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Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Senate Bill 5 causes quick negotiations
By Shelley Grieshop
A struggling economy and looming changes in collective bargaining rules triggered quick contract negotiations this spring between area teachers and school boards.
Several teachers' unions in the Grand Lake area have agreed to new contracts with no annual raises and no step pay increases, which are additional raises based on years of experience and education. [More]
Minster advances to regional
Division IV Baseball District at Coldwater
By Mark Ruschau
COLDWATER - The Minster Wildcats used an outstanding pitching performance from Adam Niemeyer and some late-inning offense to defeat the Parkway Panthers 5-0 and capture the Division IV district baseball title on Friday night at Veterans Field.
Minster will take a 19-8 record to the Springfield High School regional tournament next Thursday at 5 p.m. against National Trail, a 4-2 winner over Seven Hills at Covington on Friday. Parkway ends its season with a 13-9 record. [More]
Obituaries on May 21st, 2011
Virginia Boeckman
Virginia L. Boeckman, 82, of St. Henry, died at 2:30 a.m. May 20, 2011, at The Gardens at St. Henry. [More]
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Subscriber stories on May 21st, 2011
Downtown parking to remain angled
New lots to make up for lost spaces
CELINA - Parking on Main Street largely will consist of 30-degree angled spots once the reconstruction project is completed this summer.
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Police arrest woman tied to local thefts
A fourth person has been arrested in connection with a pair of vehicle break-ins in Mercer County.
Christina Ryan, 33, of Pompano Beach, Fla., was
Scholastic bowl team to compete in national academic championship
FORT RECOVERY - The 26 members of the high school varsity and junior varsity scholastic bowl teams will compete in a national academic championship in Washington, D.C., on June 3-5.
ATVs not allowed on streets
All-terrain vehicles (ATVs), golf carts and other types of four-wheeled vehicles that travel less than 20 mph cannot be driven on streets in incorporated areas unless a permitting ordinance is in place.
Koesters wins it for St. Henry with RBI single in the seventh
Division III Baseball District at UNOH
LIMA - A Kurt Koester's two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh inning scored Chase Kessen to put St. Henry in front of Otsego, and then it was Kessen's glove that closed out the win for the Redskins.
Crowell-less Parkway is run-ruled by Archbold
Division III Softball District at Lima Bath
BATH TOWNSHIP - The Midwest Athletic Conference had a pair of teams bow out of Friday's Division III Bath softball district tournament.
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Locals will be busy next week at regionals
District Track Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Celina girls' track team finished as the runner-up in the team standings at the Division II Shawnee district track meet on Friday.
Defensive mistakes haunt Flyers, Cardinals
Division IV Softball District at Wapakoneta
WAPAKONETA - A pair of teams will be making their first-ever district finals appearances after knocking off a pair of Midwest Athletic Conference softball teams on Friday at Wapakoneta High School.
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