Monday, March 8th, 2010
By Margie Wuebker
GREENVILLE - Sunny days and cold nights. That's the ideal weather for maple sugaring at the Shawnee Prairie Preserve Nature Center, part of the Darke County Parks.
Visitors learned about the process during programs Saturday and Sunday at the 118-acre site located off state Route 502. Another 200 or so elementary school students from throughout the area will visit during the coming week. [More]
Mercer Country trio wraps up stellar seasons, careers
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLUMBUS - While getting a win in his final match was not to be, Alex Dues has plenty to be proud of.
Dues became the first Celina wrestler to place in the state wrestling tournament since 2003 as he took to the mats on Saturday in the Division II State Wrestling Championships at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University. [More]
Mercer Country trio wraps up stellar seasons, careers
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLUMBUS - Codey Welker was in the perfect position for a storybook finish at the 2010 State Wrestling Championships.
The Celina grappler's opponent in the Division II 285-pound seventh-place match was the wrestler who beat him in his first match of the tournament, Ian Jones of Plainesville Harvey. [More]
Mercer Country trio wraps up stellar seasons, careers
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLUMBUS - Talk about the perfect pre-match workout.
Before his seventh-place match on Saturday at the State Wrestling Championships, Trevor Kunk got the workout from his father.
It worked as Kunk picked up a win in his final high school match, [More]
Obituaries on March 8th, 2010
Marlene E. Simon Borchers, 87, Althoff Road, Versailles, died March 5, 2010, at the Versailles Health Care Center. [More]
William E. "Bill" Borger, 52, 605 Sweitzer St., Greenville, died March 6, 2010, at his home. [More]
Wilbur H. Heiland, 92, 8181 state Route 274, Anna, died at 7:03 p.m. March 6, 2010, at Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney. [More]
Richard A. "Dick" Martin, 80, 109 Wiggs St., Fort Recovery, died at 9:30 p.m. March 6, 2010, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Virgil Puthoff, 62, Chickasaw, died March 7, 2010, at the OSU Medical Center, C [More]
Donna M. Watkins, 84, 314 E. Plum St., New Bremen, died at 9:45 a.m. March 5, 2010, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Minster. [More]
Sharon White, 58, 769 Gordon Grove Dr., St. Marys, died at 7 a.m. March 8, 2010 [More]
Local pictures on March 8th, 2010
Subscriber stories on March 8th, 2010
Longtime Chickasaw mayor and village councilman Virgil H. Puthoff died Sunday morning at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, where he had been receiving treatment for heart problems.
A study will be conducted this spring on the most dangerous roadways in Mercer County, which includes an intersection where a 20-year-old Celina woman was killed 10 years ago today.
NEW KNOXVILLE - The president's wife visited this Auglaize County town over the weekend and entertained friends (circa mid-1800s) at the First Methodist Church.
So far, $161,100 has been raised toward the $500,000 needed to test sediment removal technology in Grand Lake, members of the nonprofit Lake Improvement Association (LIA) learned Saturday as they prepared to launch a "Save Grand Lake" marketing campaign.
Girls Basketball Division IV District Finals
LIMA - Two old tournament combatants renewed their postseason rivalry Saturday night at Lima Senior with a trip to the regional as the coveted prize.
Girls Basketball Division II District Finals
PAULDING - The Celina girls basketball team saw its season come to an end Saturday night, falling to the Wauseon Indians 57-47 in the Division II District final Saturday night at Paulding High School.
State Wrestling Notebook
COLUMBUS - After Codey Welker's last match on Saturday, the feeling didn't quite hit Celina wrestling coach Tim Doner.
It probably did Saturday night.
Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Coldwater girls bowling team finished seventh at the State Bowling Tournament held this past weekend at Shawnee Lanes in Chillicothe.