25th annual ‘Cops and Kids’ Sunday helps 145 local children buy new clothes:
https://www.richlandsource.com/news/25th-annual-cops-and-kids-sunday-helps-145-local-children-buy-new-clothes/article_8bdb777c-08e5-11ec-8e2c-cfc5dbb8f79a.html?block_id=1098581
Geyer’s on Fourth Street: 1964:
https://www.richlandsource.com/area_history/geyers-on-fourth-street-1964/article_626c7d6e-dfc5-11e4-944a-9f666f5ab771.html
Open Source: How did Shelby City Schools get its Whippet mascot?:
https://www.richlandsource.com/open_source/open-source-how-did-shelby-city-schools-get-its-whippet-mascot/article_30ab0864-05d8-11ec-83d5-8353788d5e98.html
111 Fredericktown students/staff in quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure:
https://www.knoxpages.com/education/111-fredericktown-students-staff-in-quarantine-due-to-covid-19-exposure/article_3fb36102-0750-11ec-b3ed-6339edead4b7.html
James Keith “Jim” Crowl:
https://www.richlandsource.com/obituaries/james-keith-jim-crowl/article_95acbf42-073a-11ec-b8cc-8fc4781a477f.html
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Today – There were 145 local children at the 25th annual “Cops and Kids'” program – all picking out new clothes and shoes on Sunday.
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There were 145 local children at the 25th annual “Cops and Kids'” program – all picking out new clothes and shoes at the Walmart store on Possum Run Road on Sunday. Most of them were selected through the Kinship program at Richland County Children Services.
The program is sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Police William J. Taylor Lodge #32 in Mansfield.
Among the 60-plus volunteers helping caregivers and children make selections were Chief Keith Porch, Assistant Chief Mike Bammann, Capt. Chad Brubaker, Capt. Shari Robertson, and also retired police officers, like former Assistant Chief Tobie Smith and Capt. Marijan Grogoza.
The program is open to children in preschool through 12th grade. And Bammann estimated that it’s helped provide around $380,000 in new clothes for children since it began.
The amount each child can spend is dependent on their grade, ranging from $125 for the youngest to $175 for the oldest.
It’s also a tax-free organization so the young shoppers didn’t have to pay sales tax.
Bammann explained that the children can buy clothing or other personal items – but no toys and no games … none of that stuff.
Many FOP lodges do similar programs before Christmas, but they found that they better serve the children and families of Richland County by doing it close to the beginning of the school year.
And events like “Cops and Kids” do more than help children gear up for school – they help build bridges between the police department and the community.
Baummann told us that the police and law enforcement here in Richland County spend a lot of time each year serving the community, especially children in need.
The FOP fundraiser is another way that allows the lodge to make donations to The New Store. If you aren’t already familiar with it, The New Store provides clothing to children year round.
In short, their fundraising efforts reach far beyond Sunday’s event. Even though he retired years ago, Bammann remains active as the president of the FOP.
He says that when he got into law enforcement, it was a career. But when he retired, he just didn’t know how to quit. So even though he doesn’t go to work every day anymore, he’s still part of the law enforcement community trying to give back, especially to the younger ones.
Now, some local history… Geyer’s on Fourth Street was built in 1949 as a Red and White ‘self-service supermarket’. It originally had a carry out “dairy freeze” window where kids could buy frozen custard cones without entering the store.
The meat department offered pre-packaged, and thus “self service,” meats: one of few such markets in the state and the first of its kind in Mansfield.
The old supermarket on Fourth Street went through a number of names in its lifetime; in 1964 it was Geyer’s Super Dollar.
But struggling through the 1990s it made a last gasp of lasting fame when the grocery served as a filming site for a scene in The Shawshank Redemption.
Next, we’re answering a question from our readers and listeners like you…
Today’s question comes from George Christoph. Christoph was curious about the history of the Shelby City Schools — a whippet. We turned to Shelby City Schools Superintendent Tim Tarvin and Shelby High School Principal John Gies. Tarvin says there are two main theories about how the Whippet mascot came to be.
The first theory has ties to the Whippet Bicycle, which was manufactured here in Shelby. They released their Whippet bicycle in 1928. Around the same time, the company provided Whippets to the school’s football team for training.
The second theory is described in the book “The History of Shelby Football 1894-1985” by Fred Eichinger. According to the book a man named George Evans first coined the term during a football game against Willard in the late 1920s. Evans was standing by the sidelines with two sports writers and remarked that the players “ran like a bunch of Whippets.”
Either way, by the early 1930s, the name caught on with the sports program of Shelby High School.
Tarvin said it’s possible that both theories are true and interrelated. And based on his own research, he believes Shelby is one of only eight schools in the country with a Whippet as its mascot.
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Next, From Knox Pages… Fredericktown Local Schools has 111 students and staff in quarantine.
And as of Friday there are 16 active COVID-19 cases – 14 students and two staff. Now, the district is considering mandating masks indoors or switching to remote learning if case numbers and quarantines continue to increase.
Right now, Fredericktown has an optional mask policy. But Knox County deputy health commissioner Zach Green said that the incidence of quarantine is much higher this school year compared with last school year. And last school year there was universal masking.
Knox Public Health has strongly urged schools to adopt universal masking, which is in line with guidance from the CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Ohio Department of Health.
Already several schools across Ohio have closed or switched to remote learning because of spikes in COVID-19 cases.
You can learn more about this story at knoxpages.com
Finally, we’d like to take a moment to remember James Keith Crowl. Jim lived a life of being there for his family at all costs and being driven by hard work that he enjoyed doing.
Jim was a lifelong resident of Mansfield. He was a 1963 graduate of Lexington High School. Jim went on to serve in the US Naval Reserves from 1965 to 1970, where he was a radarman. He had the honor of serving on the USS Saratoga for a tour.
In 1973 Jim graduated from The Ohio State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He was a professionally licensed civil engineer and land surveyor within the State of Ohio.
In his professional life, he worked at Roger J. Au and Sons Construction, Richland County Engineer’s office, City Engineer of Norwalk, Ohio, The Ohio State University Mansfield Campus, and in 1999, he retired from the Ohio Department of Transportation. He also operated his own engineering and land survey business.
Jim was a licensed amateur radio operator. He also was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church of Mansfield.
Jim is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Judy, his children, his brother, and his grandchildren. He loved being a grandfather. He’s also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Thank you for taking a moment with us to remember and celebrate his life.
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