Archive - Jun 2012
June 8th
Thomas A. Rain, 60, of Wapakoneta, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Miller Funeral Home in St. Marys.
Arrangements are incomplete at Miller Funeral Home in St. Marys.
Ervin E. Rohm 88, of Wapakoneta, died at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima.
Arrangements are incomplete at Schlosser Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Wapakoneta.
Leo Ott, 81, of Botkins, , died at 8:50 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at Wapakoneta Manor.
Arrangements are incomplete at Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home in Wapakoneta.
Christine Leigh Cvetanovich, 51, 816 Townview Drive, St. Marys, died at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, May 31, 2012, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima.
She was born Sept. 11, 1960, in Chicago, the daughter of Eleanor (Hojnacki) and Frank Carlson. On Oct. 24, 1998, in Marietta, Ga., she married Michael L. Cvetanovich, who survives.
Private family services will be held.
Arrangements are entrusted to Miller Funeral Home in St. Marys.
Christine Leigh Cvetanovich, 51, 816 Townview Drive, St. Marys, died at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, May 31, 2012, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima.
She was born Sept. 11, 1960, in Chicago, the daughter of Eleanor (Hojnacki) and Frank Carlson. On Oct. 24, 1998, in Marietta, Ga., she married Michael L. Cvetanovich, who survives.
Private family services will be held.
Arrangements are entrusted to Miller Funeral Home in St. Marys.
June 7th
The work of an industrial site consultant and realtor is under review by a city-supported business organization to determine if they would recommend renewing the contract for another year.
A Wapakoneta Area Economic Development Council (WAEDC) ad-hoc committee is reviewing contract terms between the city of Wapakoneta and CB Richard Ellis, an international real estate firm with 90 industrial brokers and 150 offices throughout the world, before recommending, if any, changes to the one-year contract.
Today marks a day to recognize the hungry.
June 7 is declared “National Hunger Awareness Day” by the U.S. Senate. Millions of Americans struggle with hunger and food insecurities — and a study done in 2010 states 6,000 of those people live in Auglaize County.
A local food pantry is recognizing this national day.
June 6th
Two “people of interest” have been named in a case involving the drowning of a dog found Saturday at Grand Lake St. Marys.
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park Manager Brian Miller said park officials were notified Saturday by deputies with the Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office that a dog was found submerged in the lake inside a cage near Rustic Haven Campgrounds in St. Marys Township. The dog had drowned.
Law enforcement officials immediately started an investigation which resulted in information obtained up from the cage.
By LANCE MIHM
Staff Writer
It was a true David versus Goliath story.
While twin sisters Ivy and Morgan Horn fell just short of their goal of bringing home a state girls track Division III champion, they undoubtedly impressed onlookers with a strong performance over the weekend.
The pair guided Waynesfield-Goshen to a runner-up finish by scoring 34 points as the only two qualifiers for the team. The pair knew they had a shot at a title against a strong Versailles team, which had 11 runners competing. Versailles nipped the Tigers for the title with 39 points.
By JOHN S. HULLINGER
Sports Editor
COLUMBUS — It wasn’t supposed to happen this year.
But that didn’t make it any easier when it didn’t.
Conventional wisdom from the beginning was that the junior-laden Wapakoneta Redskins were getting primed at a run for the state baseball title in 2013.
Then 2012 happened.
Defending Division II state champions Columbus St. Francis DeSales handed the Redskins a 3-2 defeat and claimed a repeat state championship Saturday at Huntington Park in Columbus.
