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Monday, June 22, 2015

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Route 33 Bypass - The long awaited route around Nelsonville opened in the October 2013 with fanfare. Happy drivers now make the trip from Columbus to Athens and beyond cutting 20 minutes from their drive. Read about the impact of the bypass in an article by Peter Galbraith to be posted on the NHS SAGA blog in June.

Hitch-Hikers music supports Food Cupboard - The Nelsonville High School garage band of the I 960s that entertained at local dances and won first place in the Parade of the Hills Battle of the Bands in 1966 makes music again this year at alumni weekend and the Parade of the Hills. NHS grads from the Class of 1966 Terry Daugherty, Mike Guess and Jon Flowers will play at Stuart's Opera House Friday night of alumni weekend. Daugherty's grandson Zach Daugherty and grandson-in-law Dusty Johnson round out the band in place of original members the late Chuck Mohney NHS '65 and former NHS teacher and coach Phil Fawcett. Concert proceeds are donated to the Nelsonville Food Cupboard.

Ohio Health - Ohio Health s announced plans to build a new medical facility in Nelsonville. With the purchase of Doctors Hospital, Ohio Health became a new community partner in Nelonville. But with changing health care climate, the hospital will eventually close to be replaced by the new medical building and urgent care facility. News articles at the time of the announcement offered some fond memories of the former Mount St. Mary Hospital.

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