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First Full Last New May 15 May 23 May 30 Jun 6 High 68 Low 54 Thursday 0.15” Rise 6:17 a.m. 6:16 a.m. Set 8:36 p.m. 8:37 p.m. Rise 9:52 a.m.
10:57 a.m. Set 12:58 a.m. 1:41 a.m. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY HIGH: 69 LOW: 50 A blend of sunshine and clouds HIGH: 77 LOW: 56 Warm with partial sun- shine HIGH: 66 LOW: 54 Cloudy and not as warm with showers around HIGH: 72 LOW: 51 Mostly cloudy with oc- casional rain HIGH: 76 LOW: 57 Sun followed by increas- ing clouds 48 contiguous states Thursday Zapata, TX Gothic, CO Thursday The Fisher Catholic quiz bowl team recently com- peted in the National Academic Quiz Small School National Championship Tournament in Chicago.
The team 17th out of 143 teams. The Irish team consists of junior Colin Michaelis, sophom*ore Brody Imes, freshman Eve Ohwofahwo- raye, junior Luke Ohwofahworaye, and senior Claire Sickafoose and will compete in the open division. Sickafoose is the team captain. Lynn Stevenson is the coach and Michael Sedlack is the assistant coach. It marked the third time the school has reached the championship tournament.
Fisher Catholic quiz bowl team gets top-20 at nationals Lancaster Eagle-Gazette USA TODAY NETWORK From left to right: Claire Sickafoose, Colin Michaelis, Luke Ohwofahworaye, Eve Ohwofahworaye and Brody Imes. PROVIDED BY JAMIE CHAPMAN Have you been thinking about the gravity of surrounding us lately? As this writer has watched the recent reported on television and newspaper pages, thoughts have turned to County of the past. A limited amount of re- search was done 15 years ago to write a brief account of of July 28, 1935 (E-G 24 Aug 2009). The weatherman then reported 2.82 inches of rain fell in 50 minutes and was the heaviest rainfall in 25 years. The newspapers reported 20 bridges washed out, 300 refugees sought aid, and there was $500,000 damage.
Believe it or not, Miller Park was submerged under six feet of water, and the water out- side the swimming pool was deeper than the water in the pool. Researching (by paddling backwards through of old newspapers) took us as far back as the 10 July 1873 Gazette headlines that read: dented July Freshets; The Hocking Valley Under Wa- ter. Bridges, fences and crops swept away. Railroad transportation suspended. The Hocking Canal go- waters of the Hock-hocking, which had been greatly augmented by the constantly recurring show- ers of the preceding few days, its banks to an extent never before known, an amount of damage along the course of the stream altogether unprecedented in the history of freshets in is an of a stream by heavy waters, rising to a level with the canal at a point some distance above the city, melted away the towpath of the side-cut, and the waters of the canal mingling with those of the Hocking, thus materially increased the immense volume of water that rolled down the valley.
The losses by destruction and carry- ing away of property in this county, including dam- ages to crops, must run high into the hundreds of thousands of the best accounts we have, it would seem that the Hocking Canal, in al- most its entire length, is about ruined. The Hocking river and the canal were merged into one stream for a great part of their it will ever again be placed in navigable condition, must we think, be regarded as doubtful. Should it be abandoned, the loss will be one of great magnitude to the communi- ties through which it Lancaster Lateral Valley Canal was aban- doned May 18, Great Downpour of Water in This Vicinity Last was the description given in the Daily Eagle, 24 July 1896. Maple St. was almost submerged and the Pioneer Addition and the low district just southeast of the city were veritable lakes this morning and hundreds of acres were covered by one vast sheet of cellars were with of the houses covered, and the fam- ilies driven up stairs to escape the in this area had been using old canal beds for garden patches.
were some- what disheartened when they looked upon the scene this morning and could not see even the tops of the old canal had suddenly re-appeared and the only thing lacking to bring back pictures of the past was the canal boat and the old white mules trudging at the end of a tow line along the (24 July 1896 Daily Eagle). Greatest Flood Since was how the Daily Eagle described the 1907 in the Daily Eagle (13 March 1907). Unlike an sketches of dam- age in the 1896 newspaper, by 1907 J. H. Tobias was taking photos of the for the newspapers.
He also had eight photo cards printed and sold them for 35 cents each. Included was one of the ball park. Flood Wreaks Vast Damage; No Life Lost; Million Dollar Damage; 2000 Homes was the headline of the Eagle-Gazette on 22 July 1948. Eight boats manned by police, and volun- teers evacuated hundreds of families from their homes. extensive in scope than the July 1935 which deluged the West Side, di- saster spread devastation over a three-mile area here, and at noon some 500 homes were still isola- of automobiles were covered by water eight and 10 feet deep on various least 18 bridges in the county were washed out So yes, if you had been wondering about Lancas- history, Lancaster survived quite a few that put us underwater.
Readers may contact Harvey at joycelancaste- Lancaster history Joyce Harvey Special to the Eagle-Gazette USA TODAY NETWORK Miller Park and pool were underwater in this 1937 flood photo. The West Side was underwater as shown in this 1937 photo. LANCASTER EAGLE-GAZETTE ARCHIVE PHOTOS When a fell (Daily Eagle July 24, 1896) the West Side was flooded. Not photographs, but drawings by an artist appeared in the newspaper to show the damage. This sketch showed oer to dry land from the houses in the Pioneer REMEMBER WHEN Legislation to limit cellphone use in Ohio's public schools will head to the governor's desk.
The bill, which passed the Ohio House Wednes- day, would require K-12 school districts to create a policy to reduce cellphone distractions and limit cell- phone use as much as possible during school hours. The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce would create a model policy for schools that don't choose to create their own. Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov.
Jon Husted have made student cellphone and social media use a prior- ity. "(Students) need a place at least for several hours a day to go and be students and have social interac- tions," Husted said at a roundtable with school dis- trict administrators in March. The Senate passed the bill on April 24, which orig- inally addressed military seals on diplomas. The Senate Education Committee added language about cellphone policies in schools. The Ohio House of Rep- resentatives approved the change on Wednesday.
If DeWine signs the bill, it would take July 1, 2025. Erin Glynn is a reporter for the USA TODAY Net- work Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dis- patch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other news organizations across Ohio. Bill to limit cellphone use in Ohio schools heads to DeWine Erin Glynn Columbus Dispatch USA TODAY NETWORK Fifth Regiment, First Marine Division. He was Pickerington High only casualty during the Vietnam War and is the namesake of American Legion Post 283 in Pickerington. stretch of highway stated in Senate Bill 145 fronts our Post home and is important to not only our members, but to the only living immediate family members, a sister and brother, of David A.
according to David England of the American Legion Post 283. would be a great sense of pride to the veterans of the Post who honorably served our coun- try and most certainly his sister and Johnston Continued from Page 1A.
