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DELPHOS — David R.Clark is a familiar face in theDelphos and Tri-County areaas a law enforcement officer.He is known for having awicked sense of humor thathe uses in his life, on dutyand off duty, as well as learn-ing a thing or two in his30-plus years of service tothe community.So much so that he wasnamed the Delphos Council1362 Knights of ColumbusBlue Coat of the Year for the2011-12 fraternal year.Those involved in lawenforcement and emergencyservices such as firefightingare eligible for this award.“It was a surprise to me; Iknew Lou Hohman had nom-inated me and I had won theother awards but this is stillnice,” Clark said.This honors comes after hisbeing named Delphos PoliceDepartment Officer of theYear for 2011 and DelphosOptimist Club Officer of theYear.Being quick with humorhas helped Clark during histime as a police officer.“It can help keep a situa-tion from getting out of con-trol. What it does, though,is help me deal with peoplebetter; I think you have tobe a people person to reallybe a good officer,” Clarkcontinued. “There are times,though, that you can’t usehumor and you have to bestern. You are dealing withpeople of different tempera-ments on a daily basis andyou have to learn how to dealwith them all.“As I’ve gotten older, Ihave become more impatientin certain situations — lit-tle things that didn’t usedto bother me now do — butoverall, I think I’m still apatient man. You also needthat to be a good officer.”He paid tribute to his chief,Kyle Fittro.
“Kyle says I am the onlyofficer he knows that getsthank-you notes from peopleI have arrested and sent to jail. The people are tellingme they needed something tochange their lives in a posi-tive way and this is what ledthem to do it,” he explained.“I take them at their wordand wish them the best of luck.
“Kyle is such a good chief to work for. He is so knowl-edgeable about the issue of illegal drugs and addiction:how pervasive the use of them are; what they do toindividuals and the commu-nity; staying on top of what’schanging; and how to try andprevent it. He has his ownweb site on this and it’s load-ed with information. That iswhere he is very good. Hismain focus — and ours —is to get the dealers off thestreets as much as possible.It’s all a vicious cycle.“Right now, the drug of choice seems to be heroinand that is a tough one tohandle, as well as opiatesand prescription pain-killers.I don’t know if we will ever‘win’ the ‘War on Drugs’but we want to put a dentinto it.”He figures his job is madeeasier because of the environ-ment he lives and works in.“It really helps to have alot of good, caring commu-nity members that are greatpeople. We have two goodschool systems, a lot of reallygood churches that pitch inand a bunch of communityorganizations that help usprevent a lot of the crimes.We don’t have the problemsyou see in a big inner city,though we have our share,”he continued.A lot more has changed inthe 30-plus years Clark hasbeen on duty, such as the per-vasive use of computers.“For me, computers aren’tmy best area, especially incars. We have many newerofficers of the younger gen-erations that grew up withcomputers and they can doit with ease; I don’t have itas easy,” he said. “I have topull over or slow down andtype things in while they justdo it so naturally. However,I know we have to do it thisway.“I also believe that becauseof all of this, plus with all therules, regulations, laws andsuch that we have to follow,the job is more difficult. Wehave more burdens that weoperate under but that is howit is.”Clark wears many “hats”in his duties in the DelphosPolice Department and forthe many task forces he worksfor: assistant chief of policefor Delphos; staff sergeant;and detective.Off duty, he has taken ona hobby of making art worksout of hard shell gourd plantshe grows.“I make apples, pumpkinsand other items out of them.It takes six months to growthem and four months forthem to dry out and harden;it almost looks like they arerotting but they aren’t,” heconcluded. “I have shownsamples in many craft shows;that is becoming more of apassion for me.“I could not have donewhat I do for so long withouta supportive wife and family.I have missed a lot of familytimes because of this but theyunderstood.”That includes his wifeCheryl: and children Adam,a sheriff’s deputy in VanWert County; Sarah, finish-ing up her degree from theUniversity of Toledo on-line (now living in VirginiaBeach); and Amy, employedat St. Rita’s,“I don’t think I could havea better man as my husbandthan Dave. Despite his joband the time he has to put in,he is still a wonderful, hus-band, father and now grand-father,” Cheryl added.
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David R. & Cheryl ClarkCity employees chip the giant mound of tree debris left bythe recent storm which was piled in the parking lot across fromthe municipal building. The city is picking up tree trunks and isaccepting smaller brush and limbs through Tuesday.
