Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Obituaries on September 5th, 2013
Justin M. Hamrick, 25, of Rockford, died Aug. 25, 2013, in a car accident.
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Chris A. Shindeldecker, 48, died in Key Largo, Fla., on Aug. 30, 2013.
He was born March 7, 1965, in Celina, to Frank and Patricia A. (Marsee) Shindeldecker. [More]
LeRoy F. Bergman, 89, Minster, died at 8 a.m. Sept. 4, 2013, at the Versailles Health Care Center, where he had been a patient for three weeks. [More]
Stories on September 5th, 2013
Mercer, Auglaize chapters to consolidate by Oct. 1
CELINA - American Red Cross chapters in Mercer and Auglaize counties will consolidate by Oct. 1 following the resignation of local executive director Deb Hemmelgarn.
ST. MARYS - Similarities in culture and values provide a basis for the friendly relationship residents of St. Marys have forged with their peers in Lienen, Germany, for nearly 20 years. [More]
CELINA - A former Mercer Health worker on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to illegally accessing the hospital's computer network earlier this year.
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Celina men plead not guilty to charges
CELINA - Two area men implicated in a rash of summer car fires in Celina entered not guilty pleas Wednesday morning in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
TROY - As Old Crow Medicine Show unleashed its supercharged bluegrass on a massive stage constructed near the scoreboard end of Troy Memorial Stadium early Saturday evening, masses of fans made their way to the field. [More]
MARIA STEIN - Tunes of the past will return to the Korner Kafe Saturday in the form of a sing-along, a weekly routine at the drinking hole decades ago.
Bulldogs trying to reach 2-0 for first time in 10 years
After winning their season opener for the second straight year, Celina's football team has set their sights on something the Bulldogs haven't accomplished in 10 years.
The nonconference schedule has been kind to the Fort Recovery football team over the last five seasons.
Since the Midwest Athletic Conference scrap
Last Curtain Call
In the early 1970s, the Marion Local football program was soaring and Jim Lippincott was a young assistant coach with mountains of ambition. The two were on a collision course that crashed into one another prior to the start of the 1974 campaign.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Taylor Koesters posted one of her best rounds of the season and St. Henry won a Wednesday afternoon dual match against Celina, 195-206, at the Mercer County Elks.
The Daily Standard's Weekly Football Preview Page
This Week's Questions:
1. Can the MAC bounce back?
The first week of the football season for Midwest Athletic Conference schools has been a success in recent memory with the MAC having a winning record in nonconference games.
Local pictures on September 5th, 2013