Marysville’s 17-14 loss to Perrysburg Friday night was a roller coaster of emotions. Above, Nathan Delauter flexes for the student section after finishing 14 pushups following an MHS touchdown that tied the score at 14-14 in the second half Friday. At right, Monarch Nick Johnson (54) and Carson Overbey (3) prepare to watch the Yellow Jackets attempt a 26-yard field goal with 8 seconds left in the game. In the bottom picture, Perrysburg kicker Taylor Thomas kicks the game winner just past the outstretched arms of Marysville’s Dominic Brown. For full game stories from all of Friday’s local contests see…
Author: Chad Williamson
Marysville’s Carson Overbey (3) intercepts a Perrysburg pass at the goal line. Also pictured for the Monarchs is Vanyn Fultz (21). (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) — At the end of the first quarter Friday night, Marysville’s football team may have picked up a check from the Union County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, because never in history has a busload of visitors from Wood County been made to feel more welcome. In the first five minutes, the Monarchs handed Perrysburg a gift basket filled with such treats as a fumble 20 seconds into the game, an offsides penalty when the…
Marysville’s busing situation is at a crisis point. After losing three bus drivers in early August, the board of education learned Thursday night that the district is scrambling to cover routes. “It’s all hands on deck to try to get through this,” Superintendent Diane Allen told the board. At the beginning of last school year, the district was running 32 bus routes. It’s currently running 25 routes with another four specifically for special education students. “It’s kind of a significant shift,” Allen said. Because of the shortage of drivers and pinched routes, the district has provided information on its website…
After practicing in the rain Thursday evening, this youth football team was rewarded with a rainbow as the precipitation stopped at the end of practice. The team was the only one practicing that evening at Lewis Park on Grove Street. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) —
Marysville’s Jacob Fisher (16) breaks up a New Albany pass Friday evening. The Monarchs opened the 2023 season with a 24-17 road victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) — You never truly know what kind of high school football team you’ve got until you lace them up for the first regular season game under the lights. Coming off a lengthy playoff run in 2021, the 2022 Monarchs looked poised to be nearly as solid with a host of familiar faces returning. Then New Albany came to town and slapped the Monarchs 35-0 in the home opener. The remainder of the…
One of the strangest things my grandparents ever asked for was a simple photograph. My mother’s parents wanted someone in the family to take a picture of them standing on the front porch of their home waving, like they were saying goodbye as someone drove away. It seemed a strange request, because my grandparents had never asked for even a family photo in the past. My sister and I joked about the request, occasionally waving to the camera during Christmas or birthday pictures. I think my mother eventually took the picture and printed it for them, but I have no…
It’s official. Marysville Schools will not return to the ballot in November, following a failed levy attempt in May. Thursday the Maryville Board of Education voted 4-1 against making another levy try later this year, with member Jermaine Ferguson offering the dissenting vote. “We talk about listening to our community and I think, in the election, they gave strong voice,” Board member Dick Smith said. Despite many members previously saying a return to the ballot in the fall was necessary, a sentiment echoed in the district’s Monarch Monthly newsletter, several members reversed course. Fueling the about-face was a state budget…
It now looks unlikely that the Marysville School District will appear on the ballot in November. At a work session Monday afternoon, a majority of the board members appeared resigned to limping through on cash reserves until next year, believing the disconnect between voters and the district is too vast to repair in just a couple of months. “We’ve got a lot of work to do and between now and November would not be sufficient time,” board member Dick Smith said. An 8.4-mill operating levy failed by more than 900 votes in May. District expenses are currently outpacing revenue by…
The North Lewisburg Library has a bat problem. Village Administrator Todd Freyhof told council this week that what was believed to be a couple of sonar-guided squatters has turned out to be a much larger problem. The village owns the library facility at 161 Winder St., leasing the structure to the Champaign County Public Library for the North Lewisburg Branch. Since 2003 the library has been operating from the village-owned building, the former Friend’s Church. Through the lease agreement the library handles interior cosmetic repairs, but the village is responsible for major issue. Freyhof said library staff members saw a…
This year’s Fourth of July Parade in Marysville was the longest I can ever remember. With its usual assortment of marching bands, entries from local organizations and businesses and throngs of youth sports teams, it’s safe to say the procession took just under an hour to watch. Also factoring heavily into the number of entrants was a thick batch of political candidates. Some walking, some riding and most surrounded by groups of family and friends, candidates for city, county and school board seats were out in full force. The number of local candidates actively seeking support is pretty staggering, considering…
Marysville City Council on Monday approved a pre-annexation agreement with Rockford Development Investments. The developer is looking to bring more than 800 acres from Paris Township into the City of Marysville. Legally, annexations of this type cannot include more than 500 acres so the annexation will occur in three phases. (Photo submitted) — Marysville City Council has taken the first step to increase the size of the city by more than 7%. At Monday night’s city council meeting, the body unanimously approved a pre-annexation agreement for 810.5 acres on the city’s east side. Council member Deb Groat said she doesn’t…
A City of Marysville worker tests the water coming from a fire hydrant on West Third Street near the Arbors apartment complex Monday morning. The city has been working on a water line replacement project in the area for the last few weeks. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) —
As the Marysville Board of Education tries to figure out its next move to secure more operating funds, the case for pursuing an income tax seems to be the most compelling. The board was presented with various levy simulations Thursday night, each one designed to keep the district in the black through 2027, but leave the district without money in 2028. After the failure of an 8.4-mill property tax levy in July, the board is looking for a ballot issue that will be more palatable to voters. “From a funding standpoint only the income tax is the most beneficial,” District…
North Lewisburg Village Council made some adjustments to oversight of the park at Tuesday night’s meeting. Village officials realized recently that the actual make-up of the park board did not align with the original ordinance establishing the group. An ordinance from 1984 indicated that the park board would be comprised of three members of village council and three members of the Triad Junior Baseball Association. Council voted 4-0, with members Gwen Beech and Jennifer Ohashi absent, to set the park board as two members of council, the president of the junior baseball league, a member of the North Lewisburg Village…
Pictured above is Memorial Health Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Sean Ono Gill in front of the hospital’s new Japanese Clinic. Gill, who speaks Japanese, was instrumental in helping create the clinic which allows Honda employees to interact with a health service provider in their native language. Memorial has added Japanese lettering to some of its signs to help workers find their way to the clinic. (Photo submitted) — As he begins to answer questions about a new clinic at Memorial Health, Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Sean Ono Gill’s statements brought a sheepish quiet over the room. He described the new…