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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
By William Kincaid
FORT RECOVERY - The entire sophomore class passed the writing section of the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) this school year, according to high school Principal Dave Warvel.
"I'm very pleased," Warvel told board members during the regular school board meeting Tuesday evening. "If you look at the numbers, they speak for themselves."
All high school students must pass the OGT in order to graduate, Warvel said. [More]
By Janie Southard
Beginning this weekend, the Mercer County Fairgrounds will become GOBAville. The expected residency is 3,000 high energy people with nothing to do for the next week but bike around the area.
The Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA) begins and ends in Celina for the third time in its 19-year history. Bicyclists will take off Sunday for a 300-mile trek that makes a loop from Celina to Van Wert, Wapakoneta, Troy, Versailles and back to Celina. [More]
Obituaries on June 13th, 2007
Ruth Amelia Cantwell, 89, 1109 Jackson Ave., Celina, died at 5 a.m. June 12, 2007, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford. [More]
Former Coldwater resident Paul W. "Bill" Dilworth, 73, died June 6, 2007, in Auburndale, Fla. [More]
Anna Lee Heckler, 80, 205 Zillah St., Celina, died at 3:30 p.m. June 12, 2007, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Dana Kermit "Pat" Hoffman, 84, 301 Magnolia St., Celina, died at 2:40 a.m. June 12, 2007, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Alberta Nieberding, 92, of Coldwater, died June 12, 2007, at Briarwood Manor Nu [More]
Local pictures on June 13th, 2007
Subscriber stories on June 13th, 2007
A new monthly surcharge on Celina city utilities customers might not make it onto July bills as officials had originally planned.
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Camp instructor not upset when local students fly planes in summer class
While other Camp Inquire students were learning difficult subjects like architecture and violin playing, students in teacher Brian Happy's room were creating paper airplanes.
NEW BREMEN - With new wooden gates installed at Lock One and the restoration project nearing completion, village councilors turned their attention Tuesday night to landscaping around the Miami and Erie Canal.
FORT RECOVERY - The school will take in 38 students from outside the district for the next school year as part of the open enrollment program.
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Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina took the lead in the third inning and added an insurance run in the fourth to double up Bellefontaine, 4-2, at Montgomery Field on Tuesday in ACME play.
COLDWATER - For the first five innings, it was a typical St. Henry-Coldwater ACME baseball game: close and competitive.
The Cavaliers improved to 8