Good morning, Gallia County. The future of law enforcement is getting a high-tech boost just across the river. Mason County commissioners have invested $44,000 in a sophisticated training simulator for their Career Center's new law enforcement program. This fall, students will begin mastering everything from leadership and ethics to crucial de-escalation techniques—skills that could eventually strengthen our regional safety departments with homegrown talent.
Meanwhile, our area is embracing its imaginative side with a steampunk-filled May. This Saturday's Steampunk Festival brings Victorian-futuristic flair to Gallipolis with free museum tours and vintage railroad displays. The creative energy continues all month with Bossard Library's Pinewood Derby Day on May 10, a special Lafayette historical presentation on May 17 ahead of the bicentennial celebration, and live music kicking off at Racine Library on May 21. Who says small towns can't deliver big entertainment?
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☕️ What's Brewing Locally
👮♂️ Mason County invests in future law enforcement with $44K donation. The county commissioners visited the Mason County Career Center to provide funding for a law enforcement simulator for the new training program starting this fall. Students will learn skills including leadership, ethics, self-defense, and de-escalation techniques through the comprehensive program. Local law enforcement will partner with the center to aid in student success. The simulator will teach proper techniques for handling emergency situations, giving interested students a head start toward careers in municipal police or the sheriff's department.
🎩 Ohio towns gear up for a Steampunk-filled May extravaganza. The third annual Steampunk Festival kicks off this Saturday in Gallipolis, offering free museum tours, vintage railroad displays, and themed merchandise at the Railroad Freight Station Museum. Bossard Memorial Library is also hosting a Pinewood Derby Day on May 10 for school-aged children, providing pre-shaped cars to all participants. The celebrations continue with a special "Being Lafayette" program on May 17, featuring historian Noel Poirier discussing the Revolutionary War hero's legacy ahead of the Gallipolis Lafayette Bicentennial Celebration. Meanwhile, Meigs County's Racine Library launches its live music series on May 21 with performer Colt Montana.
🏡 Real Estate Reveals
Hillside Duo Needs TLC: Two homes for $300,000 on Oxyer Road: a two-bed fixer-upper with garage at #66 and a 1990s home with stone accents and valley views at #84, both with charming flower gardens.
Country estate with endless possibilities: This peaceful country home priced at $284,900 offers 3 bedrooms, updated features throughout, a potential guest house, detached garage, and a metal pole barn on serene land perfect for farming and hunting.
Brick ranch pole barn bonus: Priced at $185,000, this 1975 brick ranch in Gallipolis offers 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a walkout basement with flexible space, a metal roof, and a 30x40 pole barn on a .55-acre lot.🗓️ Happenings & Hoopla
🍞 Daily Bread Crumb
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
-Romans 12:2
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