Obituaries: Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

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Obituaries on January 14th, 2009

William Sexton

William A. Sexton, 91, 1305 Meadowview Drive, Celina, died at 8:25 a.m. Jan. 11, 2009, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]

Alvera Wehrkamp

Alvera B. Wehrkamp, 88, of Fort Recovery, died at 12:45 a.m. Jan. 13, 2009, at Briarwood Manor Nursing Home, Coldwater. [More]

Stories on January 14th, 2009

Mercer County '09 budget tightens; sales tax sets record

Mercer County commissioners have calculated a conservative budget for 2009 with a slim 2.3 percent increase in spending over last year.

Commissioners this week approved appropriations of $10.4 million for operations of the county's three dozen or so government agencies and departments.

Pohl joins school board

Minster Local Schools board of education now has a full complement of members after Tricia Pohl took the oath of office Monday night.

Pohl, who res

New Bremen to try and bust goose problem

NEW BREMEN - Canada geese show up each year without so much as an invitation, frolicking in the municipal swimming pool, sinking their webbed feet into neatly manicured lawns and peppering the area with telltale droppings. [More]

School officials ready for fund loss

Celina City School officials are preparing for a possible $1 million funding reduction from the state in fiscal year 2010.

Superintendent Matt Miller fears the cuts could be even larger.

Officials set $3.4 million budget, look back at 2008

St. Henry village councilors approved a second reading of a resolution setting aside nearly $3.4 million in various funds for expenditures in 2009.

New Bremen gets more salt for roads

NEW BREMEN - The salt shortage has eased in this Auglaize County community, according to reports presented when New Bremen village councilors met Tuesday night.

School officials plan to spend $86,000 on tech

FORT RECOVERY - School officials continue their commitment to technology, as $100,000 had been allocated for the technology program next school year.

But technology coordinator John Jutte says he doesn't need that much; he plans for $86,566 in expenditures. [More]

Hoying a PPK national champion

Coldwater is used to having state champions in a plethora of sports.

Now they have a National champion.

Maura Hoying, a third-grader from Coldwater, captured her age group's NFL Punt, Pass and Kick (PPK) national championship on Saturday at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. [More]

Cardinals come alive in second half of play

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

New Bremen blew open a close game in the first half with an offensive burst in the second half to go to 10-1 on the season with a 53-30 win at Jackson Center on Tuesday night.

Bulldogs take two wins in trimatch

After suffering a rough loss in Western Buckeye League dual match action last week, the Celina wrestling team rebounded by picking up two wins in a trimatch on Tuesday night at the Intermediate School.

Local pictures on January 14th, 2009

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