COLDWATER- Healthcare costs at Mercer Health are 55% lower than what is expected for hospitals in its region, hospital chief financial officer Jon Dingledine said at the monthly board of governors meeting on Wednesday.

In the first installment of this series, Bronsart H. Gilberg recounted the experiences of James Zura Riley, or Zura, that were taken from notes in his diary in 1898 during the first leg of his party's expedition to the Klondike territory in search of gold.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Wednesday was golf day for area girls golf teams and the Celina boys golf team at sectional tournaments.

Most of the area girls went to Moose Landing in Ottawa to play in the Division II sectional after play was moved from Tuesday due to weather.

The first two weeks of unbeaten vs. unbeaten in Midwest Athletic Conference football action proved to be dandies.

The third round will be intere

  When will I ever learn?

It turned out that while last week's five Western Buckeye League games were all won by the favored team, most of them were much closer affairs than expected. We should learn to expect this from the WBL.

BULLDOGS vs. BULLDOGS

Celina cranked up the offense last week in winning a barnburner 38-35 at Kenton to start a two-game road trip.

This week, C

Impact Players

Offense

Parker Hess, RB, Marion Local

Nine carries for 190 yards and four touchdowns in the Flyers' 48-7 win over New Bremen.