Friday, December 7th, 2012
By Margie Wuebker
Becoming a hunter isn't a long shot for many - it's a family tradition.
Anita Rutschilling of Yorkshire learned about the sport when she and her husband Steve were dating in the 1990s. She especially likes the challenge of using a bow.
Hunting has become a pastime they enjoy along with daughters Elizabeth, 18, and Amber, 15, who are adept with bows and muzzleloaders. [More]
By Randy Bruns
MARIA STEIN - It was organized chaos inside The Hangar on Thursday night as the Midwest Athletic Conference season began with the Marion Local Flyers hosting the Fort Recovery Indians.
The pace was frenetic and the play was a little ragged, but in the end the Indians found order within the disorder and came away with a 63-60 victory. [More]
Obituaries on December 7th, 2012
Dorothy Irene West, 95, Celina, died at 10 p.m. Dec. 5, 2012, at her home.
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Virgil Unrast, 73, North Star, died today at Mercer County Community Hospital. [More]
Carl Gene Porter, 72, Celina, died at 10:40 p.m. Dec. 5, 2012, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. [More]
Dixie A. Wierwille, 73, New Bremen, died at 7 a.m. Dec. 6, 2012, at her home. [More]
Tracy Loyer Greve, 49, formerly of Botkins and Waynesfield, died at 6 a.m. Dec. 6, 2012, at the Pavillion, Sidney, due to cancer. [More]
Local pictures on December 7th, 2012
Subscriber stories on December 7th, 2012
ROCKFORD - Plans are in the works to erect at least five large wind turbines in northern Mercer County that will support a wind farm in Van Wert County.
Celina
CELINA - The numbers have been reviewed and fined-tuned and city council members now are set to go over the first reading of the 2013 budget ordinance at their regular meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at city hall.
CELINA - The Federal Communications Commission has charged Celina radio station WCSM with a $20,000 fine for a rule violation.
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ST. HENRY - Coldwater's girls basketball team received a game-winning basket from sophomore Karla Borgerding with just over four seconds remaining in the game as the Cavaliers escaped Redskin Gymnasium with a 34-33 victory in Midwest Athletic Conference action on Thursday night.
CELINA - It may have only been the first Western Buckeye League game of the season, but Bath took a large step toward winning its third straight conference championship on Thursday night at the Fieldhouse.
Bulldogs blown out by Roughriders, Redskins
ST. MARYS - The Western Buckeye League wrestling season got underway on Thursday with St. Marys playing host to Celina, Wapakoneta and Kenton in a "Super-Tri" format event.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Delphos St. John's slowed down Parkway in the second quarter and the Blue Jays opened Midwest Athletic Conference play with a 48-39 win at Arnzen Gymnasium on Thursday night in Delphos.