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Summary of news stories last updated July
25th, 2008 - listen to Tiger Country, 97.5 FM WTGR for up to the minute news
coverage.
Bradford School Board Seeks New Member
The Bradford Board of Education finds
itself one short after they accepted the resignation of Don Selanders effective
the end of last Monday’s meeting. According to Ohio law, his spot must be
filled within the next thirty days and the board will be accepting applications
through August 4th. Also
at the meeting, several options were discussed to close the districts’
$500,000 2009 budget deficit. Items
currently on the table include removing the purchase of a new bus from the 2009
budget, not replacing elementary language arts books as scheduled, and cutting
the number of field trips.
Fair Board Cuts Ribbon on New
Facility
The Darke County Fair Board and
Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:30 yesterday (Wednesday)
for the opening of the fair grounds new north end restroom facility.
The $183,000 project broke ground back in mid April and was completed on
time and on-budget. About 35 people
attended the event and toured the facility on a picture-perfect afternoon.
Fair Board President Cindy Riffle presided over the ceremony and thanked
all guests including engineer’s Mote & Associates and the ten contractors
involved with the project. Riffle
emphasizes that the entire building in handicap accessible, including the shower
facilities, and that another other highlight of the facility is the family
restroom.
Name of Deceased New Madison Home Owner
Released
The Darke County Coroner has ruled
that a man found dead at his Hollansburg home on Sunday committed suicide. New Madison Police Chief John Kiser reported today that
Robert G. DeLavergne, age 66, also left information behind that indicated the
same. DeLavergne, who
lived at 124 East Union Street, had not been seen by anyone since July 12th.
New Madison police discovered his
body on a welfare check performed on Sunday at 7:15 PM.
Final Two Sentenced in Mercer
County Drug Case
The last two people arrested in a
November drug roundup in Mercer County have been sentenced in Mercer County
Common Pleas Court. Kyle D. Blake,
age 22 of Celina, was sentenced to three years community control after pleading
guilty to three counts of trafficking in drugs, all fifth-degree felonies.
Other terms include a six-month operator's license suspension and up to
90 days in the Mercer County. Amber
N. Yingst, age 22, of Sidney, received 16 months in prison with the
understanding the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office would not oppose her on
judicial release after completing five months. The court also imposed a
six-month operator's license suspension on Yingst and ordered $200 in
restitution.
Darke County Accepts Bid For Storage
Construction
The Darke County Commissioners
accepted the recommendation of the county engineer’s office to accept a
construction bid from NuWay Builders of Greenville at Monday’s meeting.
NuWay was the lowest bidder at $130,700 for a project that will construct
a new storage building for the engineers department.
The structure will be built next to the county highway department on
Celina Road just North of Children’s Home-Bradford Road.
It will be used for equipment storage and will replace the departments’
current storage facility on Front Street in Greenville.
Friday
to be Big Day in Historic Farmland
Historic
Farmland USA will present "Fridays In Farmland," a town-wide
celebration of locally produced food, arts, crafts and entertainment, on the
second Friday of every month beginning in August. The events will take place in
the downtown business district of Farmland from 5 to 9 PM and will include a
local farmer's market, artisan booths, family activities and live entertainment.
Local businesses will also stay open late and offer special discounts for
visitors. The events are free and open to the public. The first three scheduled
dates for "Fridays In Farmland" are August 8th, September 12th,
and October 10th.
Randolph County Makes Major Courthouse
Project Decision
A decision has been made in Randolph
County regarding the courthouse project and the verdict is ‘stay the
course’. At Monday’s meeting,
county commissioners voted 2-1 to proceed with the original courthouse plan as
presented by project engineers and architects despite a number of recently
explored alternatives. The plan,
which has repeatedly been shown to be the least expensive option at about $10 to
$11 million, will renovate the existing courthouse and add a two story
courthouse annex by it’s side in downtown Winchester. The dissenting vote on
Monday came from Commissioner Ron Chalfant.
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