Monday, June 18th, 2007
By Nancy Allen
State workers this morning opened the gates at the West Bank spillway slightly to flush a small amount of dead shad down Beaver Creek. They died due to low dissolved oxygen levels.
Brian Miller, assistant manager at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park, said state workers noticed a small amount of dead fish in Beaver Creek on Sunday and a few more dead this morning. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater improved to 13-2 on the ACME season with a doubleheader sweep of Elida at Ed Sandy Field on Saturday.
In game one, Jordan Borgerding and Alex Geier combined to hold the Bulldogs to three hits in a 4-2 win. Borgerding went the first six innings, allowing one earned run and two walks. Geier threw a perfect seventh for the save. [More]
Obituaries on June 18th, 2007
Celina native Frieda Buxton, 81, of Tucson, Ariz., died June 5, 2007, at a hospice in Tucson. [More]
Jimmie Wendell Daugherty, 66, of Monterey Drive, Fort Loramie, died at 11:17 p.m. June 16, 2007, at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney. [More]
Shirley J. Kemp, 70, 08304 Kruse Road, Wapakoneta, died at 4:45 a.m. June 15, 2007, at her home following a brief illness. [More]
Gordon L. Linn, 81, 910 Briar Lane, Celina, died June 15, 2007, at his residence. [More]
Barbara Ann Pearson, 69, 316 E. North St., Coldwater, died at 6:45 a.m. June 16, 2007, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Edward J. Pleiman Jr., 59, 1802 Stelzer Road, Maria Stein, died at 10:20 a.m. J [More]
Evelyn P. Warner, 83, 207 S. Franklin St., New Bremen, died at 12:09 a.m. June [More]
Local pictures on June 18th, 2007
Subscriber stories on June 18th, 2007
A Rossburg man died Sunday afternoon at a Dayton hospital of injuries sustained June 6 in a single-vehicle accident near Ansonia.
Matthew K. Wehrka
The Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance has been approved for a $10,000 federal grant to test Geotubes in the watershed area, watershed coordinator Theresa Dirksen reported Friday.
The Grand Lake Mariners used solid pitching and timely hitting to defeat the Columbus Hawks 7-1 in an exhibition game Saturday night at Jim Hoess Field.
ROSSBURG - With just one lap remaining, it appeared Tim Allison would sweep both nights of the EFI NRA Sprint Invader Buckeye Double Play.
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