Four people were treated for injuries after a van carrying eight volunteer cyclists on a cross-country fundraising trip crashed near Burley, Idaho, Tuesday night. A rear tire blowout caused the van towing the team's trailer to lose control.
All four of the injured were taken by ambulance to Burley's Cassia Regional Medical Center, where they were treated and released Tuesday night. The van and trailer were totaled.
Shuffleboard season is here. The Bluffton Shuffleboard Club tournament season is in full swing. Here are competitors at last weekend's North American Singles tournament held at Buckeye park.
Merlin R. Zimmerly, 93, of Lima died at 1:35 pm June 7, 2011 at Lost Creek Care Center, Lima. He was born October 22, 1917 in Richland Township to Melvin R. and Lavina Gratz Zimmerly. On March 5, 1941 he married R. Cleora Burkholder and she survives.
Mr. Zimmerly was a dairy farmer and a life member of the Holsiein-Friesion Association of America. He worked for Cookson Marathon and retired from the Ohio Dept. of Transportation in 1986. He was a member of Lima Mennonite Church and was a past president of the Allen County Dairy Board.
Before March 2, 2007, Allen Slabaugh was admittedly focused on baseball. But like others on the Bluffton team bus that crashed that morning in Atlanta, killing seven-including five of his teammates-he was changed by the experience.
"The accident redirected me a lot," says Slabaugh, 24, who calls it "a miracle" that he escaped with only cuts on his back and a few stitches on one knee. No longer feeling invincible, he realized "I was blessed to be able to play baseball, and for each day on Earth I'm given," he explains.
Just in time for Bluffton's sesquicentennial, Terry Mullenhour recently showed the community sesquicentennial quilt to the 150th anniversary planning committee. The quilt will permanently hang in the town hall.
