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By CLAUDIA BOYD-BARRETT
BLADE STAFF WRITER

Millbury resident Tim Miller has lost his house, and he wants to say thank you.

Not to the tornado which left him and his family homeless last weekend, but to the hundreds of people – most of whom he doesn’t know – who have come to help pick up the pieces.

Thursday, on what remained of his back deck and next to a hole in the ground that was once his house, Mr. Miller perched a handwritten sign addressed to the volunteers. It read “Thank You Everyone.”

Among them, a dozen employees from the Shelly Co. in Findlay and children from a little league baseball team ferried hundreds of hamburgers, hotdogs, and refreshments to residents and other volunteers in the Lake Township area.

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by G. Sam Piatt 

LUCASVILLE — Scioto County got some good economic news Tuesday from U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, (D OH-6) who came to the county garage to announce that the county will rece

ive $30 million in the federal government’s Recovery Act Investment funds.

Almost all of it — $29 million — will be in the form of a grant and loan to pay for a new wastewater collection system to serve 1,327 customers.

The federal government will provide half of that and the county the remaining half, said Tom Reiser, chairman of the Scioto County Board of Commissioners.

The county’s share will come from a low-interest loan.

The remaining $1 million will go for paving projects.

County Engineer Craig Opperman said portions of roads to be blacktopped are on Dixon Mill, Dogwood Ridge, Scherer Hollow, Lucasville-Minford and Gallia Pike.

County commissioners awarded the stimulus resurfacing project to the Shelly Company for their lowest and best bid of $1,263,038.51. A total of $1.2 million of that will come from American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funds through the Federal Highway Administration and the Ohio Department of Transportation.

The remaining $263,038.51 will be paid for from the County Engineer Motor Vehicle License and Gas Taxes.

Congress passed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act on Feb. 13, 2009, and agencies throughout the country began applying for the money.

Scioto County’s success with the program was announced March 26 by Gov. Ted Strickland. It was one of 149 projects statewide receiving funding, Opperman said.

Wilson said the recovery is working and he’s glad that part of the funding is coming to Scioto County and his Sixth Congressional District.

“The road work, the laying of lines all mean jobs for this area, and that is great,” Wilson said.

The residents of the project area for the water/sewer projects are served by individual septic systems, which the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has determined to be illegal and failing, said county Sanitary Engineer Darren LeBrun.

The money will go for installation of the Minford project, estimated to cost just under $30 million, LeBrun said.

It includes over 30 miles of gravity sanitary sewer mains and a new wastewater treatment plant.

“To my knowledge this is the largest single grant received by Scioto County and it is also the largest-ever county-performed project,” he said.

A large number of existing sewage-treatment systems in the service area release partially-treated sewage or raw sewage into streams and ditches, posing an obvious health hazard, the engineer said.

In addition to that, he said, sewage pollution in Muletown, Minford, Clarktown and Rubyville is a financial liability to those communities.

The project will go out to bidders in 2011 and the project finished in 2013.

The funds will be distributed through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program.

March 7, 2010

ZANESVILLE –Smith Concrete, a division of Shelly Company, has added an unusual method to its community service efforts.

Beginning this month several Smith concrete trucks will hit the roads bearing new paint jobs that, in addition to saying Smith Concrete, will feature the logos and slogans of area non-profit organizations. The truck traveling primarily in Muskingum, Morgan and Perry counties will highlight the Ohio 4-H program.

The 4-H office in Morgan County was approached in January by a representative of Smith Concrete who asked if this was something 4-H might be interested in using as a way to promote the program. Because the Smith yard that services Morgan County is located in Muskingum County the suggestion was made that all three of the counties served be involved in the project. After receiving permission from the state 4-H office Smith began immediately to get the truck painted and have it ready to roll by Ohio 4-H week which is March 7-13.

Both the bowl and the cab of the truck for this area are painted with the 4-H clover and their slogan, “To Make the Best Better” along with the Ohio 4-H Web site www.ohio 4-H.org. In addition, the 4-H logo will be painted on the hardhat of the driver.

In addition to 4-H, Smith Concrete trucks traveling in Southeast Ohio also will feature the logos of the DARE program, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and others.

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By: Audry Kensicki
WHIZ News

A program that helps students learn skills to succeed in life is getting a little local help and it’s in the form of a moving billboard.

4-H in Muskingum, Morgan, and Perry counties will be promoted around the area by Smith Concrete trucks now sporting the 4-H logo and website.

