New speed trailer to aid police departments

New Development Plan

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Frymyer named MOAR Realtor of the year
Diane "Teri" Diane “Teri” Frymyer was recently named the 2011 REALTOR of the Year by the Midwestern Ohio Association of REALTORS. This prestigious recognition is given to the REALTOR who best exemplifies outstanding contributions to the REALTOR association, the real estate industry and their community. Frymyer is with Choice Properties Real Estate, Inc. in Russells Point. Frymyer has been a REALTOR since 1999. She is a past president of the Midwestern Ohio Association of REALTORS (MOAR) and is currently a director on the MOAR board and serves on various committees for MOAR. She is also a members of the West Central Association of REALTORS, Columbus Board of REALTORS, Dayton Board of REALTORS, the National Association of REALTORS and the Ohio Association of REALTORS where she also served as a committee vice chairman and chairperson. Frymyer has been in the Ohio President’s Sales Club every year since 2001. This distinction reflects her expertise and financial success in realestate sales. She is also an accredited buyer representative, a member of the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council and has received her resort and second property specialist certification. Frymyer is very active in the community in which she lives and works. She has demonstrated this by her involvement with the Indian Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Logan County Area Chamber of Commerce, Friends Serving Friends, Relay for Life, the Indian Lake Real Estate Association League, organizing a toy drive and Christmas dinner for the community and also organizing the annual car show at Old Field Beach each Fourth of July weekend. MOAR represents almost 465 members in Miami, Champaign, Logan, Shelby, Auglaize and Mercer counties. Indian Lake Current.

WEED HARVESTER
Indian Lake has a new weed harvestor machine thanks to the Watershed group and all who donated .
During the past twenty years the sediment flowing into Indian Lake has been reduced from 80,000 tons per year to 15,000 tons per year. The Citizens Lake Awareness Monitoring (CLAM) volunteers) who monitor for water clarity reported this past year readings of 52 inches with a 12 inch average for the 2010 season. As a result of these improvements the lake has seen the influx of weed growth - clearer water, better light penetration, more light - results in more weeds. With the purchase of the weed harvester from local funds, the Indian Lake area can maintain the lake through the summer recreation season, keeping the lake free and clear of sediment and weeds. This will continue to make Indian Lake a prime tourist attraction and will promote commerce at Indian Lake. From the chamber newsletter.
During the past twenty years the sediment flowing into Indian Lake has been reduced from 80,000 tons per year to 15,000 tons per year. The Citizens Lake Awareness Monitoring (CLAM) volunteers) who monitor for water clarity reported this past year readings of 52 inches with a 12 inch average for the 2010 season. As a result of these improvements the lake has seen the influx of weed growth - clearer water, better light penetration, more light - results in more weeds.
With the purchase of the weed harvester from local funds, the Indian Lake area can maintain the lake through the summer recreation season, keeping the lake free and clear of sediment and weeds. This will continue to make Indian Lake a prime tourist attraction and will promote commerce at Indian Lake. From the chamber newsletter.

New Fire Department Equipment
State Senator Karen Gillmor, pictured, (R-Tiffin) reports that the Ohio Division of Forestry will provide a generator for a local fire department. The Department of Defense Firefighter Property Program is administered by the Ohio Division of Forestry and provides equipment to fire departments in rural areas at no cost. The Lakeview Fire Department will receive a 5,000 watt generator valued at $8,332. Gillmor said, "Our firefighters are crucial to the safety and well-being of the community and the addition of this equipment will allow them to better serve the citizens of Logan County."
From WPKO

Freda Taylor 1923 - 2011
Logan County community leader and servant Freda Taylor (pictured) passed away early today at Mary Rutan Hospital. Taylor, 88, was a lifelong Logan County resident. She was born near Zanesfield and lived at Indian Lake since the late 60s. Taylor, who was an accomplished businesswoman, was known for her giving spirit. She was the former president of Gillespie Oil. Mrs. Taylor served on multiple boards and community projects. She was a driving force behind Our Daily Bread, which continues to serve hundreds of meals each week.
Freda served as President of the Indian Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, was a charter member of the Indian Lake Development Committee, officer of the Indian Lake Watershed Project, and hosted Indian Lake “Dredge Days” for many years. She thought it was unfair that long distance charges were applied to phone calls between Indian Lake and Bellefontaine, so Freda worked with local elected representatives and officials in Columbus to reduce telephone rates between Indian Lake and Bellefontaine. From WPKO.

