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BY STEVEN COBURN-GRIFFIS
DHI Media Staff [email protected]
D E L P H O S — Customers at the Delphos Post Office were serenad-
ed by The King on Friday. Through a digital record-ing, Elvis crooned, appro-priately enough, Return to Sender.
The event served the dual purpose of cele-brating the release of a
new stamp immortaliz-ing Presley and allowing postal workers the oppor-tunity to express their appreciation to the com-munity.
BY ERIN COXDHI Media Staff Writer
VAN WERT — The Van Wert County OSU Extension Office will have a .35-mill renewal levy on the Nov. 3 general election ballot.
The renewal is a decreased amount from the first levy passed in 2010 which was a .4-mill five-year levy. The renewal on the ballot this year is also for five years.
“It [the .4 mill] eventually turned out to be more than what was necessary to operate the office with the personnel that is present in the office,” Curtis Young, OSU Extension agricultural educator for Van Wert County said. “We are backing off the millage to be more appropriate to match the budget of the office. Generating excessive funds are not necessary.”
The funds received through the levy pay for the operation of the Extension office, which includes salaries for employees and
day-to-day materials. Employees at the office include the 4-H program coordina-tor, the agricultural Extension educator, an office associate, and a part-time office asso-ciate that works once a week. The office is considering hiring an additional part-time employee to help market the 4-H program as well.
Additionally the Extension office has an employee to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program education, which has to do with food stamp recipi-ents.
“It’s a nutritional program where the educator is responsible for training peo-ple how to best use those dollars offered through food stamps and how to produce nutritional meals with what can be pur-chased,” Young said. “That’s covered by a federal grant for that particular individual, but you have to have an Extension office in the county for that to be offered.
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St. John’s High School will hold registration Tuesday through Wednesday in the high school office.
Parents are asked check their e-mail for information and registration forms. Registration will be held as follows: 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, seventh grade; 1-3 p.m.
Tuesday, eighth grade; 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, freshmen; 1-3 p.m. Wednesday; soph-omores; 9-11 a.m. Thursday, juniors; and 1-3 p.m. Thursday, seniors.
St. John’s does not provide any type of accident insurance for students or athletes. To purchase basic accident insurance for a student, contact the Ministry Center.
The Ohio Hawks 18U Fast-pitch Softball will hold tryouts on Saturday and Aug. 23 at the Elida High School Varsity Softball Field.
Tryouts are from 2-4 p.m. Saturday and 1-2 p.m. Aug. 23. Participants should arrive 30 minutes early to register.
Call coach Schultz at 567-712-9571 or coach Short at 419-302--3124
Your Local WeatherSat
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85/66Sun andclouds mixedwith a slightchance ofthunder-storms duringthe after.
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87/65Afternoonshowers andthunder-storms.
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89/67Mix of sunand clouds.Highs in theupper 80sand lows inthe upper60s.
Tue8/18
88/66Showers andthunder-storms late.
Wed8/19
82/61A few thun-derstormspossible.Highs in thelow 80s andlows in thelow 60s.
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Window to the Past
BY STEVEN COBURN-GRIFFISDHI Media Staff Writer
COLUMBUS — On Wednesday, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced that investor group ResponsibleOhio had successfully collected enough signatures to get its marijuana legalization initiative on November’s ballot. If successful, the initiative would make Ohio the nation’s sixth and most populous state or juris-diction to legalize marijuana for not only medicinal, but recreational use, as well.
“It’s time for marijuana legalization in Ohio, and voters will have the oppor-tunity to make it happen this November–we couldn’t be more excited,” said ResponsibleOhio Executive Director Ian
James. “Drug dealers don’t care about doing what’s best for our state and its citizens. By reforming marijuana laws in November, we’ll provide compassionate care to sick Ohioans, bring money back to our local communities and establish a new industry with limitless economic develop-ment opportunities.”
Backers of the Marijuana Legalization Amendment forecast that a legal industry in Ohio could generate as much as $2 billion a year by 2020 and generate as much as $500 million a year in taxes for the state.
Next, the Ohio Ballot Board will deter-mine ResponsibleOhio’s issue number and ballot language on Aug. 18.
See VOTE, page 13
See ELVIS, page 13
See EXTENSION, page 13
Patriotism and heritage are the theme for this weekend’s Fort Fest in Fort Jennings. (DHI Media/Steven Coburn-Griffis)
Fort Fest opens Friday
Customers were treated to refreshments and the new Elvis stamp Friday at the Delphos Post Office. (DHI Media/Steven Coburn-Griffis)
Post office celebrates customers, Elvis
A Huey helicopter prepares to land in Fort Jennings to kick off Fort Fest. (DHI Media/Steven Coburn-Griffis)
Ohio to cast vote on marijuana legalization
BY STEVEN COBURN-GRIFFISDHI Media Staff Writer
FORT JENNINGS — You heard the Huey first; the heavy, distinct thwop of the rotors. It banked up above the trees, the bare legs of passengers hanging out of the side doors.
Behind that came the sirens as emer-gency vehicles, the Fort Jennings police
cruiser and a pumper from the village’s fire department, rolled into view.
Beneath the sirens was a rumble and then a thunder that blotted out even the sirens as dozens upon dozens of motor-cycles wheeled into the village. On every third or fourth bike, an American flag snapped and popped; on each and every seat, a veteran biker or a biker veteran.
See FORT, page 13