Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 | The Daily Standard

Flood Warning issued August 12 at 2:07PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...East Central Union County in east central Indiana... East Central Wayne County in east central Indiana... Northern Butler County in southwestern Ohio... Northwestern Warren County in southwestern Ohio... Southwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Darke County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Miami County in west central Ohio... Montgomery County in west central Ohio... Preble County in west central Ohio... Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 800 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 207 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported ongoing flooding in the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Dayton, Kettering, Huber Heights, Troy, Trotwood, Sidney, Piqua, Miamisburg, Springboro, Vandalia, Englewood, Greenville, Franklin, Celina, Tipp City, Eaton, St. Marys and Moraine.

Flood Watch issued August 12 at 9:17AM EDT until August 12 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional thunderstorms are expected into this evening. Locally heavy rainfall and the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same areas are possible. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.

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Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Nearly 2,000 residents petition state candidates to improve water quality

By Nancy Allen

The Lake Improvement Association (LIA) last week mailed petitions containing almost 2,000 signatures to candidates for Ohio governor, Ken Blackwell and Ted Strickland, about the plight of Grand Lake.

"Hopefully, we will make our voices heard," said membership chairwoman Gayle Sachs, upon reporting during Saturday's LIA meeting that the petitions had been mailed. [More]

Marion Local wins tourney title

By Gary R. Rasberry

It was appropriate that two Mercer County teams would battle it out for the championship of the Mercer Health Volleyball Invitational in Celina on Saturday.

In the end, Marion Local captured the championship by beating the host Bulldogs 25-19 and 25-15, winning the tournament over the Bulldogs for a second straight year. [More]

Obituaries on September 5th, 2006

Dorothy Clark

Dorothy Ann Clark, 68, of Rockford, died at 6:43 a.m. Sept. 3, 2006, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]

Mary Darnell-Schneider

Mary Darnell-Schneider, 73, 1245 S. Knoxville Ave., St. Marys, died at 8:10 p.m [More]

Bernard Dietz

Bernard J. Dietz, 79, 8 S. Eastmoor Drive, New Bremen, died Sept. 2, 2006, at St. Marys Living Center, St. Marys. [More]

Marjorie Klingshirn

Marjorie A. "Marge" Klingshirn, 70, 604 Woodview Drive, Coldwater, died at 11:2 [More]

Paul May Jr.

Paul May Jr., 56, 300 Bruns Ave., Celina, died at 2:30 a.m. Sept. 2, 2006, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. Death was due to a massive stroke. [More]

Gail Rutschilling

Gail M. Rutschilling, 49, 309 E. College St., Coldwater, died Sept. 1, 2006, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. Death was due to natural causes. [More]

Pearl Schmidt

Pearl E. Schmidt, 84, of Rockford, died at 8:58 p.m. Sept. 2, 2006, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford, where she had been a patient since Aug. 29. [More]

Helen Stang

Helen I. Stang, 96, formerly of Celina, died at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 2, 2006, at Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community. [More]

Ralph Timmerman

Ralph U. Timmerman, 74, 417 S. Second St., Coldwater, died Sept. 3, 2006, at his residence. [More]

John Tonkin

John Tonkin, 59, 3505 state route 703, Celina, died Sept. 1, 2006, at his resid [More]

Thomas Vagedes

Thomas H. Vagedes, 76, 807 W. Butler St., Coldwater, died Sept. 1, 2006, at his residence. [More]

Kathleen Wangler

Celina native Kathleen Schlarman Wangler, 48, of Lima, died the early morning o [More]

Local pictures on September 5th, 2006

Subscriber stories on September 5th, 2006

Planning to check legality of lake walk

Celina city officials plan to go through a legal process to validate their plans to build a lakefront walkway along West Bank Road.

City council me

Complainer about jail became an inmate there

Paul Billerman, an outspoken critic of plans to build a new county jail, had an opportunity to see the inside of the old one after being arrested for telecommunications harassment Sunday afternoon.

New dean, new professors for Lake Campus

College classes start today at Wright State University-Lake Campus, Celina, with a new dean and five new professors.

New Dean Mindy McNutt reports that as the Lake Campus grows and changes, the staff is growing and changing, too.

Woman heads to trial for allegedly biting off portion of man's tongue

A trial date has been set in the case of a Coldwater woman who allegedly bit off nearly one-third of a man's tongue.

The two-day jury trial for Emi

Wife finds husband dead

A Celina man died Friday afternoon at his home, the victim of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.

Mercer County Sheriff's deputies responded to 3505 state Route 705 around 4 p.m. after relatives found the body of John W. Tonkin, 59, lying on the seat of his pickup truck.

CP33 meeting planned in Celina

A meeting on a USDA program that pays landowners to plant habitat along the edges of farm fields for bobwhite quail and other wildlife will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 13 at the Mercer County Central Services Building.

Area harriers face tough field at Greenville

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

A number of area teams traveled to Greenville on Saturday to take part in the Treaty City Invitational, which brought a number of top cross country squads from both the northwest and southwest districts to compete.

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