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ELLEFONTAINE XAMINER B E Vol. 130 Friday, April 16, 2021 No. 104 AVAILABLE DAILY ONLINE @ examiner.org First Fridays 6-State Trooper Project details Bellefontaine hosts Spring fling event May 7 distracted driving enforcement BY THE EXAMINER STAFF First Fridays Bellefontaine hosts a Spring Fling event BY THE EXAMINER STAFF This initiative began on Monday driving. In Logan County, two cita- from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 7, featuring 21 different car- April 5, at 12:01 a.m. and ended tions were issued, and one citation nival games and a zipline along Main Street. COLUMBUS — The Ohio State Monday, April 12 . The high-visibility was issued in Union County. Fair-style food trucks will be set up at the event. Highway Patrol and other members enforcement included the Indiana The Six-State Trooper Project is a A bracket-style inflatable axe-throwing contest is host- of the Six-State Trooper Project State Police, Kentucky State Police, multi-state law enforcement partner- ed by the Roundhouse Deport, with only 20 spots avail- Michigan State Police, Pennsylvania ship aimed at providing combined able. Contest tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite recently collaborated to focus on dis- State Police and the West Virginia and coordinated law enforcement through May 3. tracted driving enforcement, which State Police, as well as OSHP. and security services in the areas of Event tickets are available for $25 each via Eventbrite, included local patrols in Logan During the Six-State project, OSHP highway safety, criminal patrol and which provides participants with rides on the zipline and County. issued 557 citations for distracted intelligence sharing. unlimited plays at the carnival game. The day of the event, tickets also will be available on site for $30. BMSA pupils explore Ohio animals, tropical creatures during zoo program Lahna’s Crew hosts lunch to BY THE EXAMINER STAFF Participants enjoyed seeing the black rat snake benefit Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Bellefontaine Middle and learning that it is an BY THE EXAMINER STAFF School’s afterschool pro- important part of the gram, BMS+, welcomed the ecosystem and food chain. Columbus Zoo’s Classroom Lahna’s Crew is hosting a donation chicken and noo- Outreach program to the Students also learned that dle or beef and noodle lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. building for interactive the screech owl is one of Sunday May 16, at the West Mansfield Conservation Club, adventures featuring ani- many nocturnal animals. 701 S. Main St. mals from climates near The zoo outreach also Chicken and beef and noodles will be available for and far during sessions in presented its Tropical gluten free, and meal also includes mashed potatoes, March and April. Rainforests program, green beans, coleslaw, applesauce and desserts. Carry out Students experienced where BMS+ pupils learned and limited seating will be available with COVID-19 Ohio’s Wild Treasures, that rainforests are the restrictions. where they learned about A raffle will be available as well, with tickets for $5 each animals that could poten- most diverse ecosystem that are available at Fields Grocery in West Mansfield and tially live in their back- and that they are com- yards. Some of the animals prised of many different the day of the lunch. Raffle items include a grandfather shared were a black rat levels. clock snake, a screech owl, an Tickets are $5 each and available at Fields’ Grocery in West Mansfield and the day of the lunch. All proceeds Eastern box turtle, and a See EXPLORE on A Bellefontaine Middle School student tosses Ta-Ha, the striped skunk. Next Page toucan, a piece of fruit. (BELLEFONTAINE SCHOOLS PHOTO) benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. eMail: [email protected] BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER ONLINE @ examiner.org HUBBARD PUBLISHING CO. Local & State PO Box 40 • Bellefontaine, OH 43311 An independent daily newspa- per Founded in 1891 Fatal police shooting at hospital Explore________ by E.O. & H.K. Hubbard Issued daily except Sunday at Continued from Last Page 127 E. Chillicothe Ave. caught on officer bodycams MEMBER OF THE: COLUMBUS (AP) — searching Miles Jackson, a his waistband. A shot can Zoo staff members presented animals from the top of the Ohio Newspaper Association and Officers conducting a rou- Black man, at the hospital then be heard in the video, rainforest canopy to the soil beneath, including a toucan, a Monday in preparation for apparently from the gun in the Inland Daily Press Association tine pat-down of a man in red-footed tortoise, a porcupine, and a two-toed sloth. a custody exchange over Jackson's waistband. • The Associated Press • Ohio a hospital emergency room The students enjoyed watching the toucan, and learned warrants he had out for his The officer who stunned League of Home Dailies found a gun in his waist- that their beautiful beaks help them with thermoregulation. arrest. Jackson began to Jackson