Lori Borgman: Life is good somewhere
A good friend gives us her old newspapers from a small town in Maine. They are entertainment — a sedentary version of date night.
CrimeStoppers
LIMA — Area law-enforcement officials are looking for information about crimes or people listed in this graphic. The Lima/Allen-Putnam County Crime Stoppers Program offers cash awards of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides an anonymous tip or information that would lead to the arrest of anyone listed on this page. Please call (419) 229-STOP (7867).
John Grindrod: Simple lessons, deeper meanings when navigating life’s stairways
Experience has, or at least it should have, taught us some lessons along the way. One, I’ve learned when advancing toward the next landing while going up the stairs, it’s a lot less painful to fall up the stairs than it is to fall down them. While the misstep that caused the fall is pretty much the same, the extra pain of falling backward when we fail to grasp fully the importance of decreasing hastiness and increasing caution has to do with the direction we fall. Falling up the stairs merely momentarily stops us; it doesn’t place us farther away from our next landing.
Forms available online for Spencerville students
SPENCERVILLE — Spencerville Local Schools are reminding parents and students that each student must fill out forms online before picking up their schedule for the new year.
Few area schools plan to arm teachers
DAYTON—The death of 19 students and two teachers in a Texas school shooting just more than two months ago remains in the forefront for school administrators as students return to school this month.
UNOH announces move-in dates
LIMA — The University of Northwestern Ohio students will begin moving at 9:00am Thursday, August 18, continuing through noon on Saturday, August 20, 2022.
Don’t mess with federal crop insurance, farmers say. Others aren’t so sure
From field hearings in Morton buildings to sweet corn feeds at county fairs, farmers have been practicing a refrain this summer: Hands off the federal crop insurance program.
Ohio has spent nearly two-thirds of its ARPA dollars. Here’s where it is going
Ohio has already spent $3.5 billion of its total American Rescue Plan Dollars, with the largest portion of that going to repaying an unemployment loan, public safety, sewer grants and Intel.
St. Olaf names dean’s list
ADA — Ruth Pfeiffer of Ada, majoring in chemistry, has been named to the St. Olaf College Dean’s List for the spring semester. Students named to the Dean’s List must achieve a grade point average of 3.75 on a 4 point scale.
Casey graduates from Queens College
Leah E. Casey, a 2017 graduate of Allen East High School, recently earned a Master of Studies in English “With Distinction” from The Queen’s College, The University of Oxford, England. Casey is currently employed full time at Shearman and Sterling LLP, an international law firm in Manhattan, where she is preparing for law school.
