Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
By Janie Southard
ST. MARYS - "My mama done told me" the blues will be in town Saturday when Riverside Bluesfest opens for a daylong, out-on-a-hill blue note festival at K.C. Geiger Park - the first ever in the area.
Organizers Chris Botkin, Rees McKee and Dave Sti [More]
By William Kincaid
ST. HENRY - A new community festival celebrating the village's strong German ancestry will be held Sept. 22 at the St. Henry American Legion.
Local barber and Sons of the American Legion member Scott Rindler, who is organizing the first annual German Bier Fest, said the event will feature national polka band The Squeeze Box, traditional German brats and metz and of course, plenty of beer, including brands from around the globe. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
ST. MARYS - Celina received a stiff challenge from St. Marys, but was able to get a 5-0 shutout in Western Buckeye League dual-match action on Monday at Memorial High School courts.
The NetDogs improve to 2-0 on the league season as the loss is the first for the Roughriders in league play. [More]
Obituaries on August 28th, 2007
Former Celina resident Paul E. Ayers Jr., 43, of Edgewater, Fla., died Aug. 22, [More]
Gerald "Jerry" Hall, 59, a Precious Blood brother who formerly served at Immacu [More]
Stanley Richard Kuck, 63, of Springboro, died Aug. 26, 2007, at Hospice of Dayton. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Richard Clyde Moore, 65, 605 Red Oak Drive, St. Marys, died at 5:32 a.m. Aug. 2 [More]
Fort Recovery native Harold F. Steinbrunner, 73, of Marion, Ind., died at 6:25 a.m. Aug. 27, 2007, at his residence. [More]
Hilda M. Steinlage, 93, 5188 Kremer-Hoying Road, St. Henry, died at 1:35 a.m. Aug. 27, 2007, at the Gardens at St. Henry. [More]
Local pictures on August 28th, 2007
Subscriber stories on August 28th, 2007
A former Celina man was killed Wednesday when he drove his pickup into the rear of a bus along the east coast of Florida, not far from his home in Edgewater.
COLDWATER - The village is in line to get an additional $8,811 from the Nature Works Grant to assist with the ongoing improvement project at Memorial Park.
Compiled by Ryan Hines
and Gary R. Rasberry
Celina took advantage of an uncharacteristic tough day from the St. Marys boys golfers to get a 160-166 win on the back nine at The Fox's Den on Monday.
MINSTER - With a brutal stretch of the schedule awaiting them in the coming days, the Minster Wildcats opened the 2007 volleyball season by playing up a couple of divisions, as the Division I Greenville Green Wave came to town.