Indian Lake Schools add One Call Communication
Indian Lake's new Superintendent Pat O’Donnell, is implementing a cost-saving and more efficient way to contact parents, students and faculty within Indian Lake Schools. The “one call” system allows administrators, teachers or faculty to communicate easily with students or other faculty members by recording a single message. All intended recipients then receive the recorded message on a telephone line they’ve provided to the district. Mr. O'Donnell hopes to have the system completely implemented by Oct. 1. The elimination of district wide mailings will pay for the new system and result in more long term savings.
Information from WPKO radio station

Kudos to our Watershed Heros
Editorial: Grand Lake Saint Marys is text book mess
By the Dayton Daily News | Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 05:09 PM
The ecological and economic tragedy at Grand Lake St. Marys is stunning. Think of Ohio’s largest inland lake like a bathtub. If runoff loaded with phosphorous from manure and fertilizer keeps flowing into the tub, eventually the water is going to turn so foul, you won’t want to get in it. And anything good in it will die. Cyanobacteria feeds on the phosphorous, which sucks the oxygen — and the life — out of the water. Grand Lake St. Marys is an especially sensitive lake. Water flows slowly through the 13,000-acre reservoir, meaning it only gets “flushed” every 18 months. In addition, the lake doesn’t have a lot of islands or channels, which prevent erosion and filter out bad stuff. Most significant, the state’s largest concentration of animal farms are nearby. Manure-tainted runoff is poison to the lake, and it has been building up over decades. With government now telling people not to go near the water, Grand Lake St. Marys’ tourism business is dead. That’s as much as a $200-million-a-year industry. That business, however, pales in comparison to the local agricultural industry, which is estimated at $675 million. Needless to say, agri-business has intense clout. In a way, Grand Lake St. Marys is Ohio’s BP disaster. The damage isn’t nearly as extensive, but the cleanup will take years. Moreover, people are feeling their way because no one has a formula for fixing something that’s been so violated. Unlike the oil spill in the Gulf, however, Grand Lake St. Marys didn’t get fouled in an instant because a specific piece of equipment failed. It happened because multitudes of people failed — over years. The algae blooms have become more frequent, and even as efforts have been made to limit pollution, there was no sense that time could run out.

Some people are comparing Grand Lake St. Marys to Indian Lake. Indian Lake is also shallow and man-made, vulnerable to similar threats. Even setting aside the differences — that Indian Lake recharges more quickly, that it has more shoreline, that row crops are more prevalent in that region than manure-producing animal farms — it, too, could be on life-support today. But locals came together years ago — the agricultural community and people who valued the lake — and figured out what had to be done differently. One observer notes that both communities live under the same laws, but, in one case, something was preserved; in the other, something was allowed to be destroyed. It’s hard not to see the different results as statements about local leadership.

At this point, experts are still trying to get their arms around the extent of the problem, whether there’s a way to clean up the lake, and how much it might cost. If alum is poured on the water, if dredging equipment is brought in, the fix will be expensive, running into the millions. That money won’t come from the local community, but from the federal and state governments. (Just on Tuesday, the federal government kicked in $1 million.) Whatever is done, all of us will be paying for the fact that the Grand Lake St. Marys community couldn’t come together on how to protect a resource, and neither the federal or state environmental protection agencies knocked heads when people decided to do too little.......The one sure thing is that everyone will have a long time to work out differences. No amount of money can fix Grand Lake St. Marys quickly.


New in 2011. Point of sale fishing and hunting licenses.
The Division of Wildlife has entered into a contract with The Active Network, Inc. to build and implement a Web-based license sales and game check system. The new system will replace the existing hunting, fishing and trapping license/permit sales system on March 1, 2011.
Benefits of the new system