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Celina's Club Oasis site of underag drinking, other incidents
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Club Oasis owner Chris Wendel asked city council members on Monday night to rescind a resolution objecting to the renewal of his liquor license and request for a public hearing with the Ohio Division of Liquor Control.
Wendel said he recently sold Club Oasis to Robert Baumgartner of Decatur, Ind., and the money is being held in escrow at Cisco Realty waiting for the liquor license to be transferred. [More]
CELINA - Coldwater softball coach Jeff Kerr didn't need to go far to get a scouting report on the Celina pitcher his team would be facing on Monday.
He sees her every day.
Daughter Katie Kerr got the start for the Bulldogs in the annual Mercer County matchup, holding the Cavaliers to one run and three hits over four innings as the Bulldogs came away with a 6-3 win at Bill Feth Diamond. [More]
Leonard J. "Speck" Sattler, 82, 613 S. Echo St., Celina, died at 3:40 a.m. May 7, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
ST. MARYS - An Ohio Education Association referee has ruled in favor of the school board's action to suspend a long-time teacher accused of public indecency and voyeurism. The teacher this morning said he absolutely intends to appeal.
MARIA STEIN - The move to return vocational agriculture to the Marion Local High School curriculum took the final step Monday night when the board of education hired teacher Lucy Joy Bambauer.
ST. MARYS - Gangster Charley Makley, a local kid who left town for richer fields in the 1920s, didn't actually shoot the Lima sheriff, but he was close by.
ST. MARYS - A St. Marys man who was arrested on various methamphetamine-related charges following a raid on his home in February has accepted a plea deal with prosecutors.
COLDWATER - Building permits are up substantially this year and "that's a good sign," village manager/engineer Eric Thomas told village council Monday night.
