The hot and humid August weather has been generous with sunshine and with rain in and around Lima and Allen County. I hope that you are yet enjoying great summer time activities with family and friends as a result.
Toast to the City & the 2010 Square Fair
Speaking of terrific summer time activities, the 2010 Square Fair has come and gone and was once again an energetic celebration of music and arts, bringing thousands of people into Town Square for 4 nights and 3 days of entertainments.
A round of applause and thanks is due to Diane Peterson and her dedicated team of hundreds of volunteers for all their work in planning and creating a wonderful event. In addition, much thanks to all the sponsors and donors who underwrote this year's performances, special events and midnight fireworks!
I had the opportunity to lift a glass and recite the Toast to the City at the festival's kick-off event. Because a number of people remarked positively about the Toast, I want to share it with you here. Please know that it is a text composed by Lima News reporter and columnist, Bart Mills. I have relied on him for a number of years for compositions for this event, and appreciate his flair with the written word.
I think you will too. And as you read it, lift a glass of wine in salute to our community!
The 2010 Toast
By Bart “the Bard” Mills
To a city and people both smiled on by fate
May our pains make us stronger
And may our strengths make us great
To our parents and others who came on before
Who paved from a swamp this great place we adore
Then brought the world oil, locomotives and tanks
Neon and engines, restaurants and banks
To the soldiers who fight in wars far from here
May they know we continue to hold them all dear
May God guard their actions wherever they roam
And see them returned to the safety of home
To our children who venture too far away
And to those, best of all, who would venture to stay
May we leave them a city of which to be proud
May their happiness flourish and their riches abound
May their leaders be wise, may their troubles be few
And more than all else, may their motives be true
And until such a time, as we toil for today
May the Lord bless our efforts and keep trouble at bay
May he smile on this city, this county, this state
And most of all, on you people, who help make them great.
To Lima, to Allen County, to Ohio and to the USA and to all who love her here and away
Annual Report from the Lima Police Department
Just off the presses is the 2009 Annual Report from the Lima Police Department. Not only is it full of important information about the current LPD organization and its activities throughout the last calendar year, it also has a very visually engaging format and a great deal of historical data and analysis. You can access an electronic version at: http://www.limapolice.com/2009rpt.pdf
What is a Shoofly?
For train buffs and railroaders, the term "shoofly" is familiar jargon. For the rest of us, it leaves us scratching our heads when we first hear it.
Below is picture focused on the base that has been laid for the Vine Street underpass (grade separation) shoofly. The photo helps suggest the meaning of the term.
A shoofly is a temporary railroad track that is laid around an obstacle.
In this instance the obstacle is the deep cut being made at the Vine Street intersection with the CSX and NS railroads. Because there are 35 trains per day that must continue operating along these lines, a temporary and parallel track must be put in place to allow those trains to move north and south while the rest of the construction for the underpass continues for the next 18 months.
Take care.
Dave
David & Linda Berger
1211 Lakewood Avenue
Lima, Ohio 45805
419-228-7498
dberger@wcoil.com
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