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 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.”
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Tuesday, 06 October 2009 |
By KAREN CAMPBELL
Assistant Managing Editor
A young St. Marys teen discovered driving the wrong way on Interstate 75 late Sunday night was later released to his brother’s custody.
An off-duty dispatcher with the Ohio State Highway Patrol in Piqua noticed the motorist and called it in as someone possibly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs from the Wapakoneta Shell station, 1402 Bellefontaine St.
She had seen the motorist headed south in a 1993 Toyota station wagon in the northbound lane of I-75, Wapakoneta Police Lt. Greg Lowry said.
The report was not complete, but according to the incomplete report, after a lengthy investigation, the 15-year-old was released to his 22-year-old brother in St. Marys.
A Spanish interpreter was needed to assist with the investigation and the teen allegedly is staying with his brother because his family is out of state.
“He was young and driving without a license,” Lowry said. “I don’t know where he was going or where he was coming from.”
Wapakoneta
Police Department
• An Alabama man with an expired Florida motor vehicle operator’s license was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol (OVI) at 1:15 a.m. Saturday at Bellefontaine Street and South Wagner Avenue.
According to the report:
An employee of Burger King, 1350 Bellefontaine St., noticed the intoxicated motorist while going through the drive-thru a few minutes earlier.
They noticed the man had slurred speech and was drinking from an open container.
After officers stopped him they found two open 12-ounce cans of beer.
Timothy Stroup, 46, of Odenville, Ala., had blood shot eyes and had a difficult time finding and then retrieving his motor vehicle operator’s license, which expired in August, out of his wallet.
After failing field sobriety tests, Stroup was taken to the Auglaize County Jail and arrested for OVI after twice attempting to blow into the breathalyzer and not blowing long enough for a reading to register.
• A McDonald’s employee reported a customer attempting a short change scheme at 2 p.m. Friday at the restaurant at 1376 Bellefontaine St.
According to the report:
A black male driving a newer silver Dodge tried to pay for one item using a $100 bill. He tried to get the cashier to give him change in a certain amount of different denomination bills.
She said she needed to ask the manager about it and he told her not to, but she did anyway and he left with the correct amount of change.
Employees said they think the same man previously tried to shortchange at the restaurant .
• A 76-year-old Wapakoneta woman said while she was shopping at Wal-Mart, 1257 Bellefontaine St., at 1:25 p.m. Friday her credit card was taken from her cart.
According to the report:
Patricia Burke, 76, 307 Eastown Dr., was looking at crafts in the seasonal aisle when she believes she dropped the card or it fell from her cart.
She thinks someone then picked up the card, which she promptly canceled.
• Troy Hicks, 35, 07514 State Route 67, Wapakoneta, was stopped for a traffic violation at 1:10 a.m. Saturday at 25 E. Auglaize St., but arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol (OVI).
According to the report:
He tested a 0.148 on a blood alcohol content test. The legal limit is 0.08.
• Officers were called to Wapakoneta High School, 1 W. Redskin Trail, at 1:25 p.m. Friday for a multi-handicapped student out of control.
According to the report:
The 14-year-old was fine when officers arrived, but was dealing with anger issues. He was released to his mother.
Principal Aaron Rex called the situation in to police.
• A mother at 516 Ruth Street alleged that her 18-year-old daughter who lives elsewhere has been sending threatening text messages to her.
According to the report:
Kathy Klima said her daughter has been harassing her and she is worried about the well being of her young granddaughter.
The mother, who called in the report, said she did not want her daughter to get in trouble, but wanted her talked to and the situation looked into as she is concerned her daughter is smoking marijuana as well.
A copy of the report was sent to Auglaize County Children’s Services.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 October 2009 )
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