Voter turnout in Mercer and Auglaize counties Tuesday was extremely low, perhaps in part because the special election had no contested candidate races.

By DAVID GIESIGE, WILLIAM KINCAID
and KATHY THOMPSON
newsdept@dailystandard.com

Voters on Tuesday approved levies for three area school districts.

ST. MARYS - The city's 0.5 percent income tax renewal levy passed Tuesday with about 78 percent of the vote.

The unofficial tally was 617 in favor and 167 against.

The Auglaize County Health Department's 10-year, 1-mill levy renewal issue resoundingly passed on Tuesday with 72.3 percent of the vote.

According to unofficial results from the county board of elections, 2,119 votes were cast in favor of the levy and 810 against.

CELINA - Mercer County's Solid Waste Management District was awarded more than $15,000 for tire and litter collection programs.

The Ohio EPA Litter Management Grants will be distributed locally in July.

St. Marys voters clearly appreciate their library, as 74 percent of ballots cast Tuesday were in support of the book depository's 0.75-mill, 5-year renewal operating levy.

By JARED MAUCH and DAVID GIESIGE
newsdept@dailystandard.com

Emergency response levies in two Auglaize County townships passed at the polls Tuesday.

COLDWATER - School board members at Tuesday's meeting accepted the resignation of middle school principal Dave Kennedy and approved a five-year financial forecast.

MINSTER - Village officials are considering two methods to process sludge at the wastewater treatment plant.

Minster Village Council members on Tue

CELINA - Fritz's Hog and Wild BBQ serves "real food," according to owner and chef, Fritz Suhr, 48, of Celina.

"I've been cooking since I was 11 or

CELINA - Clutch hitting and a superlative seventh inning pitching performance by Jimmy Luebke carried Celina to at least a share of its first Western Buckeye League baseball title since 1988.

ST. MARYS - Holding off a seventh-inning rally, St. Marys secured a share of the school's 14th Western Buckeye League Baseball championship with a 7-6 victory over Wapakoneta Tuesday at K.C. Geiger Park.

ST. HENRY - Mitchel Stammen pelted the strike zone with solid pitching and his St. Henry teammates put together some runs to stay unbeaten in Midwest Athletic Conference baseball action with a 3-0 win over Parkway at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Haley McGillvary's sixth-inning single allowed Steph Walter to score the winning run as Celina edged Shawnee 2-1 in WBL softball action in Shawnee Township.