Monday, May 17th, 2010
By Margie Wuebker
CELINA - Two local men will appear in Celina Municipal Court this afternoon in connection with the apparent disposal of a stolen car in Grand Lake on Saturday night.
Edwin T. Lovelace, 58, 440 Touvelle St., Lot 37, and Alfred "Ted" Maxwell Jr., 53, 300 Bruns Ave., Apt. 53, both of Celina, each face a misdemeanor charge of obstructing official business. [More]
Division II Baseball Sectional at Elida
By Ryan Hines
ELIDA - The Celina baseball team looked headed for a sectional title on Saturday with a four-run lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning with their ace pitcher on the hill.
However, Shawnee rallied to score five runs in the seventh inning to stun Celina, 5-4, in Division II sectional final action from Ed Sandy Field in Elida. [More]
Obituaries on May 17th, 2010
Martha S. Adams, 64, Celina, died at 12:25 p.m. May 15, 2010, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind. [More]
Marion J. Neargarder, 79, Versailles, died at 9:28 a.m. May 15, 2010, at his home. [More]
William R. Steiner, 91, died at 11:08 a.m. May 16, 2010, at Otterbein of St. Marys. [More]
Former St. Marys resident Mark A. Stewart, 53, died May 16, 2010, at Jay County Hospital in Portland, Ind. [More]
Paul Andrew Wilcox, 28, Coldwater, died at 5:47 a.m. May 16, 2010, at St. Rita' [More]
Former New Knoxville resident Mildred L. Schroer, 91, Fairborn, died at 11:58 p.m. at the Patriot Ridge Community Center in Fairborn. [More]
Lois Baker, Coldwater, died May 16, 2010, at her home.
Services are pending a [More]
Local pictures on May 17th, 2010
Subscriber stories on May 17th, 2010
CELINA - Residents attending a public forum organized by the city on Saturday indicated they support the idea of increasing the city's 1 percent income tax.
Parks, rec department might see change
CELINA - Several city union employees expressed displeasure with how the financially beleaguered city is trying to save money.
At a pubic forum Sat
MINSTER - With village officials preparing for the upcoming Fourth Street reconstruction project, longtime residents took a trip down memory lane Sunday.
Celina schools
CELINA - After declining to support the first round of funding for the federal Race to the Top grant, the Celina Education Association now has committed to participate in the second round.
Rookie group at national competition, fails in preliminary round
MINSTER - Everything appeared to be progressing well as members of the Minster Middle School rocket team fired their rocket in the national competition in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
Parkway
ROCKFORD - Parkway Local Schools will graduate 87 seniors at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the high school auditorium.
Honored as valedictorian will be Claire Burtch and salutatorian Corbin Hellwarth.
Division III Softball Sectional at Elida
ELIDA - Parkway spotted Paulding a first-inning run, then shut them down the rest of the way to win the battle of Panthers, 6-1, at the Division III sectional final at Dorothy Edwards Field in Elida.
Sectional Tennis Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Marys' Joseph Brenneman and the Celina doubles team of Tyler Everman and Ryan Rutschilling moved to district tennis play after Saturday's semifinals and finals of the Division II boys tennis sectional at the University of Northwestern Ohio.
ROSSBURG - A pair of Indiana drivers picked up wins on Saturday night at Eldora Speedway during the first Family Fun Night of the 2010 season.
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