August 4, 2004 Edition
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Central Local Schools first day back at school will be August 30th and once again you will be able to find links at Sherwood Ohio.com for school closings and delays. Fairwiew Apache's website will also have real time up-dates for closings and delays and they can be found at the School Calendar .
Stopped out to check the progress on the new all weather track that was constructed over the summer, looking good. Pavement was put down 2 weeks ago for the track and the grass is growing in the football field. Thanks to all who donated and the Fairview Athletic Boosters for making The Field of Dreams come true.
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Looks like Sherwood Village income tax is a reality. As of July 21st 2004, any one living within the city limits will have to pay a 1% city tax on income. The Regional Income Tax Agency or R.I.T.A. has been hired along with a Village Administrator, (Joan Raker), to oversee this process.
Salaries, wages, bonuses and incentive payments (Any Income) earned by an individual whether directly or through an agent and whether in cash or in property for services rendered during the tax period. But as you know there are exceptions to all rules.
For more information on the city tax, rules and regulations, do I, don't I, can be found at there website at www.ritaohio.com. Click on municipalities, and find Sherwood. These pages have all the information you will need, and phone numbers on who to contact with problems. Can't remember another web address, you will find links to there site at Sherwood Ohio .com.
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Village Council got an ear full in their July meeting with some long time Village residents speaking their peace. Vine Street resident Marcie Lively brought recent photographs of her home and flooding problems there. "I want to thank the fire department for getting there when they did," she said. "Here's some pictures of the basement, water across the road, the fire department pumping water out of the basement into the drain. The drain across the street is blocked."
Lively said this isn't the first time her basement has flooded. "A year ago we spent $13,000 out of our pocket (after flooding in the basement)," she said. "This year another $2,000. All I'm asking is to fix that drain. I like living in Sherwood. I love my house, but I can't afford this. I'm making a request. Please fix that drain across the street." Council said they would look into the matter.
Loretta Wells voiced her opinion to council about opening burning by a neighbor on the south end of town. "He's burning a little bit of everything," she said. Fire Chief Steve Fitzwater said the state only allows certain types of burning, and junk is not one of them. He suggested she call the fire department the next time it happens. The neighbor himself retaliated by parking his Bronco in front of his house and writing "Mind your own F*#%'in business" on the vehicle. Took Police Cheif Chuck Fitzwater a couple of days to tone down the tempers on the south side of town. Anyways, for more info on The State of Ohio burning laws, you can check them out at http://www.epa.state.oh.us/pic/facts/openburn.html or More on Sherwood Council July Meeting at Sherwood News .
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Have you been to The Sherwood Farmers Market yet? This is the first year for the Sherwood Ohio Farmers Market, The Farmers Market is held every Friday 9am to noon at the old school property on N. Harrison St., Sherwood Ohio. (Find it)
Seems to be doing quite well, vendors show up every Friday, even in the rain. The Fresh vegetables are out and will make some good eating in the next 2 months. Stop by and give them a visit.
You can find more info on the Sherwood Farmers Market, Vendors listings, and registration forms if you wish to be a seller, market guidelines and more at The home page. Find the link for the Farmers Market. You will also find links on the page to other Markets in the Northwest Ohio.
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DSL Special Offer - Now through the end of the year, SMTA is offering a chance to have DSL installed in your home. They will waive the normal $99 installation fee and furnish a modem for a contract period. Wow, that's a $250 savings. This offer is open to all SMTA subscribers and your phone line must meet certain qualifications. The DSL service must be ordered by the close of business November 30th 2004 and scheduled for installation on or before December 31st 2004. Get rid of that slow dial-up service and surf the internet the way it was meant to be with SMTA DSL service. Call Tina at the phone office at (419)899-2121 and be sure and tell her Bobbybee sent you.
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Defiance County Fair Aug. 21 - 28
Defiance County Fairgrounds Hicksville Ohio
For more information on the fair, Ticket info, line-up, parking (click here)
Harness Racing - Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Post Time is 7:30 p.m. nightly.
Pete Schlegel and Tru South w/ Brooks Atwood - Saturday 8:30 pm
Combine Demo Derby - Sunday 7:00 pm
4-H King & Queen / Parade of Bands / Pig Catch - Monday 6:30 pm
Ohio/Indiana/Michigan Sanctioned Tractor Pull - Thursday 7:00 pm
Cheerleading Contest - Saturday 12:00 pm
Demolition Derby - Saturday 7:30 pm
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Sherwood Ohio .com set a new mark in May, 950 visits in one month. New pages since last news letter, Farmers Market, Sherwood Area Deaths, Free Downloads, and Ankney's Car Stereo has added a page. New websites in process from other businesses Ohio Gas Co. and Burr Funeral Home, as soon as there designers have their websites done you will find the links at Sherwood Businesses.
In the next couple of weeks Sherwood Ohio .com will be offering a New Free Classifieds section. The software for this is now hosted at Sherwood Ohio.com, no more annoying pop-ups from other servers. Now you can upload your pictures from you hard drive to the classifieds, 30 day posting for classifieds and renew it up to 5 times! Take a look
Be sure and stop at the Sherwood Discussion Forums, we have added some more items, take and post your comments. Also our new Sherwood-ite T-shrits and Sherwood Ohio .com shrits will be available on line at the Sherwood Gear link on the home page soon.
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Did you hear about the alligator? Not in Sherwood, but in Defiance in the Maumee River. This alligator was 3 1/2 feet long and was first spotted around Holgate Ave. in Defiance and reported by a city resident to Defiance police. Boating and recreation are quite heavy this time of year in the Maumee so Deputies wasted no time in finding this gator. Deputies and local residents searched for a day and came up empty, a couple of possible sightings. The next day they finally located the gator in the same area as reported the day before at around 10:30pm and shot him with a high powered rifle. Sheriff Deputies figure that the gator was someone's pet that got to big. I bet they didn't flush this one.
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The next Sherwood City Limits should be sent out sometime in October. Know someone with an interest in Sherwood Ohio, feel free to send this page or the e-mail to them so they can enjoy it also.
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Robert Berry (a.k.a. Bobbybee)
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