took cover outside PUBLISHER: JON HUBBARD band, spurring a struggle Pupils were also intrigued by the slowest-moving mammal, GENERAL MANAGER: struggle with the two offi- of the room. The other offi- T.J. HUBBARD over the weapon and a the two-toed sloth. EDITOR: cers after one of them felt cer appeared to return fire NATE SMITH standoff that ended in offi- BMS was awarded the five-year, Nita M. Lowey 21st ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: the gun, video showed. at Jackson once before tak- BOB CHAPMAN cers killing him, according Century Community Learning Centers Grant in August 2020. CIRCULATION MANAGER: JILL THOMAS One of the officers used ing cover behind a hospital to police body camera a stun gun on Jackson after bed, video showed. Afterschool programming consists of reading and math SUBSCRIPTION RATES footage released they fell to the floor, while enrichment, positive youth development, family engage- Delivered by carrier, per week ...$2.40 Wednesday. the other attempted to pull See CAMS on ment opportunities, drop out prevention, college and By motor route, per week...........$2.40 Officers had been Jackson's hands away from Next Page career readiness and enrichment activities. Price of single copy.......................75¢ Partnerships with local organizations, like the By mail R.F.D. in Logan and adjoining Columbus Zoo, enriches programming and provides Counties, per year postpaid ...$125.40 engaging experiences for BMS+ students. By mail outside of Logan and surrounding counties..............$147.40 n LOGAN COUNTY BEAT n ONLINE Edition SHERIFF & HIGHWAY PATROL LOCAL NOTES Five weeks .................................$9.50 Thirteen weeks.........................$24.70 Woman treated for ding off” while on their way to work. Myeerah clean up day slated for May 8 suspected overdose Upon arrival at the workplace, Twenty six weeks .....................$49.40 The Bellefontaine Parks District has partnered with the Fifty two weeks-(1 year)...........$98.80 Deputies of the Logan County Johnson’s sister notified Adecco person- Logan County Land Trust to organize a spring clean up Lesser periods by mail slightly more than propor- Sheriff’s Office and Allen Township EMS nel about her condition. Johnson then tionate cost of yearly rate. Mail subscriptions will day at Myeerah Nature Preserve, slated for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. responded about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday was located by security personnel in a not be accepted from territories served by an Saturday, May 8, at the 7405 State Route 540 location. Examiner newspaper courier or motor routes. to Honda of America Mfg. at East restroom, where she was found to be Volunteers are needed to help pull weeds and assist All subscriptions for papers delivered Liberty, 11000 State Route 347, East unsteady on her feet and losing con- with several planned beautification projects. by carrier are payable in advance at Liberty, on a report of a suspected over- sciousness. the Examiner office. No paper sent by Lunch is provided by the Logan County Land Trust. dose. A narcotics K9 indicated on mail unless paid for in advance, a Make reservations by Wednesday, May 5, by calling the postal regulation. Subscriptions are Deputies and EMS personnel were Johnson’s backpack, where deputies parks department at (937) 592-3475 or e-mail non-refundable. Online subscriptions escorted to the medical room of the located a plastic tube with a white pow- must be paid in advance. [email protected]. facility and observed a woman who was der residue and burnt foil with a white HOW TO REACH US partially unresponsive being treated by powder residue. GENERAL: 592-3060 Honda medical personnel. She was Johnson was transported by Allen C.R. 277 to close for bridge rehabilitation CIRC/SUBSCRIPTIONS: Option 4 identified as Brittany Johnson, 28, of Township EMS to Memorial Hospital in Crews from the Logan County Bridge Department will CLASSIFIEDS: Option 5 Columbus. Marysville. She later met with deputies be performing bridge rehabilitation on the County Road AFTERHOURS: (937) 407-0205 at the sheriff’s office and told them she Deputies also spoke with Johnson’s 277 bridge, and therefore, C.R. 277 between County Road NEWSROOM sister, who said the pair live together in had purchased powder fentanyl in Option 1 Columbus. She was issued a Second 44 and North Lewisburg Road (located in Union County; Nate Smith..........................................1118 Columbus and that she had witnessed Johnson possibly doing drugs in their Chance Treatment Form. A report also CR 277 becomes Inskeep-Cratty Road in Union County) Mandy Loehr......................................1116 bathroom before they left for work. She has been forwarded to the Logan will be closed from 7:30 a.m. Monday, April 26, to 3:30 SPORTS Option 2 then reportedly observed Johnson “nod- County Prosecutor’s Office for review. p.m. Friday, May 7. Matt Hammond-Sports Editor .......1122 Aaron LaBatt ....................................1115 ADVERTISING Option 3 Bob Chapman-Ad.