The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 2000

Memo to Church Secretaries & Treasurers: .J u~t a rl' n tindcr t ha t a ll cont r ill utio ns to the() \ Rill"' (~cncra l ~--u,1d & tl1c ()l lish(lUldl)c scnt to tl1c(),\Ril .. lX)(lkkt'Cpcr: O,\RB(" c/o l\ Ir. P h il ~ l illcr 1750 fl .. li11thill ( "' olu111b u ()H 43223 ( "' heck.. en t to o the r a ddre e. n1av I n1ea1 dcla) in p r occ ing. Thank for)·our coopera tion! OARBC Property Insurance Group Plan Participating churches have contributed annual dividends exceeding 513,000 to your State Association! Administered by RUPP Agency Columbus, Ohio 614-486-5911 toll-free: 1-800-282-9258 FAX: 614-486-2492 Sound Doctrine Relevant Topics CALL FOR FREE SAMPLES 1.800.727.4440 ===:::: ~ · Regular Baptist Press RBP Building Lives oy the Book -- • • 10 Bridge the State - Visit its Covered Bridges C risscros. th state f ron1 Ashtabula ounly in the far northeast, down to Han1i I ton ounty in the outh– \.Vest, o er to Washingl n and Monroe countic in the outhea. t and back north to William: ounty in the northwes t con1er - you will find covered bridge. old and new. Many ren1ain ·tanding a a tes tin1ony of a pa .. t era of expansion and progre in Ohio. In the I 800. and early 1900 Ohi had a rnany a. 3000 wooden covered bridge ·, but a. teel and iron indu try developed, combined with heav ier rail and truck traffi c, wooden bridge became ob olete and began to di sappear fron1 the land cape. In the 1950. , however, the Ohio Hi torical Soc iety publi hed a n1ap hewing the locati on of Ohio ' covered bridge and in 1958 the Ohio Hi torical Bridge As ·oc iati on wa founded to pre. erve ex i.. ting b1idge and to awaken an intere ·t in them. In the 1970 . upport wa · gained to regi ter the bridge in the Nat ional Regi. ter of Hi tori c Place . Ohio currently ha 50 regi tered covered bridge . However, Ohi o i. al o building new covered bridge. wh ile it trie to pre. erve it. o ld one . One of the newe t one. built wa a new one. dedicated a recently a June 19, 1999, in William: County. Many of the e new one · ha ve unique feature. that 1nake the1n noted around the world . For in lance , A ·htabula County i planning to build the longe t co erect bridge in the United tate. , the fourth longe t in the world, aero . the A htabul a Ri er. Thi wi ll be the fifth new co erect bridge built by the county ince 1983 . Why were the e bridge co ered? • Mainl y to prc,crvc the t1n1hcr l'ron1 the wear and Lear of the clcn1cnt,. Yct they have al so preserved a no~talgic beauty. Bc\ ic.lc a hric.lge'~ cover, you will want lo notice its tru ~~ constructi on . Variou \ truss <lc~ignc; can be \cc n. on1c co cred bridges cannot be ~ecn f ron1 publi c road~~ direc ti ons and pcrn1i \\ ion shou le.I be sought locally to ti ne.I these bridges. Please be con~ideratc of local landowners when visiting and photo– graphing co ered bridges, c~pccially the pri vatc one. . Vi it one of the . cveral Ohio overcd Bridge web. ites to get more information about car tours, 111ap. . puzzles and more . Ha e fun in Ohio ! Ki1owllon Co ered Bridge Triangle repre ent the location of covered bridge in Ohio in 1999. Ohio Covered Bridges Our purpose is to provide God-honoring Design/Bu ild services S E M I BRENTWOOD Our goal is to delight our clients with the process as well as the finished product. 167 South State Street Westerville Ohio 43081 (614) 794·3100 W1ll1am C Prenos1t AIA Jack A Chapin. Jr AIA Design/Build 61 Columbus Pike Cedarville Ohio 4531 4 (937) 766-5585 M Joseph Harkleroad President Church and Christian School Design and Construction