WOOSTER If city leaders and residents were asked who in the area executes leadership and volunteerism really well, Ben Maibach would surely make the list.
The Wooster Brush Company president, a Wooster native who is now raising his own family in the city he loves, has a hand in several local organizations meant to strengthen the community.
In 2017, he graduated from Leadership Wooster, a year-long program that teaches about the area and educational and networking opportunities locally.
It s his genuine commitment in bettering Wooster Brush and the city that has led the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce to recognize Maibach with its annual Leadership Wooster Distinguished Alumni Award at its dinner and banquet Thursday, May 20.
Former ATSU student killed in rural Iowa after mental health crisis
Des Moines Register
The man shot last Thursday after breaking into a rural Iowa home was a former A.T. Still University student who was suffering from a mental health crisis, according to the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office.
Aaron Thompson, 28, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, broke into a home near Ottumwa and fought with the homeowner before being shot, the Ottumwa Courier reported. Thompson was flown by helicopter to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, where he died.
Officials said no criminal charges would be filed against the homeowner.
Jim Krumel: Lima may have a DAD-WOC-GOW-ABA-BAV-WOF in its future
Jim Krumel
Let’s see.
What is this new thing Lima City Council is being asked to approve? A “downtown outdoor refreshment area.” Or, DORA, for short.
It does sound better than calling it a “designated area downtown where one can go outside with a burger and brew and visit with old friends.” Or, DAD-WOC-GOW-ABA-BAV-WOF, for long.
Anyway, Lima’s thinking about getting one of those things.
So, what do you think?
Downtown Lima Inc. believes this could be the long-awaited magnet to lure people back to the heart of the city. It does sound like fun. And it sure beats the idea pitched way-back-when of building an indoor ice rink to attract the multitudes. Remember that one? If not, don’t worry. It’s best forgotten.
New name, ownership announced at Lima Lumber Co.
LIMA Lima Lumber Co., a fixture in the local lumber and building supply business for 75 years, is getting a new owner and a new name.
Mike Steiner and Kevin Gratz, who have owned the business at 1101 Delphos Ave. for the past 38 years, announced the sale of the business and their pending retirements in a statement re-leased Thursday.
Effective March 1 the ownership of the business will transfer to Doug Bruns under the name Lima Lumber Brick & Block.
Lima Lumber Co. was owned and operated for its first 37 years by the F.D. Wolfe family and for the past 38 years by Gratz and Steiner.
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