Monday, February 18th, 2008
By William Kincaid
WAPAKONETA - John Zwez, retired manager of the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum, says there have always been nonbelievers or conspiracy theorists of the moon landing.
In fact, when Zwez started at the museum in 1972, members from a British organization called the Flat Earth Society tried to convince him that the earth was flat. [More]
By Ryan Hines
LAFAYETTE - The top two seeds at the Division II Allen East Sectional got major scares on Saturday night, but both came away victorious.
St. Marys started the evening by shaking off a slow start and a 12-point deficit before rallying for a 35-32 win over Shawnee. [More]
Obituaries on February 18th, 2008
Former Celina resident, Mildred "Maxine" Carpenter, 87, died Feb. 7, 2008, in Stuart, Fla. Cause of death was not listed. [More]
Terry T. Dahms, 64, 125 Ada St., Celina, died at 4:30 a.m. Feb. 15, 2008, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. Cause of death was not listed. [More]
Dave Donovan, 58, of Celina, died at 4:23 a.m. Feb. 17, 2008, at Celina Manor. [More]
Virginia Fickert, 71, died Feb. 17, 2008, at Community Hospital, Coldwater.
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Former Celina resident Leona M. Rockhoid Huckemeyer, 88, died at 8:41 p.m. Feb. [More]
Francis McCloskey, 85, formerly of Bayview Road, Celina, died Feb. 17, 2008, at Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community. [More]
Former St. Marys resident R. Maxine Rain, 82, died Feb. 17, 2008, at Otterbein [More]
Former St. Marys and Kingwood, Texas, resident Virginia Reddicliffe, 84, a resi [More]
Mildred J. Westgerdes, 87, formerly of Sawmill Road, Fort Recovery, died at 2:05 p.m. Feb. 16, 2008, at the Versailles Health Care Center. [More]
Local pictures on February 18th, 2008
Subscriber stories on February 18th, 2008
NEW BREMEN - The extent of future services for the mentally and physically challenged of Ohio could depend on the thriftiness of each county.
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The Snyder family of Celina was one of eight newspaper families honored last week at the Ohio Newspaper Association (ONA) Convention in Columbus.
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Two teens from Logan and Hardin counties were found dead Saturday morning in Auglaize County.
A cause of death was not released for Jesse L. Hicks
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The weekend brought several more area swimmers a trip to Canton this week for the state swimming and diving championships.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The move down to Division II was the perfect fit for the Celina wrestling team.
The MatDogs had a strong day at the Division II sectional at Lappin Gymnasium in Shawnee, capturing the sectional title in holding off Wapakoneta 1721/2 to 171.
WAPAKONETA - For years, the Division IV girls sectional at New Bremen, may it rest in peace, has been a graveyard for seeded teams.
Apparently it doesn't matter where the games are played, because the same thing happened Saturday at Wapakoneta.
VAN WERT - St. Henry made its game with Paulding one that could never be called dull.
The Redskins shook off the Panthers late in the third quarter
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Versailles advanced to the Division III district title game with a 38-15 over West Liberty-Salem at Twin Valley South on Saturday.