Archive for February, 2020

COTC offering free technical training

| February 17, 2020

Learn more about receiving free technical skills training through the Advancing Coshocton through Technical Training program at COTC. Free training is available through the following courses: Computer Applications – Feb. 24; Lean Processes Intro – March 3; Lean/Six Sigma White Belt – March 19; Lean/Six Sigma Champion for Mangers/Directors – March 24 and March 26; […]

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28th annual chocolate extravaganza held at Career Center

28th annual chocolate extravaganza held at Career Center

| February 17, 2020

Chocolate lovers started lining up before 3 p.m. Feb. 15 to be first to choose their desserts at the 28th annual chocolate extravaganza held at the Coshocton County Career Center. The event is a popular fundraiser for the Pomerene Center of the Arts. Anne Cornell said all of the desserts are made by local people, […]

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Bessie Elizabeth Infield

Bessie Elizabeth Infield

| February 17, 2020

Bessie Elizabeth Infield, 88, of Warsaw died Monday, Dec. 9, 2019 in the Emergency Room of Genesis Hospital in Zanesville. She was born May 30, 1931 in Coshocton County to the late Russell W. and Ethel M. (Fox) Stewart. Bessie was a very loving & caring homemaker. She liked her flowers, gardening, and mowing her […]

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Public school officials oppose expansion of state voucher program

| February 14, 2020

Public school officials and advocates in Ohio are opposing the expansion of a state voucher program that would require local public tax dollars to pay for students to attend private schools. The Ohio EdChoice Scholarship Program provides vouchers for eligible students in grades K-12 whose school buildings are designated as underperforming, as designated by the […]

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Lynn Ann Koski

Lynn Ann Koski

| February 14, 2020

Lynn Ann Koski, 56, of Warsaw passed away Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 at her home. She was born in Newark, Ohio on March 19, 1963. Lynn graduated from Newark High School and worked for Arlington Nursing Home and the Newark Advocate. She is survived by her two children Natasha (Chad Barger) Mack and Nathan Koski; […]

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BPW scholarship forms available

| February 14, 2020

Forms for the Joan McNeely Working Woman Scholarship from Coshocton Business and Professional Women (BPW) are available at Jacobs Vanaman Insurance, The Coshocton Beacon, COTC-Coshocton Campus, Ohio Means Jobs (located in lower level of Job & Family Services), and the Coshocton or West Lafayette Public Libraries. Eligible women must live or work in Coshocton County; […]

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Cynthia L. ‘Cindy’ Nelson

| February 14, 2020

Cynthia L. “Cindy” Nelson, 66, of Coshocton passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. Cindy was born in Cleveland, Ohio on Feb. 23, 1953, to the late Benjamin R. and Eleanor Sharkey. She started working at Walmart in Coshocton when Walmart first opened; she enjoyed working in all the different departments. […]

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Althea Pearl Griffith

Althea Pearl Griffith

| February 14, 2020

Althea Pearl Griffith, 72, born Dec. 6, 1947 to James R. and Thelma “Sis” (Freetage) Griffith peacefully passed away on Feb. 6, 2020 at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center. Althea was blessed to have loving people in her life. She was the pride and joy of her devoted parents who loved her dearly. They relished […]

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