The month of August is always a slow
one around Sherwood, Moats Park is quite with nothing more than
an occasional "crack of a bat" to let you know the park is still
there. June and July are always busy
at Moats Park with the baseball and softball seasons in
full swing. Then comes August, and it all goes away. Most
Sundays in August the shelter houses get a good work out with
numerous family gatherings. Moats Park provides many
activities for the families to do, a playground for the kids,
volleyball area, basketball, tennis courts, and more. If you
would like to reserve the shelter house, contact the village
offices for more info.
Truck traffic continues to grow through
Sherwood and I'm not sure why. There are not many road projects
going on that I am aware of that would bring this traffic into
town. Sometime this summer we can expect things to get worse
when they close the railroad tracks on US 127. An upgrade
project is planned for the Railroad crossing. I spoke with the
new mayor, Glen Vance, this morning and Glen said he was not for
sure when it would be closed.
CSX told him they would give him 2
weeks notice and the crossing would be down for a week to 10 days. Should also bottleneck the train traffic. The train
traffic has increased over the years to a train every 15min.,
Monday - Saturday. For some reason they do not run as much on
Sundays, maybe something to do with double time pay.
We have added a couple of new web
pages for the Sherwood area, TC & Sons located in the Crossings
Super Center. They have been open for going on 2 years now,
providing automobile services & truck repair for the Sherwood
area. You can find more info on TC & Sons and what they offer at
the following web address,
http://www.sherwoodohio.com/tcsons.html . Also visit
DeRossett's Design & Printing located right downtown Sherwood.
DeRossett's Design & Printing offers custom embroidery and
silk-screening services to all of Northwest Ohio, check out
their web page at ,
http://www.sherwoodohio.com/derossett_design.html .
Two new web sites have been added to
Sherwood Churches, now find more information on the
Sherwood Baptist
Church, web address
http://www.sherwoodbaptistchurch.org/
, and
St. John Lutheran church has a new
web site that can be found at
http://www.sherwood-lutheran.org/ .
Apache Dairy Bar was sold last month
at public auction, with the new owner, Jeff and Jennifer Chapman
of Sherwood, hoping to open up real
soon. When I spoke to Jennifer this
afternoon she was very excited about there opening and if
everything goes right, we will see ice cream by the end of the
month.
Next Event for Sherwood will be a Buffalo Bonanza to be held at
15124 Roland Rd., Bob and Judy Keys place, just south of
Sherwood. The event will be held Aug. 20th from 9 to 5. Stop out
and enjoy a day full of fun and information, door prizes,
buffalo stew, flea market and more. For more info on the Buffalo
Bonanza and Buffalo in Sherwood, click here,
Sherwood Buffalo.
This October, the congregation of
the Sherwood United Methodist Church will be commemorating the
50th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the church
on North Harrison Street. On October 23, 1955, the cornerstone inscribed "Sherwood
Methodist Church, 1955" was laid at a
short, but significant
outdoor ceremony with the choir singing "The Church is One
Foundation". The cornerstone was slid into place by Dr. Kenneth
S. Leary and Rev. Paul H. Cramer after a prayer of consecration
and the Cornerstone Litany was recited by the congregation and
Rev. Cramer. Dr. Leary delivered a message saying that Christ is
the Church's cornerstone. These consecration services marked a
long-awaited realization for the membership, who worked so
diligently and faithfully toward a more satisfying place in
which they, and their posterity, might worship God.
The anniversary celebration is planned for October 9, beginning
with a worship service at 9:15. Defiance District
Superintendent, Rev. Rae Lynn Schleif will be preaching followed
by time for fellowship and viewing an exhibit on the history of
the church and a memorabilia display. A potluck lunch is
scheduled for 11:30 am. A musical performance will round out the
occasion at 1 p.m.
Those who are interested in attending the event or who need
additional information, can contact the Sherwood United
Methodist Church at P.O. Box 4582, Sherwood, Ohio 43556, Ph.
419-899-2492. Anyone having pictures or memorabilia that they
would like to share should contact the church office or a church
member.
Sherwood Crossings is again in the mist of
building, spoke with Gary Butler of
Butler Mohr
Real Estate
and he says
that there are 8 more condo's
being built like the first 8 that
were build more than a year
ago. The new condo's will be located
just to the west of the existing 8 on a new road under
construction, Heritage Drive. Gary also said that they have two
more buildings going up just north of the original 8 condo's.
These will be two unit condominiums and sell for about $89,000
per unit. Ask Gary on a proposed completion date and he replied
sometime in November.
We have added a new postmaster since the last
newsletter, Darla Kilgore. Darla took over the duties of
postmaster in Sherwood in June. She comes with 20 years in the
postal service and seems to be doing a great job. The postmaster
job was left vacant when Ruth Barber retired after 20 yeas of
service. For more about
Sherwood's new Postmaster, read the article in the
Sherwood News.
Sherwood Mayor, Clayton Miller, retired in June and Glen Vance
was named New Mayor for the rest of the term. And the big news
is our Village administrator, Joan Raker, is engaged and will be
moving to Florida, which will leave her post open. Not sure on
Joan's timeline but last I spoke with her she was very excited
with her developments in her Life! Congratulations Joan.
Date: Aug 10,
2005
