Pictured above as some of the letters created by Triad elementary student sent to sailors aboard the USS John S. McCain in memory of Petty Officer Jacob Drake who graduated from Triad High School in 2013. Drake was one of 10 sailors killed when the McCain collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore in August. (Journal-Tribune photo by Corinne Bix) –––– Editor’s note: This will be the last story from Corinne Bix to appear in the Journal-Tribune as she has resigned her position. The newspaper is currently looking for an individual to cover future Triad school board…
Author: Corinne Bix
North Lewisburg Council voted to allow the closing of a small section of Route 245/East Maple Street to accommodate Cardinal Pizza’s “Celebrate Life” Festival on Oct. 14. The fourth-annual festival is a fundraiser for the Drew Mason Memorial Scholarship Fund. Don Van Zant, Cardinal’s Pizza owner, was the recipient of Mason’s liver after he was killed in a car crash in 2012. Van Zant requested the road be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 14 to accommodate the festival that celebrates organ donation and the generosity of the North Lewisburg community. This year’s event has 15-20 vendors.…
Triad is ready to start a new school year next Wednesday with many summer maintenance projects completed. Superintendent Chris Piper said all the window installations and roofing repairs are complete at the elementary and middle schools. Water pumps at the high school have been repaired and the elementary school water pump has been connected to the middle school. In addition, siding was repaired on the field house, the propane tank was repaired, concrete work throughout the district and handicapped parking spaces were added in front of the high school. “It’s been a busy summer,” Piper said. Several projects near completion…
The bright lights of rides and food vendors illuminate the Union County Fairgrounds Thursday evening. Events tonight include the tractor pull at 7 p.m. and a Showman of Showman Exhibition at 7:30 p.m. Saturday marks the Junior Fair Livestock Sale at 11 a.m., with the fair closing for the year at 11 p.m. (Journal-Tribune photo by Corinne Bix)
Triad is hard at work this summer as it continues to make building improvements across the district. All but seven windows are completed at the elementary and middle schools. Superintendent Chris Piper said the entire project, including trim work and caulking, should be done by the end of the month. “(The windows) look great in both buildings and have made a big difference in the classrooms, much brighter,” Piper said. The board authorized payments of $26,025 for roof repairs to Harold J. Becker Company and payments of $27,020 to Tecta America Zero Co., LLC. Most of the repairs were to…
North Lewisburg needs to decide as to how it will handle new state legislation that allows medical marijuana for people with certain conditions. Mayor Cheryl Hollingsworth asked council to review the “Medical Marijuana Overview” provided by the Logan Union Champaign (LUC) Regional Planning Commission. The LUC provides guidance, support, education and training to local governments. Council will need to determine if it wants to allow any type of zoning for marijuana entities including cultivating, processing, dispensing and testing or if it will mirror other municipalities and ban all medical marijuana operations. The Medical Marijuana program is scheduled to be fully…
Triad School District will pay $15,000 to settle a lawsuit after the district refused to allow a television station to videotape a meeting. At its recent meeting, the Triad Local Schools board of education approved an agreement to settle a lawsuit out of court with Cox Media WHIO-TV Channel 7 Dayton for $15,000. “Triad Local Schools is committed to continuing to balance our open, transparent relationship with the community, including media outlets, and protecting our students’ right to privacy,” Superintendent Chris Piper wrote in a statement. “Under this agreement (with Cox Media), the board is able to uphold those commitments…
Representatives from the newly formed Triad community networking meetings presented to North Lewisburg council on what the group has been working on since organizing in January. Mayor Cheryl Hollingsworth reported in an email that Triad Local Schools Superintendent Chris Piper and Stacey Logwood, shared with council that the group comprised of community leaders meets monthly to gain a better understanding of community agency roles, responsibilities, and expectations in response to a community crisis. Logwood serves as social program developer for The Mental Health Drug & Alcohol Services Board of Logan and Champaign County. The group has spent time examining the…
At Thursday’s Triad Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Chris Piper presented members with an updated facilities plan for the district.
North Lewisburg officials are expecting to once again use an EPA grant to fund mosquito fogging in the village.
State board OKs family’s request; Ben Logan appealing move The Triad Board of Education has done its part in approving a resolution to assist a local family in transferring its property and the properties of neighbors from the Benjamin Logan Local School District into the Triad Local School District.
Colby McConnell, left, Triad Senior Class Vice President, and Thomas O’Neal, Senior Class President, present the senior class’ annual request for three days early release at the Triad Board of Education meeting Thursday night. Traditionally, the board will ask the senior representatives to sing the Triad fight song. McConnell and O’Neal came prepared with a video montage featuring many Triad seniors and teachers singing the fight song. (Journal-Tribune photo by Corinne Bix) A graduation crisis appears to be on the horizon for current high school juniors as new graduation requirements take effect next year with the class of 2018.
The Mechanicsburg Police are officially on duty in North Lewisburg.
Triad’s elementary and middle schools will have new windows by the start of school in August.
Through a recent agreement, the village of Mechanicsburg will provide dedicated police services to the village of North Lewisburg. The Champaign County Sheriff’s Office had provided deputies dedicated to patrolling the village, but when the existing contract expired in January, North Lewisburg was left without dedicated law enforcement coverage. Pictured during Tuesday night’s announcement are, from left to right, in the front row, North Lewisburg Mayor Mayor Cheryl Hollingsworth and Mechanicsburg Mayor Greg Kimball, and in the back row, Mechanicsburg Police Captain Scott Bodey, North Lewisburg Administrator Andy Yoder, Mechanicsburg Village Administrator April Huggins Davis and Mechanicsburg Police Chief John…