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Monday, July 28th, 2014 Edition of The Daily Standard

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Wind farm could be knocked flat by new regs

Stricter setback regulations approved in June could foil proposed plans for a wind turbine project that stretches into northern Mercer County. Gov. John Kasich signed House Bill 483 in June, which includes a revision requiring . . .

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Local Obituaries

Theresa Case

Theresa Dietz Case, 80, St. Marys, died July 27, 2014, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. Mass of Christian Burial is 11 a.m. Thursday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St. Marys. Arrangements are pending . . .

Margaret Dirksen

Margaret "Margie" Dirksen, 76, Maria Stein, died at 1:35 p.m. July 26, 2014, at Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community. She was born April 26, 1938, in Philothea, to Joseph and Theresa Stahl Pleiman. On June 18, 1960, she mar . . .

Mary Houser

Mary K. Houser, 82, Mendon, died at 2:17 p.m. July 25, 2014, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born Feb. 17, 1932, to Harley and Violet Wheeler Washburn. On June 30, 1951, she married William Houser, who died July . . .

Richard Loughridge

Richard L. Loughridge, 81, Celina, passed away at 1:55 a.m. July 28, 2014, at Celina Manor Nursing Home, Celina. Arrangements are pending at Lehman-Hogenkamp-Dzendzel Funeral Home, Celina. . . .

William Poeppelman

William "Bill" Poeppelman, 91, Minster, died at 10:10 p.m. July 25, 2014, at Elmwood of New Bremen. He was born May 7, 1923, in Minster, to Bernard "Ben" and Mary Schelhaus Poeppelman. On June 27, 1947, in Minster, he married M . . .

Clayton Springer

Clayton Eugene Springer, 88, Sun City Center, Fla., and formerly of Van Wert and Mendon, died at 6 a.m. July 26, 2014, in Sun City Center. He was born Jan. 3, 1926, to Elza Clayton and Stella M. Baucher Springer. On Sept. 25, 1 . . .

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