Kelly Poling is working on the latest mural made possible by Main Street Chillicothe and Chillicothe Development Corporation. Chillicothe's 23rd outdoor mural is a re-creation of the Graham's Mill Mural and is going up on the south exterior wall of the building at 504 Washington Street at the greenway at Washington and Clay streets. Main Street Chillicothe purchased the building last year and made renovations inside and out and now has it rented for residential use upstairs and commercial use on the street level (occupied now by All Strong Fitness). A possible completion date is June 30. All of these murals show the history of Livingston County before the 1950s. C-T Photo / Jaime Saucedo
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Work is progressing for the new LifeFlight Eagle ambulance helicopter hangar currently under construction at the Chillicothe Municipal Airport. Some members of the Chillicothe City Council toured the facility recently. It will have five bedrooms, a kitchen, and a living area as well as work areas for the flight nurse, flight paramedic and pilot. There also will be an enclosed hangar for housing the helicopter and performing routine maintenance on the helicopter. There will be storerooms for medical equipment and supplies as well as a tool room for the mechanic. A supply room will double as a hardened storm shelter. Operations out of Chillicothe should begin in August. 
C-T Photo / Jaime Saucedo
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Chilli Bay Water Park opened for its fifth summer season on Memorial Day to a crowd of 512 people and 2,862 through the opening week. Close to last year's starting marks, and up almost 65% from a cool weather opening two years ago, the water park has continued to raise summer totals the last four years. In addition to the pace of attendance, last summer a fourth slide was installed and only available for Labor Day weekend. This year, all four big slides are open for the entire summer. According to city officials, the attendance on Saturday, June 10, reached 661. That set the all-time one-day record for the water. C-T Photo / Jaime Saucedo
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 Farmers, industry representatives, and media got their first glance inside the new MFA Hamilton Rail Facility with a two-day open house June 20 and 21. Under construction for the past year, the Rail Facility is MFA's largest single investment in real dollars in any geographic region. It is a joint venture between MFA Incorporated, a grain marketing and farm supply cooperative, and MFA Oil Company, a farmer-owned energy supply cooperative. Located on Highway 36 in Caldwell County, the shuttle-loader facility takes advantage of an improved four-lane highway, proximity to north-south traffic on Interstate 35 and direct access to the Union Pacific Railroad. The operation will position MFA to potentially reduce truck traffic by as much as 14 million bushels of grain annually.
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