Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Area man shares his life with grand bird
By Shelley Grieshop
ST. MARYS - Scooter perches gracefully on her owner's shoulder as a slight wind from Grand Lake ruffles her rainbow-colored feathers.
The green-winged macaw basks in the sun after a dip in a water fountain along East Bank State Park.
"Scooter goes just about everywhere I go," says former St. Marys resident Keith Patton, who raised the 15-year-old bird from an egg. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
Some of the top stars of the Professional Bowlers Association will make a trek to Coldwater next week.
Pla-Mor Lanes will host a PBA Central Region tournament - The Lefeld Implement Classic - on August 16 and 17 with events getting underway on Aug. 13 with a golf outing benefiting the West Ohio High School Bowling Conference Scholarship Fund, followed by pro-ams and other bowling events on Thursday and Friday. [More]
Obituaries on August 6th, 2008
Fern J. Green, 85, 1525 Westbury Drive, Celina, died at 7:40 p.m. Aug. 5, 2008, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Bertha Marlene Hoehne, 70, of E. Lane St., Fort Loramie, died at 5:09 p.m. August 4, 2008, at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Sidney. [More]
Former Celina resident Darrell Charles King, 100, of Mount Dora, Fla., died at 7:05 a.m. Aug. 4, 2008, at Avante at Mount Dora. [More]
Former New Knoxville resident, James Lee Meckstroth, 60, died at 8:20 a.m. Aug. [More]
Cretoria Caroline VanStronder, 95, of Berryville, Va., died Aug. 3, 2008, at Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, Va. [More]
Local pictures on August 6th, 2008
Subscriber stories on August 6th, 2008
MINSTER - Councilors took the first step Tuesday night in removing the current schedule of pay steps for village employees by giving first reading to a new salary plan.
It's going to cost a bit more to license Rover next year.
Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday approved action to increase dog licenses from $11 to $13 effective Jan. 1, in order to put some padding back into the dwindling county dog license fund.
MINSTER - Plans are underway for the third phase of the Miami-Erie Canal Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project as a result of unanimous action taken Tuesday night by Minster village councilors.
Celina City Council members agreed to sell 2 more acres of land in the Grand Lake Industrial Park to Versa-Pak for $20,000, says Celina Planning and Community Development Director Kent Bryan.
A new coffee house serving all types of java and desserts, along with breakfast and lunch, has opened in Celina.
TC Coffee Co., 503 E. Market St., is owned by Celina resident Tonja McDonald.
St. Marys Head Start has moved, changed its name and added a new program.
The facility, now called St. Marys Early Learning Centers, has moved across the street to 1659 Celina Road and now offers a full-day, year-round program.