Briefs: Film festival screenings, Haring Realty additions, mental health in agriculture

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Galion Community Theatre host site for film festival

GALION — Film lovers in Galion will join over 100,000 film enthusiasts around the world Sept. 28 to Oct. 8 when the 26th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screens at Galion Community Theatre at 2 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 7. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door or at galiontheatre.org.

The Manhattan Short Film Festival will be screened at Galion Community Theatre on Oct. 1 and Oct. 7.
The Manhattan Short Film Festival will be screened at Galion Community Theatre on Oct. 1 and Oct. 7.

The final 10 films will be shown simultaneously on screens across the world during a one-week period, with the Best Film and Best Actor awards determined by ballots cast by the audiences in each participating venue. By virtue of their selection by Manhattan Short, each short film is automatically Oscar-qualified.

The 10 finalists hail from seven countries with films from Australia, Afghanistan, Finland, Iran, Switzerland, UK and Canada alongside three films from the USA. They represent the best short films from among 850 submissions from 72 countries.

Haring Realty welcomes two new agents

MANSFIELD — Dan Wirebaugh was born and raised in Crawford County and worked at the former Swan Hose for 28 years as a maintenance manager.

He lives in Bucyrus with his wife, Barbara, owner of Affinity HealthWorks. Wirebaugh studied mechanical engineering at North Central State College and Marion Technical College. He also earned a real estate license from The Ohio State University and Davis College, first in 1998 and again in 2023.

Dan Wirebaugh
Dan Wirebaugh

Wirebaugh has served on the board of directors of the Swan Rubber Credit Union, now Firelands Federal Credit Union, Crawford County Health District Board, Joint Central Ambulance District Board, and Crawford Park District Board.

Also joining Haring Realty is Ashland native Melanie Coble. Born and raised in Ashland County outside of Mifflin, Coble is a graduate of Hillsdale High School and has a business degree from Kent State University. She and her family lived in California and Tennessee before returning to Ohio in 2018.

Ohio organizations form alliance to address mental health in agriculture

REYNOLDSBURG — A newly created alliance will focus on mental health in agriculture to ensure Ohio’s farmers, families, and communities are better equipped to deal with stress.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), Ohio Department of Health (ODH), Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS), The Ohio State University (OSU), Ohio Farm Bureau (OFB), Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation, and Farm Credit Mid-America make up the new Ohio Agricultural Mental Health Alliance (OAMHA).

The group’s first action is introducing a new, anonymous survey to seek feedback directly from rural communities. The survey aims to gauge stress and how it’s being dealt with.

OAMHA will use survey results to determine where resources are needed and help ensure support is available to communities in need.

Upcoming meetings:

● Wynford Local Professional Development Committee, 3:45 p.m., Monday, Wynford High School, 3288 Holmes Center Road, Bucyrus

● Wynford Local Board of Education (work session), 5 p.m., Monday, conference room, Wynford High School, 3288 Holmes Center Road, Bucyrus

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