The Galion Inquirer
Stories written by Patty Rice Groth

Galion special election issues resolved

By Patty Rice Groth Inquirer Cor­re­spon­dent At a spe­cial meet­ing held on Thurs­day, Decem­ber 20, mem­bers of the Craw­ford County Board of Elec­tions approved a motion to sched­ule a spe­cial elec­tion for the city of Galion on May 7, 2013, as well as a gen­eral elec­tion in Novem­ber. The board has faced chal­lenges resolv­ing con­flicts between […]

Westmoor sewer project finances change

By Patty Rice Groth Inquirer Cor­re­spon­dent In Jan­u­ary of 2010, the Craw­ford County Board of Com­mis­sion­ers signed three con­tracts with Elite Exca­vat­ing, Ontario, for the work to be done in Polk Township’s West­moor addi­tion to install a sys­tem to con­nect res­i­dents there into the water and sewer ser­vices of the City of Galion. The work went […]

Final assessment set for Westmoor Sewer Project participants

By Patty Rice Groth Inquirer Cor­re­spon­dent In Sep­tem­ber of 2008, Craw­ford County Com­mis­sion­ers approved a ten­ta­tive assess­ment for each res­i­den­tial prop­erty within the West­moor Sewer Project at $19,127.56, and $16,370.56 for vacant build­able lots. The actual amount to be assessed each prop­erty of either kind has been set at just $2,057.62 for each of the 243 properties […]

Galion voters will take another step in charter amendment process

By Patty Rice Groth Inquirer Cor­re­spon­dent BUCYRUS—Among the Craw­ford County Board of Elec­tions agenda items on Mon­day, August 20, was whether or not the Galion city char­ter amend­ment issue would be on the Novem­ber 6 gen­eral elec­tion bal­lot. Galion res­i­dents Shirley Clark, Paula Durbin and Rick Swain were present for the meet­ing and took advan­tage of […]

Giving credit where credit is due

By Patty Rice Groth Inquirer Cor­re­spon­dent When Char­lene and Christo­pher Andrews of Tuc­son, Ari­zona, planned their wed­ding they chose a mean­ing­ful date — Novem­ber 7, the anniver­sary of the loss of Charlene’s mother, Tonya Wel­don. They wanted to honor her life when they started a new one together. Until she was 9 years old, Char­lene and her […]

Working together to win

North End Gar­den Club mem­bers Shirley Fearn, fore­ground, and Karyn Christ­man are seen here per­fect­ing the dis­play of Christman’s first-ever entry in a flower show. Christman’s cre­ative design wreath won a first prize. The Ohio Asso­ci­a­tion of Gar­den Clubs judge noted the beau­ti­ful back­ground, added to the dis­play as the two worked to make the […]

Fairgoers take time to worship

Pas­tor Mike Cor­win of Bucyrus United Methodist Church was happy to accept the invi­ta­tion of the Craw­ford County Fair board to lead fair­go­ers in a wor­ship ser­vice on Sun­day morn­ing. Approx­i­mately 60 peo­ple took time to lis­ten as Cor­win spoke on verses 21 to 26 of the 3rd chap­ter of Romans, explain­ing how the inevitability […]

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