MANSFIELD – Take an active role in monitoring water quality by becoming a Lake Monitor Volunteer, part of the Watershed Investigator program, with the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District. Volunteers collect water data at Clear Fork Reservoir, Charles Mill and Pleasant Hill Lakes and report their results on the District website. This volunteer activity […]
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Richland Bank signs urban leadership scholarship pact with Ashland University
ASHLAND – Ashland University President Dr. Carlos Campo on Friday signed a Scholarship Agreement as well as a Corporate Partners Agreement with Chris Hiner, president of Richland Bank. The agreement establishes a “Richland Bank Urban Leadership Annual Scholarship” that calls for Richland Bank officials to provide funding for three annual student scholarships for “a sophomore, […]
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Support schools, infrastructure with levy votes
Letter to the Editor: For the past 32 years, I have helped perform a citizens’ audit of the Mansfield street resurfacing program. I’ve also monitored such issues as bridge and sewer inspection because our community cannot survive if it neglects its infrastructure. Renewal of the Pothole Haters and Pride income taxes is essential to our […]
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Jon Krieger
Jon Krieger was a man of many passions. He held a deep reverence for God’s creation, appreciated the acceleration of a fine sports car, enjoyed the precision of a quality firearm, was a patriot’s patriot, and above all embraced an unshakeable faith in the Lord Jesus Christ – for in Him was Jon’s hope and […]
Posted inCrawford Source
Crawford SWCD opens records prior to 1990
GALION — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District is offering landowners the opportunity to pick up old tile plans and other conservation records prior to 1990. These are records of individuals who had cooperated with the soil and water district in conservation programs since the late 1940s. Call Liz Miller at 419-562-8280 extension 3; […]
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Wilbert “Bill” Selmon Sr.
Wilbert “Bill” Selmon Sr., 80, of Mansfield, passed away Monday afternoon, March 13, 2017, at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital. He was born April 8, 1936, in Mississippi, to the late John and Mary (Watson) Selmon. On March 5, 1954, he married his sweetheart, Annie Hargrove. They moved to Mansfield in 1955 and he began working at […]
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Rosie Nell Porter
Rosie Nell Porter, 75, passed this life on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in Riverside Hospital, Columbus after an extended illness. Mrs. Porter was born Saturday, March 14, 1942 to the late Lorenzo and Sarah (Harrison) Sherrod Sr. in Columbus, Mississippi and had been a resident of the Mansfield community for the past 50 years. Rosie […]
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Earl Morris Mosier
Earl Morris Mosier, 79, of Fredericktown passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 at his home. Earl was born June 21, 1937 in Carter County, Kentucky to the late Thomas and Goldie (Frasier) Mosier. Earl was a very private, peaceful, kind-hearted, quiet and independent man. He was a skilled self-taught carpenter and a skilled craftsman. Earl […]
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Agnes Kyle
Agnes Kyle, 86, died Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Seven Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center in Seven Hills, Ohio. Born March 6, 1931 in Tennessee to George Thomas and Cora Lee (Black) Munday. She was a resident of Nova before moving to Shelby in 1994. She was a 1948 high school graduate and worked […]