Briefs: Bucyrus Farmers Market, Statehouse tribute to Ohio astronauts, upcoming meetings

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Plants and more at Saturday's Farmers Market

Melon, squash and tomato plants reading for the garden will be among the items available at Saturday's Farmers Market. Vendors will also be selling orchard-direct fresh peaches from South Carolina, baked goods, crafts, maple syrup, honey, in-season produce, flowers and more. A complete list of vendors can be found on Facebook.

The Positive Seekers will again be grilling for a donation, and the collection of pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House Charities continues.

The Bucyrus Farmers Market takes place every Saturday through Oct. 28 from 8:30 a.m. to noon, rain or shine, at 2460 E. Mansfield St. in the Family Farm & Home parking lot across from Timken.

New painting unveiled at the Ohio Statehouse

COLUMBUS — Artist Bill Hinsch unveiled a painted rendering of Ohioans in Space in the Ohio Statehouse Wednesday. The image is the artist’s study for a large oil painting he will create to hang permanently in the Rotunda next year. This small version of the painting was revealed to the public in the Rotunda.

A painted rendering of Ohioans in Space by artist Bill Hinsch reflects his study for a large oil painting he will create to hang permanently in the Ohio Statehouse Rotunda next year.
A painted rendering of Ohioans in Space by artist Bill Hinsch reflects his study for a large oil painting he will create to hang permanently in the Ohio Statehouse Rotunda next year.

The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board (CSRAB) commissioned Hinsch to paint a 9-foot by 12-foot oil painting which will be installed in the Rotunda area in 2024. The artwork will recognize the accomplishments of Ohioans in space travel and exploration.

The smaller rendering displayed this week measures 30 inches by 40 inches. It shows several Ohio astronauts and their spacecrafts. The Earth, Moon and Mars are included along with an image representing the support staff who make space travel possible.

The painting pictures four of Ohio’s 25 astronauts who achieved real firsts - John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Judith Resnik along with Flight Director Gene Kranz of Toledo.

Bill Hinsch is an artist originally from Hicksville, Ohio, who now lives in Perrysburg. His aviation art hangs in the Pentagon and the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton.

The final painting is projected to be installed in 2024. The last painting added to the Rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse was “Wilbur and Orville Wright and Their Accomplishments,” by Dwight Mutchler, unveiled in 1959. The new painting will be hung facing the Wright brothers picture on the opposite wall in the East stairway of the Rotunda.

Upcoming meetings:

● Bucyrus City Schools Board of Education, 12:30 p.m., Friday, Board of Education office, 170 Plymouth St., Bucyrus

● Bucyrus City Board of Zoning Appeals, 4 p.m., July 11, Council Chambers, second flood City Hall, 500 S. Sandusky Ave., Bucyrus

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