Written
by Bill Tipple - Miami River Improvement Project is over. Thursday, 15 May
2008
Local residents gather at the "final meeting" of the Miami
River Improvement Project. Forget about those assessment fees; the Miami River
Improvement Project is over. The Joint Board of Commissioners held a brief
meeting Thursday and unanimously voted to abolish the project. A crowd
of about twenty-five local residents applauded when the motion was read by Joint
Chairman David Knight at the Logan County Engineer's Highway Garage. (Video interviews
included.)
Resurfacing near Lakeview will
start Tuesday April 15, 2008 Written by Scott Stockdale Sunday, 13
April 2008 Resurfacing is scheduled to begin Tuesday on State Route 235 from
State Route 365 to the Hardin county line. Single lane closures will be in
effect during daylight hours Monday through Friday. Both lanes of traffic will
be open at night. Signs will be in place prior to the work zone to alert motorists
of the upcoming lane closures. One lane of traffic will be maintained at all times
by flagmen. The project is anticipated to be completed by June 30th. All
work is weather permitting.
Recycling
station in Lake View. Posted on February 27, 2008 at 04:30:20 PM by Saugmon My
hat's off to the village of Lakeview. They're new recycling center is awesome.
I heard it's state of the art here in ohio. It's behind the municipal building-next
to steve austin's of the lake car dealer.Just a stone's throw from 33. 4 video
camera's covering the area for illegal dumpers. Brand new asphalt pavement.
Vending machine for $1 trash bags. No fence-open 24 hrs day and 7 days
a week. 2 small dumpsters for people using the $1 trash bags to throw into.
2 small dumpsters for heavy corrugated cardboard. 2 huge dumpsters-1 for
#1,#2 plastic,glass jars-bottles,aluminum cans,and Tin cans. The 2nd large
dumpsters for newspaper,scap paper,books,magazines,junkmail,light cardboard like
your cereal/soda pop cartons. A big thank you to Steve for this report.
02.09/ Logan County declares
state of emergency Red Cross to open shelter for flood victim. Several
homes along Bristol Circle Drive and Sunnyside Avenue in Russells Point remained
under water Friday as floodwaters elsewhere began to recede. Click map to
see full Indian Lake map with area marked. By
Reuben Mees Examiner Staff Writer 02/09/08 In an effort to obtain state
and federal flood assistance, Logan County became the ninth county in Ohio to
declare a state of emergency Friday. And the Mad River Chapter of the American
Red Cross is planning to open a 50-bed shelter today to house those residents
who have been displaced flooding this week. Commissioners John Bayliss
and Jack Reser, who attended a meeting called together at the Logan County Emergency
Management Agency, voted to approve the measure. This is serious,
but it is limited in scope, Commissioner Bayliss said, comparing this weeks
flooding to the more widespread flooding of July 2003 that resulted in a federal
emergency declaration. The state of emergency was prompted by flooding
of the Great Miami River, which damaged approximately 30 residences in Russells
Point, two in Lakeview and a handful along the river in Pleasant and Miami townships.
The Red Cross is preparing to open an emergency shelter at noon today to
house up to 50 people, Mad River Chapter Executive Director Mildrena Brown said.
It will be located at 6886 Sharon St. in Huntsville. Earlier this week, the area
logged at least 4.2 inches of rain that caused the Miami River to overflow its
banks. Coast
Guard Auxiliary works to keep lake safe The Loch Ness Monster has
not yet been spotted at Indian Lake, but Phil Clem of the Coast Guard Auxiliary
will probably be among the first to see it if it happens. Mr. Clem and his fellow
volunteers on the Indian Lake's Coast Guard Auxiliary are always on the look out,
usually for stranded boaters or distressed swimmers, during the summer season.
Mr. Clem has towed plenty of broken down boats and pulled a few wet
and tired boaters aboard his boats in his 10 years of service. Patrol
on Memorial Day included two other suxiliary members: David Fries of St. Paris
and Burl Shulaw of DeGraff. The auxiliarys mission is public education,
vessel inspections, patrols and fellowship. Its 24 members dont cite boaters,
but they do try to spread safe boating practices. While on the water the
Auxiliary will remind boaters to slow down in no wake zones or to
not swim off their boats. Crews look for boating hazards as well and will remove
litter, logs and limbs. Auxiliary members supply their own uniforms, boats
and equipment. There is some reimbursement for fuel and meals, and the Coast Guard
will send surplus supplies to the auxiliaries. This will be the Indian
Lake Coast Guard Auxiliary's twentieth year at the lake. .Visit the Auxiliary's
web page at http://indianlake.com/coastguard.htm
ODNR awards grants to encourage safe boating
The
Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has awarded a total of $567,504 in
marine patrol grants to 31 local communities to assist in enforcing watercraft
laws and maintaining safe boating on state waterways. The grants are used by local
law enforcement agencies to provide emergency response to boating accidents, routine
patrols on area waterways and to purchase safety equipment for use on patrol vessels.
Funding for the Marine Patrol Assistance Grant Program is provided through the
Waterways Safety Fund, which includes a share of the state motor fuels tax, watercraft
registration and titling fees, and funding from the U.S. Coast Guard. A minimum
25 percent local funding match is required of recipients. Ohio State Parks,
Indian Lake Logan $6,160 ODNR Division of Watercraft May
19th - Blessing of the Boats The Lima Power Squadron is
organizing a Blessing of the Fleet event at Indian Lake. The blessing of boats
is an international event and this will be the first time happening at Indian
Lake. Registration - Moose Lodge - 10:30 AM The $10 registration fee covers
the luncheon and certificate for each boat. Reverand Harry Kist will offer
a prayer service at the Moose Lodge following the luncheon and boats will then
sail over to the statue of Our Lady of Fatima in
the Russells Point Harbor for the actual blessing of the fleet. The occasion marks
the beginning of a safe boating season. April
11, 2007 - INDIAN LAKE REGIONAL PARK MANAGER HONORED Frank Giannola,
regional manager of Indian Lake and Kiser Lake state parks in Logan and Champaign
counties, has received the Ohio State Parks Leadership Award for 2006.
Click here for the rest of the story.
Chamber
of Commerce to Get New Home In January the Indian Lake Area Chamber of
Commerce will move to a new office. The office will be located in the downstairs
area of the Aries Building. The Aries building is located just south of the spillway
on State Route 366.
The building will allow for plenty of parking. There
is a dock available for boat parking. The office is about 200 square feet bigger
than the present Chamber office. Watch for upcoming event announcements on the
bill board outside of the Aries building.
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