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Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
Wood shop modernized
Grant used to buy 3-D printers, router and table saw
By William Kincaid
COLDWATER - A Coldwater Middle School teacher was able to modernize her wood shop with state-of-the-art 3-D printers, a router, table saw and other equipment thanks to a $15,000 grant.
Coldwater Middle School was one of seven Ohio schools to receive an America's Farmers Grow Rural Education grant. The program aims to help enhance science, technology, engineering and math curricula at public schools. [More]
No slowing down
Panthers pull away to beat Tigers
By Tom Haines
ROCKFORD - Up 17-7 on Waynesfield Goshen late in the first quarter, Parkway girls basketball coach Dan Williamson called timeout, worried that the team was starting to lose focus.
The Panthers didn't lose focus, instead building that early advantage into a 44-13 halftime lead and a decisive 67-32 win at Panther Gymnasium on Tuesday night. [More]
Obituaries on December 16th, 2020
Craig Leclair
Craig L. Leclair, 68, of Celina, Ohio, died 1:25 A.M. Saturday, December 12, 20 [More]
Dean French
Dean French, 83, passed away December 12, 2020 at Bluffton Hospital.
Dean was [More]
Shirley May
Shirley Lou (Seaman) May, age 85, formerly of Port Charlotte, Florida died on F [More]
Todd Huckemeyer
Todd James Huckemeyer, age 39, of Celina, Ohio passed away on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 at his residence in Celina. [More]
Alberta Eckstein
Alberta "Bert" Eckstein, age 90, of Celina, Ohio, entered into God's eternal rest on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 8:40 am at her daughter's home in Greenville. [More]
Bernice Goettemoeller
Bernice E. Goettemoeller, of Upper Arlington, Oh. and North Fort Myers, Fl., passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at Hope Hospice House, North Fort Myers. [More]
Rita Kittle
Rita M. Kittle, age 93, of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 2:30 am in the Gardens of Celina. [More]
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Subscriber stories on December 16th, 2020
$135,000 to fund manure tech research
CELINA - Mercer County Ag Solutions Coordinator Theresa Dirksen has landed a nearly $135,000 state grant to continue researching technology that removes nutrients from manure, this time on a much larger scale.
Council members trash talk over junk ordinance
MENDON - Two village council members got into a heated exchange over junk ordinances after Tuesday evening's meeting.
Earlier in the evening, counc
Minster village workers are granted 2% raises
MINSTER - Council members on Tuesday night granted 2% pay raises to village employees and appointed Travis Wilges to replace retiring member Rick Schwartz.
Mercer County records another COVID death
CELINA - One new death and 15 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Mercer County on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 57 and total number of cases to 3,083.
Parkway elementary principal to retire
ROCKFORD - Parkway School board members thanked retiring longtime elementary school principal Mark Esselstein during Monday's board meeting.
Superi
Village council tables measure
ROCKFORD - Village council members on Tuesday tabled until April a measure to rescind a tax credit due to uncertainty surrounding efforts to build a new water tower.
Wildcats pull away to beat Bulldogs
MINSTER - A little more than 72 hours removed from their first setback of the 2021 season, Minster shook off Saturday's loss to Fort Loramie by defeating Celina in a 67-18 non-league girls basketball contest at Wildcat Gymnasium.
St. Henry falls to Loramie
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Fort Loramie outscored St. Henry 16-8 in the third quarter to pull away and win the battle of Redskins 47-33 in a boys basketball contest on Tuesday night in Fort Loramie.
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