“This is the first,” said Vicki Schwartz, Associate State 4-H Leader. “This roving cement truck will be going through three counties and letting everyone know how they can get involved with 4-H. The website will be there. It’s a great way to say ‘Join 4-H’.”

Schwartz said she hopes the 4-H website will get more hits because of the advertisment.

Dick Wilson of Smith Concrete says the company is glad to help.

“Through the education and the values established in the 4-H program, we’re developing our future leaders coming out of our programs,” said Dick Wilson of Smith Concrete. “That’s what we’re hoping to accomplish, just trying to find a small way to support them.”

After the weather clears up and snow melts away, you’ll be able to see the Smith Concrete trucks with the logo driving around town.

BALTIMORE, MD—Employees at The Shelly Company, an Oldcastle Materials company, received international recognition for their contributions to wildlife habitat conservation at the Wildlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) 21st Annual Symposium, Everygreen: A Celebration of Conservation in a Changing World.  The Shelly Company demonstrates its commitment to environmental stewardship and increasing native biodiversity by achieving Wildlife at Work^SM certification at the Montpelier North Wildlife Habitat Site.

The employees at The Shelly Company further distinguished themselves by winning the coveted Rookie of the Year award, which goes to one newly certified program each year and exemplifies a superior wildlife habitat program. WHC’s prestigious International Conservation Awards recognize voluntary activities by companies who demonstrate excellence in the areas of wildlife habitat enhancement and restoration.

BALTIMORE, MD— Employees at The Shelly Company, an Oldcastle Materials company, received international recognition for their contributions to wildlife habitat conservation at the Widlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) 21st Annual Symposium, Evergreen: A Celebration of Conservation in a Changing World.  The Shelly Company demonstrates its commitment to environmental stewardship and increasing native biodiversity by achieving Wildlife at

Work recertification at Shelly Materials Dresden Wildlife Habitat Site. 

By PATTY RICE GROTH
Crawford County commissioners addressed matters in recent weeks that ranged from roadways to caring for the elderly, including reviewing funding for and staff at Fairview Manor, the county home. Despite budget concerns and resident safety, care and quality of life continue to be the home’s priority.

At the other end of the spectrum for the commissioners consideration was a resolution authorizing the county engineer to advertise for bids for restriping centerlines on a number of roads around the county. Five bids were opened on Sept. 3 with Zimmerman Paint Contractors Co. of Fremont coming in at $36,061.20. Commissioners approved Zimmerman’s bid to provide centerline and/or edge striping or restriping on 92.67 miles of county highway.

Other road project needs addressed included a change order to the county’s contract with Rietschlin Construction, Crestline, for improvements to a bridge on Rex Road in Dallas Township. The change order adjusts the amount of materials needed for the project, at an additional cost of $4,408.

Four bids were opened for structure projects on Beechgrove Road, Boundary Road, Kiess Road and Scott Road/County Road 50. The Shelley Company, Findlay, won the contract with a bid of $63,349.01.

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Wednesday, 23 September 2009

By KAREN CAMPBELL
Assistant Managing Editor
Rebidding asphalt for the new Cridersville Elementary School is saving the district money.
Wapakoneta City Schools Board of Education members decided to try rebidding asphalt work for district-wide construction projects during a meeting last month in an attempt to save some money and were successful in their first attempt.
Deciding to reject one previous bid received for the entire district for more than the $1 million estimate, board members decided to bid asphalt for each of the four school buildings separately, hoping for more bids from companies no longer held by the high bond amount required for a lengthy project time line.
Under the new specifications, Shelly Company was able to submit the lowest bid for $319,000, including a $50,000 alternate to be partially funded by the state through the Ohio School Facilities Commission.
“We saved $44,0000 and are able to get an upgrade co-funded by the state, plus we ended up with a better product,” school board member Ron Mertz said. “That’s fantastic. We rejected the previous bid because we thought it was too high. We only received one bid and it was over estimate.”
He said by restructuring the bids per school it seemed to be paying off in the bidding process.
Work at the other buildings is to be bid as it applies to the buildings’ construction timelines, with the hope that bids may continue to drop if asphalt prices decline.

Stoneco Inc., a division of The Shelly Co., which is a subsidiary of Oldcastle Materials Group, received the 2008 Minerals Education- Public Outreach Award from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management for its work at its Montpelier North Wildlife Site. Teh award recognizes the group’s efforts to raise awareness about the use of minerals and the issues associated with mining and the environment.

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In the latest issue of Aggregates Manager, Jerry Mock, aggregates operation manager for Thornville Division is featured under the Voices of Experience section. Please read the following pdf to learn more…

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