By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Election night was long, but satisfying, for some candidates for elected office. At about 11:30 p.m., those gathered in the basement of the Crawford County Courthouse were handed sheets of paper declaring the unofficial counts from all 41 county precincts. It came nearly two hours after the previous midway tallies […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Crawford Park District Commissioners discussed plenty of financial updates at their most recent meeting on the morning of Feb. 16. First and foremost among them was news that the parks’ levy campaign seems to be going well, according to director Bill Fisher. The only concern he’d heard of, Fisher said, […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Crawford parks director Bill Fisher asked the 35 parks supporters gathered at a recent levy meeting to shout loud and clear. “What time is it?” he asked. “It’s time to vote for the CPD!” they answered. Fisher led an hour-long parks levy support rally at the Lowe-Volk Park Nature Center on Thursday […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Galion Rotarians learned how Ohio’s animal landscape has changed over the last few hundred years from Crawford Park District naturalist Josh Dyer at the Rotary meeting Wednesday, Jan. 25. He wanted to show the Rotary club why the park district’s March levy would be worth supporting by demonstrating what the district […]
Tom Arbour, wildlife research technician and freelance nature photographer, spoke to visitors at the Lowe-Volk Nature Center during the opening reception of his nature photography exhibit at the center. Arbour works for the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s Olentangy Wildlife Research Station. He focuses his photography on Ohio nature and wildlife but also has a large […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter The Crawford Park District commissioners took care of some beginning-of-year financial matters at their regular meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, and welcomed new advisory board member William O’Rourke. He was appointed by Bucyrus City Council for a two-year term on the board. The commissioners transferred funds from contract services to advertising and […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter The Crawford Park District commissioners approved the 2012 budget for the parks system at a special meeting Monday, Dec. 12, and changed the minimum balance required in the revenue fund to $27,000, down from the $52,000 minimum set in 2009. Parks director Bill Fisher requested the minimum balance change so […]