Members of Roger’s Rangers, a homegrown community service group, picked up trash in the Grone field off Elida Road Monday and Tuesday. The group was formed by Roger Jones and also includes his son, Ben Jones, and Andrew Kohorst, above and at right, and Junior McClaskey and Sherman Jones. The group also lends its time to Community Unity events and the American Legion.

Delphos Police investigate a two-vehicle accident at approximately 6:32 a.m. today in the 200 block of West Fifth Street. According to the report, Floyd Sisinger of Fort Jennings Road, Delphos, was traveling westbound on Fifth Street when a vehicle driven by Armando Hernandez of West Fourth Street, Delphos, failed to yield when entering the roadway from an alley and struck the Sisinger vehicle. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.

One Year Ago
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) of Allen, Hardin and Putnam Counties recognized local law enforcement officers at the annual Top Cop Banquet on Monday at Dick’s Steak House in Kalida. Officers Brandon Line and Kevin Klaus were honored as the top officers from the Delphos Police Department.

25 Years Ago – 1988
St. John’s High School students participated in the Greater Toledo Council of Mathematics Teachers contest. Winners in algebra were students Kelly Schroeder, Doug Hohman, Matt Pohlman, Jeff Birkemeier and John Nomina. Winners in geometry and algebra II were Angie Wulfhorst, Sabrina Vasqquez, Nikki Wellman, Randy Baumgarte, Ray Schuck, Scott Noonan and Dan Vonderwell.

The Marion Township Trustees held their regular scheduled meeting on Monday at the Marion Township Office with the following members present: Joseph Youngpeter, Howard Violet and Jerry Gilden.

The purpose of the meeting was to pay bills and conduct ongoing business. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read. The Trustees then review the bills and gave approval for 19 checks totaling $9,187.31.

Road Foreman Elwer has completed the Road and Sign Inventory for April.

He advised the Trustees that he is in the process of cleaning the right of ways on Township and County Roads.

Fiscal Office Kimmet asked for three resolutions covering the newly created Employees Handbook and Public Records Policy, the State of Ohio Purchasing Program and the 2013 Road Program with the Allen County Engineer. These are in the Resolution Section 75 through 77 and will be part of these minutes.

He gave the Trustees numerous letters of upcoming events for their review.

There being no further business, a motion to adjourn by Trustee Gilden was seconded by Trustee Violet and passed unanimously.

COLUMBUS — Many young hunters found success during Ohio’s 2013 youth spring wild turkey season after 1,784 birds were harvested, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).

Hunters age 17 and under were eligible to participate in the two-day season Saturday and Sunday. The total harvest was a 9 percent increase from 2012, when 1,632 wild turkeys were checked.

The counties that reported the most checked wild turkeys during the 2013 youth spring season were: Monroe (56), Muskingum (54), Ashtabula (52), Jefferson (52), Coshocton (51), Belmont (49), Knox (48), Guernsey (48), Tuscarawas (48) and Washington (47).

All participants were required to possess a valid Ohio youth hunting license and youth spring turkey permit, and must have been accompanied by a non-hunting adult. The youth turkey season was open statewide with the exception of Lake La Su An State Wildlife Area in Williams County, which required a special hunting permit.
The youth spring turkey season is one of four special youth-only hunting seasons designed by the ODNR Division of Wildlife to offer a safe and productive early hunting experience for young hunters. Special seasons are also set aside for upland game, white-tailed deer and waterfowl hunting opportunities.