The annual joint meeting of the Pickaway Farm Bureau and Pickaway Soil & Water Conservation District will be held September 2nd at the Pickaway County Agricultural & Event Center.
Attendees will have an opportunity to preview Ag Day field trip activities at the fairgrounds, starting at 5:30pm. The meeting program features awards, recognition of partners, and Ohio Soybean Council benefits for local farmers. Members will also vote on proposed 2021 policies and delegates. The meal will be served at 6:30pm.
Pickaway Heritage Hall
To RSVP for the free event, call (740) 474-6284 or email pickaway@ofbf.org
The Amanda Clearcreek Aces picked up their 400th victory in the school’s illustrious football history, dominating Friday’s 30-3 decision at Unioto.
The Aces improved to (2-0) on the season while the Shermans dropped to (0-2).
Despite some early scoring fireworks, the game would see no points scored in either the second or third quarters.
Amanda Clearcreek took control of the game early, scoring on their first possession of the game when quarterback Nate Hunter connected with running back Tayvon Miller out of the backfield, who took off over the middle on the catch and went to the end-zone for the TD. The PAT kick was good, handing Amanda a 7-0 start with still 11:14 left in the first quarter.
The Shermans only scoring drive in the game came on their first possession, driving down the field and getting into the red zone before their drive stalled. They settled for a 25 yard field goal by River Pedtigrew to cut the Aces lead to 7-3 at 8:16 of first quarter
It didn’t take Amanda long to respond as QB Nate Hunter scored on a broken play inside the red zone at 4:12 of the first quarter for 14-3 lead.
The first quarter ended with Amanda leading Unioto 14-3.
In the second quarter, Unioto was driving when Amanda’s Tayvon Miller intercepted a Newt Hoops pass deep down field, giving the Aces the ball with 1:10 in half at the Unioto 44.
The first half ended with Amanda leading Unioto 14-3.
Unioto QB Newt Hoops sets the Shermans offense on their lone scoring drive of the game.
The third quarter was scoreless, which sent us into the fourth quarter as Amanda was in a third and long from their own 8 yard line. QB Nate Hunter connected on long TD pass to Tayvon Miller followed by the PAT kick being missed, giving the Aces a 20-3 lead over Unioto with 10:04 left in game.
The score expanded to 27-3 Amanda when Tayvon Miller scored his third TD of the game on another run followed by the PAT kick with 4:35 left in the game.
The scoring was capped off by Amanda’s Jonathan Weaver’s field goal to add to the Aces lead over Unioto 30-3 with 1:18 left.
Amanda runs their record to (2-0) and gains their football programs 400th all-time win with 30-3 overUnioto.
Next week’s Litter Media GOTW is Washington CH at Paint Valley. See the highlights after the game on our Litter Media Game of the Week Postgame Show on Litter Media Facebook Live.
(Chillicothe) — The Fall Grant Cycle is now open for the Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation. The deadline to apply is October 8, 2021.
The Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation is committed to making the community a great place to live, work, play, and raise families. It is the community’s nonprofits that greatly contribute to the quality of life in this place we call home.
They make grant awards, as funds are available, to qualified 501(c)(3) charitable organizations that serve a public purpose and whose projects demonstrate broad community impact and/or solutions to our community’s opportunities and needs.
Grants provide funding and support for projects, programs, and organizations that will help achieve their mission and are responsive to the needs of the organizations and the communities the Foundation serves.
The last Pickaway County Sheriff “Kids and Badges” event for the summer will be September 4th.
Sheriff Matthew O. Hafey and the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting the event at the Commercial Point Men’s Club at 26 West Scioto Street on September 4th, 2021 from 10am to 2pm.
There will also be free food and shirts for the kids.
First responders of Pickaway County will be out to greet the county’s kids and their parents.
(Columbus) – Horizon, a fiber-optic broadband company based in Columbus, Ohio, announces today that it and its shareholders have entered into an agreement with GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ: GCMG), a leading global alternative asset management solutions provider, to acquire a significant ownership stake of the company. GCM Grosvenor will invest through its Labor Impact Strategy and joins the existing investor group led by Novacap TMT, one of Canada’s leading private equity firms. With this new partner, Horizon will continue its growth strategy and dedication to providing fiber-based connectivity services to businesses, carriers and residential customers throughout Ohio and the greater Midwest region.
