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SCIOTO COUNTY - The ebb and flow of life in a small river town can be filled with a variety of opportunities. Every year, a queen is crowned in Portsmouth for River Days, one of the longest-running festivals in Ohio. This year, Mychal and Taylor Cron, daughters of Fluor-BWXT’s Human Resource Manager Todd Cron, earned titles. Mychal was crowned Miss River Days and Taylor earned the title of Young Miss River Days. In addition to receiving other awards, Mychal earned Fluor’s President & Community Services & Leadership Award through the Friends of Portsmouth.

JACKSON - For the past three years, the Make Wellston Beautiful organization has generously donated gift baskets for Fluor-BWXT’s (FBP) annual Employee Giving Campaign raffles and auctions. This year, they provided three baskets, with themes ranging from fall to Christmas.

JACKSON - On Sept. 20, representatives from Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth (FBP) visited the James A. Rhodes Airport in Jackson to present a donation of $50,000 to support an expansion project. By the middle of next year, new aircraft hangars will be built at the facility, making room for a dozen more tenants.

The Valley Township meeting, Mon., Sept. 19th

Shawnee State University’s Office of Career Services will host a Business & Manufacturing Career Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The event welcomes SSU students and alumni who are interested in talking with potential employers in business and manufacturing career fields.

PIKETON - September 1 marked the first day of retirement for Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth site Chemist Monica TeVault.

The Portsmouth Scioto County Visitors Bureau (PSCVB) is announcing the retirement of Kim Bauer effective September 15, 2022. Kim has served as Director of PSCVB for the past 15 years.

While living in a small community, it is dire to remember the importance of shopping locally. While big box stores are convenient, our local, small businesses don’t have the market they do. That makes it important that we support our neighbors every chance we get. While it can sometimes add another step to shop locally, Earth Candy Farmacy makes it a little easier to shop with its fantastic little store and its recuring Localpalooza events.

OHIO — Post Offices will be closed on Monday, September 5, 2022, in observance of Labor Day. There will be no mail delivery, caller service or Post Office Box service. All services will resume on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

PIKETON - When Charlie Beattie first began working as a janitor at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth site, he didn’t know he would eventually find his way to Power Operations. During the in-between years, he worked in Converter Maintenance, Cascade Maintenance, and Feed and Withdrawal Operations. Beattie retired this week from Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth with more than 46 years of service.