Seven of the nine local school districts struggled with the social studies achievement tests last school year as did the rest of the state, according to the 2008-09 school year report cards released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Education. [
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The long-awaited Marion Township sewer project got the boost it needed this week with a $600,000 stimulus fund award.
The local community is one of
Total collections for Celina's nine tax increment financing (TIF) districts for 2008 were $31,730 below initial projections, Celina Safety Service Director Rick Bachelor reports.
A Celina city initiative to pursue a pilot study for removing algae from Grand Lake was stalled again this week because of one city council member's objections.
MINSTER - The Minster Historical Society will serve as a collective grand marshal for the 2009 Minster Oktoberfest Parade. Ric Hausfeld, parade chairman, made the announcement Tuesday night.
Officials for the village of St. Henry are seeking Ohio Public Works Commission funds for a street paving project in 2010.
Village Administrator Do
NEW BREMEN - Things were smoking in this Auglaize County village in an effort to locate sources of clear water infiltration into the sanitary sewer system. [
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Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce plans event for public
COLDWATER - The public is invited to learn about Coldwater area businesses and industries, get free gifts and grab for some cash.
The Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Business Expo on Sept. 20 at Coldwater High School auditeria from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with free admission.
Trained ballerina will instruct in downtown Celina
A dance instructor with 23 years experience is opening a studio in downtown Celina.
Yvette Fuelling is both owner and instructor at En Pointe Dance Studio, 1121/2 N. Main St., above CALL Ministries. En pointe is a term for dancing on the toes.
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Celina picked up its first girls golf dual match win of the year, beating Minster, 193-207, at The Fox's Den on Tuesday afternoon.
The Celina cross country rosters will be filled with some inexperience this season as head coach Dan Otten looks to continue to build upon the strong tradition of Bulldog harriers.
Coldwater coach Dan Pohlman has high hopes for his Cavalier cross country teams this season as both groups bring back experienced runners from a pair of third-place showings at the Midwest Athletic Conference meet last season.
Several years after seeing numbers dwindle, the Fort Recovery cross country program is growing again.
Coach Michelle Stammen has 16 girls and nine boys to work with this season. So many girls have come out that older uniforms were needed to dress the entire team.
The Marion Local cross country teams are both loaded with upperclassmen, but a lack of quality depth will likely prevent either squad from making major waves this season.
A season ago, Larry Topp's Minster Wildcats finished second in the Midwest Athletic Conference, falling behind the New Bremen Cardinals by one point.
Last year was a banner season for the New Bremen boys cross country team as they not only won their first Midwest Athletic Conference title and their first district title in school history, they also qualified for the state meet, finishing 10th.
If nothing else, head coach Ann Vian will have a fun group of Parkway cross country runners to deal with this fall sports season.
"They're a lot o
For the past two seasons, the St. Henry Redskins have enjoyed a couple of their finest years in the history of the boys cross country program.
Advancing to the state tournament in 2007 and again in 2008, has this year's edition and coach Mike Eyink, eager for the fall season to get underway.
It will be a couple of fairly young teams this year for St. Marys cross country head coach Rob Cisco.
Cisco, in his second year as the head coach of the Roughriders, knows his team will be young, but is excited to be able to work with this group.
Improvement each and every day is the phrase that both Celina golf coaches are preaching this season.
Both Keith VanDeventer, the Celina boys golf
Both the Coldwater boys and girls golf programs will look to rebound after a rough season in 2008. The boys were 2-7 in dual matches and eighth in the Midwest Athletic Conference tournament last fall while the girls finished 2-5 in the league and eighth in the league tournament a year ago.
Coach Brad Evers' Fort Recovery boys golf team will look to younger players to fill spots after going 3-6 and finishing ninth in the Midwest Athletic Conference tournament, an improvement over the previous season.
Both golf teams at Marion Local have good numbers to work with, and with some key contributors from last year returning, both teams are looking to be competitive this season.
A season after winning their fourth straight Midwest Athletic Conference title in boys golf, Minster head coach Mike Griner is once again expecting a successful year from his Wildcats, who return many faces from a year ago.
The best way to describe the 2009 New Bremen girls golf team is to say that they lack depth and one only needs to look at the roster to see that this is true.
The Parkway golf program will look to improve this season after middle-of-the-pack finishes in the Midwest Athletic Conference last season.
Coach Mike Schumm's boys squad lost several players to graduation, but will rely on upperclassmen leadership to try and improve on a 5-4 MAC record.
Born just four years ago, the St. Henry girls' golf team hit full maturity last season when they captured their first Midwest Athletic Conference title in school history.
Denny Vogel brought the St. Marys boys golf program to respectability and Kurt Kuffner continued to have the Roughriders playing at a strong level and now it is Dominick Guarnieri's turn to continue that upward trend.
Both Celina soccer teams were contenders in the Western Buckeye League last season, but after a pair of second-place finishes, the Bulldogs are in a transition year as the boys and girls teams were hit hard by graduation.
The era of Coldwater girls soccer begins this season as the team will play primarily a junior varsity schedule - with the lone exception being Van Wert's club program - out of its 16 games this season.
It should be an interesting year for the St. Marys soccer programs as each team is expecting to challenge to be one of the top teams in the Western Buckeye League.
Jan Morrison has built the Celina girls tennis program to be a consistent contender in the Western Buckeye League and the veteran coach expects the Bulldogs to once again be near the top of the league standings this year.
The St. Marys girls tennis team has been a consistent contender in the Western Buckeye League in recent years and this year should be no different according to head coach Brice Brenneman.