DanRostorferand othermembers of the DelphosStadiumClub workon pavingbricks for theentrance tothe stadiumat StadiumPark. Thework tookplace earlySaturdaymorning.
Delphos residents bring large items to the parking lot across from the municipalbuilding for Allen County Refuse employees to recycle Saturday.
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St. Peter Lutheran Churchwill offer a grilled pork loindinner with hot German potatosalad, green beans, applesauce,roll and homemade cookiefrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 22.Meals are carry out only.Pick up in the church park-ing lot at 422 N. Pierce St.Ticket price is $8. Call thechurch office at 419-695-2616.
St. John’s cheersquads set BBQ
St. John’s High Schoolcheerleaders will hold achicken BBQ from 4-6:30p.m. on July 12 in the highschool’s east parking lot.The cost of themeal is $7. The menuincludes a half chickenor pork chop with corn,baked potato and roll.All proceeds are toDSJHS Cheerleaders.Tickets can be pur-chased from any juniorvarsity or varsity footballor basketball cheerleaderor by contacting TriciaPatton at 419-303-5376.The Relay wrap-up meet-ing will be held at 6 p.m. July17 at the Delphos Eagles.All team mem-bers are welcome.Pizza and pop cost$5 per person.Survey forms will becollected at the meeting.
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Jefferson’s ACME sum-mer baseball team willplay host Coldwater 6 p.m.tonight in a first-round dis-trict matchup at Coldwater’sVeteran’s Field, withCrestview battling Celinaat 8 p.m. under the lights.The winners will play 7p.m. Tuesday and the los-ers at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES — Hewas a tubby tough guy witha pug of a mug, as unlikely abig-screen star or a romanticlead as could be imagined.Yet Ernest Borgninewon a woman’s love andan Academy Award in oneof the great lonelyheartsroles in “Marty,” a high-light in a workhorse careerthat spanned nearly sevendecades and more than 200film and television parts.Borgnine, who diedSunday at 95, worked to theend. One of his final roleswas a bit part as a CIArecords-keeper in 2010’saction comedy “Red” — fit-tingly for his age, a story of retired spies who show thatit’s never too late to remainin the game when they’repulled back into action.“I keep telling myself,‘Damn it, you gotta go towork,”’ Borgnine said ina 2007 interview with TheAssociated Press. “But therearen’t many people whowant to put Borgnine towork these days. They keepasking, ‘Is he still alive?”’And yet people put him towork — and kept him work-ing — from his late-bloom-ing start as an actor after a10-year Navy career throughmodern times, when he hada recurring voice role on“SpongeBob SquarePants,”became the oldest actor evernominated for a GoldenGlobe and received the life-time-achievement award lastyear from the Screen ActorsGuild.Borgnine died of renalfailure at Cedars-SinaiMedical Center with his wifeand children at his side, saidspokesman Harry Flynn.With his beefy build anda huge orb of a head thatlooked hard enough to shat-ter granite, Borgnine natu-rally was cast as heaviesearly on, notably as Sgt.Fatso Judson, the brute whobeat Frank Sinatra’s charac-ter to death in 1953’s PearlHarbor saga “From Here toEternity.”More bad guy roles fol-lowed, but Borgnine showedhis true pussycat colors aslovesick Marty Piletti, aBronx butcher who, againstall odds and his own expec-tations, finds romance with awallflower in “Marty,” adapt-ed from Paddy Chayefsky’stelevision play. Borgninewon the best-actor Oscar,and the film picked up threeother awards, including bestpicture.It turned out to beBorgnine’s only Oscar nomi-nation, yet it was a star-mak-ing part that broke him outof the villain mold. Borgninewent on to roles in such filmsas “The Dirty Dozen,” “TheWild Bunch,” “The Flight of the Phoenix,” “The PoseidonAdventure” and “Escapefrom New York,” but after“Marty,” the veteran sailor’smost memorable characterappropriately came with thetitle role of the 1960s TVcomedy “McHale’s Navy”and its big-screen spinoff.Mischievous con manMcHale, commander of a World War II PT boatmanned by misfits andmalcontents, was far clos-er in spirit than shy Martyor savage Fatso to the realBorgnine, who had a cack-ling laugh and a reputationas