City council honors Colton Conkle
Mayor Steve Mercer, pictured at left, presented Colton Conkle (center) with a proclamation celebrating his Elks National Hoop Shoot title during the May 8 Coshocton City Council meeting. Standing behind them are members of city council. Josie Sellers | Beacon
COSHOCTON – There was a special guest at the May 8 Coshocton City Council meeting.
Colton Conkle, a fourth grader at Coshocton Elementary School, was honored for winning the Elks National Hoop Shoot Contest for the boys’ ages 8-9 division.
“We are totally amazed by you,” said Mayor Steve Mercer.
Mercer presented Conkle with a proclamation celebrating his accomplishments and also gave him a Coshocton City flag pin and key to the city.
Colton, the son of Tiffany and Jeremy Conkle, earned a second award at nationals for hitting 25 out of 25 free throws during his competition.
“That’s quite a feat you pulled off,” said Service Director Jerry Stenner.
During the meeting city council also heard from Stewart Lane resident Tim Holdsworth. He is concerned about the safety of students trying to walk across Otsego Avenue to Kids America. Holdsworth provided city council with an estimate on work needing done to create better visibility for drivers in the area, a letter from a property owner backing the need for change, spoke with the Coshocton Foundation to see about possible funding assistance for the project and also found out for them that AT&T owns the power poles that would be impacted by any changes.
Mercer thanked Holdsworth for his thorough presentation and shared that the city also is concerned about the area.
Sheriff Tim Rogers reported at the meeting that his office now has a second K-9 thanks to generous donations from the community.
“A lot of great people and organizations stepped forward to help,” he said.
Another project the sheriff’s office is working on is purchasing a body scanner to help keep contraband down in the correctional facility.
“The problem is going to be fitting it in our facility,” Rogers said. “We might have to build on a small addition.”
Before the meeting ended City Council President Cliff Biggers told Colton he was a breath of fresh air.
They all agreed they are excited to watch him further develop his skills over the years.
“We just hope you don’t move and stay in the city,” Biggers said.
Stenner agreed.
“You are going to be a special Redskin player one of these days,” he said. “Keep up the good work.”
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