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Amish country ride
Hardin Leadership II members (from left) Carrie Newland, Kathy Oliver, Annetta Holmes
and Laura Barnes Wingfield promote the Buggy Ride through Amish Country on Saturday. It will begin at 8 a.m. with a 60-mile ride, followed by three shorter bike rides.
Plans set for annual bicycle tour
By CHRISTINA HOY
Times staff writer
Hardin Leadership II is offering different routes this year for Saturday's annual Buggy Ride, a bicycle tour of Amish country in Hardin County.
The new routes begin and end at McCullough Industries on County Road 175 in Kenton. They are designed to provide families and individuals with a low traffic countryside ride, said Laura Barnes Wingfield of Hardin Leadership II
"Our goal was to avoid families traveling on the major highways," said Kathy Oliver, another leadership member.
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New elementary could be in Kenton's future
By CHRISTINA HOY
Times staff writer
The Kenton school board is hopeful that by this time next year, the district could have local and state funding in place for a new elementary building.
Superintendent Doug Roberts said, during a board work session Monday night, this hinges on a proposal by the Ohio Schools Facility Commission to get legislative approval for segmented funding for school district building projects.
Segmented funding would allow Kenton to build a new elementary school with state assistance and passage of a local bond issue, and put off a new grades 6-12 building for another time. The current OSFC guidelines require all school projects in a district to be done at the same time.
Superintendent Doug Roberts said there is no opposition to the segmenting funding plan. The only catch is the current legislation attached to the budget appropriations bill allows segmented funding for districts with more than 8,200 students.
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Truck traffic tops concerns of new Kenton resident
By TIM THOMAS
Times editor
A man who retired to Kenton from Texas less than a year ago is turning to city leaders for help in addressing his concerns ranging from truck traffic to littering.
Leon Barbee, 323 N. Detroit St., said his wife's mother resides in Kenton which prompted the move, although he has been coming to Kenton on visits for 40 years.
But when he decided to buy a house on North Detroit Street, he said he had no idea about the amount of truck traffic.
"The truck traffic is horrendous," he told council at its meeting Monday night. Barbee said he has counted a minimum of 35 trucks and a maximum of 75 trucks traveling the street per hour.
"I like Kenton but I can't have any quality of life right now," Barbee said.
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HazMat wash down
Members of the Hardin County HazMat
Team washed off victims in Saturday's mock disaster at the intersection of County Road 175 and Ohio 81.
Mock disaster tests skills of emergency agencies
By CHRISTINA HOY
Times staff writer
DOLA - Hardin County emergency responders' skills were put to the test Saturday during a full-scale county-wide mock disaster involving multiple vehicles.
The two-car "accident" at the intersection of County Road 175 and Ohio 81 was a drill designed to give the "public service agencies a non-emergency situation to work together so they can see what works and what doesn't," said Lt. Keith Everhart with the Hardin County Sheriff's Office.
"Overall it went well, nothing went perfect but we expected that. We found areas that we have to work on," he said.
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HOWARD RICKABAUGH
Forest police chief enjoys law enforcement work
By CHRISTINA HOY
Times staff writer
FOREST - With nearly four decades of experience in law enforcement, Forest Police Chief Howard Rickabaugh said there is nothing he'd rather do than police work.
His reflections on his job come in celebration of National Police Week.
"I may never retire," said Rickabaugh, "I like to work and will work until I can't work any more."
He began his career in law enforcement with the Ohio National Guard 583rd Military Police Company in Toledo in 1967.
"Most of my family had been in the military. My uncle Harry Shaffer was in the first parachute platoon and I looked up to him and my other uncle Jack Shaffer was an MP. I guess that's what inspired me to join the Airborne Division and become an MP."
Rickabaugh joined the military in 1961 and served for three years in the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Bragg, N.C., before moving into the U.S. Army Reserve out of Toledo in 1964.
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