NEWS RELEASE
The Board of
9:00 a.m. General Session Commissioners approved and signed various resolutions, contracts and documents, approved several travel requests, reviewed the agenda items and the calendar of events, discussed upcoming meetings and updated information for the calendar of events.
The
Ted Penner, Noble Township Trustee, also stopped in briefly to
ask
Barb reported first on Family and Consumer Sciences. 16 teachers attended an in-service offering current information and resources available from the Extension office for use in the classroom. Money management resources, the new food pyramid, resources for teaching food safety and child care were distributed to teachers.
Parent enrichment classes for parents of young children were offered. Discussion of ages and stages of growth, goals of misbehavior, encouraging positive behavior and preventing problems were covered in the three week program.
Teresa, the 4-H Program Coordinator, reported that 32 4-H advisors and 88 4-H youth received training regarding specific roles as an advisor or 4-H club officer.
Experiences That Count is offered to first-time offenders aged 9-14. The 8-week program includes activities to promote social and life skills in a 4-H club setting including: project completion, demonstrations and community service. Five youth completed the program in June.
Finally, Bruce noted that, in conjunction with the County Safety Committee, confined space training was taught by OSU Extension personnel to county employees and volunteer fire departments. The training reached 30 people who learned about hazard identification, gas monitoring and entry training. This program is expected to become an annual training.
As of May 19, the Farmer’s Market is again underway in
Sherwood –
old school property, State Route 127 – Friday
The pork stand at the Fair is now going to be known as The Barn and Grill. The change was made to include all food
commodity groups such as pork, beef, poultry and dairy. The Farm Bureau tent will be located next to
The Barn and Grill to help educate consumers about
During April, May and June, more than 220 phone calls and personal visits were made to the county agriculture educator. Additionally, Master Gardeners have assisted on 43 horticulture calls and samples.
Bids were received from the following:
Four
Quadco Rehabilitation Center $126,546.00
The bids were accepted as presented and will be awarded some time next week upon the recommendation of Dennis McKay, Job and Family Services Director.
1:30 p.m. Tina Mohring, Family and Children First Council Director and Heather Huffman, Help Me Grow Coordinator, met with the Board to present a brief update. Tina explained that 15 families (24 children) received FAST (Family and System Team) support dollars in the amount of $18,513.18.
New officers for the Steering Committee are: Dennis McKay (Job and Family Services – Chairperson; John Kaylor (NW Ohio Educational Service Center) – Vice Chair; Barb Rohrs (OSU Extension Office) – Secretary; Becky Wagner (Commissioner’s Office) – Administrative Agent Representative; Cari Jimenez (Parent Representative) – At-Large Member; Don Knueve (Domestic Violence Task Force) – At-Large Member. Another at-large member will be appointed at the next Steering Committee meeting.
For more information, or if you have questions, please call Tina at Family and Children First Council at 419.782.6934.
Heather then reported on Help Me Grow activities. She is working on putting a directory
together noting services specific to children and families of
Family Fun Day was held Sunday, June 26th at
So far this year the Help Me Grow office has received 248 new referrals. For those with Internet access, check out www.helpmegrowdefiance.com or call 419.782.6934 (same as Family and Children First) for more information.
As ODOT is doing a road improvement in Brunersberg, a section of force main needs to be lowered. Mr. Maag thought it is required to be lowered before the end of the year and the costs covered by the County.
The Board also discussed the Express Sewer I and I report and noted the excessive amount of water running through the sewers after a rain. A letter will be sent to Express Sewer residents asking them to check and assure that no sumps, downspouts or other pipes are discharging water into the Express Sewer.
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner