Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Jobless rate keeps going up
By Shelley Grieshop
Local unemployment numbers went up in December and are predicted to go even higher in January.
But those numbers alone may not accurately reflect the problems plaguing the Grand Lake area. Not represented in unemployment statistics are those people whose salaries were cut, hours reduced and benefits taken away. [More]
By Janie Southard
Rockford resident Hoolie Custer, 94, first heard about the coming Great Depression in 1929 from a buddy who walked up to town from the St. Marys River with a dead muskrat in one hand and a hand axe in the other.
"He asked if I'd learned yet that the stock market crashed. I hadn't, but I sure learned a lot before the Depression was over," says Custer, who was then 15 years old and already a scrappy guy nicknamed Hooligan by his River Rat buddies. [More]
Obituaries on January 28th, 2009
Louis Paul Bertke, 83, 6332 Fort Recovery-Minster Road, Cassella, died at 5:05 p.m. Jan. 26, 2009, at his home. [More]
Marilyn K. Bruns, 68, 91 S. State St., Chickasaw, died Jan. 27, 2009, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Virginia Hinkle, 83, formerly of 609 W. North St., St. Marys, died Jan. 26, 2009, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich. [More]
William Jacob Ellsworth Wycuff, 78, 1004 N. Sugar St., Celina, died Jan. 25, 2009, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
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Grand Lake drivers face piles of morning snow and flakes keep falling
More than 5 inches of snow blanketed the Grand Lake area by daybreak today and more continued to fall across the region creating hazardous roadways.
Three area men were charged with disorderly conduct following a series of confrontations at a Celina bar early Sunday morning. One spectator lost a portion of her finger during the melee.
Two daytime robberies near Arcanum and Cridersville on Tuesday have authorities looking for suspects and seeking help from the public.
No injuries were reported in either incident.
Five new inductees will be introduced on Saturday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse as the Fort Recovery High School Athletic Hall of Fame will hold its third annual enshrinement ceremony before the varsity boys basketball game with Greenville.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
New Knoxville evened its record at 7-7 after making the snowy trip to Middle Point and posting a 60-32 win over Lincolnview on Tuesday night. The Lancers drop to 2-11 with the loss.