a prankster.Despite his big-heartednature, Borgnine was type-cast as a thug from thestart, playing bad guys in aseries of Westerns includ-ing Randolph Scott’s “TheStranger Wore a Gun,”Joan Crawford and SterlingHayden’s “Johnny Guitar”and Gary Cooper’s “VeraCruz” and Victor Matureand Susan Hayward’s his-torical saga “Demetrius andthe Gladiators.”Borgnine was playinganother nasty character oppo-site Spencer Tracy in “BadDay at Black Rock” when heauditioned for “Marty.” Ina 2004 interview, Borgninerecalled that Chayefsky and“Marty” director DelbertMann thought of him as anactor whose lone screen spe-cialty was to “kill people.”The filmmakers had hopedto cast Rod Steiger, whoplayed the lead in the TV ver-sion of “Marty,” but he had just landed a part Borgninehimself coveted — the badguy Jud Fry in “Oklahoma!”Mann and Chayefsky flewto the “Black Rock” loca-tion to audition Borgnine,who showed up wearing a“cowboy suit, cowboy hat,three-day growth of beard,cowboy boots,” the actorrecalled. He even began theaudition in a Western drawlbefore shifting to Marty’sBronx accent.Borgnine said he knewimmediately he had wonover Mann and Chayefsky,and “Marty” charmed audi-ences who saw for the firsttime that he could play theteddy bear as well as thebeast.No one knew Borgninecould act at all — himself included — until he camehome from World War IIafter his 10-year Navy stint.He enlisted in 1935, wasdischarged in 1941, then re-enlisted when the war began,serving on a destroyer.As he contemplatedwhat to do after the war,Borgnine’s mother suggest-ed acting.
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Corn: $7.40Wheat: $7.96Beans: $15.55The high temperatureSunday in Delphos was 87and the low was 71. A yearago today, the high was 90and the low was 60. Therecord high for today is 102,set in 1936 and the recordlow of 56 was set in 1918.
sp. 5, 1935-July 7, 2012
Donnabelle Mae Shawver,76, of Paulding, died at 5:48a.m. Saturday at the Van WertInpatient Hospice Center.She was born Sept. 5, 1935,in Delphos, to Charles andNellie (Martin) Stocklin.On Aug. 14, 1967, shemarried Edward Miller, whopreceded in death. On March8, 1979, she married FrankShawver, who also precededin death.Survivors include daugh-ter Catherine (Bernard) Beardof Paulding; step son Ronald(Carol) Shawver of Junction;brothers Kenneth (Dorothy)and Thomas (Carolyn)Stocklin of Delphos; sistersMary Catherine Klemons of Lima, JoAnn Hollowell of Bryan and Edna Kesler of Delphos; three grandchildren,eight great-grandchildren andfour great-great-grandchil-dren.She was also preceded indeath by 12 brothers and sis-ters.Mrs. Shawver was a home-maker who enjoyed bingo,camping, fishing and scratchoff lottery tickets. Most of all, she enjoyed spending timewith her grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren. She was apast member of Delphos FirstAssembly of God Church.Services begin at 2 p.m.Thursday at Harter and SchierFuneral Home, Pastor DanEaton officiating. Burialwill follow in Walnut GroveCemetery.Friends may call from 2-8p.m. Wednesday at the funeralhome.Memorials are to the fam-ily.On Saturday at 11:49 p.m.Delphos Police received a callfrom a resident of the 800block of West Skinner Streetin reference to an assault thathad just occurred. Upon offi-cers arrival at that location thevictim stated that a subjectknown to the victim came tothe residence and assaulted thevictim.
Person assaulted
On Sunday at 3:15 p.m.Delphos Police were con-tacted by a resident of the700 block of Wayne Street inreference to a criminal damag-ing complaint. Upon speakingwith the victim, it was foundthat in the overnight hourssomeone had caused damageto the victim’s vehicle while itwas parked at the residence.
Car damaged
On Saturday at 11:46 p.m.,Delphos Police received acall from a subject in the 800block of West Skinner Streetin reference to a an attemptedrobbery in that area. Uponofficers arrival, the victimstated that while walkingin the 800 block of WestSkinner Street a masked malesubject came up from behindthe victim and demandedmoney from the victim whileholding the victim at gunpoint. The masked male ranfrom the area a short timelater. Detectives from theDelphos Police Departmentwere called and took overthe case which remains underinvestigation.
