Talk About Clyde: Rutherford to celebrate 93rd birthday at museum

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23-04-2025

Many things are happening around Clyde in the next few weeks.
A fundraiser to provide awareness for suicide survivors, "What If; Hope" will be held from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. May 3 at Sleepy Hollow RV Camp, 6029 Ohio 101, north of Clyde. It was formed in July 2024, said Wendy Criswell, a board member.
It is a nonprofit group that provides assistance to individuals impacted by suicide loss. Their mission is to raise funds and donations to actively support suicide loss survivors and loved ones, and to provide them with hope and healing resources to help them recover from their loss.
This is their first fundraiser which includes music by Joe Pfeiffer, raffles of more than 70 gift baskets, two food trucks — Rio Grande Street Tacos and Wonder Wagon — and a cornhole tournament. Criswell is pleased with the overwhelming support they have received.
From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 3, Dr. Clifford Moore of Columbus, a 2003 Clyde High School graduate, is hosting a Tribute Relay for Heroes at Clyde High School's Robert J. Bishop Stadium.
The American flag will be carried around the track in relays for 10 hours. It is a fundraising benefit for the Suicide and Trauma Reduction Initiative for Veterans (STRIVE), an in-patient facility based at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center.
Moore, who recently ran in the Boston Marathon, will be carrying the flag, but to get the community involved, anyone is welcome to run and carry the flag for a lap, a mile or several miles. Supporters can either participate, cheer on the runners, sponsor a participant, make a direct donation to STRIVE or attend the benefit raffle held at Clyde VFW 3343 that evening. Already, more than $7,000 has been raised. Online donations can be made at give.osu.edu/tributetrail.
"Let's Glow", the Clyde High School Prom, will be held at 7:30 p.m. May 3 at Camden Falls in Tiffin. Participants must arrive no later than 8:30 p.m. and will not be re-admitted once they leave.
On May 4, a birthday bash for the 93rd birthday of Bud Rutherford will be held at the Stemtown Museum, 111 S. Kansas St. in Green Springs. A new bench in honor of Bud and his late wife, Maxine, will be dedicated. Refreshments will be served.
"We are excited to do this for him," said Megan Knierimen, president of the Stemtown Historical Society, which is hosting the event. "We appreciate him and are happy to celebrate his 93rd birthday with him."
Rutherford is a long-time museum volunteer who is happy to give tours at the museum and talk to school groups. An entire wall there displays his many awards and accomplishments from his 63 combined years in education, teaching drivers education and physical education at Clyde High School, and later serving on the Clyde-Green Springs Board of Education and Vanguard-Sentinel School Board.
A program about popular culture and its place in the history of country music will be held at the Clyde Museum, 124 W. Buckeye St., at 6:30 p.m. May 6. The presenter is Matthew Donahue from Bowling Green State University.
Clyde-Green Springs Safety Village is set for five- and six-year-olds entering kindergarten or first grade. The program will be held at Clyde Elementary School on weekdays, June 16-27, and introduces youngsters to safety awareness and behavior concerning pedestrian and bike safety, school bus, fire, gun, pool and train safety, plus stranger danger. There will be field trips and guest visits. Traffic safety is taught through children riding bikes on a miniature street set up with traffic lights.
The cost is $30 per child, which includes a Safety Village T-shirt. Financial assistance is available and in-person registration will be held at the Clyde Public Library from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. April 30; 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. May 3; and 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. May 5. Registration forms are also available at the library if one cannot attend in-person registration.
Registration also continues for Kids Camp, hosted by the Clyde Recreation Department at Community Park, for children ages five to 12. Two sessions are being held, June 2-26 and July 7-31.
Jeanette Liebold Ricker writes about Clyde and Green Springs. Contact her at 419-547-8177 or by email at [e-mail].
This article originally appeared on Fremont News-Messenger: Talk About Clyde: May 3 will be a busy day for community