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The Beacon
Coshocton
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June 7-13
2017
Volume 10
Number 6
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Council passes
medical
marijuana
resolution
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By Josie Sellers
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Coshocton Hot Air
Balloon Festival
Information inside!
Balloon rides offered at festival
Take the ride of your life in a hot air balloon
during the Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Fes-
tival. Hot air balloon rides will be offered by
Gentle Breeze Hot Air Balloon Company on
Friday and Saturday evening and Saturday
morning. Only six passengers per flight
will be permitted. The cost for this once in a
lifetime experience is $225 per passenger.
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For more information and on how to schedule
a ride, visit visitcoshocton.com/hot-air-bal-
loon-festival. Tethered balloon rides will also
be offered for a fee from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 8 and 6:30 – 8:30 a.m. Satur-
day, June 10.
COSHOCTON – After much discussion,
Coshocton City Council passed a res-
olution during a special meeting held
May 30 to welcome medical marijua-
na manufacturing facilities and put a
six month moratorium on dispensary
facilities in the City of Coshocton.
Applications to establish such facil-
ities are due to the state this month
and before city officials decided their
stance on the topic they wanted input
from the public.
Council chambers was filled with
members of the public who want-
ed to voice their opinions about the
medical marijuana industry and
those in attendance also heard from
two representatives from a company
interested in constructing a facility in
Coshocton.
Mayor Steve Mercer opened up the
meeting by explaining to those pres-
ent that the state has already passed
legislation legalizing medical mari-
juana and recently wrapped up reg-
ulations for manufacturing facilities.
Regulations for dispensaries, however,
will not be wrapped up until Septem
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