. Todd Hall, a 26-year-old brain-injured Proctorville, Ohio, man, was charged with starting the fire with a lighted cigarette. The charges were dropped after he was found incompetent to stand trial and committed to a state mental hospital in September 1996.
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Urbana FFA members honored
Janie Wallace, retiring President and State Degree recipient
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This year, the Ohio Future Farmers of America (FFA) state convention was held virtually due to pandemic restrictions. The Urbana FFA members attended the 93rd Ohio State FFA Convention on April 29 and 30. During school hours, students had the opportunity to come down to the Ag classroom to the watch party for the ceremony. Snacks and refreshments were provided for students who came.
While attending the virtual convention, the Urbana FFA students watched conferring of the State FFA degree, CDE recognition, charitable giving recognition and proficiency awards. Justin Preece received a 1st place proficiency award for Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance. He is graduating in June from Hobart Institute of Welding and has a full time position at Farmer’s Equipment. Urbana FFA members were once again recognized when Treasurer: Faith
May 6, 2021
One Cinco de Mayo years ago, in Tempe, Arizona, my mom was dating a dashing radio deejay named Jon. She was sure he was going to break up with her when he asked her to go out for dinner and drinks that night. She was really nervous. So nervous she spilled her wine all over the table. Turns out, quite the opposite was happening! Jon actually asked Marilyn to marry him, and she said yes!
Jon has been my bonus dad for 49 years now (gasp!) and is the reason I got into radio. He was a deejay on the radio in Phoenix back in the 60s, playing the oldies when they were new. He went by the name of Johnny Wallace, had slicked back hair and looked pretty cool. By the time my mom and I got onto the scene he had moved more into the 70s leisure suits and big collars. He was still a big deal on the radio. She was an up-and-coming opera singer with a four-year-old daughter who was a little precocious. They tell me that I kept trying to introduce him to other young ladies when the thre
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