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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
New Bremen to try and bust goose problem
By Margie Wuebker
NEW BREMEN - Canada geese show up each year without so much as an invitation, frolicking in the municipal swimming pool, sinking their webbed feet into neatly manicured lawns and peppering the area with telltale droppings.
Village councilors Tuesday night agreed the time has come to nip the problem in the bud. [More]
School officials plan to spend $86,000 on tech
By William Kincaid
FORT RECOVERY - School officials continue their commitment to technology, as $100,000 had been allocated for the technology program next school year.
But technology coordinator John Jutte says he doesn't need that much; he plans for $86,566 in expenditures. [More]
Hoying a PPK national champion
By Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater is used to having state champions in a plethora of sports.
Now they have a National champion.
Maura Hoying, a third-grader from Coldwater, captured her age group's NFL Punt, Pass and Kick (PPK) national championship on Saturday at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. [More]
Obituaries on January 14th, 2009
William Sexton
William A. Sexton, 91, 1305 Meadowview Drive, Celina, died at 8:25 a.m. Jan. 11, 2009, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Alvera Wehrkamp
Alvera B. Wehrkamp, 88, of Fort Recovery, died at 12:45 a.m. Jan. 13, 2009, at Briarwood Manor Nursing Home, Coldwater. [More]
Local pictures on January 14th, 2009
Subscriber stories on January 14th, 2009
Mercer County '09 budget tightens; sales tax sets record
Mercer County commissioners have calculated a conservative budget for 2009 with a slim 2.3 percent increase in spending over last year.
Commissioners this week approved appropriations of $10.4 million for operations of the county's three dozen or so government agencies and departments.
Pohl joins school board
Minster Local Schools board of education now has a full complement of members after Tricia Pohl took the oath of office Monday night.
Pohl, who res
School officials ready for fund loss
Celina City School officials are preparing for a possible $1 million funding reduction from the state in fiscal year 2010.
Superintendent Matt Miller fears the cuts could be even larger.
Officials set $3.4 million budget, look back at 2008
St. Henry village councilors approved a second reading of a resolution setting aside nearly $3.4 million in various funds for expenditures in 2009.
New Bremen gets more salt for roads
NEW BREMEN - The salt shortage has eased in this Auglaize County community, according to reports presented when New Bremen village councilors met Tuesday night.
Cardinals come alive in second half of play
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
New Bremen blew open a close game in the first half with an offensive burst in the second half to go to 10-1 on the season with a 53-30 win at Jackson Center on Tuesday night.
Bulldogs take two wins in trimatch
After suffering a rough loss in Western Buckeye League dual match action last week, the Celina wrestling team rebounded by picking up two wins in a trimatch on Tuesday night at the Intermediate School.
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