Thursday, February 28th, 2008
By Janie Southard
ST. MARYS - John Hoge considers himself a rare duck in Hong Kong, where he travels four times a year selling bowling lanes and other sports floors, one of which will be a volleyball court in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
The president of Hoge Lumber in New Knoxville has been making that 16-hour flight for 12 years. [More]
Redskins will face Ottawa-Glandorf for district title Saturday
By Ryan Hines
ELIDA - St. Henry pulled off the biggest upset of the Division III tournament on Wednesday night at the Elida Fieldhouse.
The Redskins used their size and strength to hand top-ranked and undefeated Liberty-Benton a 51-38 loss while Ottawa-Glandorf eliminated Parkway from the postseason, 72-59. [More]
By Margie Wuebker
Zumba - a fusion of Latin and international music with body sculpting movements and easy to follow steps - has people dancing all over the area.
It's the latest fitness craze, says Dianne Uhlenhake, fitness coordinator at the Auglaize/Mercer Counties Family YMCA near Celina. She first bought a Zumba (pronounced zoom-bah) video back in 1999 because the combination of lively music and dance steps like salsa, merengue, cha-cha, hip hop and mambo looked downright enjoyable. [More]
Obituaries on February 28th, 2008
Kathleen A. "Kit" Desch, 83, 306 N. Elm St., Coldwater, died Feb. 28, 2008, at her residence. [More]
Amelia A. Heckman, 86, formerly of Osgood, died Feb. 27, 2008, at The Oakley Ho [More]
Former St. Marys resident Steven A. McMurray, 46, of Portland, Ind., died at 9:20 p.m. Feb. 25, 2008, at his home. Death was due to an apparent heart attack. [More]
Local pictures on February 28th, 2008
Subscriber stories on February 28th, 2008
A new software mapping program that would allow Mercer County dispatchers to pinpoint the exact location of cell phone users calling 911 is expected to be up and running in the next four to six months.
James Sayer has been named dean of Wright State University-Lake Campus, effective March 1.
Sayer, 61, has been serving as interim dean at the Lake Campus for the past six months. His appointment to dean was announced this week following a national search.
Voters in the Marion Local school district will decide the fate of two levies - one involving traditional millage and the other an income tax - at the polls Tuesday.
A cell phone mapping program would immensely improve communications between dispatchers, emergency services and those in need of help, Mercer County 911 Administrator Monte Diegel says.
COLDWATER - Mercer Health will implement a new, high-tech computerized information system with a price tag of nearly half a million dollars.
The bo
NEW BREMEN - Whether showing kindergartners how to log on to a computer or helping fifth-graders use a publisher software program to create a science project, Shannon Pence is bringing the technology to the students.
COLDWATER - Mercer Health's board of governors will not put additional funds into its malpractice insurance policy, which is now considered fully funded.
The Associated Press on Monday released its finalists for the 2007 AP awards contest.
Daily Standard photographer Mark Pummell of Celina has been n
VANDALIA - The Versailles girls got another big challenge as Hamilton Badin gave the undefeated Tigers all they could handle for most of the Division III regional semifinal contest.
WAPAKONETA - It will be an all-Midwest Athletic Conference Division IV District title game Friday night at Wapakoneta as a result of the action Wednesday night.