Horizon, which began as a local telephone company over 120 years ago, is a premier provider of fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services operating primarily in Ohio. Over the last decade, Horizon has grown its fiber network considerably and now services customers across the Midwest.
Today, Horizon continues on this trajectory of continuous growth, ensuring the evolving network needs of customers across the region are being powerfully met with robust, first-class solutions. Notably, Horizon has been launching Fiber to the Home (FTTH) initiatives, having recently completed an initial greenfield fiber build in Circleville, Ohio. Six more builds are currently in the works, and the company is continuing to seek out additional markets for development throughout the state. GCM Grosvenor’s investment, as well as its expertise in the telecom and fiber-optic infrastructure sector, will help propel Horizon to continue its network expansion and provide superior services to its customers throughout the region.
“With world-class partners such as Novacap and GCM Grosvenor at our side, Horizon has a significant advantage to continue on this path of growth and transformation,” says Jim Capuano, CEO of Horizon. “Our new partnership will allow us to enhance our services for our existing customers while pursuing new markets in the years ahead.”
“Since our investment in 2018, we have been very excited about Horizon’s growth to date. As we have supplemented the senior management team with other experienced telecom operators, the team has entered new markets and accelerated the growth of its broadband business. With an experienced investor like GCM Grosvenor as our new partner, we expect to continue growing throughout Ohio and the Midwest with the added ability to now provide fiber-based connectivity to residential customers,” notes Ted Mocarski, Chairperson of the Horizon Board of Directors and Senior Partner at Novacap TMT.
“GCM Grosvenor is excited to announce this investment in Horizon, a growing and well-positioned communications infrastructure provider with what we consider a significant competitive advantage in its region from both a cost and time-to-market perspective,” states Matthew Rinklin, Managing Director at GCM Grosvenor.
“We look forward to partnering with the outstanding investment team at Novacap and the experienced management team at Horizon, who we strongly believe will leverage their proven track record, operational excellence and focus on exceptional customer service to achieve greater market share going forward,” adds James DiMola, Executive Director at GCM Grosvenor.
Horizon and Novacap were represented in this transaction by Paul Hastings, LLP, and GCM Grosvenor was represented by Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP.
(Columbus) –Ohio’s familiar habitat mosaic of farm fields, woodlots, and wetlands provides optimum opportunities to hunt mourning doves, squirrels, and waterfowl, as hunting seasons begin during the first week of September, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
Hunting is a favorite and cherished activity for thousands of Ohioans. As in years past, the hunting seasons that open on Wednesday, Sept. 1 include squirrel (fox, gray, and red), mourning dove, rail, snipe, and gallinule. Canada geese and teal (blue-winged, green-winged, and cinnamon) may be hunted during the early waterfowl season beginning Saturday, Sept. 4.
“Ohio’s hunting license sales increased 5% in 2020 from the previous season,” said Division of Wildlife Chief Kendra Wecker. “We know that many Ohioans are eagerly anticipating the start of fall hunting. You’ll find abundant populations of mourning doves, squirrels, and geese when you return to the woods and fields. As always, thank you for supporting conservation in Ohio.”
Mourning doves are fast fliers and a popular game bird pursued by wing shooters. A field seat, dark clothing, and a box of shotgun shells provide all the equipment necessary to hunt doves while they skirt farm fields and other open areas.
Many Ohioans learned to hunt by pursuing squirrels through Ohio’s forests and woodlots. Squirrels are found in the treetops during the early hunting season, feeding amongst beech, oak, and hickory trees. A small-bore rifle or lightweight shotgun are common hunting implements for squirrels.
Canada geese require a larger gauge shotgun to hit flying birds from a longer distance. Be sure to review waterfowl identification before an early season hunt; in particular, wood ducks are not yet in season but are sometimes misidentified as teal.
Hunters are reminded to check the current regulations for changes to season dates and daily limits as the 2021 fall seasons begin. A summary of the 2021-22 hunting and trapping regulations is available where licenses are sold, on the HuntFish OH app, and at wildohio.gov.
