Donald R. Shields
Donald Ray “Donnie” Shields, 82, of Parkersburg was called home to be with the Lord on Dec. 24, 2020, from his residence. He was born on Dec. 22, 1938, in Little Hocking, Ohio, the son of the late Roy H. Shields and Opal P. Runyon. His infectious laugh and gift of gab and jokes will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved him.
After graduating from Parkersburg High School, he served two years in the U.S. Army, then was hired on at E.I. DuPont Washington Works where he retired. Don was an avid woodworker who had set up a shop at his residence with many tools he was proud of, building things from large furniture pieces to small decorations. He was a true genuine giver who was always there for those who needed anything. Don was also a long-time member of the Baptist Temple Church in Parkersburg where he had been active serving many roles over the years.
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VINCENT General contracts for multiple building projects were awarded during Monday night’s meeting of the Warren Local Schools Board of Education.
Elementary school demolition
A resolution passed awarding contracts for the demolition of Little Hocking and Warren elementaries to Raze International Inc. of Shadyside.
The contract for the Little Hocking school demolition was $325,190, while the former Warren Elementary will be torn down at a cost of $202,190.
“They will start that process Jan. 1. They’ve been on site already getting prepared,” said Superintendent Kyle Newton. “They’re ready to go. I know they’re going to be working on that right away.”
Diane Lee Kiser Massar
Diane Lee Kiser Massar was led into Heaven by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on the morning of December 18, 2020 at Marietta Memorial Hospital.
She was born on September 11, 1955 in Pittsburgh, PA to Charles Willard and the late Mary McLaughlin Kiser. She graduated from Warren High School of Vincent, OH in 1973 and attended Mountain State College in Parkersburg, WV. She previously worked at the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Public Debt as a secretary and computer programmer and also taught at Mountain State College.
In 1983, she married the love of her life, George Leonard Massar and settled in the Little Hocking area. George and Diane celebrated 37 years of marriage on April 9th of this year.
mnewbanks@mariettatimes.com
Discussion continues as to what to name a new township road accepted during a recent Washington County Commission meeting.
The road was built at the southern end of the Warren Local School campus as a way to access the elementary school. As it was built using funds from Ohio Department of Transportation, it could not be owned by the school district, and it could not become a county road because it dead ends.
After it was accepted as a township road, testimony was heard from proponents from both Barlow Township and the school district.
Warren Local School board member Bob Allen asked the commission to designate it “Big Blue Way.”
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Photo by Janelle Patterson
Coronavirus reported case counts including daily testing results, hospital capacity data, death reports and reports of hospital diversion triggers have placed more southeast Ohio counties in the red for emergency advisory according to the Ohio Department of Health.
According to Thursday’s Ohio Disease Reporting System data, 41 Washington County residents who have been diagnosed with coronavirus have also died, though only 31 deaths are logged as due to the virus and two are logged as probably due to the virus on the county map dashboard produced by the Ohio Department of Health.
Washington County and Noble County were designated Level 3: Red, on the state public health advisory system, too, Thursday, for the first time since the onset of the pandemic.