Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Obituaries on May 18th, 2010
Martha S. Adams, 64, Celina, died at 12:25 p.m. May 15, 2010, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind. [More]
Paul Andrew Wilcox, 28, Coldwater, died at 5:47 a.m. May 16, 2010, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Charles Leo Farber, 69, Celina, died at 2:50 a.m. May 12, 2010, at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Carolyn Felver, 70, Rockford, died May 15, 2010.
Services are pending at Cisc [More]
Lowa E. "Blondie" Sawmiller, 91, Spencerville, died at 12:30 a.m. May 17, 2010, at Roselawn Manor Nursing Home in Spencerville. [More]
Lois Jean Baker, 56, Coldwater, died at 12:47 p.m. May 16, 2010, at her home. [More]
Stories on May 18th, 2010
CELINA - City council needs to approve borrowing $1.35 million to pay for the city's portion of the Main Street reconstruction project, members learned during a special meeting Monday night.
Issue fails to make it on meeting agenda
CELINA - An ordinance to abolish two city positions never made it on the city council agenda Monday night as three council members voted against adding it.
Unique Eastern artwork coming to spiritual center
MARIA STEIN - A partnership between the local spiritual center and the University of Dayton is bringing historical art to the Grand Lake area.
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Three area schools in engineering-based learning curriculum
ST. HENRY - One of St. Henry school district's most notable programs is in jeopardy without the promise of future funding.
The school - along with [More]
MINSTER - A student and a retiring teacher spoke out Monday night against the school board's decision to cut the family and consumer science program in half next school year as way to cut costs.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Election Board of Directors acted on provisional ballots, including some from voters who received them after refusing to sign the party-switch challenge form at the May 4 primary election.
Celina City Schools
CELINA - Board of education members on Monday night unanimously approved a $36,530 contract with Resource One for a new security camera system at the middle school.
Marion
MARIA STEIN - Eighty-three seniors will receive diplomas during commencement exercises at 1 p.m. Sunday at Marion Local High School.
Finishing at the top of their class are valedictorian Megan Schaefer with a 4.012 Grade Point Average (GPA) and salutatorian Katrina Brand with a 3.998 GPA.
Minster Local Schools
MINSTER - With a growing number of students registering for Spanish class, school officials plan to add a new, online class in the fall in addition to traditional classes.
Two area men remain in critical condition today at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton following traffic accidents that occurred Thursday and Sunday on rural Mercer County roadways.
MARIA STEIN - Mark Delaney is a veteran of basketball coaching despite being a young man at the age of 28.
Delaney, who has served as an assistant [More]
When it comes time for schools to hold college signing days for athletics, the usual suspects have been for football, baseball, basketball, volleyball, golf, tennis, track and cross country.
Local pictures on May 18th, 2010