The Worthington Times

Worthington Town Clerk-Treasurer Gloria Klass and former Council member and Notary Vern Spoor go over the procedures before the Swearing-In Ceremony on New Year's Day  

The Worthington Town Council held a special meeting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, January 1, to conduct a Swearing-In Ceremony for Town Clerk-Treasurer Gloria Klass and Council members J. W. Johnson, Gregg Roudebush and Debbie Dyer. 

Vern Spoor, a former member of the Council and a notary public, administered the oaths of office after the meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer offered by Debbie Dyer.

Gloria Klass was sworn-in first to serve her third term as Clerk Treasurer.

The three Council members, J. W. Johnson, Gregg Roudebush and Debbie Dyer, recited their oaths in unison.  Johnson and Dyer are both starting their second consecutive term.  Roudebush, who is starting anew but has previously served on the Council, is taking the seat formerly occupied by Tom Smith who did not run for re-election.

All three of these Council members and Klass were unopposed in their bids seeking a town office.  Since no other candidates filed to run against them, a local election was not required to be held last November.    

There are five seats on the council with staggered four-year terms.  Hal Harp and Malcolm Stahl occupy the two remaining seats which were not up for election this year.

It all went very well!
And a New Year has begun in Worthington.

Larry's back in the pages of the Times again!

Former Worthington Rambler Larry Vandeventer is now featured in his own section on the Times site called "By Larry Vandeventer."  There you will find a brief biography about Larry on the "About Larry Vandeventer" page, and information about the books that he's written on the "Larry's Bookmobile" page, and a contact page where you can send a note by email to get in touch with Larry.

But the heart of his section is a journal called "Bumps in the Road."  It's a blog where he's already posted one of his popular Rambler Quizzes as well as a nostalgic story looking back at life on his family's farm in Highland Township.

He'll be posting more stories over the coming months, but since he's mostly retired now and does things whenever he wants to, his posts will probably be made whenever he's in the mood.  

It's great to have Larry's stories on the Times site and maybe we'll add some more Worthington writers in the future!