Harrod and Lafayette projects

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1, in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Executive Order 11988, is seeking public comments regarding the following proposed projects in Allen County.

This is the second installment in a series by Icon columnist Bill Herr, who previously wrote about local sports history.

By Bill Herr
Icon columnist

LIMA__The Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities is holding its 25th Annual Chicken Barbecue on Thursday, October 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Allen County Board of DD offices located at 2500 Ada Road, Lima, OH. 

The menu includes 1/2 Romer's barbecue chicken, baked potato, green beans, roll and cookie. Tickets are $12.00 and can be purchased by calling 419-221-1385 ext. 1247 or 1033.

The Hardin County Sheriff's office has made the following announcement: A single vehicle crash early Sunday afternoon has claimed the life of an Arlington man. 

Hardin County Central Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call at 12:14 p.m. reporting a crash of a vehicle into a tree at 18689 TR 22, Forest. 

Guest Speaker Amanda Wischmeyer, owner of Little Riley Creek Farm, will be talking about planting, raising and harvesting garlic at the October 3 meeting of the Gardeners of the Bluffton Pandora Area.

6:00 p.m. - October 3
Garden Club Meeting
Bluffton Public Library, Lower Level

Wischmeyer will be bringing four types of garlic (3 hard neck, & 1 soft neck variety) raised on her farm to sell.

Four Bluffton ghost story talks by Fred Steiner take place in October, according to the author of the newly released “Where Bluffton’s Ghosts Sleep.”

The talks, presented with PowerPoint graphics, are open to the public on the following dates:

Jacob Buchanan, M’Della Moon endowed chair in botany and environmental science, will present the Colloquium, “The influence of environmental and biotic filters on prairie pothole community dynamics” at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.

During the presentation, Buchanan will discuss a subset of his dissertation.

The prairie pothole region is a massive wetland complex in north-central North America. This region is characterized by gentle rolling hills dotted with millions of small wetlands called prairie potholes. These wetlands support aquatic insects and crustaceans adapted to a harsh climate and seasonal availability of surface water. Buchanan will discuss the relative influence of temperature, disturbance, organismal movements and predation on the behavior of these communities.

This event is free and open to the public.

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