Obituaries: Friday, July 14th, 2006

Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.

Flood Watch issued September 17 at 2:22AM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio, including the following counties, in central Ohio, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison and Union. In west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and Shelby.
* WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across parts of the area this morning, possibly extending into early afternoon. This may result in bands of heavier rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.

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Friday, July 14th, 2006

Obituaries on July 14th, 2006

Edith Briner

Edith L. Briner, 98, 972 state Route 49, Fort Recovery, died at 12:05 a.m. July 13, 2006, at her home. [More]

Richard Day

Richard E. Day, 80, of Lima, died at 1:29 a.m. July 13, 2006, at his residence. [More]

Dorothy Hoenie

Dorothy M. Hoenie, 70, 526 N. Buckeye St., Celina, died at 6:41 p.m. July 12, 2006, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]

Emmanuel Lammers

Emmanuel Lewis Lammers, infant son of Kevin and Stacey Roby Lammers of 105 W. B [More]

William Poppe

William "Bill" Poppe, 83, of St. Marys, died July 13, 2006, at St. Marys Living [More]

Glenn Roller

Glenn O. Roller, 76, died July 13, 2006, at St. Marys Living Center.

Arrangem [More]

Evelyn Schrolucke

Former St. Marys resident Evelyn E. Schrolucke, 82, died July 9, 2006, at Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, Fla. [More]

Stories on July 14th, 2006

Area residents invited to join World's Largest Yard Sale

U.S. 127 may be bumper to bumper traffic Aug. 3-6, due to the World's Longest Yard Sale.

Houses and businesses along U.S. 127 are invited to partic [More]

School administrators receive pay increases

ST. MARYS - School board members voted unanimously following executive session at Wednesday's meeting to give raises to 16 district administrators for a total increase value of $1.13 million.

Officials still finding fault

Coldwater Exempted Village School Superintendent Rich Seas and Fort Recovery Local Schools Superintendent David Riel both want a more systematic method of adding or removing Tri Star programs. [More]

Inmate makes bid for freedom

A Mercer County Jail inmate attempted to slash a corrections officer with an improvised weapon early today in an unsuccessful bid to escape.

Charges are pending against William F. Downey, 22, of Ansonia, in connection with the 5:24 a.m. incident.

Celina man tries to remove predator label

A Celina man returned to Mercer County Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon seeking to have his sexual predator classification changed. The decision now rests with Judge Jeffrey Ingraham.

Fort Recovery native to coordinate area watershed

The Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors on Thursday hired Theresa May to be the new Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed coordinator.

Finding Spanish teacher is difficult

NEW BREMEN - Incoming freshman Spanish students may be learning the language by computer during the 2006-2007 school year if a part-time teacher is not hired soon.

That's the berries

The black raspberries have been picked and a five-pound bag of white sugar and a box of Sure Jell are sitting on my kitchen counter.

I'm just so tickled to have had enough berries this year for jam, as last summer's drought caused a very meager crop in my small backyard patch.

Cavs advance to winner's bracket final

St. Marys to face Crestview tonight in loser's bracket

MINSTER - The 19-hour weather delay did not cool off the Coldwater Cavaliers.

After their winners' bracket semifinal with St. Marys was stopped due [More]

Mariners look lackluster in exhibition snoozer

It was scheduled as an exhibition game and the Grand Lake Mariners made it look like a preseason scrimmage.

The Geneva Cardinals invaded Jim Hoess Field on Thursday night and looked like the only team ready to play after handing the Mariners a 5-3 loss.

Local pictures on July 14th, 2006

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