Briefs: Courthouse pillar repairs, Deer Park improvements, OSU-Mansfield application fee
Commissioners OK repairs to portico pillars
The pillars on the front portico of the Richland County Courthouse are getting some needed maintenance. County commissioners have approved a $12,800 contract with Purdy Construction of Mansfield to install stainless steel plates and anchors to the lower portion of the pillars.
County Maintenance Supervisor Josh Hicks said “some issues” were found earlier this year when planters were removed and concrete work done to the portico floor. The problem does not affect the structural integrity of the actual pillars that hold up the portico roof.
Officials did not say when the work will be done or how long it will take. The project will be paid for out of the county’s reinvestment capital projects fund.
Philanthropic donors improve Deer Park in Mansfield
Over the past several years the Robert E. and Andrew S. Fisher Fund of the Richland County Foundation has funded renovations to Deer Park off Home Road in Mansfield. The area has been beautified and flooding in the parking lot has been mitigated.
The first upgrade funded by the donors was the reconstruction of the bridge between the parking lot and the B&O Bike Trail in 2017. The old wooden bridge had washed away.
The 2023 Deer Park improvements included nine new trees, 10 pull-in parking spaces striped with parking blocks, two parallel parking spaces striped, two large benches, a new picnic table on a concrete pad, new utility poles with lights, beautified stream channel and removal of several dead or dying trees.
The sandstone blocks that now mark the entrance to Deer Park were salvaged from the demolition of the former Ocie Hill Community Center.
The 2022 Deer Park Improvements included resurfacing the parking lot, installation of a new catch basin and sidewalk.
Apply for free to the Ohio State Mansfield through Dec. 15
The Ohio State University at Mansfield is covering the $60 application fee for first-year applicants who apply directly to the Mansfield campus through Dec. 15.
In order to have the fee waived, just enter fee waiver code UFWREG4 on the online application and submit your complete application (online application plus transcript sent from your high school) to Ohio State Mansfield by Dec. 15.
In addition to a free application, you will receive automatic consideration for scholarships and a quick admission decision. If you have never attended college, you are guaranteed admission to OSU-M if you are an Ohio resident with a degree from an accredited high school or a GED.
This fee waiver code is exclusively available for first-year regional campus applicants. Qualified transfer students must have — at the time of application — a cumulative GPA of 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) on all college course work earned after high school graduation. Home-schooled applicants must submit an approved “excuse from attendance” verification (or equivalent) provided by a local school district or state official. Refer to the Ohio Department of Education website to determine the specific documentation needed.
To learn more, visit mansfield.osu.edu/story/apply-free.
Upcoming meeting:
● Shelby City Council Safety Committee, 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, conference room, 5 Water St., Shelby
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