|
|
|
|
 Members of the Wapakoneta Middle School Student Council pose for photo outside the classroom earlier this year. To date, the group has raised nearly $2,300 in which they have donated to various local and area organizations throughout the 2009-2010 school year. Photo provided By KRISTA HAYES
Staff Writer
With the end of the school year nearing, Wapakoneta Middle School Student Council members are hoping to end their term on a positive note.
During the school year, the school government raised nearly $2,300 for various local and area organizations.
“Each year, we try and raise as much money as we can for various clubs and organizations that we vote on and decide to help support at the beginning of the school year,” Wapakoneta Middle School Student Council President Neal Maxson said.
Elected a Student Council representative of his homeroom, Maxson, a seventh-grade student, said this is his second year serving on the council. This year as president, his main responsibility is to set forth an agenda and preside over the group’s monthly meetings which are held the first and third Thursday of each month.
“I joined the Student Council because I was looking for a new activity to do and thought it’d be challenging experience,” Maxson said. “Politics have always been one of the things to stick out in my head and when I grow up, I want to be a lawyer.
“Overall, as president I think I have done a pretty good job,” he said. “Being president is a lot harder than what I thought it would be since I have to make the agendas, run the meetings, and keep the advisers in the loop. I have the whole weight of the council on my shoulders, and at times it can get frustrating, but I would recommend it to all the kids coming to the middle school next year because it’s a fun activity to be involved in.”
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alleged bomber gets 2nd testing |
|
Friday, 02 October 2009 |
By MIKE BURKHOLDER
Staff Writer
A St. Marys teen accused of planting incendiary devices near a fuel pump at a local gasoline station last year is scheduled to undergo a second psychiatric evaluation.
Auglaize County Common Pleas Judge Frederick Pepple approved a request for a second evaluation for Jesse B. McDermitt, 18. In his ruling, Pepple ordered the evaluation be presented to the court by Nov. 6.
During a hearing in September, Pepple found McDermitt competent to stand trial on two counts each of carrying a concealed weapon, fourth-degree felonies, unlawful possession of a dangerous ordinance, fifth-degree felonies, and inducing panic, fourth-degree and fifth-degree felonies respectively, in connection with the December incident at the St. Marys Marathon. McDermitt under went an initial evaluation, but admitted to lying to evaluators.
Public Defender Mark Weller requested the second evaluation to determine McDermitt’s state of mind during the alleged offenses. Pepple initially took the matter under advisement before issuing his ruling.
The charges against McDermitt stem from a Dec. 2 incident where he allegedly placed incendiary devices near fuel pumps at the St. Marys Marathon Station. Employees at the gasoline station contacted police after discovering a black bag at one of the fuel pumps.
Members of the St. Marys Police and Fire departments, as well as the Allen County Bomb Squad, FBI and Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), responded to the scene to assist in the investigation. The Allen County Bomb Squad detonated the device at the Marathon station.
Investigators located McDermitt — who quickly became the focus of the investigation — at the Townview Terrace Apartments, where he had a similar device strapped to his body. Officers removed the device, placed it in a dumpster and detonated it.
McDermitt was involved in a similar incident in 2006 at Wapakoneta High School.
If convicted, McDermitt faces a maximum of 7 1/2 years in prison and an $18,000 fine.
|
|
Last Updated ( Monday, 05 October 2009 )
|
|
|
|
