Edition 6                  05/28/04

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Sherwood City Limits, newsletter for Sherwood Ohio, is provided by Bobbybee.Com

    Sherwood Spring Fling held the first part of May was a huge success with about 30 sales and garage sales were held. I bet we had better than 400 people in town Thursday, Friday everybody got wet, and Saturday, Dale Bennett, with the Friends of the Sherwood Library said it was good also. Moats Parks also had much going on Saturday. The FV ball Association held a  Port-a-pit chicken dinner fund raiser, complete with sides, for the FV summer baseball and softball leagues. Not sure how many dinners were served but I know there were 500 to 600 people thru-out the park that day. Can't wait till next year, I am sure it will be bigger yet, Way to go Sherwood. Sherwood Homecoming  will be held June 17th, I will have more information on Sherwood Ohio.com when I receive it on the Sherwood Homecoming. Should be another great time.

New Businesses:

     TC & Sons, formerly Ney Oil Co., have opened business as of May 1st doing auto and truck repairs. TC & Sons will offer, brake repairs, tune-up, oil changes, tire service and repair, and wheel alignments to name a few. They are open from 8am to 6pm, 7 days a week. 

 

  DeVault's Mini Mart opened May 22nd  in the old Wirth's super value building. They will be offering One Dollar items, housewares, party and gift supplies and much more, from what I have seen, things are looking pretty nice.

    Ankney's Car Stereos and Computers will open up business in the former McGill's Bar offering car stereo sales and installations, custom built computers with delivery, set-up, and service. Business hours Mon-Fri 8am-2am, Sat 8am-6pm, closed Wednesdays and Sundays.

Sherwood Crossings:

    Work is progressing quite well here, the first set of condo's are about ready for occupancy and they look great. The first official road in this project is started and called Heritage Drive, some of the other roads planned are called Bergman Drive, Wirth Lane, Greenwood Drive to name a few, maybe someday we will see Bobbybee Circle. If you would like to see what the new condos look like, an open house will be held June 5th from 10am to 4pm. Have you seen the plat layout for this project yet? It is huge, condos, single family homes, assisted living complex, and it goes all the way to Coy Road. Take a look at the layout provided by Gary Butler   Low res. 30 Kb       Hi res. 108 Kb

Fairview News:

    Graduation will be held Sunday May 30th from 2pm till 3:30pm in the Fairview High School gym. Congratulations to the Class of 2004, now it is time to learn a new way of life. The 8th grade grads will do their honors Thursday May 27th in the Middle School from 7pm till 9pm. Take a look at the seniors that will be graduating (click here) , Last day of school will be May 27th, have a safe summer.

Summer Ball:

    Fairview Summer Baseball is under way. Moats Park ball fields are full every night and Saturdays all day, some games are also being played on Sunday. Starting this week the late games will begin so if you like to watch the ball games under the lights, grab a chair and come on down to Moats Park in Sherwood and enjoy a game or two.

Sherwood Village Income Tax:

    Sherwood is one of the few municipalities in the area that does not have an income tax. Village officials said money coming into the village from local taxes and the state has been declining over the years. With a budget of 1.2 million dollars projected for 2004, Village council is in the process of implementing a 1% income tax on residents within the city limits to help make ends meet. This sounds easy enough for some but others are voicing their displeasures with a another tax, stay up to date at the Sherwood News link at Sherwood Ohio.com. Sounds like this subject could be heated before all is said and done. Talk about it at the Sherwood Discussion Boards.

Bend Bridge project:

    The Bend Road bridge replacement has been pushed back to late summer or early fall. This project started in June 2003 and has been dealt many set backs due to the weather. Many of you know what the original bridge, built more than 100 years ago, was like. Winding road before and after the bridge, now access to the bridge will be a straight line from the RR tracks to US 24, the road bed was brought up 8 to 10 feet to keep it from flooding out and washing the road away. Seems like this would happen every year. The dirt was brought in from a 3 acre pond they dug up on Rolland road, about a mile west of the bridge. Next news letter I will get some photos of this Pond, this thing is huge.

    They are now beginning to put in the decking and pour the concrete for the top. So maybe before summer is done we will have this road back and our fishing area back.

 

Sherwood Farmers Market:

    Starting  May 28,2004, at the old Sherwood School Property, Sherwood will hold a Farmers Market from   9 a.m. - 12 noon, every Friday. Several vendor commitments have been received for the Sherwood Farmers Market. Produce will include vegetables, eggs, plants, honey and maple syrup, much more will be coming, corn, beans, MELONS, ah yes fresh tomatoes. Successful sales will encourage a variety of items and attract more vendors. Please tell your family and friends. Your patronage will make a successful Sherwood Farmers Market. I will be building a page here called Sherwood Farmers Market, you will find it at the home page. Some pictures and a vendor's list, more coming soon. If you know of anyone that might like to be a part of the Sherwood Farmers Market you can find more info here http://defiance.osu.edu/farmer/farmer.htm .

Couple of items for Memorial Day services and events  around the area.

 Farmer Service: 9 a.m. at Farmer Cemetery, conducted by Farmer American Legion and its auxiliary. Guest speaker will be Gary Baxter, Columbus Grove, past commander of the First District of the American Legion and past treasurer of the Ohio American Legion. Also participating will be Fairview High School Band.

 Ney Services: Monday, 11 a.m. at Ney Cemetery, conducted by Ney American Legion. Speaker will be Tanya Brunner from the Defiance Veterans Office and John Pannell III, who survived in Afghanistan. The Fairview High School Band will also participate.
Dinner: potluck dinner at 12 p.m. at the legion post, sponsored by legion auxiliary.

Sherwood Services: Sunday, 9 a.m. at St. Stephens Catholic Church Cemetery, Delaware Bend, conducted by Sherwood VFW; Moats Cemetery, Monday 9 a.m., with Bryan Mayor Doug Johnson as speaker; Sherwood Cemetery, Monday, 12:15 p.m.

Lu-Jo's will hold their 5th annual Rib Cook off.
 

Sherwood Ohio.com:

    Wow, as of today's date we are sitting at 845 hits for the month 615 unique visitors, astounding. Thanks for your visits. There was one day we hit 200 in one day. ESPN did a chat session with Brad Hurtig from Fairview High School. Brad is a senior this year and as most of you know he was injured about two years ago in a industrial accident and lost parts of both arms. Even with his losses he has managed to do some astounding things with his life and making an impression on many other life's. Any way if you have not checked this piece out that ESPN did, you got to see it at  http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=5280 , be sure and check out the link in the first paragraph that says "overcame a tragic accident that took both of his hands" , it will have pictures and videos to view, it's really cool.

   

    The next newsletter, Sherwood City Limits, should be out early July. Keep check on the  Sherwood Gear link on the home page, we will be adding some t-shirts here soon. We have also added an obituary page, and some free downloads. Check them out!

Hey you all have a great Memorial Day and remember Don't Drink and Drive.

R.A.Berry (aka Bobbybee)