Man muggedin Delphos
On Friday at 7:09 p.m.Delphos Police were called tothe 200 block of North CassStreet in reference to a situa-tion at a residence in that area.Upon officers arrival theycame into contact with MerleHarruff, age 44 of Delphos, atwhich time Harruff becamedisorderly in nature, after sev-eral times by officers to calmHarruff down and warning tostop his disorderly actions.Harruff was taken into cus-tody on charges of PersistentDisorderly Conduct. Harruff was transported to the VanWert County Jail and willappear in Van Wert MunicipalCourt on the charge.
Man disorderlywith police
On Friday at 12:57 a.m.Delphos Police received a callof a possible fight in the areaof North Main Street and EastSeventh Street. Upon offi-cers arrival in that area, theylocated the subjects involvedas a result officers arrestedBrianna Baughn, age 22 of Cincinnati Ohio, on charges of Persistent Disorderly Conductby Intoxication. Baughnwas transported to the AllenCounty Jail and will appear inLima Municipal Court on thecharge.
Cincinnatiwoman arrested
On Saturday at 8:20 p.m.Delphos Police were contact-ed by a subject in referenceto a theft complaint. Uponspeaking with the victim, itwas found out that the vic-tim parked a bicycle at theStadium Park and when thevictim returned the bicyclewas missing.
Bike stolen
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In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read toGeorge Washington’s troops, New York.In 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous“Cross of Gold” speech to the Democratic National Conventionin Chicago en route to winning the party’s presidential nomi-nation.In 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding inthe “Secret Annex.”In 1951, President Truman asked Congress to formally endstate of war with Germany.In 1987, Oliver North admitted to shredding Iran-Contraevidence.CLEVELAND (AP) —The father of an Ohio baseballplayer killed in a 2007 buscrash says a new federal lawwill improve bus safety andsave lives.John Betts of Bryan haspushed for stronger safetymeasures since his 20-year-old son, David, died when acharter bus carrying BlufftonUniversity’s baseball teamfell off an Atlanta overpass.Five players, the driver andhis wife were killed.The Plain Dealer reportsBetts was at a Cleveland busstation Sunday to speak aboutthe measure signed into lawFriday. It requires that newbuses have seat belts and har-nesses, crush-resistant roofs,flame-resistant interiors andother safety features. It doesn’trequire that such features beadded to existing buses.Betts says he believes theregulations will keep othersfrom severe injury or death.
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State looking forpublic’s help totest for arsenic
BAZETTA (AP) —Authorities in northeast Ohioare likely to file charges afterfireworks during a rodeo scareda horse ridden by a mounteddeputy, seriously injuring theman.Investigators say a rodeoofficial had been told that fire-works weren’t allowed withouta license, but that the explo-sives were used anyway dur-ing the show at the TrumbullCounty Fair.The county sheriff’s officetells The Vindicator news-paper in Youngstown that itplans to file felony chargesMonday against the operatorof the rodeo.The deputy injured duringFriday night’s rodeo sufferedtwo broken ribs, a puncturedlung and a broken shoulder inthe fall off his horse.
