Children visit Santa at his house in Celina
CELINA - Santa Claus has come to town to visit with area children and hear firsthand what they hope to find under the tree Christmas morning.
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CELINA - City council members on Monday went over first reading of a new ordinance permitting and regulating sidewalk obstructions such as fences and advertising signs in the downtown business district.
COLDWATER - Village council on Monday appointed Sgt. Jason Miller interim police chief during the medical leave of current chief Randall Waltmire.
Grand Lake Hospice volunteers came up with a new fundraiser that will benefit the services and outreach provided by the agency and offer a remembrance of the loss of a loved one, both recent and past.
There are plenty of reasons for Coldwater's dominance on the football field this season, but the biggest reason of all is a stout defense.
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CELINA - When it comes to swimming in the Western Buckeye League, the championship chase always seems to come down to Shawnee and Celina.
That will likely be the case again this year as the Indians and Bulldogs return strong squads.
COLDWATER - Janelle Miller is entering her first year as head coach of Coldwater's swimming program and she will have a small group to work with this season.
FORT RECOVERY - The Fort Recovery swim team will look to build upon the successes they achieved last season, which included several individual district qualifying swimmers.
MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local swimming program will begin the season with 24 swimmers on the squad and head coach Scott Smith, in his second year of guiding the Flyers, welcomes back a few returning letterwinners from a year ago.
MINSTER - Laurissa Dalrymple is prepping for her second season in charge of Minster's swimming program and harbors high hopes as the coming months begin to progress.
NEW BREMEN - Veteran New Bremen swimming coach Cresta Ritter has an experienced squad coming back to the pool this season as the girls' team has seven letterwinners returning and six more on the boys' side.
ST. MARYS - An increase in participants and a roster dotted with returning letterwinners has St. Marys' second-year head coach Amy Wenning looking forward to the upcoming swimming season.
CELINA - After a tough previous season in which just two wrestlers made it to the district level of the postseason, Celina's wrestling team has a mix of experience and youth with just one senior on the roster.
COLDWATER - As he waits for the remainder of his team from the Cavaliers' football playoff run, Coldwater's wrestling coach Rob Schmidt is making do with roughly half of his roster in practices.
ST. MARYS - Veteran St. Marys wrestling coach Larry Gruber will again have a young group of wrestlers this season with only four seniors on the roster and 14 freshmen moving up from the junior high.
COLDWATER - After capturing both the boys' and girls' team state championships last season, Coldwater's bowling program is once again loaded and striving for another trip to Columbus.
MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local bowling teams will have a total of 27 students competing in the West Ohio High School Bowling Conference this year and the new season will also bring a change in venue for the Flyers.
MINSTER - A year ago, the Minster Wildcats finished in the middle of the pack of the West Ohio High School Bowling standings and with four seniors for this season, head coach Jim Beck is excited for his girls' potential for this season.
NEW BREMEN - The New Bremen bowling teams may have had a tough season a year ago with the boys' and girls' teams each finishing with losing records, but head coach Brian Alig is hoping for better results this year from the Cardinals.
ROCKFORD - The Parkway bowling teams will look to build upon some of the inroads made last season after the girls' team qualified for the district tournament while the boys return their individual district representative.
ST. HENRY - An experienced returning lineup has St. Henry's boys bowling coach Jim Stout thinking that his Redskins have the potential to make a state tournament run this season.
ST. MARYS - A year ago, St. Marys' boys bowlers finished in fifth place in the West Ohio High School Bowling Conference final standings, a slot which head coach Scott Ross feels they can improve upon this winter.
2012-2013 WOHSBC Boys Schedule:
December
8 at Pla-Mor Lanes in Coldwater
15 at Astro Lanes in Wapakoneta
22 at Northland Lanes in Lima
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