Saturday, March 30th, 2019
Bryson plan gets major boosts
By William Kincaid
CELINA - A Celina business owner is making a second substantial contribution to the Bryson Park District, this time committing $150,000 for the purchase of two pieces of equipment for a planned playground.
Ergo Desktop owner Kathy Sharkey's donation will pay for a spider climber and a climbing bridge, which will be situated near two extended, all-inclusive playground units consisting of slides and other amenities. [More]
Farmer gathers donations for Nebraska
By Tom Stankard
MENDON - A Mendon farmer will join a convoy heading to Nebraska on Friday to help fellow farmers affected by disastrous flooding.
"I don't like sitting on the sidelines," said Daniel Stose, 29. "I want to do something about it."
Floodwaters are beginning to recede across the Midwest after heavy rainfall combined with rapid snowmelt caused disastrous flooding along the swelling Missouri River Basin. Nebraska on Thursday received President Donald Trump's federal disaster status approval. [More]
Obituaries on March 30th, 2019
Madeline Bornhorst age 86, of Sidney, Ohio, died at 3:39 AM on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Sidney. [More]
Kristine Mackenbach Collins, 71, of Saint Marys, died swiftly and peacefully of natural causes in her beloved home of 48 years on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. [More]
Herbert H. Harner, age 89 of Celina, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at the Gardens at Celina. [More]
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Bryson plan gets major boosts
CELINA - The city is in line to receive half a million dollars in federal funding to develop the Bryson Park District along Lake Shore Drive, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced on Friday.
CELINA - "Stay safe, take action and be smart," high school senior Joe Baltzell's instructed the girls attending the women's self-defense workshop he hosted earlier this month and again on Friday morning.
ST. MARYS - Board of education members will vote during their regular April meeting on 10 proposed permanent improvement expenditures, which they reviewed during a special meeting/tour of the facilities on Friday.
Lefeld fans 11 as Redskins beat Indians 7-1
FORT RECOVERY - Two up and two down for the St. Henry baseball team.
On Friday, St. Henry followed the same winning blueprint it used on Thursday.