HEATH-NEWARK-LICKING COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY
                      PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE					CONTACT:
December 10, 2003	        Rick Platt, 740-788-5500 ext. 35

    PORT AUTHORITY HONORS WALLY HORTON FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

HEATH, OHIO –  The Board of Directors of the Heath-Newark-Licking 
County Port Authority honored retiring Board member Wally Horton 
for his years of community service at an open house event today 
at the Central Ohio Aerospace and Technology Center.

Horton’s role in the community goes back to the days when 
planning for what became the Newark Air Force Base first began 
in 1958.  He led the charge to retain the jobs and the economic 
impact through privatization and, in 1996, became the first 
executive director of the Port Authority.  It was his vision to 
see the Port Authority’s impact extend beyond the gates of the 
former Air Force Base.  He joined the Board in January 2002 
and retired from the Board this October.

Letters and proclamations were presented on behalf of U.S. 
Senators Mike DeWine and George Voinovich, Congressmen Bob 
Ney and Patrick Tiberi, Governor Bob Taft, Senator Jay Hottinger, 
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, and Representative David 
Evans.

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