‘Natural High’ coming to the Elks Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
If you’re part of a fearless foursome, or just a scratch golfer, you can help a lot of kids in the area and have fun at the same time on Saturday, April 27 at the Elks Country Club on Ohio 73 in West Portsmouth. It’s The Counseling Center’s “Natural High Benefit” Golf Tournament.
“It’s our first annual benefit golf tournament, and (former Major League star) Al Oliver is going to host it for us,” Clarence Par...
Easter bunny hosts Jaycees Easter Egg Hunt Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Now you see them, now you don’t. That’s 2,000 Easter eggs, that is.
Saturday afternoon, shortly after the arrival of the Easter bunny by helicopter, hundreds and hundreds of children were turned loose on the turf at Mound Park in Portsmouth, and within minutes, all of the brightly colored plastic eggs were either in hands or baskets.
“We have the Easter bunny arriving in a helicopter for the kids,” Lori Co...
Tickets to “42” given to SSU baseball fans Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
It was recently announced that Shawnee State University will be hosting a special advanced screening of the movie “42” a day before it’s released nationally. A limited number of tickets are being made available to the public and some of those were given away Saturday at a baseball double header between the Bears and The University of the Cumberlands.
“We’re raffling off tickets to the movie, and there’s no c...
NWS spotter class for Scioto County upcoming Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Scioto County will hold a Spotter Training Class with the National Weather Service (NWS) on Thursday April 18 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Southern Ohio Medical Center East Campus at 2201 25th Street Portsmouth in the Gibson Building Conference Room.
The United States is the most severe weather prone country in the world. Each year, people in this country cope with an average of 10,000 thunderstorms, 5,000 f...
Local Briefs Registration for Northwest Kindergarten Attention parents of children entering Kindergarten at Northwest Elementary for the 2013-2014 school year. Please note that your child must be five years old by Sept. 30, 2013 to be admitted to Kindergarten. Registration is April 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., April 11 from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and April 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Each registration date is held at Northwest Elementary School....
Scioto Foundation scholarship deadline upcoming The Scioto Foundation deadline for 2013 scholarship applications from students throughout Scioto County and southern Ohio is 5 p.m., April 3. Approximately $310,000 in scholarships will be awarded through the Scioto Foundation in 2013.
Scioto Foundation scholarship application forms for 2013 are now available at the SF office, located at 303 Chillicothe Street in Portsmouth, or online at www.sciotofoundation.org. All completed applications ...
PAAC extends deadline for awards nominations PDT Staff Report
The Portsmouth Area Arts Council announces an extension to the deadline for nominations for its “Awards for Artistic and Creative Excellence” to Friday, April 12. The deadline has been extended so that everyone who wishes to make a nomination has ample opportunity to do so and so that all categories will have nominations, according to the PAAC Board.
PAAC encourages area residents and groups to submit nominations for awar...
Ohio University Southern to host “Dinner & Concert” event April 20 Portia Williams
PDT Staff Writer
The Ohio Horse Park Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship at Ohio University Southern in Ironton will host a Dinner and Concert event April 20, 2013, at 6 p.m.
Katie Bantz, Program Assistant of Equine Studies at Ohio University Southern, said the purpose of the dinner and concert is to raise funds for the augmentation of their facility, due to lack of space.
“It is a dinner and concert to benefit our The...
4-H hosts STEM Camp at Canter’s Cave Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
The Ohio State University Extension Office is hosting a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Camp at Canter’s Cave in Jackson for students in grades 5-7. Students from Adams, Brown, Gallia, Jackson, Highland, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, Scioto, and Vinton counties will arrive at the camp on Tuesday, June 4, and end late morning on Thursday, June 6.
The OSU Extension Office said the Eli...
Sequestration not expected to impact Fluor B&W projects Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
According to Dennis Carr, Program Manager for Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, the contractor in charge of Decontamination and Decommissioning work at the Piketon Plant, the federal sequestration could mean more money for the work they are doing.
“The sequestration is not going to have a huge impact on us. Other Department of Energy sites are undergoing some severe turmoil, there has been a significant impact on many o...
