By Taylor Kaser — Anyone who has driven through the Mt. Gilead State Park in the last few weeks probably noticed something was different. In fact, to some it looked like the park had experienced hurricane force winds, with multiple trees down and the largest concentration of fallen trees being around the main playground. The falling […]
Dear Editor, I will start this letter with two quotes, one from 1967 and one from 2013. I ask that you compare the two quotes and notice the similarities. “Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay, and red, and He placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with His arrangement […]
By Taylor Kaser — Soon after their March 19 meeting commenced, the Mt. Gilead Board of Education went into executive session to discuss the approval of six unpaid volunteer baseball assistants. Questions regarding the approval of the positions were raised due to the fact that the paid assistant coach position is still vacant. The board listened […]
By Evelyn Long — Debra Fry was appointed as Cardington’s fiscal officer March 23, following the resignation of John Gersper, Jr. March 4. But it didn’t come easy. The action leading up to this vote began on March 4 when, following an executive session of the council, the resignation of John Gersper as the village Fiscal Officer […]
By Alberta Stojkovic — Dr. Melissa McRae, the March Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Speaker, told about her concerns for the chronically ill patients in her practice over the first few years since she came to Mount Gilead. The Ohio University graduate said her practice includes patients from babies to senior citizens. She felt as […]
Several Morrow County businesses will soon get grant money to support recycling. Together, they were awarded $90-thousand dollars. Cardington, Highland, Mt. Gilead, and Northmor school districts applied jointly for $15,000 in funding to develop and implement a model school-based recycling program. This is the first such program that the DKMM Solid Waste District is aware of […]
By Randa Wagner — The Local Emergency Planning Commission got a lesson in a potential hazard to emergency responders when Donna Carver, of Protecting Our Water and Environmental Resources (Morrow County POWER), addressed the group at their March 14 meeting. Carver, a 30-year Morrow County resident and LPN, has been researching medical and health related […]
By Randa Wagner — A scholarship fund was established in the name of beloved Northmor bus driver Dale McCleary at Northmor’s March 14 Board of Education meeting. McCleary was killed in an accident at his home October 29, 2012. The fund began when Northmor Elementary Girl Scout Troop #603 organized a penny drive and raised […]