Adventures from Amsterdam to Budapest
We were flying with Lufthansa at 38,000 feet, 453 mph with outside air temperature at minus 69 degrees. As we were hurtling through the air on our return flight, the airplane’s movie sound was garbled, and it was more entertaining to watch the flight tracker and look back over photos of our three-week trip from The Hague and Amsterdam to Vienna and Budapest.
Local troops host Scoutsgiving
The Girl Scouts in Morrow County are making an impact on local families.
Cardington council handles financial items
Cardington Village Council took care of necessary financial business at its regular meeting on Nov. 20.
Seniors alert council to parking change
Happy Wanderers leader Linda Ruehrmund reported to the Mount Gilead Village Council on Nov. 20 how the senior group was returning by bus from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when members received word their cars were being towed from the Kroger parking lot in Mount Gilead.
Zoo announces elephant focused partnership
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (CZA) have joined forces in a unique partnership to establish a new Center for Species Survival (CSS) in India, focused on Asian elephants.
Explore Lake Erie shoreline with help from ODNR
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Office of Coastal Management has launched two new online resources to help Ohioans and visitors discover publicly accessible parklands and protected lands along Ohio’s 312-mile Lake Erie shore and along the major rivers that flow into the lake.
Season change hard for dementia patients
Winter’s earlier, darker nights wreak havoc on internal clocks and routines for almost everyone, but one group that already struggles with nightfall may face additional difficulty after clocks are set back for the winter.
Wildlife recreation contributes billions to Ohio’s economy
COLUMBUS — A recently released report from the Wildlife Management Institute, Responsive Management, and Southwick Associates showed that wildlife-based recreation contributed nearly $12.5 billion to Ohio’s economy in 2022, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
MORROW COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CALLS
Call Highlights 11/20/23
Ohio’s mineral resources valued at $1.7B
COLUMBUS – A newly released report from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Geological Survey shows the state’s mineral resources produced $1.7 billion worth of geologic commodities in 2022. For a ninth straight year, the total value of all nonfuel industrial minerals exceeded $1 billion.
