Where can you bid on a Florida vacation, OSU football tickets, two kinds of seed corn, 1 week living like a pioneer, a Colonial dinner party, and famous artwork all in 1 hour?  Answer: the Tecumseh Land Trust’s 6th Annual Harvest Auction.  Curtis Mumma and Nancy Wilson of K99.1FM will auction off 17 exciting auction items all to benefit the land preservation efforts of the Tecumseh Land Trust.  The event will be held on Friday, September 17th at 6pm in the newly renovated historic Bushnell Building in downtown Springfield.

Springfield, OH – The pronouncer announces the word, the team spellers’ huddle to commit to spelling the word pronounced. The word may be a word you are familiar with or never heard of, the team may ask the pronouncer for a definition or use the word in a sentence.  The team then takes a few minutes to deliberate and one team member steps up to the podium to pronounce and spell the word given correctly.  If the word is misspelled watch out as the bee flies in to eliminate that team’s identifying balloons.  This marked occasion is descriptive of the upcoming 13th Annual Literacy Sting, hosted by Altrusa International Club of Springfield.

Affordable Care Act Program Helps 78 Ohio Employers and Unions Cover Early Retirees  Nearly 2,000 Plan Sponsors Accepted Across US in First Round; Applications Still Being Accepted  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced the first round of applicants accepted into the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program.  Nearly 2,000 employers, representing large and small businesses, State and local governments, educational institutions, non profits, and unions have been accepted into the program and will begin to receive reimbursements for employee claims this fall.

This past Monday, August 23 Springfield Clark CTC held their annual beginning of the year staff opening meeting, in addition to the Board of Education Members there was a very special guest speaker whose identity was kept from the staff until that morning.