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WINTERSVILLE Through a collaboration involving many people, Thunder in the Ville returned to the Jefferson County Airpark on Friday and Saturday with activi ....
WINTERSVILLE Through a collaboration involving many people, Thunder in the Ville returned to the Jefferson County Airpark on Friday and Saturday with activi ....
[email protected] WINTERSVILLE March was a record month for the Geary A. Bates Jefferson County Airpark. Airpark manager Brian Thaxton told the Jefferson County Regional Airport Authority board during Monday’s meeting that the airpark handled 560 operations during the month, which was higher than anticipated for this early in the year, and sold some 8,245 gallons of jet fuel. That total, he said, was a record for the facility. “March was a pretty big month for us,” Thaxton said, citing improved weather conditions. Later in the meeting, the board voted to give Thaxton a 4 percent pay raise. That vote will send a recommendation to the Jefferson County commissioners, who oversee the employment of airpark staff, for consideration. ....