NEWS
RELEASE
The Board of
General Session – General Session - The Commissioners
were presented with various resolutions and documents for approval. Commissioners also reviewed agenda items,
discussed upcoming meetings and reviewed and updated the calendar of events.
Help Me Grow; Heather Huffman came in for a brief update. Heather reported the State is updating the
Grant Administrations web site and Heather has volunteered to head the
Committee that will be doing the update.
Defiance County Engineer,
Bruce Clevenger and Barb Rogers, and Teresa Johnson came in from the
Ohio State University Extension Office to update the Commissioners on several
issues from their first quarter report.
Bruce discussed 42 area farmers recertified their private pesticide
applicators license by attending a local training session. Over 180 farmers are licensed in
Bruce talked about the Conservation Tillage Conference where over 200
farmers and 350 certified crop advisors attended the two-day conference. One of the topics of the conference was
Benefits of Control Drainage Structures.
Controlled drainage is being studied for both water quality of
agricultural drainage and crop yield improvements.
Bruce also reported during the months of January through March, over 130
phone calls and/ or personal visits were made to the county agriculture/ natural
resources agent. The calls were requesting information on crop and livestock
production, pond management and/ or farm management.
Barb Rogers discussed the Family and consumer Sciences which included
raising kids, eating right, spending right and living well.
Barb discussed that 4 families had enrolled in the H.O.P.E. program,
which is a 7 week program, which parents and youth work together and separately
on developing healthy self-esteem, communication skills, anger management
skills, and also learn methods for problem solving and conflict
resolution.
Barb mentioned there were forty-six two-hour sessions held with families
to discuss money management for first time home buyers. Referrals for this program came from banks,
CHIP, Habitat for Humanity and real estate agents.
Teresa Johnson discussed the 4-H Youth Development programs. Those programs include Career Development,
4-H Officer and Advisor Training and Career Education.
Career Education is taught because it is crucial that your be equipped with the needed skills to survive
and thrive in the workforce.
The Commissioners traveled to
The Commissioners met with the Paulding County Commissioners to discuss
the Auglaize River Sewer Project. Lee
Sonnenberg, USDA Rural Development, and Ken Maag Poggemeyer Design Group, was
also in attendance for this meeting.
Also discussed Paulding CR 73 right-of-way use.
News Release
Approved: ______________________________________________
Thomas L. Kime, Commissioner