Additional hunting seasons begin soon. That includes Ohio’s white-tailed deer archery hunting season, opening Saturday, Sept. 25. Additional details and requirements for deer hunting, including on public land, can be found in the 2021-22 hunting and trapping regulations.
The free HuntFish OH app can be downloaded to conveniently purchase fishing and hunting licenses, check game, view wildlife area maps, and much more. The HuntFish OH mobile app is available for Android and iOS users and can be found in the app store. Users can access the Division of Wildlife’s online system to check harvested white-tailed deer and wild turkey while out in the field, even without a Wi-Fi connection.
Landowners can now receive an incentive to allow hunters access during specific hunting seasons through the Ohio Landowner and Hunter Access Partnership Program. Visit the Ohio Landowner and Hunter Access Partnership Program page at wildohio.gov to sign up as a landowner or hunter.
(Chillicothe) –The Ross County Park District (RCPD) is seeking grant applications from non-profits, townships, villages and municipalities with projects within Ross County.
The district distributes grants, recognizing that general operating and overhead expenses can impede a community’s ability to foster all but its core mission. The focus of this grant is to provide seed money to organizations interested in projects that further the recreational opportunities within their community.
Examples of previously funded projects include the purchase of mulch for a village playground, a new roof on a community shelter house, and the purchase of bases for a local baseball league.
Unioto won SVC Golf Match #2 Wednesday with a team score of 171. Here is the order of team scores:
1st Unioto 171
2nd Piketon 179
3rd Zane Trace 187
4th Adena 197
5th Westfall 197
6th Southeastern 199
7th Paint Valley 222
8th Huntington
Tri-Medalist with a score of 40 each – Jon Grondolsky Jr. (Zane Trace), Jace Tucker (Unioto) and Braxton Platt (Unioto)
The order of top 20 golfers were: Jon Grondolsky Jr 40, Jace Tucker 40, Braxton Platt 40, Logan Cummins 43, Gavin Howard 43, Charlie Lewis 43, Brayden Popp 43, Jacob Hicks 44, Davis Kerns 44, Owen Armstrong 45, Sydney Ater 46, Brian Schobeloch 47, Josh Delong 47, Henry Zitzelberger 48, Brevin Wooldridge 48, Quade Kaltenbach 48, Keegan Snyder 49, Emma Winland 49, Gabe Dettwiller 50 and Bryson Dudgeon 50.
Here are the current SVC Golf Standings following two matches:
1
Unioto
16
8
8
2
Piketon
14
7
7
3
Zane Trace
12
6
6
4
Westfall
9
5
4
5
Adena
8
3
5
6
Southeastern
7
4
3
7
Paint Valley
4
2
2
8
Huntington
1
1
0
The next SVC #3 is at Pickaway CC on Thursday, September 2 at 4:30pm.
The Ross County Sheriff’s Office is seeking highly motivated and qualified individuals to fill several full-time deputy positions for their Road Patrol Division.
The requirements include that the applicant be at least 21-years-old at time of appointment, have a valid Ohio driver’s license, possess a current Ohio Peace Officer Certification, and have achieved a high school diploma or G.E.D.
The hiring process consists of screening for minimum qualifications, Pre-Employment Test, Interview(s), Truth Verification (Polygraph) Test and Physical Test.
An application of employment can be found at www.rosssheriff.com or you may stop by the Sheriff’s Office Monday through Friday between 8am-4pm.
Beginning salary starts at $18.83 per hour. Step 2 (1-2 years) goes to $19.65 per hour, Step 3 (2-3 years) goes to $20.52 per hour and Step 4 (3+ years) increases to $24.56 per hour. Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, those hour pay rates will see a 5% increase in July 2022 and a 2.5% increase in July 2023.
Benefits include OPERS Retirement, Medical/Dental/Vision, Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability Insurance, 12 paid holidays each year, 80 hours of vacation after one year, 3 personal days each year, Wellness Days, Earn 15 Paid Sick Days per Year and are permitted to take sheriff vehicles home if you reside within Ross County.
