James will be honored as co-founder of Kent State University's Cooperative Senior Volunteer Program. Richenbacher is a retired nurse and continues as a volunteer ombudsman for the Area Agency on Aging in Uniontown by visiting two nursing homes several times a month to be an advocate for the rights of more than 100 patients. The honors ceremony will be in Columbus. A depository box where Portage County residents can leave mail and water bill payments has been placed in the parking lot behind the county administration building at 449 S. Meridian St. The county commissioners asked that cash not be placed in the box, which is accessible 24 hours a day.
Mail is collected from the box three times daily.
The three-year project will include a restroom and storage building, playground equipment and parking, plus new fields, said Mayor Don Robart. The grant comes from the newly appropriated federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Program. Kazmer said the visit will help her learn what methods have been successful in helping students in that country with their math, with the hopes of using them with her own students. The teacher program is funded by the Japanese government. The Rev. Ed Carter from the Community Health Center will discuss treatment for addiction.