Supporting Clinton County Master Gardeners
Tony Nye - OSU Extension
Roses are red, violets are blue, we have plants, how about you?
The Master Gardener Plant Sale is next weekend, Saturday, May 15 at the Clinton County Fairgrounds and I hope to see all of you! I realize I have already mentioned this event in an earlier column, but I wanted to acknowledge the Master Gardeners and all their efforts for this sale and what the proceeds of this event go for.
First off, the Clinton County Master Gardeners are OSU Extension volunteers that have gone through many hours of training and learning about many horticulturally related topics. In return, they provide literally hundreds of hours each year of volunteer service and education back to the Clinton County Community through several community activities.
Clinton County Habitat for Humanity family moves into home
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Raymond Baker, his granddaughter Keshia and her children Jacob 10, Kaydence 7, and Ryan 5 have moved into their new home.
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Clinton County Habitat for Humanity has completed building its 42nd home. Raymond Baker, his granddaughter Keshia and her children Jacob 10, Kaydence 7, and Ryan 5 have moved into their new home in Wilmington from a one-bedroom apartment they had shared.
Keshia shared that she moved in with her grandfather to help pay the bills after her grandmother, Charlotte, Raymond’s wife, passed away in October 2019. Raymond and Charlotte had been waiting to have a home built in the Wilmington area for about two years.
Habitat hopes for families: Sweat equity leads to affordable new home
By Gary Huffenberger - ghuffenberger@wnewsj.com
In 2020, Clinton County Habitat for Humanity built a house on South Mulberry Street in Wilmington.
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Gary Huffenberger | News Journal
WILMINGTON Presently the Clinton County Habitat for Humanity has no partner families lined up for one of its affordable and energy-efficient houses for people who otherwise couldn’t obtain one.
Clinton County Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors President Tom Matrka said the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization normally builds two homes a year, and the times they haven’t is because it didn’t have partner families to match a new house with.