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Putting out the fire

The Belvedere Volunteer Fire Department provided safety training for students at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School as part of their program labs and to add life skills. Demonstrations included Fire Chief Robert Gaffney instructing senior computer networking technology student Tanner ...

Franciscan offers continuing education

STEUBENVILLE — The Center for Criminal Justice, Law and Ethics at Franciscan University of Steubenville has announced its lineup of online continuing legal education courses for justice practitioners and the legal community. Online programs exploring high-profile areas of the legal field as well as natural law include: “Abortion, the Natural Law and the Supreme Court: The Genealogy of Change in a Post-Roe World;” “Aquinas: Virtue, the Natural Law and Modern Problems;” “Cicero and the Nature of Law;” “Law, Ethics and Religion in America;” and “The Law of Armed ...

Dental auxiliary students at EGCC all pass boards

STEUBENVILLE — Students in Eastern Gateway Community College’s Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary program passed the written and clinical exams with a 100 percent pass rate. Five board members from the Commission on Dental Testing came to the Steubenville campus on May 12 to administer the written and clinical exams. All students in the program passed, continuing the 100 percent streak for more than 14 years. “We couldn’t be prouder of the bright and talented students in our dental auxiliary program. Their hard work and persistence have paid off. Each student in the ...

MWCD announces campsites, cabins now pet-friendly

NEW PHILADELPHIA — The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District is pleased to announce that all MWCD campsites are now officially 100 percent pet friendly. In addition, select cabins at each lake will now allow pets. “We love our pets and know our guests do too. Over the last few ...

Kraft Heinz unveils digital sauce dispenser

PITTSBURGH — Those who are looking to make their own sauce combinations when they are away from home received some good news last week. That came when Kraft Heinz unveiled its Heinz Remix, which the company said was the first customizable and Internet-enabled digital sauce dispenser that ...

Quick take

NAMED: Ann Silverthorn has been appointed by the Jefferson County commissioners to the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County Board of Trustees. She will fill the unexpired board term of former trustee Stan Gaston, who served for eight years and died in July. Her term began in March and will run through December. Silverthorn is the principal at Toronto Elementary School for Toronto City Schools. She has a master’s degree in education and a bachelor’s degree in elementary and special education. She says she is interested in connecting the school community with the ...