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BELLEFONTAINE (AP) — It’s unlikelythat a suspect in two 1986 Ohio slayings canbe charged a second time despite new DNAevidence, a prosecutor said.Constitutional issues may prevent charg-ing Terry Lowe again, including the fact thata person can’t be tried twice for the samealleged crime, Logan County ProsecutorWilliam Goslee told the BellefontaineExaminer.A former prosecutor in 1994 dismissed acapital murder case against Lowe, who nowlives in Lima. He was accused of fatallystabbing Phyllis Mullett, 37, in her BelleCenter home and shooting 64-year-old townMarshal Murray Griffin when he tried to helpthe woman on the night of July 5, 1986.The prosecutor’s office this winterreceived DNA testing results from more than20 boxes of evidence collected days after theslayings. Testing on a drop of blood foundon a sliding glass door at Mullett’s homeshows a high probability that the blood camefrom Lowe, authorities said.DNA extracted from inside a knot on arope used to bind Mullett’s legs also pointedto Lowe, according to authorities.Lowe could not be reached for comment.A telephone number was not available. Hisformer attorney, Dennis Day Lager, said hecontinues to believe that authorities targetedthe wrong man.The state didn’t have sufficient evidencewhen Lowe went to trial and the case “can-not be reopened,” said Day Lager, who isnow the public defender in Portage County.Authorities had decided in 2010 to takeanother look at the case after learning abouta cold case unit that received a federal grantto look at unsolved cases. Technology usedin the latest DNA testing did not exist at thetime of Lowe’s trial.But constitutional issues that prohibit aperson from being tried more than once andprotect the right to a speedy trial most likelywill prevent the filing of new charges, thenewspaper reported.Prosecutors also must consider the avail-ability of witnesses and the strength of theevidence, even with the DNA results.But Goslee’s staff is studying the priorcase file and looking for any precedents inOhio and other states.He believes local authorities did the bestthey could with information available at thetime.“It’s a shame two good people were mur-dered and we can’t prove who did it,” saidMullett’s former husband, Dick Mullett.Former Logan County Sheriff’s DeputyPhil Alloway was an investigator on the1986 case.He said Lowe once babysat Mullet’schildren and disappeared a few days afterthe slayings. Lowe was later found at amotel with scratches on his arm and knee,the newspaper reported. Investigators neverfound a murder weapon.
2nd trial unlikely forman in 1986 slayings
By CARL E. FEATHERThe Ashtabula Star Beacon
CONNEAUT, Ohio (AP)— John Myers grinned asthe cool breeze rolled acrossLake Erie and refreshed hisface.It was 9 a.m. and he’dalready walked from hishome to the lakefront, pullinga small grocery cart behindhim. The cart held his ballcap, a wad of plastic shop-ping bags and a few smashedaluminum cans that Myersplanned to sell to the scrapyard. At this rate, he was mak-ing about 10 cents a mile.He shuffled from trashcan to trash can at the publicdock and marina, hopeful thatunder each lid would be acache of cans left behind bysoda-guzzling teens or beer-sucking fishermen. No suchluck this morning; John saidit looked like the refuse truckhad beaten him to it.Undaunted by the smalltake, Myers headed towardConneaut Township Park,where the pickings are almostalways better. Collecting isalso good on the sandbar,where people like to drink andleave behind another man’streasure. And then there arethe festivals — that’s whenMyers can really clean up.Myers, 80, calls himself a junker. He’s full time, year-around. He starts from hishome around 7:30 a.m. andspends 8 hours or more a daywalking the streets and lake-front of Conneaut in search of working man’s silver.Retired from BrownMemorial Hospital’s laun-dry department, Myers is aConneaut fixture; just aboutevery resident knows who heis, even if not by name. Folksappreciative of his recyclingmission assist him as theycan.“These are brand-newshoes that were given to me,”Myers said, proudly showingoff his tan sneakers. “A fellasaid to me, ‘What size doyou wear?’ I said ‘9.’ He hadthem in a box and gave themto me, brand new!”There was a time Myersused a wheelbarrow to trans-port his booty to the scrapyard, more than a mile fromhis house on the east sideof town. When a friend sawMyers’ moil, he arranged tohave a wagon built just forthe task.“Red Fuller had it cus-tom built,” Myers said. “Hewas resting in bed and gotto thinking ‘that’s a lot of work with those wheelbar-rows, so I’ll make his life alittle easier.”’When the wagon, which is7 1/2-feet long, is filled withenough scrap to make the tripworth his trouble, Myers pullsit across a bridge to the scrapyard.“I made $49.50 one time,and $52 another, with cansand metal together,” Myerssaid proudly.He figures that each can isworth about 2 cents. But forthis octogenarian, the walk-ing and socialization offeredby his pastime are priceless.“I got to keep active. I gotarthritis from my head to mytoe. If I just laid around, thatwouldn’t be a good thing todo,” he said with a grin.
