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Greene County
5 years ago: Nov. 1-6, 2004
Flood help is here: FEMA center opens
WAYNESBURG - Local flood victims filtered through the former Alltel building on Greene Street throughout the day on Monday as federal and state emergency management agencies opened a mobile Disaster Recovery Center in Waynesburg.
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Heavy rain on Sept. 17 damaged 203 homes and businesses in the county, according to Jeff Marshall, Greene County's director of emergency management. As of 3 p.m. Monday, 20 of those flood victims visited the new center in Waynesburg.
Record turnout helps Bush win Greene Co.
WAYNESBURG - Greene County voters, who by a 2-to-1 margin register as Democrats, threw their support Tuesday behind Republican President George Bush.
Unofficial results for all 44 precincts showed Bush defeating U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., in Greene County by 117 votes, 7,766 to 7,649 votes.
The results could change as a result of the about 600 provisional ballots distributed to the precincts that will not be counted until Friday. The number of provisional ballots cast was not available late Tuesday.
"Obviously we're disappointed," said county Commissioner Dave Coder, Greene County Democratic Committee chairman. "It was a hotly contested election and it just received so much effort by both campaigns," he said.
10 years ago: Nov. 1-6, 1999
Mine subsidence causes part of road to drop
WAYNESBURG - Motorists traveling Route 19 began noticing late last week a distinct drop in the road surface along a section about two miles south of Morrisville.
Part of the road about 300 feet in length has now fallen more than a foot as result of mine subsidence.
RAG American Coal Co.'s Emerald Mine began mining beneath the road last week, company spokesman Darrell Roland said Thursday.
The company has been monitoring the area since subsidence began to affect the road, posting an employee at the site around the clock as a safety precaution, he said.
Cracks and holes that have appeared in the road surface have been filled with gravel, Roland said. In addition, the state Department of Transportation has placed warning signs along the highway.
Greene panel aims to provide accurate census count
WAYNESBURG - The world isn't likely to stop on April 1, the "magic date" when every resident of the country is supposed to be counted for the 2000 census.
People will still go to work. Some will be born, some will die. But with the elimination of statistical sampling methods, ensuring that they are counted will be no small task.
Governor Tom Ridge was sufficiently concerned about making sure that all Pennsylvanians are counted that he asked local municipalities last summer to establish "complete count" committees to educate the public about the importance of returning census forms.
In Greene County, that work is well under way, planning director Ann Bargerstock said Thursday.
25 years ago: Nov. 1-7, 1984
She hasn't missed a vote since 1920
WAYNESBURG - When Margaret Zimmerman walked into the polling place Tuesday afternoon, she received her usual ovation from the precinct workers.
There are many reasons for the special recognition at the Franklin-North precinct located at St. George Episcopal Church on Bonar Avenue.
Perhaps some applaud because the delightful Mrs. Zimmerman has never missed a presidential election since women received the right to vote in 1920. Others applaud because she drives herself to the polls - just a few days prior to her 96th birthday.
California overcomes surprising Jackets, 14-7
CALIFORNIA - Waynesburg College and California University took different approaches to their 85-year-old football rivalry here Saturday afternoon, turning a potential mismatch into a tense game.
California (6-3) won, 14-7, but only after Waynesburg (2-6) waged an emotional battle that threatened to produce its 27th victory in the teams' 33rd meeting. The Vulcans scored the winning touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter.
45 years ago: Nov. 1-7, 1964
Majority accorded President Johnson largest in history
The Greene County Election Board will begin the official count Friday of votes cast in what was probably the largest Democratic landslide, percentage-wise, ever recorded in the county.
But the count is purely academic in the face of the huge majority recorded by all Democratic candidates Tuesday as county voters added their bit to President Lyndon B. Johnson's resounding victory over Senator Barry M. Goldwater.
The 7,310 votes by which the President carried Greene County (11,068 to 3,758) is the largest plurality ever given a presidential candidate.
