Main St Awards + American Duchess + Rock Slide Funding

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What the next three days of weather look like:

• Sunday: Scattered thunderstorms. High of 84, low of 60.
• Monday: Mostly sunny with moderate humidity. High of 86, low of 56.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny with moderate humidity. High of 77, low of 53.

Marietta fun fact of the day:

Middle-class women in Marietta were heavily involved in church activities in the 19th century. The prevailing feeling of the time was that women should be exemplary mothers and wives. Because they were excluded from the public arena, they were assumed to possess superior levels of morality and piety.

Cheapest gas in town:

• GetGo on Pike Street, $2.82
• Kroger on Acme Street, $2.82
• Speedway on Seventh Street, $2.82
• Go Mart on Pike Street, $2.82
• Marathon on Gilman Avenue, $2.83

A full list can be found here.

The average gas price in Ohio is $3.03

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Here are the top stories for the day:

1. Mayor Josh Schlicher won overachiever of the year in this year's Marietta Main Street awards. (Marietta Main Street)

2. The American Duchess docked in Marietta making it the first riverboat on the levee this season. (WMOA)

3. Ohio is spending millions of dollars to prevent rock slides. Washington County is set to get a good chunk of the money. (Statehouse News Bureau)

4. A bill to protect religious expression for student-athletes is going to the Ohio House. The Ohio Senate approved it unanimously. (Statehouse News Bureau)

Marietta Community Calendar:

- Marietta Main Street: Second Sunday on Sunday, June 13. Join us in downtown Marietta during the Second Sunday of June, July, and August for great food, great shops, great music, and great fun for the whole family. Details here.

-Pampered pets petting zoo. The Washington County Public Library will be holding a petting zoo from 10 am to 2 pm Sunday. Details here.

-The Career Center will be awarding their teacher, Jeff DeLong as the 2021 Ohio Postsecondary Teacher of the Year. This will happen at 6 p.m. Monday evening. Details here.

That's it for today, you're all caught up on what's happening in Marietta. See you again tomorrow.

-Chris

A little about me, I'm Chris Schmitt; I grew up in Marietta, went to Marietta High School, and graduated from Ohio University's Scripps School of Journalism. I worked at a number of newspapers before becoming a national correspondent for IHeartRadio in New York. A couple of years ago I made the decision to move back to Marietta and be closer to family.