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N.Baltimore to discuss EMS needs |
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Written by MARIE THOMAS BAIRD Sentinel Education Editor
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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 11:59 |
NORTH BALTIMORE - Village officials will meet with EMS members next week to discuss needs in that department, including whether the village should move toward a full-time squad.
Members of village council's public safety committee will meet with EMS Chief John Van Scoder and others on Monday at 6:30 p.m. to discuss suggestions and ideas for the future of the volunteer squad.
The possibility of reviving a proposed Southwood Emergency Medical Service District, designed to serve North Baltimore, Hoytville, and Henry and Jackson townships, has been nixed by council.
The joint EMS service lost ground when voters turned down a levy for it a few years ago, and has held few meeting since.
Council agreed in February to seek a collaborative grant with the Wood County Port Authority through the state's innovation fund. The fund awards communities which find ways to merge or collaborate for services.
A $100,000 grant was received to study the issue, but nothing has been done and the project has stalled, according to village Mayor Mike Julien at Tuesday's committee of the whole meeting.
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State leaders fight further local cuts |
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Written by JAN LARSON McLAUGHLIN Sentinel County Editor
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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 11:41 |
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| File photos. Tim Brown & Randy Gardner (Photos: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune) |
Grassroots government has shouldered its share of the pain to balance Ohio's budget, according to local officials.
And Friday, two state legislators promised members of the Wood County Township Association that they will defend them against future cuts to the Local Government Fund.
Former county commissioner Tim Brown, who was sworn in Monday as state representative, assured township officials that he will take the message to Columbus that local governments should not bear any more of the burden.
"Local governments have been cut enough. We've done our fair share," he said.
As county commissioner, Brown watched the funding from the state be cut nearly in half, by approximately $1.5 million annually.
Randy Gardner, who is moving from a seat in the Ohio House to the Ohio Senate, said he had already made it clear to the governor and Senate leadership that he is opposed to any more cuts to the Local Government Fund.
The governor will introduce the budget in early February, however, the details won't be ironed out until months later, Gardner explained.
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Written by JAN LARSON McLAUGHLIN Sentinel County Editor
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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 11:53 |
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Ken Rieman, who served 22 years as county solid waste director, stands at landfill (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)
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Ken Rieman doesn't mind talking trash. For more than two decades, his career revolved around it.
Rieman, of Bowling Green, retired recently after serving as director of the Wood County Solid Waste District - holding the position since it was created 22 years ago. He leaves behind a landfill able to meet the county's needs for years to come, wind turbines that generate power, and recycling operations set up throughout the county.
Recycling was a good fit for Rieman, who volunteered at the recycling center in Bowling Green prior to taking the solid waste job.
"Recycling has been expanded throughout the county," he said. "If somebody wants to recycle, you can."
By sharing grant funding with communities, recycling operations are now offered through 10 curbside programs and 17 satellite drop-off locations.
"It's been quietly sustained," Rieman said of the programs that have succeeded because they are affordable and sustainable. The grants, giving each community a per capita amount annually of $1 per resident, were a way of "recycling the money" to keep trash out of landfills.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 January 2013 11:58 |
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BGSU cyclist to bike 4,000 miles for MS |
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Written by PETER KUEBECK Sentinel Staff Writer
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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 11:38 |
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| Beth Langenderfer poses with the bike she will use to bike across the United States. (Photo: Shane Hughes/Sentinel-Tribune) |
You might say that Beth Langenderfer likes to keep things rolling.
An avid cyclist all her life, this summer she will embark on a nearly 4,000-mile trek across the United States to raise money for those suffering from multiple sclerosis.
"I'm most looking forward to what I'll learn on the ride," said Langenderfer, who is originally from Canton and a junior at Bowling Green State University majoring in middle childhood education, specializing in science and math.
Langenderfer came by her passion for cycling honestly - she began as a passenger, towed by her parents as a child in the specially-designed trailers cyclists use for their little ones.
She eventually graduated to two-wheels in her own right, and fully got into the cycling enthusiasm enjoyed by her family; they even restore old bikes.
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