West Street Fire (#151)

Last Tuesday, I left my apartment early to stop at the bank before work. As I checked traffic before pulling out of the lot, I noticed a cloud of black smoke hanging in the sky. I decided to turn toward the smoke, the opposite direction from work. As I called my boss to see if anything had come over the scanner, an ambulance and an emergency vehicle came speeding up behind me, followed closely by a firetruck. I followed them to West St. where a small house had caught fire. The owner and his son were in the house when it started, but were warned by neighbors and made it out safely. The owener's wife was a work when it started, but arrived home to see her home in flames. She collapsed in hysterics. The house, worth $43,000, was ruined.

Horsin' Around (#150)

Ron Blubaugh, of Lima, drives a team of Beligian draft horses, Ruby and Camille, as they pull a late 1800s-style plow Sunday afternoon at the Allen County Farm Park in Bath Township. Blubaugh, a member and former president of Area Horses in Harnesses, worked all weekend with the group to plow two fields on the property using only antique farm implements. The fields will be planted with corn to be used for the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District's corn maze in the fall.

photo 04/18/10

LARKS (#149)

Gary Williams, president of Lima Area Radio Kontrol Society (LARKS) flies a T-REX 600 radio controlled helicoptor Sunday afternoon at the group's flying field off state Route 309. Williams has been flying remote aircraft since he was 13 years old and builds his helicopters himself.

photo 04/18/10

Gone Fishin' (#148)

Willie Robertson, 85, of Lima fishes away a sunny Monday afternoon beside a pond in Lima's Faurot Park. "I come here every once in awhile," Robertson said, "when I'm not doing anything else."

photo 04/12/10

Cinderella's Closet (#147)

Cinderella's Closet was an event that matched donated prom dresses to high school girls in need all over Allen County. A local Lima couple, Don and Linda Bruns, got the idea from a similar drive happening in Florida. Linda, a former high school teacher, got some friends together and started collecting dresses this past October. When the event actually happened, Saturday April 10, the group had over 300 dresses in all different colors and sizes for girls to choose from. And the dresses were given away, free of charge.

photos 04/10/10

Track (#146)

Van Wert senior Lauren Taylor crosses the finish line of the girl's 3200-meter race, finishing first by a huge distance in 12 minutes 27.19 seconds, Saturday afternoon at the Jim Ehresman Memorial Track Invitational at Bath High School. Taylor also finished first in the girl's 1600-meter race.
Shawnee sophomore Victoria Beverly leaps the final hurdle of the girl's 300 hurdle's race ahead of her competitors Saturday afternoon at the Jim Ehresman Memorial Track Invitational at Bath High School. Beverly won the heat with a time of 49.87 seconds and helped Shawnee win the girl's team title.
Shawnee junior Maegan Redick edges out Elida senior Katelyn Anderson in the girls 4x100 relay race Saturday afternoon.

 
Lima Bath juinor Cory Lee lands after the last hurdle of the boy's 300-meter hurdle race just ahead of Bluffton junior Drew Luginbuhl Saturday afternoon during the Jim Ehresman Memorial Track Invitational. Lee sprinted forward to beat Luginbuhl by a step.

Van Wert freshman Jared Fleming crosses the finish line of the 1600-meter race first with a time of four minutes, 45.21 seconds Saturday afternoon at the Jim Ehresman Memorial Track Invitational at Bath High School. Fleming also won the 3200-meter race later in the day.

photos 04/10/09

Spring (#145)

Nothing says Spring better than skinned knees and popsicle stains. :-)