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Saturday, September 30th, 2006
By Timothy Cox
Crews have started removing asbestos from the Blue Goose in Celina with the old power plant to be completely dismantled within a couple of months.
The building has been turned over to B&B Wrecking, Cleveland, city Safety-Service Director Jeff Hazel said. All city property inside the building has been removed; only the huge American flag draped on the east side of the structure remains. [More]
By Ryan Hines
ELIDA - A late Elida rally was wasted when the home team botched the snap on a potential game-tying field goal, handing Celina a 10-7 win in Western Buckeye League football action at Kraft Memorial Field on Friday.
Elida drove 55 yards in the span of 2:30 late in the fourth quarter allowing the home team to line up for a 43-yard field goal with 22 seconds left on the clock. [More]
By Bruce Monnin
NEW BREMEN - It was a sloppy start to the game for the Minster Wildcats as they turned the ball over three times in the first quarter.
The New Bremen Cardinals took advantage to earn a 6-0 first-quarter lead, but then the Mueller brothers took over for Minster and rallied the Wildcats to a dominating 45-13 victory. [More]
Obituaries on September 30th, 2006
Angeline C. Koverman, 90, 12200 E. Shelby Road, Minster, died at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 28, 2006, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Minster. [More]
Local pictures on September 30th, 2006
Subscriber stories on September 30th, 2006
Celina city officials are beginning discussion on where to get electricity when its current contract with American Municipal Power of Ohio (AMP-Ohio) expires at the end of 2007.
By the 1890's Rockford had grown into a flourishing town
ROCKFORD - In 1880, the municipality now known as Rockford had a population of 2,001 - in addition to 557 horses, 265 carriages and 151 dogs.
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The Mercer  County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the theft of more than $21,000 worth of copper wire from a Midwest Electric substation.
A Celina man, who reportedly suffered a diabetic reaction, was involved in three traffic accidents within two minutes Tuesday.
Monty D. Heiby, 39,
Companies doing business with the county and other government entities now have a new hoop to jump through to win public contracts.
Businesses who
MARIA STEIN - It took six games into the season, but the Marion Local Flyers finally got their passing attack going in a major way.
Marion moved th
ST. HENRY - It was exactly the script that St. Henry coach Jeff Starkey envisioned this week as he prepared his team for a tough Midwest Athletic Conference game against the Anna Rockets.
VAN WERT - There's an old saying in sports that successful teams beat the teams that they're supposed to beat.
That's just what St. Marys did on Friday night, dominating a young Van Wert squad, 42-0, in a game that was over by halftime.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
What started on the night as a three-way tie for first place in the Western Buckeye League ended with just Shawnee on top of the standings.
COLDWATER - Coldwater had little trouble maintaining its unblemished record, scoring 28 points in the first quarter on the way to a 42-6 win over Parkway on homecoming night at Cavalier Stadium.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Nick Johnson had 228 yards of offense and five rushing touchdowns as St. John's improved to 5-1 with a 56-21 drubbing of Fort Recovery on Friday night at Stadium Park in Delphos.