Moore will speak at next CIC meeting

Irene A. Moore, administrator of the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District, will be the featured speaker at the Tuesday, Oct. 20 meeting of the Community Improvement Corporation board of trustees.

The October meeting, scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m., will be hosted by the city of Toronto. The exact location will be announced next week.

Moore will brief the CIC on the economic impact of agriculture in Jefferson County.  The Nov. 17 CIC meeting, hosted by Jefferson County, will be held at the Jobs and Family Services office on South Fifth Street. The Dec. 15 session will be held at the IBEW hall, located on North Fourth Street.

Progress Alliance currently is working on its 2010 meeting schedule and is seeking meeting location. For more information, contact Ed Looman at (740) 283-2476 or via e-mail at elooman@progressalliance.com

Green Machine taking its final lap

The Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, known as the Green Machine, is taking its final lap around Jefferson County this week.

The vehicle, donated to Progress Alliance and the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce by Don Snyder, president of Wildfire Motors, made its public debut at the first Best of Jefferson County awards dinner in March. The winner of the vehicle will be announced during the chamber’s 101^st annual dinner on Oct. 1.

Members of the Students in Free Enterprise Chapter at the Franciscan University of Steubenville displayed the vehicle on campus this week. They also sold tickets.

Tickets, priced at $5 apiece or five for $20, still are available by contacting either the chamber or Progress Alliance.

Work begins on new home for EM-Media

Work is under way on the new home for EM-Media, the full-service Jefferson County advertising agency currently operating out of White Oaks Drive.

Jim Emmerling, president of the agency, announced recently he has purchased the former Women’s Club of Steubenville building at the intersection of Sunset and Braybarton boulevards.  His goal is to have EM-Media working out of the building in January.

“We’re committed to the community and maintain its history,” Emmerling said. “Our new home is an historic building dating from 1928. The goal is to restore it and maintain some history and return it to being the showplace it has been.”

Nomination process opens in October

Progress Alliance will begin accepting nominees for 2010 Best of Jefferson County awards in early October.

Those selected will be honored during the second annual best of the county awards dinner scheduled for March.

Nomination forms will be available on the organization’s website, www.theburb.org and also can be obtained at the Progress Alliance office, 630 Market St. in downtown Steubenville.

Strickland to speak at OMEGA meeting

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland will deliver the keynote address at the semi-annual membership meeting of the Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association (OMEGA) scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 19.

The meeting will be held at the Francis Family Restaurant, 1038 Wheeling Ave. in Cambridge. For more information, contact OMEGA at (740) 439-4471,

JCC, Buckeye Local form partnership

A partnership with Jefferson Community College is turning Buckeye Local schools into community learning centers and helping pupils and adults hone their academic skills.

JCC will offer math lessons starting Oct. 6 twice weekly to seventh- and eighth-graders via a video link to Buckeye Local's two middle schools, officials said.

The classes, offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, will be taught by Bobbie Parnicza, an assistant professor, from a classroom at JCC.

Funded through a U.S. Department of Education 21st Century Grant, the video classes will reinforce what the middle school pupils are covering in their regular math classes.

Buckeye Local also will partner with the Jefferson County ABLE program to offer 90-minute adult math lessons at two Buckeye schools - Buckeye Northwest Elementary this fall and at Buckeye South Elementary in the spring.