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DHL Making Plans For Supply Chain Buildings in Ashville

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Big plans are on the drawing board for several DHL supply chain buildings to locate in the Pickaway County Village of Ashville. That was confirmed to Litter Media’s Mike Smith by Ashville Mayor Chuck Wise during a phone conversation Monday morning.

A proposal for seven buildings that total approximately 5.9 million square feet under roof has already received a first reading before Ashville Council, according to Wise. The buildings and property acquisition, which are still in the planning phase, would be located in the Ashville Enterprise Zone on the village’s west side. The zone has been in Ashville since the mid 1980’s.

Once completed, the DHL buildings would employ approximately 2,500 people, supplying warehoused materials to industry and other business in the region. Ashville’s village income tax would collect from each person that works at the site.

Mayor Wise says “This will be a big boom for our town and will allow us to get caught up on our road maintenance.” Wise added that it will also enable the creation of a connector road between State Routes 316 and 752.

No abatement has been offered to DHL by the village, not that it couldn’t be offered in years to come, according to Wise.

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Government Offices/Schools & Business Close As Winter Storm Moves Into Ohio

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Schools, local government offices, services and many businesses closed as a winter storm entered the region Thursday.

Every school in Ross, Pickaway, Fayette, Pike, Highland, Fairfield had closed for the day, while Jackson County schools started in session Thursday, but are dismissed early.

All area sports activities for Thursday cancelled.

The National Weather Service added an Ice Storm Warning for the region at 11:23am, going through 7am Friday going along with the Winter Storm Warning for the entire state. Many of the TV meteorologists are saying they “can’t remember this happening in decades, possible as far back as the 1978 Blizzard.”

The Ice Storm Warning covered a line with Ross, Fairfield and Highland Counties to the north, going south to the Ohio River and into Kentucky.

Most area counties went to snow emergency status, including Level 3 for Ross, Pike, Fayette, Pickaway, Highland, Jackson, Hocking and Fairfield counties.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10am FRIDAY MORNING. ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. Light snow continuing. Additional snow accumulations of up to one inch. Portions of Central, South Central and Southwest Ohio and Northeast and Northern Kentucky.

Friday A chance of snow, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 21. North wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 0. Wind chill values as low as -12. West wind 3 to 6 mph.

Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 21. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.

Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 6.

Sunday Sunny, with a high near 34.

Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 13.

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Pickaway County Park District 2021 Year In Review

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(Circleville)- The Pickaway County Park District has available their review of 2021 along with their 10-year plan that was issued in 2018, taking them through 2027.

(Pickaway County Park District)

The review shows what the District was able to accomplish in 2021 with the growth of parks and trails in Pickaway County.

The District highlights this growth has been made possible thanks to the residents of Pickaway County’s support for the District through the tax levy approved a few years ago.

To see each year’s review since 2018 and to see the entire 10-year plan, follow this link. CLICK HERE:

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Deercreek Dam Days Returning In 2022

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(Williamsport)- The Deercreek Dam Days Festival will be back for 2022, according to their organization Facebook site. The festival dates are June 1-4.

“Planning has begun and we look forward to holding a great event for our community to enjoy.”

The Deercreek Dam Days Festival Committee says- “We are currently in need of sponsors, all types of vendors, a royalty coordinator and a web/graphic designer. Send us a private message if you are interested in any of those or know someone who would be.”

Band and event announcements will be planned over the next few months.

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Coin Toss Decides EMS Levy Issue In Pickaway County Village

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(Columbus) – A Pickaway County village has seen their election day EMS levy fail as the result of a coin toss. The Village of Williamsport’s EMS Levy Issues failed, after a recount of election day results showed a tie vote of 65-65.

This was one of more than a dozen such cases in Ohio where a coin toss made the final outcome.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said, “In November, eighteen different local races in eighteen different counties ended in a tie, and any single, solitary voter would have made the difference in the outcome.”

He said tied candidate races are ultimately decided by a coin flip administered by the county board of elections. But, issue races resulting in a tie are defeated, since Ohio law requires a majority of affirmative votes. 

Under Ohio law, the tie is broken by the board of elections to determine the winner by flipping a coin or by other methods, such as drawing straws, picking a name written on paper out of a hat, or cutting cards. 

