Husky Energy, RMF Nooter, and the Lima Building Trades Council were presented with the prestigious Zero Injury Safety Award (ZISA) during the National Maintenance Agreement Policy Committee’s annual gala in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 23.
RMF Nooter, Husky Energy and the Lima Building Trades received the ZISA Certificate of Merit for working 87,875 hours on the Nox SCR Piping Project at the Husky Lima Refinery in 2013 without an OSHA recordable injury.
Book Reviews will host a book signing and reading from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 1, for Candace L. Newland’s book "Pekoe," which was published in February.
Newland’s book, written for children, focuses on an abandoned kitten and its journey to find a home. The story is pulled from the author’s personal experience with pets, acceptance, and disabilities. "Pekoe" is a “story of compassion and acceptance, challenge and courage,” according to Dr. Christina Walton, manager of Book ReView.
Marilyn Jean Waltz Shoemaker Sheidler, 85, died Oct. 20, 2014, at her residence in Pandora. She was born Jan. 10, 1929, in Mt. Cory to the late Levi and Ruth (Niswander) Waltz. She married Ralph Shoemaker who preceded her in death and later married John Sheidler who also preceded her in death.
She worked at Rusco Corp., Pandora, and also Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was a member of Pandora United Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Mt. Cory High School.
Jason Trespel, a senior History major from Galion, transfers a call working at the Information Desk in Bluffton University's Marbeck Center. (Photo by Caitlin Nearhood, student in a Bluffton University photojournalism class)
A Bluffton man is launching an organization that is relatively unique, not only to Ohio, but perhaps the entire country. Eric Wagner heads up the new organization called “Single Dad’s United: Standing Stronger Together.”
According to a recent Huffington Post article, the number of single father households in America has risen nine-fold since demographers began measuring it more than 50 years ago. Also according to the article, one of the biggest reasons for this phenomenon is simply the increase in the divorce rate.