Ohio man gets more thancash while picking up cans
AKRON, Ohio (AP) —All-American Soap BoxDerby officials are showingoff some old cars, championplaques and other memora-bilia ahead of the 75th run-ning of the event in Akronlater this month.They’ve dusted off 77cars and other items that hadbeen stored in a basementand a trailer and are display-ing them in an outbuildingat the race site that they’vedubbed the Hall of Fame andMuseum, the Akron BeaconJournal reported.“I said, ‘Why not put thesewhere people can really enjoythem?”’ President Joe Mazursaid.The cars make up roughlyhalf of the 140 winning vehi-cles to date. The winning carswere supposed to be retired,but a lack of storage spacemeant some were trashed ortaken home by their owners.A derby volunteer kept about40 cars in a trailer, and racealumni provided others.Among them is a replicaof a vehicle that raced inthe Dayton event that led tothe first Soap Box Derby inAkron. Bob Gravett’s car,now the derby’s officialemblem, was constructed of old lumber, tin and wagonwheels.There’s also a replica of the winner from 1973, whena racer put a magnet on thenose of his car in a cheatingscandal that led to a closerexamination process for rac-ing vehicles.For this year’s racers, thatprocess starts this week. The450 competitors will sendtheir cars to Derby Downs inAkron for inspections aheadof the July 21 championship.Up for grabs will be thou-sands of dollars in scholar-ships for the top finishers.Mazur has been workingto rebuild the popularity of the nonprofit organization,and the museum could be anadded draw. It will be closedduring most of July for thechampionship but will open tothe public during derby officehours starting in August.COLUMBUS (AP) —Power is coming back to areasof central and southwest Ohiomore than a week after violentstorms hit the state.American Electric Power-Ohio says it has about 31,000who still don’t have electricity.Most are in Athens, Guernsey,Licking and Muskingumcounties.The utility says it had660,000 customers affectedby the storms at one point.Meanwhile, the AmericanRed Cross says it is clos-ing shelters in Franklin,Muskingum and Fairfield aspower returns to those areas.It says shelters will remainopen in Perry, Hocking,Licking and Guernsey coun-ties as long as there’s a need.
No power inparts of Ohiomore than aweek after storm
All-American Soap Box Derby in Ohiodisplays cars for its 75th running
CHARDON (AP) — A school in northeast Ohio wherethree students died in a shooting last February is getting a grantfrom the federal government to pay for a security guard andmental health screenings for students and staff.The U.S. Department of Education is giving $56,000 to theChardon school district to help it recover from the shootings.The money also will go toward paying for substitutes forteachers and staff who need time for counseling.U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says it’s vital thatstudents and teachers receive support.A teen charged in the shooting at Chardon High School eastof Cleveland has pleaded not guilty and is being held at a youthdetention facility.Three students died in the shooting and three others wereinjured.
HUDSON (AP) — An oldfarmhouse in northeast Ohiois opening for its first publictours in an attempt to helppreserve it.The free tours will be self-guided at the Case-Barlowfarmhouse in Hudson, locat-ed about 30 miles south of Cleveland. Tours will be heldduring certain hours on thesecond Sunday of each month,between the spring and fallseasons, the Akron BeaconJournal reported.A nonprofit group andlocal volunteers have workedtoward preserving the 1826home and grounds for about 16years. They now hope a morepublic profile will continue toattract donations that can helppay for needed renovations onthe rest of the property.“We’ve come so far, butthere is so much left to do,”said Linda Matty, a trustee withthe Case-Barlow BicentennialFarm, the nonprofit group thathas focused on sprucing up theproperty.The grounds include anoriginal outhouse and an 1890dairy barn still fitted withmilking equipment.The farm was founded in1814 by the Case family, whowere known to hide escapedslaves in the years before theCivil War. As a result, thehome earned designation as anofficial Underground Railroadsite in 2000.The property stayed withthe original family for sev-eral generations until itbecame property of the FirstCongregational Church of Hudson in 1995.“It stayed in the familythrough five generations,” saidtrustee Barbara Bos. “That’spretty rare.”The public stepped in tosave the house after the churchshowed interest in selling it.Voters then passed a levy toturn the bulk of the farmlandinto a park, and the nonprofitgroup formed to manage thefour acres that included thehouse and outbuildings.Since then, the groupand volunteers have workedtoward restoring the house toits mid-1800s style. That’sincluded removing modernupdates, rebuilding fireplacesand restoring original floors.Volunteers also maintain agarden with heirloom veg-etables.The house has since beenrented out over the last fewyears for a variety of activi-ties, including weddings andgraduation parties.The public tours willfocus on the farmhouse, butit also will allow visitors tosee restored second-floor bed-rooms of a homestead.“Enough has been donenow to make it interesting,”said trustee Bob Porter.
Old Ohio farmhouse opens for rst public tours
School gets federal grant after shooting
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