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VAN WERT — Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach has released the sheriff’s office activity report for month of May 2013. Sheriff’s Office cruisers traveled 22,913 miles while on patrol, answering citizen’s complaints, serving criminal and civil papers, performing other sheriff’s office functions and transporting prisoners to state institutions and juveniles to juvenile detention center facilities. Of the 22,913 miles driven, 2,413 miles were made on inmate transports, for a total of 19 trips.

The American Red Cross Blood Drive held at the Knights of Columbus hall on Wednesday was a success.

The drive went over goal with 51 productive units of blood given.

Patricia Holdgreve receiving her 8 gallon pin.

The next blood drive at the K of C hall will be held from 2-7 p.m. on Aug. 7.

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One hundred years ago a new era was dawning across the United States. With the invention of the automobile came a need for better roads to connect communities with one another.

How significant is a “road”? Without question, we are a nation of drivers. Our culture, economy and our architecture have long been defined by the “road.” Paul Marriott in his book From Milestones to Mile-Markers, points out “We refer to the ‘Great White Way (New York’s Broadway), we get our Kicks on Route 66,' we refer to living 'in the fast lane' even when we are not in an automobile and our politicians in Washington, D.C., don’t understand us with their 'inside the beltway' mentality. Our entrepreneurs have developed the 'drive-in,' the 'drive-thru' and the 'drive-up'.”