🚓 Guernsey County Sheriff's Office promotes four officers to leadership roles. The promotions include Gunnar Daymut to road sergeant, Adam Masinelli to detective sergeant, Jon Simmerman to road corporal, and Dylan Webster to detective. In other local news, The Wilds received a $3,065 grant to expand its aquatic ecology program for youth, while the John & Annie Glenn Museum will host Space Days in July focusing on electricity. Guernsey County Special Olympics athletes recently competed in Columbus, with DJ Hall and Jason Hall earning first-place finishes in their events.
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📅 Zanesville buzzes with summer events and community updates. Licking Road will close July 8 for railroad repairs, while a creativity camp for children runs July 7-17 at Bethel Community Center. The First Friday Art Walk moves to July 11 due to the holiday, and the Whitehouse Family Christmas Lights project hosts its first Christmas in July event on July 12. Other highlights include the Crooksville-Roseville Pottery Festival (July 10-13), Space Days for children (July 14-15), and Genesis Cancer Services receiving its third consecutive radiation oncology accreditation.
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📚 Newark's Edward Roye broke educational barriers as a Black child. The future president of Liberia showed a remarkable thirst for knowledge in early 19th century Ohio, gaining admission to Newark High School despite racial restrictions. Local historian Doug Stout corrects misconceptions about Roye's education, noting he likely studied under distinguished teachers Samuel Chase and Sherlock Bronson rather than learning merely as a barber. After his father's death in 1829, Roye inherited land in Illinois before eventually enrolling at Ohio University at age 17, beginning his path toward becoming Liberia's president.
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