While winners were declared in the races, since they were so close, a recount was performed.

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Local Engineering Pioneer Passes Away

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A Pickaway County resident with area engineering claims to fame, has passed away at age 90.

Carl Peter DeBruin died November 6th.

Born in Wisconsin, Carl came to central Ohio after being stationed at Rickenbacker Air Force Base in Lockbourne, following a tour of duty in Alaska during the Korean War.

Carl was an engineer at Container Corp for several years and also was the lead engineer at Circleville Metalworks and at one point was part of a startup sheet metal shop. He also did work designing and building the Portsmouth nuclear reactor plant and taught air conditioning technicians. Carl has several interesting engineering claims to fame. He invented the black liquor digester paper process. Additionally, he designed the super cheese shredder at Totino’s pizza which literally shreds tons of mozzarella an hour as well as the original equipment to make Totino’s pizza rolls. Carl also designed the updated pan for the giant pumpkin pie for the Circleville Pumpkin Show and helped engineer the Pumpkin water tower.

After retiring from his technical career, he had a second career from 1993 until 2015 in her ceramic shop taking over mold and firing production while Madge taught classes. At one point their shop had over 15,000 different mold designs.

Friends may call from 4pm-7pm Friday November 12th at the Wellman Funeral Home, Circleville. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10am Saturday November 13th, 2021 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery. 

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NWS Confirms Multiple Tornado Touchdowns In The Area Early Saturday

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(Wilmington, Ohio) — Storm surveyors from the National Weather Service Office in Wilmington are confirming that a tornado or tornadoes caused some of the damage seen in Ross and Highland counties, Friday night and early Saturday morning.

NWS said in a public statement on their Twitter site- “It is apparent that a tornado did touchdown west-southwest of South Salem and another within South Salem in Ross County.” NWS surveyors also confirmed twister touchdowns “near Frankfort between Albright Mill Road and Cattail Road” and “2-3 miles west-northwest of Kingston.”

The twister west-southwest of South Salem was classified as EF0, Frankfort was EF0 and another in South Salem between the cemetery and Sunseth Park was the largest at EF2. The Kingston area storm was an EF1 in southern Pickaway County along Wolfe Road.

In Highland County, where the storm system originated, NWS confirms a tornado touched down “6-7 miles west of Hillsboro was EF0 and again 3-5 miles northeast of Hillsboro was EF1.”

Tornado warnings from this storm system were issued for Highland, Ross, Pickaway and Fairfield counties in the early morning hours of Saturday, October 16th.

There has been a report of a minor injury to a child- hit by debris. A two-level home was destroyed near South Salem with serious damage to other homes and multiple reports of trees, power lines and damaged barns were coming in around the region.

Ross County Commissioner James Oody Lowe posted a message on his Facebook page Saturday, urging people not involved with the cleanup operation near South Salem to stay away. “I’m in South Salem as a county commissioner, the village was hit pretty hard by last night storm. Please, everyone that is sightseeing stay away as the cleanup has begun. The roads leading into the village are blocked and for emergency vehicles. No injuries and spirits are high.”

ODOT was working early Saturday to clear State Route 41 near Greenfield of trees and downed power lines.

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Pickaway Park District Seeks To Fill Board Vacancy

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(Circleville) — Pickaway County Probate Judge Shelly R. Harsha and Tom Davis, Director of the Pickaway County Park District announce that there will be a vacancy on the Park District Board for the unexpired term commencing January 1, 2022 and is a three year term.

The Probate Judge will make the appointment as outlined in Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1545. “Park Board Commissioners meet the 4th Tuesday of each month to provide oversight and input on County Park District operations and budgets and to assist Park District staff in planning and improving outdoor recreation opportunities in Pickaway County,” noted Director Davis.

Any individual who is interested in further information should contact Tom Davis at (740) 420-5451 or at tdavis@pickawaycountyohio.gov to schedule an appointment.

Interested applicants must submit a letter and accompanying resume to Judge Harsha at Pickaway County Courthouse, 207 South Court Street, Rm. 3, Circleville, Ohio 43113 by November 5, 2021.

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Pickaway Sheriff To Host Kids & Badges Event

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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.