EXTRA: Snyder leaving; Man injured; Lethal injection
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W.P. SNYDER LEAVING FRIDAY FOR REPAIRS:
For the second time in just over a month, the Historic Harmar Bridge will be opened to allow a historic river vessel to take its leave of the Pioneer City.
But unlike the showboat Becky Thatcher, the W.P. Snyder Jr. will be coming back to town.
Weather permitting, the 91-year-old Snyder, a National Historic Landmark and the last remaining steam-powered sternwheel towboat in existence, will be towed on Friday from the Muskingum River bank where it is moored next to the Ohio River Museum. It will travel 146 miles down the Ohio River to the McGinnis Shipyard in South Point, Ohio, where McGinnis Inc. has been contracted to replace the vessel's hull.
The Valley Gem sternwheeler will follow the Snyder for a portion of its journey with a four-hour cruise that will also serve as a fundraiser for the Friends of the Museums Inc., the nonprofit entity that recently took over day-to-day operations of the Campus Martius and Ohio River museums.
Tickets are $45 for adults. There is a $5 discount for seniors, Ohio Historical Society members and Friends of the Museums members.
For reservations, call the Valley Gem at 740-373-7862 or go online at www.valleygemsternwheeler.com .
TREE FALLS ON MAN CUTTING IT DOWN:
A Lower Salem man was critically injured today when a tree he was cutting down fell on him.
Andrew W. Beck, 28, was taken by medical helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown after the 11:57 a.m. incident.
Sheriff Larry Mincks said Beck and another man, whose name was not immediately available, were cutting trees for firewood on Beck's family property, at 2775 Whipple Run Road, when the incident occurred.
Beck's condition was not immediately available Monday afternoon.
NEBRASKA WON'T FOLLOW OHIO'S LEAD ON LETHAL INJECTIONS:
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Ohio's decision last week to scrap its three-drug lethal-injection protocol following a botched execution is not causing Nebraska officials to reconsider using a similar three-drug protocol to replace electrocution.
After a public hearing Monday on Nebraska's proposed protocol, some attorneys said the decision in Ohio to use a one-drug system should give Nebraska officials pause.
Nebraska has been without a means of carrying out the death penalty since early last year when the state Supreme Court ruled that the electric chair was cruel and unusual punishment.
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said Monday that there's no evidence that using one drug would be significantly safer.
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11-16-09 7:05 PM
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thats awsome release the address so people who have nothing better to do can drive by there just to see if they can see anything
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