🚨 Three Union County agencies battle for first responder photo glory. The Plain City Division of Police, Union County Sheriff's Office, and Marysville Fire Division are competing in the 2025 First Responder Photo Challenge, a statewide contest honoring Ohio's public safety professionals. Plain City enters as defending champion, showcasing a patriotic red, white, and blue police truck in front of their Municipal Building. The annual competition, created to commemorate 9/11 and celebrate first responders, invites the public to vote daily through September 30 on the Light Ohio Blue website. Community members can support their local heroes by rating their favorite photos five stars once per day.
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🎵 Columbus music venue's final notes will play October 1. Rambling House Music Bar announced its closure after 11+ years of serving the Old North neighborhood community. The venue is seeking a buyer committed to reopening as a music space, offering "favorable terms" to the right purchaser. Until closing day, Rambling House will continue hosting events including Two-Steppin' evenings, Soul Jams, and Thursday open mic nights. While the music venue will shut down, sister business Rambling House Soda will continue operations elsewhere.
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🎬 Gongs will silence boring films at unique laundromat cinema event. Ohio State professor Roger Beebe is hosting "The Gong Show," an interactive 16mm film experience at Dirty Dungarees laundromat on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Audience members can strike a gong when bored, forcing a switch to another film from Beebe's collection of nearly 100 educational films from the 1930s-1980s. The event is part of Beebe's "expanded cinema" course that challenges conventional viewing experiences, but is open to all film enthusiasts and curious spectators. Beebe hopes to continue hosting similar events even after the semester ends.
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