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Local Archived News August '23 |
New sheep
barn built
By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette
At this year’s fair, sheep and goat exhibitors will have a little
more room to breathe.
Construction finished this week on the new sheep barn at the Richwood
Independent Fairgrounds.
Fair President Cody Johnston said the new building will give exhibitors
much more space.
“We had sheep and goats in the same barn before, this allows each to
have their own place,” he said.
Johnston said recent fair participants have grown in numbers.
Magnetic Springs sewer project clears
hurdles
By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette
A substantial amount of the design plans for the Magnetic Springs
portion of the sewer project are done and ready to submit to the state.
Project Manager Craig Mescher, with Access Engineering Solutions, said,
though there are minor things to clear up, the company would submit the
plans to ODOT and then the Environmental Protection Agency, but is also
planning for a public meeting to update residents at the end of this
month.
Local officials help to fund natural gas
lobby
By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette
Officials agreed to give a portion of funds to a gas-lobbying group
working to bring natural gas to some central Ohio counties.
At Wednesday’s county commissioners meeting, the board agreed to give
the money to the Ohio Gas Access Partnership (OGAP), which will help
with the writing of a bill to incentivize gas companies to invest in
central Ohio.
The money would be one portion of a larger pot that each of the
participating OGAP counties – Adams, Ross, Champaign, Logan, Madison,
Union and Washington – would contribute to.
Veterans group plans annual D.C. trip for fall
By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette
A Richwood veteran will have a unique opportunity to pay his respects to
his fallen comrades this fall.
Leo Speicher, who served in the Vietnam War, will be traveling to
Washington, D.C. later this year with fellow veterans to tour the
historic monuments. Speicher was asked to participate in an Arlington
National Cemetery tradition.
“I was asked to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Solider,” he
said. “I’m honored to go but hesitant.”
Speicher said the trip, which will be a return to the nation’s capital,
comes with a heaviness that is hard to shake.
“I was there before with the Vietnam Memorial and it really was hard to
do,” Speicher said.
U.C. Fair wraps up; officials pleased with
results
By Mac Cordell, Marysville J-T Reporter
Union County Fair officials said they are pleased with this year’s event
and acknowledged they are still working on final numbers for this year’s
attendance, gate receipts, and livestock sale.
“It went well,” Michelle Kuhlwein with the Union County Fair Board said
of this year’s fair.
She said that because tickets are sold online, she will need to check
with the online agent to get the total attendance and the gate receipts.
She said she “hasn’t had time” to review those numbers.
Even so, Kuhlwein said “the gates were about the same as last year.”
NUHS Robotics
kick off competition season
From Gazette staff reports
North Union High School robotics teams have officially kicked off the
2023-2024 competition season with a trip to the Experience STEAM Mall of
America Signature Event in Bloomington, Minnesota. The competition
featured 100 top-notch teams from all over the United States and Canada,
including 23 teams who were defending state champions from last season,
all there to compete in the new season VEX Robotics Challenge game, Over
Under. This tournament is a magnet for the most skilled and
talented VEX Robotics teams, not only because it is the first event of
the season, but also because the venue in the north atrium of the Mall
of America is a quite appealing place for a tournament.
Mike Love: Beach Boys show to focus on harmony
By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette
When the Beach Boys take the stage at the All Ohio Balloon Fest next
week, they want the audience to feel something that has guided their
career for more than 60 years: harmony.
Mike Love, who co-founded the iconic 1960s southern California band with
his cousins Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, as well as friend (and Ohio
native) Al Jardine, said harmony was with the group at the very
beginning. Luckily, he added, it never left.
ACCIONA supports literacy initiative
Village of Richwood included in efforts
From Gazette staff reports
ACCIONA Energía has launched an initiative to support childhood literacy
through the access to books and the improvement of reading proficiency
among young children in the communities where it operates.
The company is working with Bess the Book Bus, a mobile literacy
program dedicated to narrowing the academic achievement gap, local
schools and libraries to help children develop strong reading skills and
a love of learning.
Program fosters entrepreneurial spirit in
reformatory inmates
By Kayleen Petrovia, Marysville J-T Reporter
A group of hopeful entrepreneurs sat on one side of the large,
rectangular table as they pitched their business ideas to the experts
sitting across from them.
The ideas ranged from opening a greenhouse that grows the ingredients
for holistic skincare products to creating hand-sewn tote bags with
butterfly patches, from which the proceeds will benefit domestic
violence shelters.
Hope Center to benefit from Balloon Fest proceeds
By Kayleen Petrovia, Marysville J-T Reporter
A weekend of fun at the All Ohio Balloon Fest will benefit a local
organization working to help community members in need.
Once again, proceeds from the annual event will benefit the Hope Center,
a local nonprofit that serves those throughout Union County.
Through the partnership, the Hope Center will provide volunteers to
assist with the shaped hot air balloons at the Balloon Fest. In return,
AOBF will donate $100 for every volunteer.
“Our volunteers really enjoy being a part of it,” said Tisha Miller,
director of Community Ministries at the Hope Center.
In 2021, the All Ohio Balloon Fest donated $15,000 to the Hope Center.
“That goes a long way,” said Miller.
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