NEWS RELEASE
The Board of
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.
The Commissioners are announcing the next public
meeting for the courthouse presentation with the Board of Commissioners will be
held at
There is a courthouse presentation on the Defiance
County Web site at www.defiance-county.com
. You are able to view a Power Point presentation of the courthouse options as
well as refer to photos of the current courthouse and annex building
structures.
The Commissioners would also like to remind the
residents of
Pat Slattery, Defiance County Fair Board President, came
in to discuss the need for an additional lawn mower for the Fairgrounds. The Commissioners advised Mr. Slattery to
obtain three bids and submit bids for review and approval.
Defiance
County Engineer
Barb
Rohrs and Teresa Johnson from the
Ohio State University Extension Office came in to meet with the Commissioners
to discuss their 2006 Second Quarter Report.
Their
report indicated that three long-term research plots were planted at the DARA
site. These projects help producers
select best management practices for crop yields, farm profit and environment.
Also
reported common pokeweed is becoming more abundant in no-tillage and
conservation tillage corn and soybean production. Uncontrolled pokeweed produce large purple berries
interfere with harvest and plant populations increase in size annually. A research plot was established to evaluate
herbicide vs. tillage treatments.
Treatments were applied and re-growth will be monitored through the 2006
growing season.
Also
reported the Defiance County Farmers Market began June 1st following
a spring vendors meeting supported by the OSU Extension Office. You can find an active list of vendors on the
Ohio University Extension’s Web Site at http://defiance.osu.edu.
The
Master Gardeners have also completed their 50 hours of horticultural
training. Master Gardeners also
volunteer 50 hours of community service their first year.
Barb
Rohrs reported on their “Healthy People” Family Nutrition program. They presented 41 educational sessions with
approximately 220 participants. 115
people attended the six programs which addressed healthy meal planning for
diabetic families. The programs included
meal preparation, taste testing and diabetic recipes and meal planning for
diabetics. 115 people attended the
several food safety programs that were conducted with over 100 participants.
OSU
has been approved to issue certificates showing completion of a personal
financial management course in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code by the
Department of Justice. New-Start is the
approved bankruptcy pre-discharge program and offers instruction in developing
a spending plan, managing money and using credit wisely. Three people attended this class in June.
Also
offered were one day programs offering information on financial planning, scams
on
Teresa
Johnson presented an update regarding the 4-H Youth Development Program. The 4-H and Ag Educators taught 353 youth in
4-H
membership is currently at 494 persons.
There are 27 4-H Clubs, 118 volunteers.
The
top three animal projects are Swine, Rabbits and Beef and the top four still
projects are Photography, Mini Meal Magic, sewing and creative arts.
Also
announced is a new program called Kid’s Central. It was created under the leadership of Mary
Hinschlager, summer program assistant.
This program is a combination of the old SOAR and Untied Way Day Camp
program. Input was received from parents
to provide a longer day experience. The
end result was a seven week program that was held two days each week fro
There
is also a juvenile diversion program called Experiences that Count. This program is for first time offenders from
ages 9-4. The participate in community
services while attending 7 classes on self-esteem, communication managing
emotions, decision making, responsibility peer pressure and goal setting.
Dennis
Miller, Director Maumee Valley
Planning along with representatives from Hoeffel Engineering and Welling
Construction came in to discuss utility extensions (water & Sewer lines)
for a residential development on the north side of SR 15. Details will need to be worked out on the
Water & Sewer Extensions.
News Release Approved: ______________________________________________
Thomas L. Kime, Commissioner