In the News: Mayor discusses storm damage
NEWCOMERSTOWN — Mayor Pat Cadle thanked members of the Street Department for their response to damaging storms that swept through the area overnight Monday into Tuesday, June 13-14.
“In the aftermath of Monday night's storm, we are lucky in comparison to other communities near us,” Mayor Cadle noted. “Port Washington and Gnadenhutten both had much more damage from the winds and fallen trees. Our worst damage was in our cemeteries at West Lawn and State Street. Scott Drive, McKinley Avenue and Chapman Street had parts of trees to remove. Our Street Department started at 5:30 a.m. and did a great job picking up debris and cutting up the fallen trees.”
The mayor said residents could put fallen branches on the curb strip to be picked up through June 19.
“If you have a lot of debris, please contact us and we can arrange a place for you to take it,” the mayor said. He also suggested residents check on elderly or handicapped neighbors to see if they need help.
Golf scramble
The Newcomerstown Chamber of Commerce will have its annual golf scramble on July 27 at the River Greens Golf Course.
Registration and a putting contest will be at noon. A shotgun start will start the golf scramble at 1 p.m. Mulligans and skins are available. There will be prizes for closest to the pin and longest drive. There will also be door prizes and a 50/50 raffle.
The cost will be $60 each or $240 for a foursome, which includes 18 holes, cart and a meal of burger and brats after the golf. Beer will be available at the course. Hole sponsorships are available for $60 each.
For more information, contact Dee Stocker, 740-610-2020; or the River Greens Golf Course, 740-545-7817.
Sponsors needed
The Newcomerstown Boys Basketball teams are looking for hole sponsors for their Golf Scramble on July 9. Holes can be sponsored for $50, which includes a sign at the hole with the sponsor’s name on it. Gold Sponsors are $250 per hole which includes a four-person team for the outing. For more information, call Newcomerstown High School at 740-498-5111.
Hall of Fame
The Ohio High School Football Coaches Association announced its 2023 Hall of Fame recently and Newcomerstown High School graduate Doug Frye is one of the inductees.
Frye, who most recently coached at Lima St. Marys for a second time, joins Steve Trivisonno of Mentor, Ken Meyer of Marion Local, Paul Kopko of Lakeview, Dan Yeagly of South Range and Gerald Cooke of Watkins.
The information provided by the Association said Frye has coached at six different schools, including Strasburg in the mid-1980s, Bucyrus and Wapakoneta with an overall record of 235-123 in his 34 years as a head coach.
The information noted his first stint coaching at St. Marys came in 1998 and ended in 2009. In 2010 he became the head coach at rival Wapakoneta until he returned to St. Mary's in 2014. Frye coached at Wapakoneta from 2010-13 where he went 33-10 and led the Redskins to two playoff appearances. During his first tenure at St. Marys, Frye led the Roughriders to the Division III state championship game in 2004 losing to Cleveland Benedictine 27-14. During his coaching career he led his teams to the playoffs 14 times.
Flag Football
The Newcomerstown schools will have a flag football program later this summer for anyone in grades two through sixth in the coming school year. Coaches and officials will be Newcomerstown High School players and coaches.
There is no cost, with sessions from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on five consecutive Saturdays, from Aug. 20 through Sept. 17.
For more information, call Coach Dirk Gadd at 740-498-5111 or email him at dirk.gadd@staff.nctschools.org.
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